OK, personal feeling on classical voices: Yes, I agree that proper trainig used sensibly can and does help but when it reches the point that words are distorted and that "operatic" accent is achieved, I switch off. The words are incomprehensible to me (even in English) and although these singers may have great power and range, as a general rule, I find the tones produced distinctly unpleastant.

This is my purely subjective opinion but that is effect it has on me.

Jon