A touch of opera: Mercury/Caballé

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No, I'm not proposing the entry for Freddie Mercury on PA. His solo career is horrible crappy pop, not related with prog nor with common sense.

I'm proposing the inclusion of duet named Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé.

They released only one albun in 1988, it's, of course "Barcelona".

Just stay open-minded, please! I am a Queen and Queen-related fanboy, but this is not some sort of "Bono Vox, Pavarotti and friends for world peace" pseudo-classical cheeze.

This is highly artistic collaboration of two artists, diverse, eclectic and well composed. Plus, it rocks.

The most well-known song, "Barcelona" is a tacky pseudo-classical song, not very prog. The rest of the album sounds much different!
The album contains 8 lengthy (6-10 mins) tracks, multi-part, dynamic mixture of rock music and opera, gospel, Japanese traditional folk music and much more.
The album closes with "Overture Piccante", an overture which utilises excerpts from all the songs on the album to build a grand finale - in a similar way as Genesis' "Los Endos".

The album influenced Queen to write their last prog masterpiece, the song "Innuendo" (you can find traces here).

It's unnecessary to discuss Freddie's prog-rock credibility.
Caballé is a soprano singer, diva of highest class in the world of classical music; and this is not hers only journey to the prog-rock, because she collaborated with Vangelis on his "El Greco" album.

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clarke2001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 14 2006 Location: Croatia Status: Offline Points: 4160	Topic: A touch of opera: Mercury/Caballé Posted: April 02 2007 at 12:27
	No, I'm not proposing the entry for Freddie Mercury on PA. His solo career is horrible crappy pop, not related with prog nor with common sense. I'm proposing the inclusion of duet named Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé. They released only one albun in 1988, it's, of course "Barcelona". Just stay open-minded, please! I am a Queen and Queen-related fanboy, but this is not some sort of "Bono Vox, Pavarotti and friends for world peace" pseudo-classical cheeze. This is highly artistic collaboration of two artists, diverse, eclectic and well composed. Plus, it rocks. The most well-known song, "Barcelona" is a tacky pseudo-classical song, not very prog. The rest of the album sounds much different! The album contains 8 lengthy (6-10 mins) tracks, multi-part, dynamic mixture of rock music and opera, gospel, Japanese traditional folk music and much more. The album closes with "Overture Piccante", an overture which utilises excerpts from all the songs on the album to build a grand finale - in a similar way as Genesis' "Los Endos". The album influenced Queen to write their last prog masterpiece, the song "Innuendo" (you can find traces here). It's unnecessary to discuss Freddie's prog-rock credibility. Caballé is a soprano singer, diva of highest class in the world of classical music; and this is not hers only journey to the prog-rock, because she collaborated with Vangelis on his "El Greco" album.
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Kotro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: August 16 2004 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2809	Posted: April 02 2007 at 14:17
	I must say that I absolutely love that album (it indeed has so much more than the title track, although that is very good too), but I'm not entirely convinced of it's progressive atributes. It's definitly adventurous for both the opera and pop worlds, but then again, so is Lloyd Webber. On the other hand, It is symphonic rock, in parts similar to The Enid, but is it prog enough? Not sure. Nevertheless, a very interesting proposition and definitly worth considering.
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