Young Opera Singer Daniella Lugassy on How "YouTube Censors Her, Yet Allows Miley Cyrus to Swing Naked on a Wrecking Ball"

Young Opera Singer Daniella Lugassy on How "YouTube Censors Her, Yet Allows Miley Cyrus to Swing Naked on a Wrecking Ball"

TEL AVIV, Israel, October 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



YouTube, a Google destination, has decided to remove a music video of young opera
singer Daniella Lugassy, claiming the video violates its community guidelines which
prohibit nudity and sexual content, even though there is absolutely no nudity in the
video, which is clear to anyone watching it. The music video is a unique cover of
Coldplay's "Fix You" and is available on Vimeo - http://www.vimeo.com/77819106



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The music video is part of a larger project Daniella is working on in an effort to
bring classical music and specifically opera to the masses. Daniella is recording an album
that will feature covers of popular songs like "Fix You", alongside classics like "Ave
Maria". All the covers feature arrangements that have a hint of opera and classical music.



This summer Daniella already released covers of "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode,
and "Fields of Gold" by Sting. The music videos were very well received by the YouTube
community and received hundreds of thousands of views - quite a feat for a classical music
performer. The videos are available on Daniella's YouTube page
http://www.youtube.com/user/omats23



The video of the "Fix You" cover was uploaded to YouTube just a few days ago and was
getting thousands of views every day, as well as positive comments from members of the
YouTube community. That is why Daniella was shocked when YouTube removed the video,
claiming violations of its guidelines regarding nudity and sexual content. While the video
does feature the beautiful opera singer, and includes a scene where Daniella is wearing a
bikini, its content is far from explicit, and one can find much sexier videos on YouTube,
especially from the big pop stars.



In fact, one of the most popular videos on YouTube today is "Wrecking Ball" by Miley
Cyrus, in which the young starlet is literally hanging naked from a wrecking ball. It is
odd that Miley Cyrus in her birthday suit is considered appropriate content, while an
opera singer fully clothed violates some conduct regarding nudity. According to YouTube
stats, more than 200 million viewers were exposed to the completely nude Miley Cyrus.



"A lot of hard work and effort was put into creating this song and video," commented
Daniella Lugassy. "I don't think any of the content in the video is inappropriate,
especially when compared to videos from Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Rihanna and many
others."



"I want to show the world that opera can be fun and cool, so I recorded these
opera-like covers to some of my favorite pop and rock songs," continued Daniella. "YouTube
is the perfect place to bring a niche like opera to the general public, and I hope they
will reconsider their decision to remove the video from their platform."



About Daniella Lugassy:



Daniella is a successful and experienced opera singer. In her short career she
performed with the world renowned Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, and has sung under the
baton of greats like Maestro Zubin Mehta and Maestro Roberto Abbado. Daniella recently
took a leap of faith, and expanded her career beyond the opera world which she has known
since the age of 10. She is now working on her debut Opera Crossover album which will
include covers to her favorite songs alongside well known classical arias.



Contact:




Management
daniella@daniellalugassy.com
+917-522-8384

PR Contact
Anat Steiner
anat.steiner283@gmail.com





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