A quartet of male vocalists formally trained in classical music trying to bridge the gap between pop and classical music. Discovered by Simon Cowell of the American Idol reality show, we first saw them performing on Oprah Winfrey's show. After their performance Oprah remarked that although she couldn't understand a single word sung, they were nonetheless breathtakingly refreshing. Such is their international appeal cutting across language & cultural barriers through their songs. The international group consists of David Miller (American), Sebastien Izambard (French), Urs Buhler (Swiss) and Carlos Marin (Spanish). Il Divo is an Italian term for divine performer or a male diva. Their debut album consists of 12 songs in Spanish & English, the notable number being a remake of Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart". A very listenable album not unlike the style of Josh Groban, another young singer breaking out through a new genre of classical pop music. Sunday, August 28, 2005
Il Divo
A quartet of male vocalists formally trained in classical music trying to bridge the gap between pop and classical music. Discovered by Simon Cowell of the American Idol reality show, we first saw them performing on Oprah Winfrey's show. After their performance Oprah remarked that although she couldn't understand a single word sung, they were nonetheless breathtakingly refreshing. Such is their international appeal cutting across language & cultural barriers through their songs. The international group consists of David Miller (American), Sebastien Izambard (French), Urs Buhler (Swiss) and Carlos Marin (Spanish). Il Divo is an Italian term for divine performer or a male diva. Their debut album consists of 12 songs in Spanish & English, the notable number being a remake of Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart". A very listenable album not unlike the style of Josh Groban, another young singer breaking out through a new genre of classical pop music. 
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beg to disagree. what is it about young beautiful boys/girls these days, packaged and marketed so well, but alas lacking any originality and oomph doing only pretty perfect cover versions? give me toni's version anytime. ditto englebert's el mondo (sung by another pretty boy) played to death on light & easy. sfun
Hi SF!
Read in the Tiger forum that you've just come back from a well-deserved break. I'm sure you had a great time...
I share yr disdain for boy bands. But this group certainly don't qualify as I understand they're all in their 30s. Maybe not so original like you said, singing re-makes of yester hits. I checked on their bio & it seems they have quite impressive credentials. Take a look :
David Miller is from Colorado. He graduated from the Oberlin conservatory in Ohio where he took degrees in Vocal Performance and Opera Theatre. He has lived in New York for 10 years and sung the lead in more than 45 operatic productions. He recently appeared on Broadway in La Boheme
Sebastien Izambard is a self-taught prodigy. He is also an accomplished songwriter who plays guitar and piano. He has lived in Paris and produced for many other French artistes. In 2001 he performed with Johnny Haliday as a guest in his sold-out performances at the Paris Olympia.
Urs Buhler is a Swiss tenor, born in January 29, 1971. Began singing publicly aged seventeen with Conspiracy, a hard rock band based in his home town of Luzern, where he attended the Academy for School and Church Music. He later moved to Amsterdam, where he studied Voice at the Amsterdam Conservatory under the tutorage of Udo Reinemann. Urs also benefited from private tuition with the late Swedish tenor, Gsta Winbergh and the French tenor, Christian Papis. In addition to a season at the Salzburg Festival, where he sang with the choir under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Urs has spent the past seven years in Holland singing oratorios and performing with the Netherlands Opera.
Carlos Marin, baritone ('Spain). Based in Madrid, he established a considerable reputation singing leading roles in the Spanish versions of Les Miserables, The Man from La Mancha and Beauty and The Beast. After vocal masterclasses with Alfredo Kraus, Monserrat Caballe and Jaime Aragall, in recent years Carlos has charmed audiences worldwide and won critical acclaim as 'primo baritono' in many operas, including renowned works such as La Traviata, The Barber of Seville, La Boheme and Madame Butterfly.
Cheers !
LH, I don't question their talent, but the expression of it. I guess the basis of my strenuous objections are the marketing methods, and lack of originality. Success that is formulaic is never perennial. That which is not from the heart cannot be expressed with great conviction. We can be great, but we should be our best.
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