Can opera singers sing pop – and vice versa?

It takes years of training for opera singers to master their art. But would those skills help or hinder in singing pop songs? And what about the other way round?I remember hearing the great Malian singer Salif Keita for the first time in 1980. Joy Division and Blondie were in the charts. I was bowled over, and felt my horizons widening in an instant. It wasn't just that the sound of his voice roared into my soul, it was also that I became aware of another way of singing, and behind it anothe...

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