4. TMZ, stop picking on blind people. Mr. Bocelli has more talent in his little finger than all of your writing staff combined. Picking on people with disabilities is so last century.

Posted at 3:06PM on Apr 14th 2009 by crys

5. Wrong to poke fun at people with a disability? Yes, always, but this guy has capitalized off of being a blind "singer". The only reason why anyone has heard of him is because he's blind & people marvel at him. His voice is mediocre at best...and being blind, he should have better hearing & fix his horrible, flat tone & goat bleeting vibrato. There's a blind student in my studio that would knock his doors off any day with his even tone, clean spin on the vibrato, clear resonance, & beautiful artistry.

Posted at 3:14PM on Apr 14th 2009 by MetOperaSinger

6. MetOperaSinger, I would never pay to see a show from such a conceited pig as you. He is not flat but right on. You are probably not an opera singer at all. You sound more like a teenage punk who is trying to sound important. I listened to his music for years, and I had no clue that he was blind until I did a google search on him. I saw old interview transcripts where it was the reporters talking about his being blind, not Andrea. Get your facts straight because you are the one sounding as ignorant as the TMZ staff.

Posted at 3:20PM on Apr 14th 2009 by crys

7. oooh Andrea on a horse. Not really a surprise since he likes to ride male horse off the stage anyway. Guess you don't need to see it to get into it!! LOL :)

Posted at 12:31PM on Apr 15th 2009 by ridiculousjobposts.com

8. Incredible talent, gracious, classy, gorgeous, good family man.

Posted at 6:41PM on Apr 14th 2009 by ellie

9. I'll take the Friesian, thank ya!

Posted at 9:02PM on Apr 14th 2009 by Me

10. He has never sung at the Met. Real opera singers don't need microphones to be heard in a theater.

Posted at 10:21PM on Apr 15th 2009 by jennay

11. crys - fabulous that you've been listening to him for years, but you are probably tone deaf & couldn't tell sharp from flat on any given day. I'm a lyric coloratura soprano (not that you even know what that is) and have perfect pitch (which you probably have no idea what that is either). Furthermore, your ignorance on the matter truly shows in your opening address to me. Opera singers don't do "shows", we sing in "operas", concerts, or oratorios...say that slowly with me...O-raaaa-tooo-riiiii-ooooos. My facts are straight & as someone in the music industry, much like that child was a flash in the pan for being at 13 year old with a 40 year old's voice for 2 years, he had something to set him apart & it sure wasn't ability. You want to hear some real talent, try listening to Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Lucia Popp, Barbara Bonney, Ruth Ann Swenson, Kathleen Battle, Renee Fleming, Cecelia Bartoli, Barbara Dever, Stephanie Blythe, Pavoratti, Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Sam Ramey, Kurt Moll. There's almost 1 of every voice part there. Pick a few & get educated before you go criticizing someone who's there, doing it, living it & could shatter your eardrums with "Der Holle Rache"'s high f or Vorrei Spiegarvi, O Dio's high e!

Posted at 3:32PM on Apr 16th 2009 by MetOperaSinger

12. Andrea does NOT need a microphone to sing in a theatre, nor is he flat, as any conductor will tell you.
For the stadium concerts, yes, of course he uses a microphone, so did Pavarotti and anybody you'd care to name.

Posted at 4:05PM on Apr 17th 2009 by Caroline

13. Ellie? "good family man?" He is still married to his wife and living with a girl less than half his age, who has fired his closest staff. Is that really the lifestyle of a family man?

Posted at 7:45PM on Apr 17th 2009 by disillusioned

14. MetOperaSinger you're so vain, totally a sign of frustration and envy. I imagine you criticize Andrea Bocelli, a worldwide renowned artist, because you desier his well-gained fame. So we don't know your fancy words or are in the business, as you claim you are (CLAIM as I you have not told your real name), but Andrea has a great voice that reaches people from most parts of the whole world, not only to opera singers, students, or wannabes. He has a carreer and not only for being blind. I was one of the many who ignored that he was blind for a long time, since I do not evaluate the lives of every singer that I happen to like at any time. So, some of us are ignorants, but you are bitter, cocky, and I assume very much alone in your self-centered life.

Yur shameless self promotion with your "MetOperaSinger" and name-dropping is obnoxious, and even if you were right, no one would want to agree with you, IMHO.

Get a life.

Posted at 8:47PM on Apr 19th 2009 by Alejo

15. TMZ's jokes are so corny. The crew is not even funny and laugh at the stupidest things. So who cares if the great Andrea Bocelli rides a horse. Jeez, get a life!

Posted at 12:15AM on Jun 1st 2009 by Laurie