{"product_id":"the-opera-band","title":"THE OPERA BAND","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe debut of the young, classically trained international quintet of sopranos Jo Appleby and Tsakane Valentine, tenors David Habbin and Geoff Swell, and basso Nick Garret offers up a familiar take on the crossover formula that has enriched everyone from genre pioneers The Three Tenors to Russell Watson and beyond. While their occasionally electro-pumped rhythms and youth-angled marketing shtick (\"The world's first opera band!\") may borrow a page from Opera Babes and Bond, it still manages to evoke the spirit (if not the letter) of its eclectic classical sources. And if the world hasn't exactly been burning for yet another dramatized update of Turandot's melodic \"Nessun Dorma,\" The Pearl Fishers, or--for that matter--\"Unchained Melody,\" Amici Forever's takes on the pop side of the crossover equation are indeed promising, recasting Alex North's \"Unchained..\" (\"Senza Catene\") and their reworked theme to the miniseries Band of Brothers(\"Requiem for a Soldier\") in a successful, neo-classical light. If Neopolitan-shaded originals like \"Canto Alla Vita\" and \"Vita Mia\" sound like Josh Groban clones, their glorious harmonic vocal reworkings of Faure's \"Pavane\" (\"Whisper of Angels\") and Elgar's \"Enigma Variations\" (\"Nimrod: Lux Aeterna\") bristle with an ambitious sense of adventure that's missing from much of their crossover competition. Serious opera buffs may still quarrel with the daring \"impurity\" of it all, but if Amici Forever prod a few more pimply punters to peruse Puccini, won't it all have been worth it? --Jerry McCulley\n\nProduct description\n\nAmici Forever ~ Opera Band\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0000V0DE2\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGRJ005ZQ6_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41368886673466,"sku":"4EKGRJ005ZQ6_ns","price":4.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0000V0DE2-0.jpg?v=1776455421","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-opera-band","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}