> That's right. In the states, you can watch great concerts, say, from
> Great Performances at PBS. And in China, CCTV also broadcasts great
> concerts from the west. So when "Danish Opera Singer" boasted he was
> hailed as a hero in China, I simply don't believe it. Chinese people
> are not that dumb, they can tell who's accomplished musican, who's
> not. That person boasted himself out of proportion!!!
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> Chinese saying "Before you boast, don't forget to write a script so
> that at least it can make some sense!" 吹牛也要草稿吧!!!
>
> He is fooling nobody except his supporters from rec.music.opera and
> those thugs from soc.culture.china.
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> On Aug 6, 8:16 pm, ltlee1 hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Aug 6, 1:07 am, James T hotmail.com> wrote:

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>>> On Aug 5, 5:22 pm, "abianc...@my-deja.com" my-deja.com>
>>> wrote:

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>>>> With his music "career" and those videos he posted, I doubt J. Venning
>>>> was hailed as a hero in China as he boasted.

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>>>> "I have sung in Beijing twice now, and each time, I was hailed as a
>>>> hero returning to his Motherland by the audiences." - J. Venning, Jan.
>>>> 16, 2006

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>>>> Otherwise, Chinese government would have invited him to sing in their
>>>> Concert Hall instead of in that shabby place in Beijing.

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>>>> On Aug 5, 6:19 pm, The Riff Raff yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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>>>>> On 5 Aug, 22:56, "abianc...@my-deja.com" my-deja.com>
>>>>> wrote:> J, Venning is 3rd rate musician (too be polite) and he boasted he was

>>>>>> hailed as a hero in China. If that's true, Chinese government would
>>>>>> have invited him to sing in their Concert Hall in Beijing instead of
>>>>>> that shabby place. He posted several singing videos in youtube, they
>>>>>> are pathetic!!! Are they the best "performance" that J. Venning ever
>>>>>> gave??? If so, that's sad!

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>>>>>> It's ok to be 3rd rate musician but don't fool people by claiming he
>>>>>> is hero in China. I don't think Chinese people are that stupid!!!
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>>> Why have you not answered any of the questions people asked you on
>>> this thread which you started? How many operas have you seen to pass
>>> judgment on the quality of a performance? I have admitted that I don't
>>> like opera, but even then I have seen a few to come to that
>>> conclusion. Where is this supposedly "shabby place" you think the
>>> performance took place? You don't seem to able to answer any questions
>>> - is it because you cannot understand the questions posed? Or is
>>> because you are only interested in flaming and insulting, but nothing
>>> else on this newsgroup? You keep on saying that J.Venning is "3rd
>>> rate". I couldn't care less what rate you think he is, but at least he
>>> is making a living doing his job. What sort of work do you do to earn
>>> your living?

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>> As far as I can tell, Abianchen is living in America. So opera is a
>> freqent event. Public TV shows two three times every year. Probably
>> from the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and or the Carneige Hall.
>> If he is an average American, he is likely to watch a few on the TV.

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