Paul Potts - a new Luciano Pavarotti

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Paul Potts - Opera's Very Own Cinderfella

“Thank you for believing in me…” You must watch his winner’s performance. The look of abject resignation and hopelessness has been replaced by good fortune, which he promises not to let change his “everyman” outlook on life.
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The lore and legend of opera thrives on the fact that every once in a dozen blue moons a star can be born, rising from nowhere.
There are stories about the prima donna who, in a fit of temperament refuses to sing, only to be replaced by the shy young understudy who rockets to stardom.
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Paul Potts’ tale could become one of opera’s great Cinderella or Cinderfella stories. Only time will tell. Unlike other opera singers who are struggling for an audience, he comes complete with a ready made one, hanging on to his every note. People who have never heard a note of opera before are tuning in to listen to him. Sometimes dreams do come true. Sometimes dreams come true for people who truly deserve to have them come true.
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When I first heard the 36 year old man with the basset hound eyes, the suit that cost thirty-five pounds, and his world-weary appearance, I was in tears. He nailed Puccini’s Nessun Dorma like a pro.
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As you watch the critique of the tenor who still works at Carphone Warehouse, watch the look of disbelief on his face.
You realize this is a man who is trying one last rash stunt, appearing on Britain’s Got Talent.
If he lost, he was planning to quit and throw away the small fortune he spent on voice lessons.
Instead, for once, fortune smiled on the man who is afraid to smile because he is so self-conscious of his very crooked teeth.
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