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Originally Posted by ExodusUK

You don't need an Opera voice to be influenced/inspired by Opera..listen to Koda Kumi's 'Alive', the song is based on a famous Italian Opera song.

I know, but I feel Koda has stronger vocals for those sorts of songs. These days I don't think Ayu could pull off anything like that. Not really saying anything bad about her, just her voice is definitely more suited to other sorts of songs..

@mizuki-7: Pride is a nice example, but I don't think she could pull off that sort of song anymore. If she tried and actually succeeded I wouldn't complain though! She might surprise us all and get vocal training again to regain her PoM voice, which was a real surprise for me to hear - didn't think I'd hear her sing like that live again.