I Know, But: Andrea Bocelli

Even by internet standards, opera fans have a gift for hyperbole. A soprano isn’t “good”; she “is the divine prima donna assoluta” or “shines eternal light into descending trills, chromatic scales, and laser Cs.” She doesn’t “miss a note”; she is “a HORROR SHOW!!! The WOBBLE is out of control.” But when American soprano Jennifer Rowley posted about an upcoming appearance at the Metropolitan Opera, she likely wasn’t expecting it to draw so much ire. “To which level has the Met sunk?” complained a Met regular. “I hope this is a joke!” proclaimed another. Her crime? Singing a concert with Andrea Bocelli.