The debut album by Paul Potts has finally been released in the United States! I announced the pending release of his album in a previous post, and I can honestly say that this is the one CD that I am glad Michelle and I own.
Now I’m definitely not what you would call an opera connoisseur, however I have loved classical music almost all of my life.
One of my favorite opera songs (and probably one of the first I ever heard) is Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) as performed by Andrea Bocelli. Paul serves up an excellent rendition of the piece on track 2 of his album, and brings his own personal style to his performance of the song.
While reading various articles about Paul on the web, I came across one comment from a fan posted on the website Paul Potts UK that says this of Paul:
His voice has a tone somewhere between Pavarotti and Carreras, his technique is only good, his phrasing is bit less than flawless, but all the pieces together don’t make an explanation for the sweetness and charm he conveys. He is the quintessential anyone you cross by in any street, until he starts singing.
My absolute favorite song on the entire album is an operatic interpretation of Everybody Hurts by REM. It is different, haunting, and quite moving. Paul described in his numerous television interviews about being bullied when he was young, and I believe this song is probably the one that he and most other people will be the most moved by. Listen for yourself to just how beautiful this song is!
Click to play button below to hear a short sample clip of Everybody Hurts from the album Paul Potts – One Chance:
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Do yourself a favor if you haven’t already – buy this album! If you’re not an opera fan, I promise that after reading Paul’s story and listening to this CD you will be!
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Andrea Bocelli is truly a master. He has a super great voice that sounds heavenly.-”‘
there is no other great male voice than Andrea Bocelli, -,.
Andrea is really very talented because he had such beautiful voice~;:
Andrea Bocelli is of course the master, he is really gifted to have that very beautiful voice ..
oh, Andrea Bocelli has that angelic voice just like Hayley Westenra”