Word: singer
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NAME: CHER, FORMERLY "THE NOSE" AGE: 52 OCCUPATION: Singer, used to act in movies BEST PUNCH: Held up other performers at an all-star charity concert in New York City by arriving late, explaining, "I couldn't get my sequins and s___ together"; sang only three songs, all seemingly lip-synched...
NAME: BETTE, FORMERLY "THE ROSE" AGE: 53 OCCUPATION: Singer, used to act in movies BEST PUNCH: Finally taking the stage after midnight, Midler took a thinly veiled swipe at Cher's canned performance, quipping, "I feel like Grace Jones, except I'm singin' live, babe...
Many vocal connoisseurs regard Ben Heppner, 42, as the real tenor of his generation. A beefy, shambling Canadian whom conductor James Levine rightly calls a "phenomenon," Heppner is the first singer in years who has the vocal heft needed for the massive Wagnerian roles that were once owned by Lauritz Melchior. No operatic appearances in 1998 were as eagerly awaited as Heppner's Lohengrin at the Met and Tristan und Isolde at the Seattle Opera, and the critical verdict was passionately positive. Small wonder: the Wagner excerpts included on his latest CD, Ben Heppner Sings German Romantic Opera (RCA Victor...
...possible, of course, that the next really big male opera singer may not be a tenor. Ask Joseph Volpe, the Met's general manager, what he is planning to do when Pavarotti and Domingo are no longer available to open the season, and the first name he mentions is that of Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel. "At some point," he confides, "we're going to open with a Don Giovanni starring Bryn." No, Terfel can't sing a high C, but Volpe is betting that won't matter. "Bryn's the one who has all of the goods," he says...
...jazz enthusiast from England asked if we had any word on Anita O'Day, the singer whose career began in the late 1930s. "She must be in her 70s now, and I wonder if she is still with us. I scan your Milestones, fearing the worst." Not to worry, we told him: O'Day just celebrated her 79th birthday, and she's planning a performance at New York City's Carnegie Hall next July...