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"A
Sprite at the Opera" |
She may be just
13, but Welsh singing sensation Charlotte Church is already a
classical-music star. Her debut album, Voice of An Angel, sold over
2 million copies, and her latest, Charlotte Church, includes the pop
song, "Just Wave Hello", which Church sings in a new Ford
commercial.
---- Rob
Brunner
1. HAVE YOU
DRIVEN A FORD LATELY?
No. It's
against the law! But I sat in my dad's lap and steered his Ford
Explorer.
2. CAN YOU
PERSUADE BRITNEY SPEARS FANS TO LISTEN TO OPERA?
Oh my God, I
can't! You can't force somebody. Well, maybe they shouldn't listen
to a full opera --- that really can get boring. Listen to something
easy first.... like my album!
3. WHO'S THE
WORST SINGER ON THE RADIO NOW?
Um... not many
pop singers have a good technical voice. Mariah Carey and Celine
Dion do. But I love listening to people like Britney Spears, Will
Smith, Lauryn Hill. Ricky Martin.
4. CAN YOU
DISCUSS THE MERITS OF LA TRAVIATA'S VIOLETTA VERSUS IL TROVATORE'S
LEONORA?
Well, I
actually love all the music and all the characters in La Traviata,
so I think...
5. UM, CHANGING
THE SUBJECT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL. WHY DOES
ANYONE WATCH THAT SHOW?
It's family
entertainment. But it is getting a little rough now. In the episode
I'm in, Roma Downey gets drunk.
6. YOU DO A
TUNE CALLED "JEWEL SONG", BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN IT ABOUT
ALASKA OR YODELING. WHAT'S UP?
It's about a
girl looking in the mirror, saying, "How beautiful am I?"
It's not about Jewel the singer. It was written (by Charles-Francois
Gounod) over 100 years before she was born!
7. YOU SANG
"MEN OF HARLECH" FOR PRINCE CHARLES. WHAT THE HECK IS A
HARLECH?
It's a place in
Wales. It's a traditional Welsh song, a battle song. It's great for
rugby. I love rugby, but I don't play. Everybody stomps on each
other.
8. YOU'RE IN
THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, ALONG WITH A GUY WHO SHOOTS MILK
OUT OF HIS EYEBALLS. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?
Oh, that's
disgusting! Ugh!
9. YOU'RE THE
QUEEN OF MORNING SHOWS, WHAT'S UP WITH REGIS?
He's actually
really nice. He's hyperactive. His show would be too smiley-smiley
in the U.K. Everybody's irritable in the morning and they don't want
people smiling at them.
10. THE COVER
OF YOUR NEW ALBUM LOOKS VERY PASTORAL. WHY AREN'T THERE ANY SHEEP?
There were
sheep, but we took them out. We thought people might be offended
because of what the English say about us and sheep. They say farmers
love their sheep in an indecent way. So if there's a little Welsh
girl with some sheep, it look offensive.
Thanks
to John Paul Saragosa for typing this up.
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