Charlotte church singing o mio babbino caro

The royal variety performance 1999.

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[mrsmike8]

In this video yes Charlotte was young, very young, she needed more time for her voice to mature and develope before being thrust into the spotlight. The female voice does not mature fully until the age of 30+ so I am not saying there are not some great voices before that but I am saying there is definately room to grow.

[randomizercleoXxX]

someone should have stopped her from singing like that at her age!! its just wrong!! as a consequence she has now ruined her voice due to so many years of her young and thin vocal chords being worked too hard.... its really sad... honestly!! and now there is that other beautiful young 11 year old, jackie evancho... they dont know what this is going to do to them in the long run.... :(

[aguacan]

DISGUSTIN UNBEREABLE SHE SING MORE LIKE A SARA BRIGHTMAN JR. OR A POP POP POP SINGER BUT SHE DOES NOT HAVE A THE NECESSARY FOR A SOPRANO

[jewelmarkess]

@mrsaidengrimshaw There are many excellent performances here not just Callas. There is Ruth Ann Swenson who sings it very well, Kiri te Kanawa, Sumi Jo, Ana Maria Martinez too. There are other good performances too. Callas was incredibly expressive, a great artist, but not everyone likes her voice timbre some consider it a bit harsh and metallic. There are even young singers who do a good job with it e.g. Nadine Sierra, not at the level of greats but very good.

[jewelmarkess]

@kittycasino29 When a little girl sings how she is going to throw herself into a river if she can't marry the boy then yes, the age is important. Even if it hadn't been an aria from an opera but were "just a song", it still has words, it's not just a collection of notes, a "beautiful noise": it has words, and words have meaning and the singers have to communicate this meaning not just hit the notes. Also, by now she has no voice left because she's sung this music too soon.

[kittycasino29]

She has more talent then all the haters out there! Who cares about her age, its just a song!

[Hannahepower]

@stephaniehershaw

[cellofingers]

I stand corrected. I never thought of that and I agree with you now that you have posted it. Cheers

[sleepypoodle]

@cellofingers Well I'm a Brit and i think it was a very bad idea for her to attempt opera, she lacked the training and ability and actually damaged her vocal cords through straining them by singing beyond her scope, she now has a rough 'rocky' sound because of scarring to her vocal cords...as well as smoking and drinking and screaming at her ex-husband too much!

[skbnvacaville]

@msaiden~ My chief concern at this point is not only in regards to J.E. but to the young singer, Jaqueline, from France.

What on Earth is a 10 yr old doing singing songs like "Lovers" and lyrics like "Hold you in my arms and kiss away your pain", etc?

Wherrre are their parents!?

What are their "handlers" thinking???

Just incredibly inappropriate to me.

I would be more careful with my daughter.

[mrsaidengrimshaw]

@skbnvacaville Sorry but have u seen the painful faces jackie pulls when singing this song. it is dreadful and cringe worthy tbh she is far too young to feel the emotions that come with this song. Maria Callas sung this superbly and in my opinion and im sure everyone else would agree, the best. there is no doubt that she potrays the pain,heartbreak and desperation that is in these lyrics. if you want someone who sings this "effortlessly" dont turn to jackie.....listen to Maria Callas!! xxx