Album review - Andrea Bocelli: My Christmas
NOT everyone approves of opera’s crossover with pop but we do get to hear some interesting juxtapositions.
Bocelli guests with Courtney Blooding, Natalie Cole and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir but the stand-out track What Child Is This features Mary J Blige, whose passion makes the Tuscan tenor appear tame.
One wonders how she would have fared against Pavarotti.
The other highlight is the Muppets, urging Bocelli to go “faster, faster” on their hilarious Jingle Bells.
VERDICT 3/5
(Universal)