Noel sings The Vagabond

[TheTomyJazz]

GREAT TONE, Loosen up the jaw more. Use just the tongue for the vowels and keep continuous breath through all of the phrases.

[poke5999]

Good Job, I'm doing this song for a solo. Very mature.

[FUCKINMETALROCKS]

What a badass!

[Menemenetekeluparsin]

One of the best versions of this song i have heared so far.

[bottale]

@Menemenetekeluparsin Vielen Dank. Noel

[Menemenetekeluparsin]

@bottale Gerne! Menetekel ;)

[SFMTMLB]

wow

[Fullmetal1890P]

Holy damn, I love him.

[hermanzoon]

Very good!

[razzking]

This guy is the WHOLE package. A Voice and a "6th sense" interpretive ability which you can't buy or learn

[bottale]

Junior in college, doing very well. Has recently performed villains in Tales of Hoffman and Papageno in Magic Flute.

[singopera]

am interested to know what Noel is doing now. voice major somewhere? great potential!

[stevevandien]

This young man has an extraordinary gift. And it isn't just vocal; he nails the mood of this great song:). Rock on, Noel, and God bless! Best always, Steve

[Texas101992]

Very nice tone quallity, and I senced some feeling in that also. If you were at Solo/Ensemble Contest and I was the judge, I would of gace you a one on that. GREAT JOB :)

[LiangRome]

i really wish he would extend the notes sometimes. . . very nice voice though

[Nightschism]

Man! He looks just like me, and I'm a 17-year-old bass, and I'm singing this song as well. I definitely think I'll show this to my teacher, as he was just telling me today that he's not sure if I should sing it so bassy, given my young age. Of course, Noel seems much more advanced in singing than I... but still.

Very impressive. I very much enjoyed this!

[450685jtk]

omg i am turning 17 in oct and i attend harrison in lakeland and wow ! awesome job hahaha

[ter1186]

WOW!!! Amazing! 

[mageoutlaw]

... dam, just... dam amazing to believe this was when he was 17

[Clivejvaughan]

Oh,dear ! Thought I was making some slight progress with this, but if this is a 17 year old, now presumably well advanced in his music studies, I'd better stop while I'm behind !

Very good luck, sir !

[superbaum]

this is fucking awesome

[bluetones83]

oh my life. you have such a mature voice for a 17 year old. very, very good.

[hunhunhaha]

Love it!!

[Wex1117]

Holy shit. Wow.

[jennygee60]

I found this when I was looking for the tune to The Vagabond. What a marvellous voice, a pleasure to listen to you singing one of my favourites.

[saintsaens21]

Is it really him singing? lol this sounds just like Sam Ramey. Amazing.

[bottale]

@saintsaens21 Thanks a lot. Noel recently had a master class with Mr. Ramey, of whom he is a great fan. We saw him a couple of years ago at the Met in The Barber of Seville and enjoyed it very much. This video, however, was made when Noel was 17 at his high school senior concert.

[saintsaens21]

@bottale So there is some Ramey in him! Noel is truly impressive, how nice if you could upload more videos of him.

[LONEWOLFPROJECTMUSIC]

Excellent! I'm studying this piece for my voice lessons at college, and this was a fantastic reference. Thanks a million!

[Batteh]

Very nice!

[battletor4]

Bravo. That's a voice.  Keep on it and keep on smiling while you're at it!

[bellanotte23]

is this actually noel's youtube channel? if not, do you know how I can reach him? we did a summer program together in DC in Summer 2007.

[rollingstoner17]

Haha, soooomebody modeled after the bryn terfel version. ;D Good stuff!

[ejbushart]

you need to go for a performance degree. watch out at putting h where there. watch the eye brows. alittle bit unexpressive, ah is lifted e's are closed in face, dont dip your chin, very natural singer, great natural breathopen more on road, on linger you put in lihinger. i am only critique you so hard is because you that awesome!!!!! your vowels will help you express, ah is lifted, oh oo is scary etc...

[ejbushart]

very good but be careful not to an h where there is not supposed to be one wow you need to go for an performance degree!!!

[dherrington]

Probably will mature into a baritone. On other songs his bottom is light and a tad weak, but who knows what will happen. If he keeps studying with a good technician he'll find work easily.

[bariverdi]

good. work on legato a bit, but its great otherwise!

[itako9]

amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!

[itako9]

omg!!!!! amazing amazing amanzing!

[somnitel]

Holy cow! That was magnificent!

(I know from nothing about good or bad repertory choices for singers, but I have to ask:) When can you sing Amfortas?  Or Wotan?

[ladycara04]

OMG... I was not expecting this type of voice from a 17 year old. I know 22 year olds that are trying to acheive this sound nand havent. Very mature sound! Kudos to you!!!

[jbond5491]

Finally...a young adult who actually sounds like an opera singer...not a little boy.

[complicatedt1]

holy cow....was not expecting that at all!!

[Epmonito]

wow, big voice

[songblam]

The brother got MAJOR game...

Bravo...!

[Jonnybrams]

You show great maturity far beyond your years. Just have to work on phrasing.

[flaze3]

I suspect he's singing darker than his natural tone, but it is still impressive.

[bigvideos23]

Wow! Very impressive!

[Pewpewlas3rgun]

I literally fell off my chair when he started singing. Was not expecting that one bit. Very, very good!

[jufranos]

excellently developed voice! Very gifted young man!

[bottale]

Thanks for the compliment. Terfel is wonderful, but this is Noel, aged 17, singing in a high school concert.

[KungPowza]

This is not real. This is Bryn Terfel singing.

[vivaladiva2012]

Really? Can you not see/ hear his breaths taken and how the piano sounds in the video because of where it is placed. Before you try and discredit someone as talented as him maybe you should learn what you are talking about instead of looking like a fool as you do now.

[JasminaH79]

a real talent.

[uroie12]

thats his natural tone, hes definatly using his chest voice. Very nice.

[metsfan5557]

masterful. i have this song for my nyssma solo, and i could really use that kind of voice for it! im not even a tenth as good as him

[BIgGuidojoe]

wow 17 and a voice like that, hes going far in life i gaentee it

[IbranandoBaritone]

Can you sing any darker?

[evanwilcox82]

i sang this today at solo and ensemble! got a 1 :]

[goddessmoon1994]

thats .....Wow! thats amazing and really good! im sure that hes going to be famous

[sandyj1231]

It is breathtaking to hear this singer. It is hard to believe he is only 17! I am sure that once the word spreads he will be known world wide. What a gifted young man !!!!