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Been out for lunch.
So where were we? Oh, yes, Katherine Jenkins needs to sing in an actual opera.
I'm not sure that Viva La Diva really counts.
KJ is a mezzo, isn't she. I suppose the three mezzo roles that I think would suit KJ well, are ...
Rosina (in The Barber of Seville)
Carmen (in, err, Carmen)
Angelina (in La Cenerentola)
Is she sultry enough to play Carmen? She should try. Rosina is probably the easiest of those roles. She'd definitely make a brilliant Angelina. She looks just right.
And, to throw in a couple of curve balls, and perhaps expose my slight Wagner bias, how about ...
Adriana (in Rienzi) ... a really gorgeous role
Amneris, in Aida
Until she has a go at an actual opera role, I think she should call herself an operatic singer, rather than an opera singer.
Maybe that's why she sleeps with her eyes open. She's picturing herself singing Carmen.