She hits the right notes and has a nice vocal quality. Talented indeed. But she sounds the same in every song -- like it's all the same happy emotion. This is supposed to be a very dramatic piece, and she sings it like she's putting on makeup. If she works on conveying emotion in her voice instead of just sounding sweet and cute, then she'll be all set to sing works like this.
@SickMouth Exactly. This is an aria in which a girl is threatening to throw herself in a river and commit suicide if she can't marry the boy she loves. It definitely shouldn't be sung "sweet and cute". Listen to Ruth Ann Swenson's version or that of Montserrat Caballe, to hear this aria sung correctly.
Technically, there is no "correct" way to sing an aria. It all depends on the listener's taste. Like, there is no right way to paint a painting, or carve a sculpture. And if you don't like her singing this song, why are you commenting on it?
@bamahornplayer if you sing in an opera, there is a corredt way to sing. I'm aware that HW isn't an opera singer, but she should look at the English translation and sing it with the proper emotion that goes along with the words. I'm commenting because all opinions are welcome on YT, even if there are people who police certain singers' video sites and try to drive away anyone who disagrees with them.
I like this version, I feel like listening to a nightingale. Her voice may not as deep or big as others (I dunno the term for that) but this is so good :-)
beautiful :) her voice is so innocent and pure, like the group celtic women, and like christine daae (forgive my spelling) in the phantom of the opera
It's sung very well and she has great technique, however, her voice isn't strong enough for operatic vocals. If she had a bit of a beefier tone, it'd be sublime.
Me gusta su interpretación! tiene coherencia con lo que dice!! y aunque técnicamente aqui quizá no está muy bien, lo hace muy bien!! natural.. sencilla, sin fingir la voz como la niña "jackie evancho"
@Teplovada бу! Плевать, что это не оперное пение, или очень дилетантское оперное пение. Ее голосом прекрасен, а за ней самой очень интересно наблюдать. Потенциал замечательный. Харизматичная девочка, а если у артиста нет харизмы, то имей он хоть 6 октав диапазон, кому он будет интересен? ИМХО
@krivoshapkocom Насчет харизмы я Вами согласна. Голос тоже имеет право быть разным. Но у классической оперы есть определенные требования. Если человек идет в разрез с ними - большой вопрос, позиционировать стоит ли себя как оперный певец.
@graciesings4u I don't think she's too young, she's just not singing it operatically. Her interpretation of this Puccini aria is grossly pop-ish. I sang this when I was 17 and I learned it in a classical setting, so my recording sounds totally different. It's not that she isn't capable at this age of sounding like an actual opera singer, she just didn't learn it with operatic technique. The way she is singing it doesnt seem like it would harm her voice, because she is singing it lightly.
This is the Best Version of this song that I've ever heard. Thank You for posting this beautiful, beautiful performance. It is one of my favorite videos on YouTube, EVER.
Hayley has a fabulous voice, and her version of this song is excellent - very, very close to the very best. I am a big fan of hayley and she has sung other songs where I feel she is the very best. As for singing coaches - who wins tournaments, the coaches or the artists?
She has a nice voice, but is just not an opera singer. There is no fullness or quality to her voice. It's just a nice voice. She is nasal in this song. She seems like she'd be a very nice person though and she is very modest and tha accounts for a lot. Great image!!! No one will ever sing this song like Renee Fleming. Now there is a true opera singer with a BEAUTIFUL voice!!!!"
It's truly ridiculus that these people will not post any negative comments, no matter how tactfully their stated. That's part of what utube is all about. Why have a comments page if you will only allow glowing comments about a singer. That's not a true picture of how everybody feels. As long as comments aren't nasty, I feel they should be posted. I personally am not a Hayley Westenra fan.
It's truly ridiculus that these people will not post any negative comments, no matter how tactfully their stated. That's part of what utube is all about. Why have a comments page if you will only allow glowing comments about a singer. That's not a true picture of how everybody feels. As long as comments aren't nasty, I feel they should be posted. I personally am not a Hayley Westenra fan.
It's truly ridiculus that these people will not post any negative comments, no matter how tactfully their stated. That's part of what utube is all about. Why have a comments page if you will only allow glowing comments about a singer. That's not a true picture of how everybody feels. As long as comments aren't nasty, I feel they should be posted. I personally am not a Hayley Westenra fan.
She has a nice voice, but is just not an opera singer. There is no fullness or quality to her voice. It's just a nice voice. She is nasal in this song. She seems like she'd be a very nice person though and she is very modest and tha accounts for a lot. Great image!!! No one will ever sing this song like Renee Fleming. Now there is a true opera singer with a BEAUTIFUL voice!!!!
the whole soprano they sing this 'expensive babbino caro', however Hayley Westenra is the migiore of everybody, it has a ringing voice and it is understood well the words
jim, if you find it hard to listen to music if tones are not exactly at the "right" frequency, it got nothing to do with you having a pitch perfect curse, but because you're struggling with mental psycosis that sais all tones must be at certain frequency, which is all an arbitary choice from the begin with when desided how to divide the octaves into notes. Take it from one that can differ frequencies down to one hertz from many years of work in analog data communication. Get yourself a shrink.
It really doesn't make any difference what Puccini thought of singers or who should do this piece or how. In this case the singer is greater than the composer, and if she sais this is to be interpreted as an innocent girl who went behind her father's back and feels sorry about it, all we can do is to re-write the history. I feel sorry for individuals who got too much wax in their ears to appreciate a feminine singer if weight is below 300 pounds and frequencies above the same number.
I find it ironic to read people who self proclaims themselves as "singing coach" or "pitch perfect" seems to think they know better than everyone else, including some of the finest sopranos and coaches in the entire world. You people do know that she was first discovered because she herself was pitch perfect, not to mention that she was personally trained by Malvina Major. You think all these people just failed to notice her, in your opinions, flawed voice?
@stefunny93 I agree completely, but the pop opera fans can't tell the difference between popera and opera...and they think opera fans are just a bunch of snobs.
@grecko3 She has a nice voice, she simply doesn't have an operatic voice. She should stick to pop music. There's nothing wrong with being a pop or pop opera singer. This type of singer just shouldn't be confused with actual opera singers. Nobody disputes the fact that Westenra has talent.
I see all the technicians have a problem with true perfection. There has never been another believable version of this song. This is what Puccini intended. A little girl singing to her father not a spent middle aged diva trying to play a little girl.
Puccini knew quite well WHO and WHAT he was writing this for.....a mellifluous, gorgeously mature opera voice...as that was understood in his day. Whether it was a case of the 'fat lady singing' really didn't matter. His reality wasn't verisimilitude, but a deeper exploration of the soul only deliverable by a weightier voice.
Well, she certainly not have an ordinary voice. As an operasinger composer myself I´ve heard so many singers. She is one of the best singers I´ve heard.She is flawless.99 percent of the votes can´t be wrong. I simply don´t understand that you as a vocalcoach can´t hear her potential.
Maybe that's just the way she wanted to interpret it... but I dunno I like Carmen Monarcha's version... I wonder what how she would perform that song from Elfen Lied/ Lilium or Lament of the Highborne... does anybody know if she speaks the dialects of the high elves???
i just don't get this girl's success at all! Such an ordinary little voice. Any class in any school ANYWHERE will have a girl who can sing like this. And the interval jumps in this song are just too challenging for her. God the public are soeasily fooled!
im with you on this - theres very little line and the high notes arent connected with the rest of the voice - the italian isnt cclear and the sound isnt forward... shes good at some of her other stuff but she ought to leave this sort of thing to bigger voices
The high notes are perfect..oh,you made a comment implying you know lots about singing..but to singers like myself you made it clear that you,in fact,know nothing..
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As a singing coach, I know something about register, tessitura etc. But I unfortunately carry the curse of perfect pitch, which those involved in music will know makes ALL listening difficult. In any event I never said Ms. Westenra was unpleasant, simply unremarkable!
The notes are there - the technique is flawed. I think if the technique were right - which it isn't, agreed - she'd be more a coloratura than a dramatic soprano. But she needs far better tessatura, a more flowing line, and breath support. Would also help if the voice were brought more forward. Nevertheless, I disagree about the basic voice. There's good material there, and the top, though disconnected, is bell-clear and smack in the middle of the note.
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I think It's because she's kinda "pupular"...
She's got a terrible technique but her voice is romantic and sweet....
"Oh mio babbino Caro" is sang by the character of Lauretta ... a little girl who begs her father to let her get married... I kinda believe this version, and I TOTALLY see Hayley Westenra as a little girl begging her daddy...
Give her credit... This is not the best singer, but this is a great version.
She has a very sweet voice and holds her pitch very well. Nice rendition of this classic Puccino aria. However I think Kiri Te Kanawa and Maria Callas truely know how to sing this piece, they move me to tears!
This is nice, but she hesitates too much I think before she hits the high notes. /: She's an angelic singer, for sure. But she's much better in songs such as Wuthering Heights, Scarborough Fair, Pokare Ana etc. (: This was good, but seemed too forced to me.
To LittleRusalochka: Thanks for the lyrics in both languages. It's good to know what this song is about because it allows me to see which emotions singers try to communicate..
Very pretty voice, but her high notes are so tiny and she does not possess the richness of an opera singer. However, she has a very pretty Celtic voice.
this is how it should be sung: by a young girl in love with a young boy. but in opera, there are no young girls singing lead roles, so this song is sung by middle-aged sopranos whose voices become the yardstick for this song.
b:This is one of the songs that a soprano classmate who sang in my first student concert I participated when I just graduated from a Hong Kong high school, it is something to do with the girl singing about "my beloved father" in English translation. I thought her young lyric soprano voice is beautiful and more appropreate than a "middle-aged" "yardstick for this song". By the way Puccini is my most favorite opera composer all my life. And still I do not know a word in Italian!--dancewu(dot)net
ok. It's all a matter of opinion. She has a pretty voice for Celtic music but with no business in real opera unless she had training to built that resonance.
To laurendaaephantom : why should everything turn around opera ? Opera is not the ultimate goal of life and an exceptional singer like her doesn't have to be confined in. I agree with sandwich, her voice is beautiful above all.. whatever she sings !
esta es de las mejores arias de opera de la historia es una pena q no alcanse los registros adecuados la interprete y q no los mantenga aun asi es una interpretacion decente
Gee she's pretty...and she sings like an angel...she's gorgeous in all ways!
Astrathiul 1 month ago
A travesty. Any anus can sing Opera with a mic right in their face and a total disregard for phrasing and breathing. Go back to Lloyd Webber...
mattthepie 2 months ago
Pięknie !
milenymama 3 months ago
She hits the right notes and has a nice vocal quality. Talented indeed. But she sounds the same in every song -- like it's all the same happy emotion. This is supposed to be a very dramatic piece, and she sings it like she's putting on makeup. If she works on conveying emotion in her voice instead of just sounding sweet and cute, then she'll be all set to sing works like this.
SickMouth 3 months ago
@SickMouth Exactly. This is an aria in which a girl is threatening to throw herself in a river and commit suicide if she can't marry the boy she loves. It definitely shouldn't be sung "sweet and cute". Listen to Ruth Ann Swenson's version or that of Montserrat Caballe, to hear this aria sung correctly.
arpeggio1358 2 months ago
@arpeggio1358
Technically, there is no "correct" way to sing an aria. It all depends on the listener's taste. Like, there is no right way to paint a painting, or carve a sculpture. And if you don't like her singing this song, why are you commenting on it?
bamahornplayer 2 months ago
@bamahornplayer if you sing in an opera, there is a corredt way to sing. I'm aware that HW isn't an opera singer, but she should look at the English translation and sing it with the proper emotion that goes along with the words. I'm commenting because all opinions are welcome on YT, even if there are people who police certain singers' video sites and try to drive away anyone who disagrees with them.
arpeggio1358 2 months ago 3
@arpeggio1358 Bettter yet, listen to Maria Callas
drz535 2 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Hayley Westenra
@drz535 Sorry, I'm not a Callas fan. I much prefer Ruth Ann Swenson's version of this aria or that of Montserrat Caballe.
arpeggio1358 2 days ago
I like this version, I feel like listening to a nightingale. Her voice may not as deep or big as others (I dunno the term for that) but this is so good :-)
JeuxRAE 4 months ago
Hi.
How can you describe "O Mio Bambino Caro", Giacomo Puccini and Hayley Westenra.? One word - DIVINE. Thank You for your video
Grig
blogcristilulu 4 months ago
beautiful :) her voice is so innocent and pure, like the group celtic women, and like christine daae (forgive my spelling) in the phantom of the opera
MamieLue45 5 months ago
It's sung very well and she has great technique, however, her voice isn't strong enough for operatic vocals. If she had a bit of a beefier tone, it'd be sublime.
KazperTheStreetPoet 5 months ago
her voice seems like, half trained. I see high schoolers sing better than this.
malibu64 8 months ago
Me gusta su interpretación! tiene coherencia con lo que dice!! y aunque técnicamente aqui quizá no está muy bien, lo hace muy bien!! natural.. sencilla, sin fingir la voz como la niña "jackie evancho"
Frigg567 8 months ago
wow , great upload
howdofolks 8 months ago
Pitch freakin' perfect! She's like a human instrument. Its like a lute cape to life and found emotion in her throat.
Arcticwynd 10 months ago
beautiful!! i love this song so much! :) Please watch my video of me singing this song at 14 years old!
stephaniehershaw 10 months ago
Первокурсница училища
Teplovada 11 months ago
@Teplovada бу! Плевать, что это не оперное пение, или очень дилетантское оперное пение. Ее голосом прекрасен, а за ней самой очень интересно наблюдать. Потенциал замечательный. Харизматичная девочка, а если у артиста нет харизмы, то имей он хоть 6 октав диапазон, кому он будет интересен? ИМХО
krivoshapkocom 11 months ago
@krivoshapkocom Насчет харизмы я Вами согласна. Голос тоже имеет право быть разным. Но у классической оперы есть определенные требования. Если человек идет в разрез с ними - большой вопрос, позиционировать стоит ли себя как оперный певец.
Teplovada 11 months ago
This is beautiful, but I think she is to young for the song.
I hate to see her sing to hard of stuff and it ruin her voice for the future.
graciesings4u 1 year ago
@graciesings4u I don't think she's too young, she's just not singing it operatically. Her interpretation of this Puccini aria is grossly pop-ish. I sang this when I was 17 and I learned it in a classical setting, so my recording sounds totally different. It's not that she isn't capable at this age of sounding like an actual opera singer, she just didn't learn it with operatic technique. The way she is singing it doesnt seem like it would harm her voice, because she is singing it lightly.
gebo513 1 year ago
prefer it to Brightman's version
29126007 1 year ago
she has a beutful voice:)
mslilprincessa 1 year ago
Terrible
BaileyGuinea 1 year ago
This is the Best Version of this song that I've ever heard. Thank You for posting this beautiful, beautiful performance. It is one of my favorite videos on YouTube, EVER.
phunkjunkie68 1 year ago
What a beautiful clear voice!
beckaero 1 year ago
Good but not actually "operatic"
jtg10795 1 year ago
Hayley has a fabulous voice, and her version of this song is excellent - very, very close to the very best. I am a big fan of hayley and she has sung other songs where I feel she is the very best. As for singing coaches - who wins tournaments, the coaches or the artists?
Theagchm 1 year ago
She has a nice voice, but is just not an opera singer. There is no fullness or quality to her voice. It's just a nice voice. She is nasal in this song. She seems like she'd be a very nice person though and she is very modest and tha accounts for a lot. Great image!!! No one will ever sing this song like Renee Fleming. Now there is a true opera singer with a BEAUTIFUL voice!!!!"
flowersings 1 year ago
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She has a nice voice, but is just not an opera singer. There is no fullness or quality to her voice. It's just a nice voice. She is nasal in this song. She seems like she'd be a very nice person though and she is very modest and tha accounts for a lot. Great image!!! No one will ever sing this song like Renee Fleming. Now there is a true opera singer with a BEAUTIFUL voice!!!!
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444mariam 2 years ago
non sai quanti anni ha ma dici che è bambina.ahahahahahahah
caviccun 2 years ago
tutte le soprano cantano questo 'babbino caro', però Hayley Westenra è la migiore di tutte, ha una voce squillante e si capisce bene le parole
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the whole soprano they sing this 'expensive babbino caro', however Hayley Westenra is the migiore of everybody, it has a ringing voice and it is understood well the words
caviccun 2 years ago
@caviccun
si, capisce le parole, si vede, ma non e una cantante migliore, e ancora bambina, non so qanti anni ha...
Nbtn86 2 years ago
jim, if you find it hard to listen to music if tones are not exactly at the "right" frequency, it got nothing to do with you having a pitch perfect curse, but because you're struggling with mental psycosis that sais all tones must be at certain frequency, which is all an arbitary choice from the begin with when desided how to divide the octaves into notes. Take it from one that can differ frequencies down to one hertz from many years of work in analog data communication. Get yourself a shrink.
Sopranelsker 2 years ago
It really doesn't make any difference what Puccini thought of singers or who should do this piece or how. In this case the singer is greater than the composer, and if she sais this is to be interpreted as an innocent girl who went behind her father's back and feels sorry about it, all we can do is to re-write the history. I feel sorry for individuals who got too much wax in their ears to appreciate a feminine singer if weight is below 300 pounds and frequencies above the same number.
Sopranelsker 2 years ago 4
Hayley Westenra is greater than Puccini? Hahaha I doubt that very much. What's wrong with you? :)
elliez23 2 years ago
elliez, Giacomo Puccini's compositions are musically just about as advanced as psalms, so how difficult can it be to get to my conclusion?
Sopranelsker 2 years ago
I find it ironic to read people who self proclaims themselves as "singing coach" or "pitch perfect" seems to think they know better than everyone else, including some of the finest sopranos and coaches in the entire world. You people do know that she was first discovered because she herself was pitch perfect, not to mention that she was personally trained by Malvina Major. You think all these people just failed to notice her, in your opinions, flawed voice?
grecko3 2 years ago 12
grecko3, thats a very good point.
LittleRusalochka 2 years ago
@grecko3 She completely missed the point of the song! The style is COMPLETELY WRONG!
Sure, she has a pretty voice. But she is no opera singer.
Puccini is rolling in his grave.
stefunny93 4 months ago
@stefunny93 I agree completely, but the pop opera fans can't tell the difference between popera and opera...and they think opera fans are just a bunch of snobs.
arpeggio1358 2 months ago
@grecko3 She has a nice voice, she simply doesn't have an operatic voice. She should stick to pop music. There's nothing wrong with being a pop or pop opera singer. This type of singer just shouldn't be confused with actual opera singers. Nobody disputes the fact that Westenra has talent.
arpeggio1358 2 months ago
I see all the technicians have a problem with true perfection. There has never been another believable version of this song. This is what Puccini intended. A little girl singing to her father not a spent middle aged diva trying to play a little girl.
vytautus1 2 years ago
Puccini knew quite well WHO and WHAT he was writing this for.....a mellifluous, gorgeously mature opera voice...as that was understood in his day. Whether it was a case of the 'fat lady singing' really didn't matter. His reality wasn't verisimilitude, but a deeper exploration of the soul only deliverable by a weightier voice.
jimdivax 2 years ago
Well, she certainly not have an ordinary voice. As an operasinger composer myself I´ve heard so many singers. She is one of the best singers I´ve heard.She is flawless.99 percent of the votes can´t be wrong. I simply don´t understand that you as a vocalcoach can´t hear her potential.
KBI011 2 years ago 2
beautiful voice!!!!!! :D
talos180 2 years ago 6
the emotion there is brilliant Hayley is my faverioute singer and has been for years
bookloverholic 2 years ago 6
Maybe that's just the way she wanted to interpret it... but I dunno I like Carmen Monarcha's version... I wonder what how she would perform that song from Elfen Lied/ Lilium or Lament of the Highborne... does anybody know if she speaks the dialects of the high elves???
robbyperez 2 years ago
i just don't get this girl's success at all! Such an ordinary little voice. Any class in any school ANYWHERE will have a girl who can sing like this. And the interval jumps in this song are just too challenging for her. God the public are soeasily fooled!
jimdivax 2 years ago
The same comparison can be made with practically every successful singer, especially in pop music, and much more truly with others than with Hayley.
How do you explain the 25 year career of Madonna or Stevie Nicks (40 years?) or any of the rest of them.
MagiMysteryTour 2 years ago
im with you on this - theres very little line and the high notes arent connected with the rest of the voice - the italian isnt cclear and the sound isnt forward... shes good at some of her other stuff but she ought to leave this sort of thing to bigger voices
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oughttobeblonde1990 2 years ago
The high notes are perfect..oh,you made a comment implying you know lots about singing..but to singers like myself you made it clear that you,in fact,know nothing..
annelieblue 2 years ago
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As a singing coach, I know something about register, tessitura etc. But I unfortunately carry the curse of perfect pitch, which those involved in music will know makes ALL listening difficult. In any event I never said Ms. Westenra was unpleasant, simply unremarkable!
jimdivax 2 years ago
Those who can't sing coach the true definition of unremarkable.
vytautus1 2 years ago
The notes are there - the technique is flawed. I think if the technique were right - which it isn't, agreed - she'd be more a coloratura than a dramatic soprano. But she needs far better tessatura, a more flowing line, and breath support. Would also help if the voice were brought more forward. Nevertheless, I disagree about the basic voice. There's good material there, and the top, though disconnected, is bell-clear and smack in the middle of the note.
puffin02 2 years ago
the high pitched notes are everything but not bell-clear!!!! watch performances of sumi jo. SHE has got a crystal clear voice. but not this girl here
blackhoumor 2 years ago
jimdivax:
Your are the fool!
You need to grow some ears.
ipaythursday 2 years ago
Oh,what a pathetic little creature you are..obviously tone deaf as well:)..
annelieblue 2 years ago
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I think It's because she's kinda "pupular"...
She's got a terrible technique but her voice is romantic and sweet....
"Oh mio babbino Caro" is sang by the character of Lauretta ... a little girl who begs her father to let her get married... I kinda believe this version, and I TOTALLY see Hayley Westenra as a little girl begging her daddy...
Give her credit... This is not the best singer, but this is a great version.
EsJoseZC 2 years ago
She has a very sweet voice and holds her pitch very well. Nice rendition of this classic Puccino aria. However I think Kiri Te Kanawa and Maria Callas truely know how to sing this piece, they move me to tears!
Quietview 3 years ago
Okay, I will admit that I'm half asleep, but I thought she was, like, an angel or something... hehehe... for a few seconds... -dozes off-
karatepanda13 3 years ago 3
Seems like a couple of opera snobs feel they have too post disparaging comments on every thread,smacks of jealousy.
bulwrk 3 years ago 3
Love Hayley's voice. Have all her albums, and she relaxes me any time I play them.
Vennegoor10 3 years ago 5
This is nice, but she hesitates too much I think before she hits the high notes. /: She's an angelic singer, for sure. But she's much better in songs such as Wuthering Heights, Scarborough Fair, Pokare Ana etc. (: This was good, but seemed too forced to me.
jennikayte 3 years ago
To LittleRusalochka: Thanks for the lyrics in both languages. It's good to know what this song is about because it allows me to see which emotions singers try to communicate..
Tremblador 3 years ago 3
You're welcome!
LittleRusalochka 3 years ago
Respect! awesome voice!!!
sebasthechecka 3 years ago 5
For music lovers, please listen to Jackie Downey on Youtube singing the same piece, recorded on a mobile phone !
pmrita 3 years ago
voce gradevole..ma che c'entra con l'opera??
schonklang 3 years ago
Beautiful! ---dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
And her diction could be a little better
laurendaaephantom 3 years ago
Very pretty voice, but her high notes are so tiny and she does not possess the richness of an opera singer. However, she has a very pretty Celtic voice.
laurendaaephantom 3 years ago
this is how it should be sung: by a young girl in love with a young boy. but in opera, there are no young girls singing lead roles, so this song is sung by middle-aged sopranos whose voices become the yardstick for this song.
basakboy 3 years ago
b:This is one of the songs that a soprano classmate who sang in my first student concert I participated when I just graduated from a Hong Kong high school, it is something to do with the girl singing about "my beloved father" in English translation. I thought her young lyric soprano voice is beautiful and more appropreate than a "middle-aged" "yardstick for this song". By the way Puccini is my most favorite opera composer all my life. And still I do not know a word in Italian!--dancewu(dot)net
georgewu5 3 years ago
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Yeah, she is good like she is but with no business in opera.
Jane1126 3 years ago
it is good. I love her voice, but she is no opera singer.
Jane1126 3 years ago
She doesn't need to be.. she's perfect like she is..
Tremblador 3 years ago 13
Hayley is superior to any opera (or classical) singer, living or not. Simply stunning voice.
sugarpuffsandwich 3 years ago 6
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what are you kidding me?
laurendaaephantom 3 years ago
I'm serious. No other singer has a voice like her, and i've heard alot of singers.
sugarpuffsandwich 3 years ago 6
ok. It's all a matter of opinion. She has a pretty voice for Celtic music but with no business in real opera unless she had training to built that resonance.
laurendaaephantom 3 years ago
To laurendaaephantom : why should everything turn around opera ? Opera is not the ultimate goal of life and an exceptional singer like her doesn't have to be confined in. I agree with sandwich, her voice is beautiful above all.. whatever she sings !
Tremblador 3 years ago 14
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littlerusalochka,I don't think this girl is an opera singer. she has a microphone and her high-notes are strident!
she doesn't respect the melody and the text..
but if you like this, its your choice! ;-)
celly1406 3 years ago
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oh my god! it's not beautiful!!! stop it !!
celly1406 3 years ago
I'd have to highly disagree with you celly1406.
I think it is absolutely gorgeous!
To each his own:)
LittleRusalochka 3 years ago 2
yeah i agree, it is gorgeous.
sugarpuffsandwich 3 years ago 6
esta es de las mejores arias de opera de la historia es una pena q no alcanse los registros adecuados la interprete y q no los mantenga aun asi es una interpretacion decente
Caindelatierradenod 4 years ago 2