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Title: Good, but not as good as the hype:
Review: Charlotte does have a very beautiful voice. The young lady is indeed very talented. The comparison of her voice to that of a young boy's is right on. She is the same age and her voice the same maturity as theirs. I found the selections on this cd much more suited to her voice and personality than the ones on her other cd. As to her billing of "opera singer", I think not. Many of the local colleges provide better opera than she does. Her high notes were strident and shaky enough to make me uncomfortable. Also, I could not understand any of her words. As a linguist, I was saddened by this. I see vocal music as the incomprable combination of poetry and tone. To understand the poetry however, one must understand the individual words. Charlotte has tone but that's about it. I will love to hear her when her voice and her personality have matured and when she has developed other areas of her musicality.
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