Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm very tired of the reviews saying "Oh, she's only 15, give her a break!" There is no "break" for real opera singers. Charlotte simply isn't an opera singer until she takes on a role on the opera stage. I don't care if you think she has a lovely voice or she makes opera accessible to the general populice--she's too young. Her voice, compared to real trained sopranos with mature voices, is pale and lackluster. It's flat and boring. It's not really that she has no business singing Adele's Laughing Song or the Habañera, it's that she shouldn't be making money for singing them. Sure, let her sing them, but as practice in her home, not as a classical crossover marketing attempt. Her slow tempo on the phrasing on some of these pieces is ridiculous... if someone did this at their voice lesson at university or in conservatory, they'd be gently but firmly spoken to and told to speed it up. Listen to the accurate versions of these pieces, and you'll agree. I hate that she's fifteen and has been famous since age twelve, and I hate it that people take her seriously. Please, buy a Kathleen Battle or Renée Fleming album instead.