I don't get it much, but more than I used to. Got my hands on a few recordings of Puccini stuff sung by Italian speaking singers. THAT I liked. Kind of the "I don't like movies, but that Casablanca's all right" approach. Or "I don't much care for Tom Jones doing the blues, but that BB King, now that's different".

Now I agree I also need to hear this stuff live. If I can just screw up the courage to go see non-Italians sing one live.