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1 Oct 2009
Have a great time at the concert ladies. Joan, have a blast!
Alison, thanks for posting pictures of the venue. It looks beautiful! Fara
3 Jul 2009
Don't know if this is allowed as it is on the main page under news of the site, if not mods please delete it. 03/07/2009 A Blog From Urs Part 1 www.ildivo.com has just caught up with Urs before he joins the guys on stage at Atlanta. In the first of our blogs from Urs he talks about how he keeps his energy levels high on tour and his time in Florida. 'Hi everyone, I hope you are really well. We're having a great time on the North American tour. To be honest we are starting to get a little bit homesick but we all still love doing our job and seeing the fans every night. We do get tired but once we get to the venue, get into the groove and are up onstage; it's wonderful! We get such great audiences as well. We've just had three gigs in Texas and three gigs in Florida; the audiences were so enthusiastic, loud, warm and just wonderful! One gig has really stood out for me and that was in Orlando. The people were just so loud and stood up after nearly every song.' In Part Two Urs will be talking about Mexico and where An Evening With Il Divo will take the band next.
24 Jun 2009
Great interview with David.
Il Divo still learning along the way Jim Abbott | SOUNDBOARD June 26, 2009 Il Divo's David Miller is a classically trained opera singer still adapting to being greeted like a rock star in his current group. "It does feel that way sometimes," says Miller, who performs with opera-pop hybrid Il Divo on Saturday at Amway Arena. "Standing backstage, the music starts and immediately you hear screams from the audience — and it's mainly female screams." Adjusting to such adulation (how hard could it be?) is only one thing that Miller has learned in his five years with Il Divo. There were initial cultural and language barriers to overcome with the other singers — French pop singer Sébastien Izambard, Swiss tenor Urs Buhler, and Spanish baritone Carlos Marin. And the technique involved with singing "Feelings" and "Unbreak My Heart" is way different than doing Puccini. "I'm learning additional techniques of how to sing," Miller says. "I'll sing my arias in the shower or in hotel rooms or back stage and I realize I've expanded my repertoire of how to use my voice. It has freed up a lot of the notions in my head that I had held about opera." (And, gentle readers, isn't it nice to know that real opera singers sing opera in the shower?) Was it also an adjustment to leave the traditional operatic world to do pop songs in an ensemble put together in 2004 with a mainstream commercial audience in mind by American Idol's Simon Cowell? "We have never been asked to compromise how we sing," Miller says. "We never touch anything from the operatic repertoire, so it's not like [purists] would say 'What are you doing there?' "We're making people opera curious. There's a lot of stereotypes that people believe: That opera singers have to be this way or that, 700 pounds and bellowing that hurts your ears. In truth, opera is an enduring tradition and it wouldn't be that way if people didn't enjoy it. "When people hear us, they say 'Hey, that's not so scary at all.'" And what about working with the other singers. Is there rock-star drama to go along with that rock-star reaction? "This has been five years of a continual learning process," Miller says. One lesson? "Learning how to be slightly more diplomatic, because we're all in this together; it's not a solo career." The long-term nature of Il Divo also is different from the pace and mindset of an opera. "In an opera, if there are disagreements, you know that it will be done in three weeks' time. This is more of an arranged marriage." Il Divo's recordings, such as its latest, The Promise, are put together in a highly collaborative way, with input from Cowell, the record company and others. On tour, the singers have much more control. "Everybody's creative ideas were all pouring onto the table and we came up with something we thought was quite a show. We've redesigned the set, the running order of the show. There are new images for people to coordinate with the music." With the cultural and language differences, is he surprised that Il Divo has lasted so long? "Five years ago, it was an experiment," he says, "but now we want to try and make it last as long as we can." Here's a link to the article. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainme...5.column?page=1
19 Jun 2009
Not a very nice comparison but thought people might want to read about this.
By Scott Iwasaki Deseret News Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:51 p.m. MDT The other day, someone asked me why I review concerts of some artists I don't like. She referred specifically to Britney Spears, but Il Divo came into the conversation. She inquired because she took issue with my negative review of Spears. "And I see that you didn't enjoy Il Divo, either," she said. "Why go, if you don't like them?" Well, there are a few answers to that question. One is obvious. It's my job. I review concerts because that's what I do. I get paid to inform people of the big shows that are in town. The second reason is a bit convoluted. Let me break it down into two sections. First: I review shows to inform parents about their kids' music. Second: I review shows to inform teens (and adults) who are fans about what they might have missed. They might want to catch the act the next time it's in town. Last: I review shows to inform the performers of what the critical listener likes and how they can improve. This last reason sounds arrogant. That's not my intent. I remember talking with Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson a few years ago. And he said, "Critics are suppose to tell us what we're doing wrong, so we can fix it." Unfortunately, everyone can be a critic. With blogs going online left and right, it's sometimes difficult and overwhelming to find a schooled critic, as opposed to an angry hack who takes an artist to task just for the heck of it. I'd like to think I'm not a hack. When I critique, I do it, not out of spite, but out of the desire to give good criticism. In the case of Il Divo, I wrote about the similarities between them and the Backstreet Boys because Il Divo were formed by a music-industry mogul — in this case "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell. The singers come from different parts of the world and have different musical training. Before they joined the group, they hadn't met each other. Also, they singers were told what to sing and how to dress — just like a boy band. So that's what I wrote. I didn't make any of it up. The critique I gave about them needing to dance a bit during the saucy Latin numbers, in my opinion, would have made the show a little more fun. I didn't mean the guys had to have individual variations. I just meant that the music had such a seductive rhythm that it would have been fun to see them dance in place for a few bars. The audience went wild when Carlos did a few quick side steps to the music. So why couldn't the others do a bit? As for Spears, well, the criticism was more about the cost of her tickets. Top price of official tickets (not scalper's prices) was $750. And the fact that she lip syncs only added insult to injury. The real criticism of the show was how Spears exploits her fans' pocketbooks. By the way, those $750 seats were nearly sold out. Now with this said, there are times when I am pleasantly surprised. I went to review Backstreet Boys in 2001 and found that I liked the show very much. Here's the link http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705311383,00.html
12 Jun 2009
Have a good time at the concert, ladies.
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stewardess
Glad to see you pop in Fara! Take it easy on the work thing! X Janneke. 1 Aug 2009 - 3:13 
rachy
g'day Fara!!!! hope everything is cool with you...... Hope you get the Swiss! Love Rachy!!! 2 May 2009 - 8:14 
nathalie
Hi Fara, just letting you know, that it was so nice meeting you in Zürich before the concert and the meet and greet. You're a very kind person, and so was your mom Take care and enjoy your easter time Nathalie 11 Apr 2009 - 11:35
rachy
Hi Fara!!!! REALLY hope you got to meet the divo's...especially your Swiss!!!! Even better if you got a kiss!!!!!!! love Rachy!! xxx 2 Mar 2009 - 9:08 Friends
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