Some Catters I know who were classically trained do not sound hateful at all-- quite natural with rich, expressive, natural-sounding voices and, perhaps, now that I think about their CDs-- a finer touch on phrasing than some others. The training is not the sound-- the training is just the tools, and then what you do with the tools is up to you.

Had a bit of training myself once upon a time, I did. But I KNOW I do not SOUND like it. Not for any other reason than that I gave up singing the classical music that can NOT be done otherwise.

~Susan