theres a good hint of the irish convicts from donegal in this song, when the penalty for stealing a loaf of bread was to be sent to australia, never to return.
O mundo precisa mesmo de uma Rainha... A Rainha Elizabeth II é linda... Ela tem segurado bem a Coroa do Reino Humano e sei que a Igreja Católica tem ajudado ...
Gostei de você ! Marusia ... Acredito que o Deus Vivo está muito preocupado com a humanidade e precisa de uma representante - Uma Rainha sábia mãe de filhos e filhas que pronuncie a Humanidade ao mundo o livro de revelação de jesus cristo seu filho amado enviado por seu anjo e notificado por João ... as armas a espada ainda sangra e precisa de voluntários para limpá-la ... ver cap.7 em foco. formação 144.000 que governarão o planeta Terra. ...
she just seems so happy about it. it is not supposed to be a happy song, but sings of the suffering of thousands of people that is the start of this great country.
she has an amazing voice but she misses the whole meaning of the song
Gostei muito é música de cristimas ... para botar bebe grande ... para dormir quinei o Charles Chaplin e Karl Marx - o estatuto dos idosos acredito que vai aprovar eu vou votar SIM para essa música linda ... CRESS2203 sou filha do LILÔ ... não aumentem que eu aumentarei ... ei filho !!!! PESSOAL!!! SERÁ QUE O RIEU TÁ VIRANDO DONO DE CASA QUE A RITU TAMBÉM TÁ VIRANDO DONA DE CASA... RIEU ESSE CASTELO É MEU RIEU...
Gostei muito é música de cristimas ... para botar bebe grande ... para dormir quinei o Charles Chaplin e Karl Marx - o estatuto dos idosos acredito que vai aprovar eu vou votar SIM para essa música linda ... CRESS2203 sou filha do LILÔ ... não aumentem que eu aumentarei ... ei filho !!!!
Mirusia Louwerse and Andre Rieu are always magnificent musicians, and I love to listen to everything they perform. Their interpretation is creative and gripping. It's no wonder they are admired and appreciated my millions around the world. They speak our language of the heart. I read the Rieu speaks six languages, and when he speaks before or after his music, it lifts my spirit, as does Mirusia with her sweet, humble, genuineness. Keep it up, both of you.
As I understand it, (I am Dutch, so forgive my ignorance), it's a song about a ship, which is heading for Australia and leaving the old homeland, England.
Does every Australian know this song? Nice song, by the way!
Mirusia Louwerse (Brisbane, 1985) is een Australische sopraan van Nederlandse afkomst. In 2006 slaagde zij voor haar klassieke zangopleiding op het Queensland Conservatorium en won zij, als jongste deelneemster ooit, het prestieuze Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Concours. In 2007 maakte ze kennis met André Rieu en dankzij een overdonderende auditie besloot hij haar als soliste mee te nemen op zijn tournee door Australië in 2008. Ondanks het gezamelijke succes treedt zij ook nog volop solo op.
The last part of the song is higher than I knew she could sing with that ease without resorting to "falsetto" (ie head voice in technical terms). I'd like to hear her sing a high C and see how she approaches it
This song is one of the best that Mirusia Louwerse sings. I just love it. Andre Rieu and his JSO are so inspirational. I love all his music and went to his Live concert in South Africa last year and will be going again this year. And one thing i must add, its well worth all the money for the ticket. I will pay ANYTHING to hear him
@TheBlindPig1 No, it isn't the national anthem. It's an old Australian folk song about the first convicts that came to Australia; the First Fleet's planned destination was a place called Botany Bay, but when they arrived they found it to be an unsuitable place to set up a colony so they moved closer to modern-day Sydney.
Mirusia, Carmen Monarcha, Andre Riu certainly has introduced 2 of the worlds greatest singers to us all. Who is next? If only Suzan Erens was still with him. What a trio those 3 ladies would make. Anyone not heard Suzan sing "Don't cry for me Argentina" listen now. I have heard over the years many fine singers perform this song but Suzan's is outstandingly the BEST ever. I hope you agree
@swaffham11 Andre Rieu has already found the next one. Listen to the Ave Maria sung by the South African soprano Kimi Skota with Andre on his South African tour.
I don't usually speak in superlatives, but Mirusia's is quite possibly the loveliest female voice I have ever heard. I think that she could sing the phone book, and it would sound like a choir of angels. Absolutely delightful
I am an Aussie and I sang this song at school 40 years ago. I have 4 children now and I was shocked that they have never heard this song before. My GG grandparents were convicts.
@void1962 It takes intelligence to appreciate real talent. That's why Lady Gaga is so popular. The world lacks intelligence. Mirusia Louwerse can only be appreciated by people who knows talent and beauty.
@udon890 - When the convicts were being sent to Australia, at times torn from their families & loved ones, really very sad and having to spend 6 months in the bowels of a prison ship.
@webaroos And the vast majority never returned home. Being told you were going to Australia (or New Holland) in the 18th century would be like going to the moon in the 21st. It was a greatly feared punishment to be deported on a convict ship...only a little less feared than being hung/
This song embodies our national identity a heck of a lot more than that monstrosity of a national anthem "Advance Australia Fair", and probably more than waltzing matilda.
@qlldominic: I am old myself but I agree with you. Only a few minutes ago I happened to see Mirusia Louwerse on German TV and I said to my wife: "Why don`t young people like that kind of music?"
@qlldominic Because most of young people are scared to be judged by someone else about classic music or they don't like it. Mostly this kind of music will be appreciated when people getting older.
@void1962, I too wish Mirusia sings more opera. In "Porgi amor" she makes all the best divas we loved suddenly look old, cold or mannered (even the wonderful Elisabeth Schwarzkopf or Lucia Popp!). No other Countess breaks your heart like Mirusia.
I found this song and Mirusia by a fluke. As a German I never happend to hear this song before nor did I know Mirusia. I only knew Andre Rieu and all my prejudice against his kind of music.
I think this songs and the way she interprets it is wonderful. Just gorgeous! It makes me wanna go to Hamburg, get a ship there (well preferably first class ^^) and sail for Sydney. Singing too-ral, li-ooral, li-addity.....
André has a very good nose to combine quality with beauty . Just look at all the members of his orchestra. Fenominal !! Murisia is the icing on the cake and she
@wum902 Indeed he has! Murisia has the personal touch in her singing ....three cheers for the man on the Generation whistle...E flat...Mary Bergin eat your heaart out!!
This is proof that what brings people together as a country and a people isn't war or catastrophe- it's music and love. She is one of the most talented singers I've ever seen, and I live in Vienna- she's astounding!! I can't wait to see her someday.
doesnt matter who sings the song. it is what it is. its australian and lets not forget the anzacs today. all others can get knotted, today is our day.
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The song is beautiful, and in my Favourites. My only regret, however, is that she had to ruin the ending of it with that disgusting, barbaric chant. I have come very close to literally being murdered, due to the spirit that underlies that chant.
excuse me, In grade 2, 4 and 7 I was dressed as convicts, covers in dirt, ripped clothes singing it as if I were on a boat to a land I had no idea about. YOU WOULDN'T BE SINGING OPERA!!
Okay, no worries! But to be fair, It isnt a folk song, its a sea shanty, and this isnt an opera, its merely being sung in soprano, and theres a very large Aussie crowd there enjoying it a hell of a lot! But no worries, i'm not that bothered anyway lol!.
In the time when nations still had some individuality, when we weren't all mere pawns of America; there was some good, and much uniqueness, in Australia.
I was born in the country, but for some reason I've always felt like an expatriate; I do not truly belong here, but it has, in many ways, been an extremely beneficial place in which to rest my head.
"Farewell to old England forever"... How many hundreds of years ago was that song written? Aussies still carry the UK flag in Ttheir flag, still sucking on queens old, dry tit. For what?
Rieu is such a whore by the way!
And when I thought It can't get any stupider: "Aussie, O"! I almost fainted
You're obviously fighting for the "Most Pretentious Country" award. Well, Good luck. (Not that you need it).
Cheers to all to all No-Worries-Well-Hearted Aussies, who still have a head on their necks
Increible La verdad esta musica hace emocionar a cualquiera quede sorprendido y admirado por la musica y por todo lo que hace Andre dichosa la gente que puede ir a tremendo recital, gracias Andre Gracias gracias .........
You can have your arguments against Rieu's musical interpretations. But look at the number of people who dig it and are willing to pay >$200 to be there. Rieu has succeeded to make classic music (and some new songs of heritage) a massive spectacle. He deserves every award that is appropriate. Who gave this young soprano the chance of her life to sound all over the globe? And all those dancers from the Vienna scene? And the ice dancers?
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Geloof me, dit is Play Back.
Haar stem heeft ze!!
In English: Just belief me dit is recorded (Play Back) to avoid faelures. Andre Rieu and his Orchestra do amaezing things with people. I'm so pleased that het is a Dutchman! (The whole family included). Merry Christmas to you all and I'm goiing to listen AND see : "Goldene Kutsche".
didnt read all the posts here but... Is the lyrics meant to be " Fairwell to old Scotland/Ireland forever"... just for the record though, WHAT AN AMAZING VOICE!!!!!
Thanks for posting, this is great! I saw Mirusia at an Andre concert in Philadelphia a couple of years ago & was a little disappointed that it wasn't one of the 'regular' girls. But I've been enjoying all the performances of hers I see on youtube.
twice a year, every year, i am forced to hear a soprano and it is so horrid i feel like shooting my self in the head, but this is worth not pulling the trigger, great job!
cosmicdingo - She was born in Brisbane, Australia. She graduated in December 2006 from the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane with a High Destinction and an Academic Achievement Award obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Performance in Classical Voice. In 2006, Mirusia became the youngest ever winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Award
nice and good ........
dendjpelawi 3 days ago
theres a good hint of the irish convicts from donegal in this song, when the penalty for stealing a loaf of bread was to be sent to australia, never to return.
1994paramorefan 1 week ago
This woman's voice makes me cry.
maspender 3 weeks ago
Fantastisk, utrolig dejlig stemme, kunne godt tænke mig at høre hende live.
heinogug 1 month ago
I don't think the convicts sang it so beautifilly
verticalsmurf 1 month ago
SUPERB
DigiGugu 2 months ago
Podíamos lançar uma linda boneca ... Princesa Mirusia versão em porcelana e estilo barbie ...
MsBenaria 2 months ago in playlist Favoritos de MsBenaria
Brilliant voice great song & shes a Bris Vegas (Brisbane) chick, cheers mate
ozLawrence 3 months ago
@ozLawrence Bris Vegas? Sounds rather like Wall Street ;-)
GPCMUTTERFICKER 1 month ago
O mundo precisa mesmo de uma Rainha... A Rainha Elizabeth II é linda... Ela tem segurado bem a Coroa do Reino Humano e sei que a Igreja Católica tem ajudado ...
MsBenaria 3 months ago in playlist Favoritos de MsBenaria
O mundo precisa mesmo de uma Rainha... A Rainha Elizabeth II é linda...
MsBenaria 3 months ago in playlist Favoritos de MsBenaria
I love the versatility of Mirusia. To think this Lassie isn't all that well known in Australia?
MrZwilling44 3 months ago
Gostei de você ! Marusia ... Acredito que o Deus Vivo está muito preocupado com a humanidade e precisa de uma representante - Uma Rainha sábia mãe de filhos e filhas que pronuncie a Humanidade ao mundo o livro de revelação de jesus cristo seu filho amado enviado por seu anjo e notificado por João ... as armas a espada ainda sangra e precisa de voluntários para limpá-la ... ver cap.7 em foco. formação 144.000 que governarão o planeta Terra. ...
MsBenaria 3 months ago in playlist Liked
Awesome.!!!
Fantastic performance.!!
'The music was lingering a while in my ear.!'
I love this song. ^^
lcn102 3 months ago
The song and the performance are incongruous.
goofroom34 4 months ago
Superb performance indeed.. Bravoooooo
tigerlilly731 4 months ago
hah, u Aussie should make it ur national anthem,.. i learnt this in class, a really nice song
xbydmxxyd 4 months ago
she just seems so happy about it. it is not supposed to be a happy song, but sings of the suffering of thousands of people that is the start of this great country.
she has an amazing voice but she misses the whole meaning of the song
plgrnfield 4 months ago
Gostei muito é música de cristimas ... para botar bebe grande ... para dormir quinei o Charles Chaplin e Karl Marx - o estatuto dos idosos acredito que vai aprovar eu vou votar SIM para essa música linda ... CRESS2203 sou filha do LILÔ ... não aumentem que eu aumentarei ... ei filho !!!! PESSOAL!!! SERÁ QUE O RIEU TÁ VIRANDO DONO DE CASA QUE A RITU TAMBÉM TÁ VIRANDO DONA DE CASA... RIEU ESSE CASTELO É MEU RIEU...
MsBenaria 4 months ago
Gostei muito é música de cristimas ... para botar bebe grande ... para dormir quinei o Charles Chaplin e Karl Marx - o estatuto dos idosos acredito que vai aprovar eu vou votar SIM para essa música linda ... CRESS2203 sou filha do LILÔ ... não aumentem que eu aumentarei ... ei filho !!!!
MsBenaria 4 months ago
Amazing voice
jayrockyharry 5 months ago
great song
tyrantbad 5 months ago
THIS YOUNG LADY IS SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT
MrPerthlad 5 months ago
That wonderful women gives me GOOSE PIMPLES I just love her !!!!
SuperSwedane 5 months ago
Beautiful song, amazing performance. I just love it!
zolka50 5 months ago 2
They were good tone's but unfortunately they were the wrong one's
av733 7 months ago
thank you for this video, very beautiful
Chggy317 7 months ago
4.30!
TheNella1961 7 months ago
GO AUSITRALIA!!!!
suz66ful 7 months ago
Good on ya , juffie..
Can imagine going to the Brisbane Conservatorium in South Bank...
sanantonio007 7 months ago
Hugh mcdermod, 1892-1978, the innumerable christ. awe roll doon endlessle
TheBlindPig1 7 months ago
i always new that there are angels in this wrld and now i know it fore sure!!!!
svrees 7 months ago
Mirusia Louwerse and Andre Rieu are always magnificent musicians, and I love to listen to everything they perform. Their interpretation is creative and gripping. It's no wonder they are admired and appreciated my millions around the world. They speak our language of the heart. I read the Rieu speaks six languages, and when he speaks before or after his music, it lifts my spirit, as does Mirusia with her sweet, humble, genuineness. Keep it up, both of you.
bobbaxter7 7 months ago
an angel amongst us, beautiful girl. xxx
applepie238 7 months ago
I love this song it keeps me relaxed and i always sing it.I l remember when i was 6 i used to sing it.
Ninjapower5s 8 months ago
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I never really thought ot this as a 'sad' song before - but this is absolutely beautiful and quite poignant. Wonderful performance, Mirusia.
dalrieda 8 months ago
I never really thought ot this as a 'sad' song before - but this is absolutely beautiful and quite poignant. Wonderful performance, Mirusia.
dalrieda 8 months ago
Wish I can listen to her live... i bet i'll be bawling my eyes out through out the whole concert
OMFingGurFACE 8 months ago
The entire DVD is amazing but Mirusia's sensitive rendition of this song was so moving. What a beautiful voice.
MrMike1492 8 months ago
mirusia has got to be the best soprano in the world..
her voice is fantastic.... just superb. MrPerthlD
MrPerthlad 8 months ago
3 dislikes?!?
go listen to your lady ga-goop ... idiot
willhelm87miles 9 months ago
AMAZING
Lioscathain 9 months ago
Simply awesome!
siddiquiutube 9 months ago
AWESOME
hoiaas1 9 months ago
As I understand it, (I am Dutch, so forgive my ignorance), it's a song about a ship, which is heading for Australia and leaving the old homeland, England.
Does every Australian know this song? Nice song, by the way!
Geense1963 10 months ago
@Geense1963 we all learnt it at school in grade 1 (50 years ago) but don't know if they still teach it
wesso01 9 months ago
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@Geense1963 we all learnt it at school in grade 1 (50 years ago) but don't know if they still teach it
wesso01 9 months ago
she's one of the reasons why i say that god exists!
nicoofly 10 months ago
Mirusia Louwerse (Brisbane, 1985) is een Australische sopraan van Nederlandse afkomst. In 2006 slaagde zij voor haar klassieke zangopleiding op het Queensland Conservatorium en won zij, als jongste deelneemster ooit, het prestieuze Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Concours. In 2007 maakte ze kennis met André Rieu en dankzij een overdonderende auditie besloot hij haar als soliste mee te nemen op zijn tournee door Australië in 2008. Ondanks het gezamelijke succes treedt zij ook nog volop solo op.
chancediemen 10 months ago
Beautiful!
RachelJayneL 10 months ago
amazing composure and control of her voice
gingerninja8 10 months ago
ACESTI OAMENI MINUNATI ,BRAVO ANDRE RIEU
Ali3nY 11 months ago
This is absolutely beautiful. At 1:11, what is that guy playing? A special kind of piccolo? It sounds awesome.
ilikephilosophy 11 months ago
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mikemorrmikemorr 10 months ago
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mikemorrmikemorr 10 months ago
This has got to be the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.
Brenniman65 11 months ago
@Brenniman65 With the most beautiful voice I've ever heard :D
ethalinia 11 months ago
ME RA VI GLIO SA!!! INCANTEVOLE... DOLCE... SINUOSA, TRAVOLGENTE, DELICATA, BELLA, PACIFICA, RILASSANTE, CONFORTEVOLE, DIVINA!!! IMPAREGGIABILE!!! :-)))))
Franky1969TI 11 months ago
The last part of the song is higher than I knew she could sing with that ease without resorting to "falsetto" (ie head voice in technical terms). I'd like to hear her sing a high C and see how she approaches it
okebaram 11 months ago
@mcgintythegreat very well said! Thank you!
okebaram 11 months ago
This song is one of the best that Mirusia Louwerse sings. I just love it. Andre Rieu and his JSO are so inspirational. I love all his music and went to his Live concert in South Africa last year and will be going again this year. And one thing i must add, its well worth all the money for the ticket. I will pay ANYTHING to hear him
larryjw1986 1 year ago
perfrkt
paulwojciechowski 1 year ago
@paulwojciechowski And seeing it, too.
deaddoc 11 months ago
Listen to Mirusia is hearing an angel sing.
erwinenrique 1 year ago 2
awsome !!!!
ettertje11 1 year ago
perfekt
paulwojciechowski 1 year ago
the father of Mirusia Louwerse is a dutch people
milomartijn 1 year ago
seems the voice of God soo beautifull
annejet78 1 year ago
why is she calling ozzy osbourne :P
opagier 1 year ago
Is this the Australian national anthem?
TheBlindPig1 1 year ago
@TheBlindPig1 No, it isn't the national anthem. It's an old Australian folk song about the first convicts that came to Australia; the First Fleet's planned destination was a place called Botany Bay, but when they arrived they found it to be an unsuitable place to set up a colony so they moved closer to modern-day Sydney.
ladia2287 6 months ago
this beautiful young lady *OOZES* CLASS XXX
applepie238 6 months ago
Merveilleuse musique, merveilleuse voix!
RainbowForMyFriends 1 year ago
Mirusia, Carmen Monarcha, Andre Riu certainly has introduced 2 of the worlds greatest singers to us all. Who is next? If only Suzan Erens was still with him. What a trio those 3 ladies would make. Anyone not heard Suzan sing "Don't cry for me Argentina" listen now. I have heard over the years many fine singers perform this song but Suzan's is outstandingly the BEST ever. I hope you agree
swaffham11 1 year ago
@swaffham11 Andre Rieu has already found the next one. Listen to the Ave Maria sung by the South African soprano Kimi Skota with Andre on his South African tour.
1504trevor 10 months ago
great voice :) one of my relatives that i have never met... not even knew about till today
amandasly 1 year ago
LOS ANGELES ESTAN CON NOSOTROS
mecatan1969 1 year ago
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!
JoeClawsy 1 year ago
I don't usually speak in superlatives, but Mirusia's is quite possibly the loveliest female voice I have ever heard. I think that she could sing the phone book, and it would sound like a choir of angels. Absolutely delightful
aqua600 1 year ago 31
@aqua600 i do agree with you
liudangdang 7 months ago
She looks like Kate Hudson
PedroAmor93 1 year ago
Oh I wanna kiss her.
tolsam1 1 year ago
she went to my school wtf shes seeing with andre! WOW!
jakeve2 1 year ago
I am an Aussie and I sang this song at school 40 years ago. I have 4 children now and I was shocked that they have never heard this song before. My GG grandparents were convicts.
phil123711 1 year ago
So do i x
Ashworth101 1 year ago
i love it
SuperAmy97 1 year ago
That is the best singing voice I've ever heard.
ManFromMelbourne 1 year ago
Very beautiful song and beautiful voice.
udon890 1 year ago
@void1962 It takes intelligence to appreciate real talent. That's why Lady Gaga is so popular. The world lacks intelligence. Mirusia Louwerse can only be appreciated by people who knows talent and beauty.
rocketpropulsion 1 year ago 3
ahhh music :)
hsm29c 1 year ago
What is the song about ???
udon890 1 year ago
@udon890 - When the convicts were being sent to Australia, at times torn from their families & loved ones, really very sad and having to spend 6 months in the bowels of a prison ship.
webaroos 1 year ago
@webaroos And the vast majority never returned home. Being told you were going to Australia (or New Holland) in the 18th century would be like going to the moon in the 21st. It was a greatly feared punishment to be deported on a convict ship...only a little less feared than being hung/
polpiv4tifi 1 year ago
Mirusia...........Just beautiful.
Santa Doug
Drwhale 1 year ago
You know Andrea... when your finsihed with our little dove... you have to send her back home to us!!!
Maconmara1 1 year ago
Amazing....
This song embodies our national identity a heck of a lot more than that monstrosity of a national anthem "Advance Australia Fair", and probably more than waltzing matilda.
polpiv4tifi 1 year ago
Gyönyörű művésznő ékszer minőségű hanggal istenáldotta hanggal rendelkezik Kedvencem lett!
csutilaster 1 year ago
@void1962 Because obviously truly talented people are no longer wished by the big crowds... :-(
Yltrin 1 year ago
There's some irony singing Botany Bay in a diamond necklace.
seacowcorby 1 year ago 2
sorry about the thumbs downers but i thought it was SENSATIONAL. xxx
applepie238 1 year ago
She has missed the whole point to the song like Mariah Carey singing the Sex Pistols.
simontheboy 1 year ago
beautiful voice.. talented singer with great depth..
but i'm sure the fleet boys would be turning in their grave hearing this... no disrespect
Sem5626 1 year ago
Dios mio...creaste la musica..por eso te alabooo y te admiro....qe placer poder escuchar este video....
erickjoelcz 1 year ago
(: She's So Pretty!!! and her voice is so majestic >:D
doc105 1 year ago
I LOVE YOU MIRUSIA
jacielgdl 1 year ago
why audiences are almost old people
qlldominic 1 year ago
@qlldominic: I am old myself but I agree with you. Only a few minutes ago I happened to see Mirusia Louwerse on German TV and I said to my wife: "Why don`t young people like that kind of music?"
Toringo6 1 year ago
@Toringo6 I usually ask myself Why I don't like rap music but classic
qlldominic 1 year ago
@qlldominic Because most of young people are scared to be judged by someone else about classic music or they don't like it. Mostly this kind of music will be appreciated when people getting older.
AirlineAviation 1 year ago
@AirlineAviation I agree with you. I like opera but sometime I fear to tell the truth to my friend.
qlldominic 1 year ago
This lady is simply one of the best. Thank you Andre for bringing this beautiful music to us.
TheGman2421 1 year ago
Thank you Andre for sharing this wonderful music with us.
TheGman2421 1 year ago
@void1962 how do you know she's not miming?
xkflash 1 year ago
que hermoza dama
jacielgdl 1 year ago
Great song, performance, words. The poetry is beautiful, meaningful, and touching.
noirrachel 1 year ago
Great voice!!! this song is beautiful and Mirusia is a very very nice woman.
André Rieu THE BEST!
Tiana3009 1 year ago
PRECIOSA CANCION Y MUSICA ¡¡¡
RUBYLINDA62 1 year ago
@void1962, I too wish Mirusia sings more opera. In "Porgi amor" she makes all the best divas we loved suddenly look old, cold or mannered (even the wonderful Elisabeth Schwarzkopf or Lucia Popp!). No other Countess breaks your heart like Mirusia.
Tue 03 Aug 2010 22:15 GMT
Merlin1940 1 year ago
I found this song and Mirusia by a fluke. As a German I never happend to hear this song before nor did I know Mirusia. I only knew Andre Rieu and all my prejudice against his kind of music.
I think this songs and the way she interprets it is wonderful. Just gorgeous! It makes me wanna go to Hamburg, get a ship there (well preferably first class ^^) and sail for Sydney. Singing too-ral, li-ooral, li-addity.....
2qt2bstr8mr2222 1 year ago 2
I love her voice and I love Paulina Caine's voice...both beautiful and very talented ladies! :)
PoodleSubmarine2003 1 year ago
The best of the music and the very nice lady...
engMarcosPR 1 year ago
not Rolf but she'll do!
mahtay2000 1 year ago
I thought that was a mole on her cheek. * ( It's a bloody mike)*
EarlJohn61 1 year ago 2
wow she's really good! The way she looks reminds me of Romola Garai.
shadowflower93 1 year ago
Beautiful voice and the music.....A DREAM! Lady Mirusia is very pretty. ALL PERFECT!
porcosalegres 1 year ago
What can you say.................Beautiful
Drwhale 1 year ago
omg omg!!! i sooo love this song!!! this is my very favourite aswell...
and of course i love it cuz i am an Aussie!!!
aussie aussie aussie!!!
oi oi oi!!!
999christinedaae 1 year ago
André has a very good nose to combine quality with beauty . Just look at all the members of his orchestra. Fenominal !! Murisia is the icing on the cake and she
speaks dutch as well ...
wum902 1 year ago
@wum902 Indeed he has! Murisia has the personal touch in her singing ....three cheers for the man on the Generation whistle...E flat...Mary Bergin eat your heaart out!!
Lisnageeragh 1 year ago
WONDERFUL!!!!A DREAM!!!!
porcosalegres 1 year ago
very nice voice !
soundreceiverMarko 1 year ago
This is proof that what brings people together as a country and a people isn't war or catastrophe- it's music and love. She is one of the most talented singers I've ever seen, and I live in Vienna- she's astounding!! I can't wait to see her someday.
moonlitshadow27 1 year ago
we saw the show in melbourne it was fantastic,Mirusia has the most beautiful voice. aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi
tlcampbell100 1 year ago
Aussie, Dutch of German (of other )...this song is wonderfull en she is a great singer !!!!!
Doemaarlief 1 year ago
doesnt matter who sings the song. it is what it is. its australian and lets not forget the anzacs today. all others can get knotted, today is our day.
TheBeans8u 1 year ago
What a voice, what a talent. To take an old song like that and turn it into a masterpiece. She is a great credit to Australia and to the world.
shitbagsmith 1 year ago
Orignal better it sounds a hell of alot better
gravey256 1 year ago
your obviously not an Aussie........
Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi oi oi !
bruceandrew7 1 year ago
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The song is beautiful, and in my Favourites. My only regret, however, is that she had to ruin the ending of it with that disgusting, barbaric chant. I have come very close to literally being murdered, due to the spirit that underlies that chant.
petrus4 1 year ago
@petrus4 whats wrong with that chant??????????????? If you aren't Australian you dont understand so dont comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!
annamarron 1 year ago
@annamarron I do live in Australia; and the degree of racism you're responding with here, is exactly what I'm talking about.
"If you're not one of us, we hate you."
petrus4 1 year ago
its a very nice voice, Mirusia
Greetings from Germany
soundreceiverMarko 1 year ago 3
damnyou people just enjoy this song
it doesent mather iff is a folk song or not
the also played the macarena on the end that why André Rieu is loved by many different people he made the step to the opera easier to (normal) people
stop talking haver and enjoy or pis off
006kkk 1 year ago 23
right, right!
Musikmoscher 1 year ago
Wat is je probleem klojo
gerda48 1 year ago
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this is a folk song, not a bloody opera
BlueSmoothie4Eva 1 year ago
Get over yourself!!
sheacrkreyr 1 year ago
excuse me, In grade 2, 4 and 7 I was dressed as convicts, covers in dirt, ripped clothes singing it as if I were on a boat to a land I had no idea about. YOU WOULDN'T BE SINGING OPERA!!
My opinion, which I am entitled 2!
BlueSmoothie4Eva 1 year ago
Okay, no worries! But to be fair, It isnt a folk song, its a sea shanty, and this isnt an opera, its merely being sung in soprano, and theres a very large Aussie crowd there enjoying it a hell of a lot! But no worries, i'm not that bothered anyway lol!.
sheacrkreyr 1 year ago
thanks, we all hav dif opinions, i dont mind this version, but i prefer the rackety version alot mor!
BlueSmoothie4Eva 1 year ago
In the time when nations still had some individuality, when we weren't all mere pawns of America; there was some good, and much uniqueness, in Australia.
I was born in the country, but for some reason I've always felt like an expatriate; I do not truly belong here, but it has, in many ways, been an extremely beneficial place in which to rest my head.
petrus4 1 year ago
para quem gosta de música de primeira, tem que apelar . não tire está coisa maravilhosa de nossas vidas de internautas.
delnasto 1 year ago
just wonderful- ich hear it every day. sweet woman, sweet title, sweet voice.
Musikmoscher 2 years ago 3
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"Farewell to old England forever"... How many hundreds of years ago was that song written? Aussies still carry the UK flag in Ttheir flag, still sucking on queens old, dry tit. For what?
Rieu is such a whore by the way!
And when I thought It can't get any stupider: "Aussie, O"! I almost fainted
You're obviously fighting for the "Most Pretentious Country" award. Well, Good luck. (Not that you need it).
Cheers to all to all No-Worries-Well-Hearted Aussies, who still have a head on their necks
Docentino 2 years ago
Increible La verdad esta musica hace emocionar a cualquiera quede sorprendido y admirado por la musica y por todo lo que hace Andre dichosa la gente que puede ir a tremendo recital, gracias Andre Gracias gracias .........
mandersalame 2 years ago
i am duch and i am proud!!!!
MegaRebel100 2 years ago
You can have your arguments against Rieu's musical interpretations. But look at the number of people who dig it and are willing to pay >$200 to be there. Rieu has succeeded to make classic music (and some new songs of heritage) a massive spectacle. He deserves every award that is appropriate. Who gave this young soprano the chance of her life to sound all over the globe? And all those dancers from the Vienna scene? And the ice dancers?
Thank you Andre for your perception.
levensregt 2 years ago 50
@levensregt
how to find an AUssie in a million? Ozzy ozzy Ozzy!!!!!!! Love it!
Silke1078 1 year ago
I liked the look on Andre's face after they did the cheer. When she left the stage Andre was like "I didn't know that song." That was funny.
islandman24 2 years ago
i would love to be able to get the sound on andre rieu videos but no matter what i do the sound just comes and goes can some one help cheers from oz
6007529 2 years ago
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Geloof me, dit is Play Back,
Je komt niet echt geloofwaardig over met die opmerking. luister en kijk er nog maar eens goed na.
TheToerist 2 years ago
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Geloof me, dit is Play Back.
Haar stem heeft ze!!
In English: Just belief me dit is recorded (Play Back) to avoid faelures. Andre Rieu and his Orchestra do amaezing things with people. I'm so pleased that het is a Dutchman! (The whole family included). Merry Christmas to you all and I'm goiing to listen AND see : "Goldene Kutsche".
Marcmeih 2 years ago
Bravo, well-done.
fvni 2 years ago
didnt read all the posts here but... Is the lyrics meant to be " Fairwell to old Scotland/Ireland forever"... just for the record though, WHAT AN AMAZING VOICE!!!!!
Phibs1980 2 years ago
"Farewell to old England forever" -is the original.
harrysecker 2 years ago
0.49 it's a LOL
tremendous voice though!
Namami88 2 years ago
iff i have the money she can wake me up every morning !!!!!!!!!! what a voice!!!!!!
stephenenpriscilla 2 years ago
Thanks for posting, this is great! I saw Mirusia at an Andre concert in Philadelphia a couple of years ago & was a little disappointed that it wasn't one of the 'regular' girls. But I've been enjoying all the performances of hers I see on youtube.
earthygurl0 2 years ago
twice a year, every year, i am forced to hear a soprano and it is so horrid i feel like shooting my self in the head, but this is worth not pulling the trigger, great job!
paliki2 2 years ago
She's a Dutch emigre to Australia, no?
cosmicdingo 2 years ago
cosmicdingo - She was born in Brisbane, Australia. She graduated in December 2006 from the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane with a High Destinction and an Academic Achievement Award obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Performance in Classical Voice. In 2006, Mirusia became the youngest ever winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Award
webaroos 2 years ago
her parents emigrated to Australia from the Netherlands, she;s born there
JKatyaK 2 years ago
I have discovered this singer on Youtube today, and am looking forward to hearing more.
usenetposts 2 years ago 12
my thoughts: Taylor Swift and Britney Spears would be kicked out immediately......the world would be perfect again....
jlspma 2 years ago 8
Sorry, I mean , I am Dutch and I am Proud
Your last remark , your right!!
MegaRebel100 2 years ago 3
oh ok....lol
jlspma 2 years ago
denicares2..
just a sidenote.
''bosun'' is actually written ''boatswain''
jlspma 2 years ago
thank you
jlspma 2 years ago
Great,
and is part Duth , am proud
MegaRebel100 2 years ago
......what?
jlspma 2 years ago
So beautiful, She is great. Thank you for this video en songtekst.
FrancienvanM 2 years ago