How will she sing though? Will she do Contemporary or will this Celtic Woman be a new formation with another soprano like CWX Meav, Lynn etc. Are we going to have dueling operatics or just one Mairead Carlin?
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Alex was similar to Susan, and Alex was way more Different than Lisa Kelly!
I would actually argue that Lisa and Alex were and are very similar singers. Both of them seem to fit on the more classical Soprano side. I know Lisa herself said that she had classical training, including opera, but that she didn't enjoy singing classical. I don't know Alex's training, but she had a very powerful voice. I would even argue stronger than Lisa's was.
Susan, however, was more of a contemporary, theatre-trained Soprano. She had that natural theatre belt that could make her stand out even if Mairead was hitting opera notes. She was a theatre girl, just like Lisa and Alex, but it seems, to me anyway, that she might be the only girl without any classical training.
If you watch the YouTube videos of Murphy's Ballroom Of Romance, there is a video with Alex and one with Susan. Alex's voice melds better on the faster songs with Mairead and Eabha. Susan's voice, however, is more suited to pop and fast-paced songs and her voice is louder than Mairead and Eabha.
It seems to me that, with 2 classically trained sopranos in Mairead and Megan, and with an Alto in Eabha, CW is going back to the old style sound. Cuz Meav and Lisa were both classical sopranos with Orla and Chloe (since she was younger and her voice was still forming) in the Alto and mezzo registers.