'And I can say, with the full assurance that I would be backed up by the vast majority of voice teachers and singing professionals that, not only does Ms. Boyle have a genuinely fine singing voice.....'

In fact Don, here in the UK at least, West End professional singers etc have consistently and, as far as I've seen, unanimously said that her voice doesn't have what it takes for the professional stage but, as you claim she has 'a considerably better voice than many well-known professionals' I suppose they are all suffering from 'sour bloody grapes' too

Simply disagreeing with your opinion Don does not make any poster here 'petty'