Even Opera Buffs Love Meat

**Diane** · 21 Apr 2006, 19:16

The chief executive of English Heritage is a Meat Loaf fan:

http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/cam...A04%3A01%3A827

Diane

vrg · 21 Apr 2006, 19:42

And so do opera singers - Bryn Terfel is a Meat Loaf fan, and is often mistaken for Meat when Terfel is in the US singing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

**Diane** · 21 Apr 2006, 20:14

You're right VRG, he's a huge Meat fan:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4438836.stm

Jane Eaglen who is world famous, especially for her portrayal of Brunnhilde in Wagner's Ring Cycle, nearly always mentions her love of Meat in interviews, says she always listens to him before her performances and her dream is to sing with him. Well if Freddie could do it with Montserrat Caballe ......................!

Diane

Chris · 21 Apr 2006, 20:58

And there is precedent with Pavarotti in Sorrento is there not...

**RadioMaster** · 21 Apr 2006, 21:23

Quote:

The bass baritone said that on trips to New York he frequently gets mobbed by Meatloaf fans asking for his autograph.

I think that mobbing got another meaning as that how i´m understanding it...

God, i wish people whould see me on the street and think I´m Meat.
(I got the long hair, but not really the weight)

**Diane** · 21 Apr 2006, 22:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radiomaster

I think that mobbing got another meaning as that how i´m understanding it...

Used like this means basically being surrounded by admirers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radiomaster

God, i wish people whould see me on the street and think I´m Meat.
(I got the long hair, but not really the weight)

Believe you might also be a little too young.

Diane

**Diane** · 21 Apr 2006, 22:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris

And there is precedent with Pavarotti in Sorrento is there not...

Indeed Michelle. And let's not forget semi-classical Russell Watson. Meat taught him that singing rock is a whole different ball game to the classical stuff.

Diane

Sue K · 21 Apr 2006, 22:52

... when i was a wee tink... an opera troupe came to my school... and i just was SO not interested.. and i loved all types of music.. played in school band and orchestra through 9 years of my school life.. then many moons later.. i saw/ heard Meat and Pavarotti... and realized how ignorant i was... i enjoy opera very much now... thanks to being a Meat fan...

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**Diane** · 22 May 2006, 15:05

Interesting that Bryn Terfel is so often compared to Meat. Just found another one:
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100n...name_page.html

I really enjoyed this bit, (especially as Bryn Terfel is world famous on opera circles): "Critics have yet to describe him (Meat Loaf) as "a guy with the body of Bryn Terfel and an exuberant performing style," but it can only be a matter of time, eh?" With Meat's new album looming I'm guessing Bryn Terfel could well find himself with even greater heights to climb before he achieves that status.

Diane

**Diane** · 30 Aug 2008, 14:12

According to a new interview in the Arizona Republic Jane Eaglen is still very interested to have Jim write a song for her and Meat Loaf. Would be very interesting if this was to ever happen:

Q: And you have often been quoted as saying you'd like to sing with Meatloaf.

A: I don't like the term "crossover" but I'd like to put my voice up against its exact opposite, the male rock sound. Jim Steinman, who writes much of Meatloaf's music, is a big Wagner fan. I was singing Tristan at the Met and saw him in the audience, and he came backstage to see me. "I just love Wagner, he said, "but I write rock music, because I can't write like Wagner." But there is a kind of grandeur to it. If he would write something for me and Meatloaf, I wouldn't say no.

Diane

21 Apr 2006, 19:16	#1
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	Even Opera Buffs Love Meat The chief executive of English Heritage is a Meat Loaf fan: http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/cam...A04%3A01%3A827 Diane

21 Apr 2006, 19:42	#2
vrg Super Loafer Join Date: 30.10.2005 Location: Just outside Manhattan Posts: 671	And so do opera singers - Bryn Terfel is a Meat Loaf fan, and is often mistaken for Meat when Terfel is in the US singing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

21 Apr 2006, 20:14	#3
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	You're right VRG, he's a huge Meat fan: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4438836.stm Jane Eaglen who is world famous, especially for her portrayal of Brunnhilde in Wagner's Ring Cycle, nearly always mentions her love of Meat in interviews, says she always listens to him before her performances and her dream is to sing with him. Well if Freddie could do it with Montserrat Caballe ......................! Diane

21 Apr 2006, 20:58	#4
Chris Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Somewhere in the real world. Posts: 7,527	And there is precedent with Pavarotti in Sorrento is there not...

21 Apr 2006, 22:52	#8
Sue K Mega Loafer Join Date: 20.04.2003 Posts: 13,041	... when i was a wee tink... an opera troupe came to my school... and i just was SO not interested.. and i loved all types of music.. played in school band and orchestra through 9 years of my school life.. then many moons later.. i saw/ heard Meat and Pavarotti... and realized how ignorant i was... i enjoy opera very much now... thanks to being a Meat fan... ...

22 May 2006, 15:05	#9
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	Interesting that Bryn Terfel is so often compared to Meat. Just found another one: http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100n...name_page.html I really enjoyed this bit, (especially as Bryn Terfel is world famous on opera circles): *"Critics have yet to describe him* (Meat Loaf) *as "a guy with the body of Bryn Terfel and an exuberant performing style," but it can only be a matter of time, eh?"* With Meat's new album looming I'm guessing Bryn Terfel could well find himself with even greater heights to climb before he achieves that status. Diane

30 Aug 2008, 14:12	#10
Diane Super Moderator Join Date: 04.02.2003 Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands Posts: 3,462	According to a new interview in the Arizona Republic Jane Eaglen is still very interested to have Jim write a song for her and Meat Loaf. Would be very interesting if this was to ever happen: Q: And you have often been quoted as saying you'd like to sing with Meatloaf. A: I don't like the term "crossover" but I'd like to put my voice up against its exact opposite, the male rock sound. Jim Steinman, who writes much of Meatloaf's music, is a big Wagner fan. I was singing Tristan at the Met and saw him in the audience, and he came backstage to see me. "I just love Wagner, he said, "but I write rock music, because I can't write like Wagner." But there is a kind of grandeur to it. If he would write something for me and Meatloaf, I wouldn't say no. Diane