Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins
Katherine Maria Jenkins OBEis a Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano, singer and songwriter. She is a popular classical-crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth29 June 1980
CityNeath, Wales
mother father years
My mother and father were perfect role models. They were together for 25 years and very much in love. But I've got too much to do now. I'm only 27.
This is something I really want to do,
troops
No-one had anticipated troops being there as long as this.
home love opportunity sing
I love any opportunity to come back home and sing in Wales,
bit bring christmas family forgotten happiness nice time
Christmas is a family time so it would be nice to bring a little bit of happiness to them and show that they are not forgotten at home,
bringing collect gap good led meant outside songs success throughout time touring
With 'Believe' bringing really big success for me outside of the U.K. for the first time, it meant I have been touring around the world and that led to a gap from the studio. I really feel like the gap has done me the world of good. Throughout that time I was able to collect songs that I really loved.
interested man people pop royal variety
For me, with the Blue Man Group, I got asked. It was for the Royal Variety Show, which was something I always wanted to be a part of. I'm really interested in things people don't necessarily expect. I did a pop song, but I did it in my own style.
love perform
Singing has always been my big passion and I would love to be able to go to the U.S. and perform more.
accessible best brought classical home listened moved music people singing stuff teacher
Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great.
classical core crossover fit interested pop side somewhere
I've always said that I count myself as a classical crossover artist. To be so, you have to have the core classical training, which I did for many, many years, but also be interested in the pop side of things. You can fit in somewhere in the middle. I feel I do that really well.
call classical love opera people realise shall until
I have never called myself an opera singer. Other people do, but I always call myself a classical singer. I'd love to do opera, but I'm still too young and I don't want to do it until I'm ready. I realise that when I do that it's going to be... up for discussion, shall we say, so I want to get it right.
bit good home loved time wish
I wish I got a little bit more time at home. I am away a lot and being around my loved ones and friends is good for me. It grounds me. It's something I need to make more time for. I think I need a little more balance.
creates
After doing 'Doctor Who,' I'm open-minded to doing more acting. Part of the reason you do a show like this is because it creates other opportunities you haven't had before.
classical music people
You're now getting a new breed of people like Il Divo and Andrea Bocelli and I think that's why people feel less intimidated by classical music than they once did.