Gesu Bambino, La Virgine Degli Angeli... I could listen to both of those on a loop for an hour... Stunningly beautiful both. The Gesu Bambino just Amira's offstage voice in her civvies in an empty church with her dad quietly playing the organ filmed on a phone. La Virgine Degli Angeli performance, that fabulous men's choir, the musicians, and Amira, her voice, and in that gorgeous green dress, all stunningly blending together both in vision and sound.. couldn't be more beautiful.
Interesting that you come to the conclusion that Amira should have used more vibrato. Amira is actually known for using a lot of vibrato. Amira was self-taught when she entered the competition "Holland's Got Talent" at the age of 9 and sang O Mio Babbino Caro. She eventually won this competition with 50% of the votes, which has probably never happened before. But since then, of course, she has had lessons. It was especially noticeable when she performed with Andrè Rieu about half a year later and sang the same song. The difference was more than obvious. Even though her audition was really good, the performance with Andrè Rieu was much better.
Before you say this is not a opera singer, maybe you should listen to her actually sing opera , not a medley from a musical! Keep your opinion until you know what you're talking about...
that one got to me too, and that coming from a professional singer who will never be able to come close to Amira's level. Amira is one of the best, and maybe even the best, sopranos of our time.
This isn't an opera aria, it is a film/ theatre song, so maybe she sang it in the crossover style, if you listen to her opera arias, you may find them sung ' the correct' way. If there is a standard way of doing these things. Some other voice coaches who have watched her earlier work have commented, such as How does she know to do that? Who taught her that technique? She displayed very advanced singing techniques at an absurdly young age. I find her a joy to listen too. No previous soprano singer has induced me to voluntarily search out and listen to opera arias.
@@crrissa_the_cyberbard Because you havent yet been answered, here is one sugestion. ruclips.net/video/s9PQ7qPkluM/видео.html&ab_channel=Andr%C3%A9Rieu Though i think her best so far was sung in a church in 2015. ruclips.net/video/n66udAMmCDM/видео.html&ab_channel=AmiraWillighagen%7COfficial
Watch her beginning, singing Puccini, first HOLLAND’S GOT MUSIC. No lessons at 9. Use the English version. Andre Rieu taught her a bit singing the same song at 10 in front of ten thousand people. She got her mouth from Maria Callas, her lungs from being a winning distance runner. She just graduated high school as valedictorian and is on a world tour before college.
I agree with Axx1100. Amira has a natural vibrato and from the begining has been able to vary it easily at will. To use vibrato and how much and when is a very conscious decision she makes when learning and rehearsing a song. I would disagree with the person that says she learned to sing by mimicking. Amira has always sang her interpretation of what ever she sings. Her versions of "O Mio Babbino Caro", "Ave Maria" and 'Nessun Dornma" for Holland's Got Talent are not in the least mimics. She used Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli as her guides on RUclips as well as Maria Callas. Actually Amira does sing a great deal of opera, it is her first love. Listen to her "La Vergine degli Angeli" ruclips.net/video/NievOBH8Ab4/видео.html, "Nussun Dorma" ruclips.net/video/GA-IXHxZR_g/видео.html, or for a classical crossover "Your Love" ruclips.net/video/wnl-jEhnf6M/видео.html. Virbrato? "Ave Maria" ruclips.net/video/sytDfGavn6w/видео.html
Ok. You definitely need to react to more of Amira's videos. Here she sings crossover. Amira has been recognized for her powerful vibrato since the age of 10, her immense lung capacity, demonstrated in countless performances, her immense charisma and stage presence. Her journey is well worth following. Tks.
She doesn't sound like an opera singer here because she is not singing an opera medley. If you want to hear her opera voice, listen to her singing opera. Try "La vergine degli angeli" if you want to be convinced. I give you a "C" grade only because you did apologize for pre-judging her.
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You need to watch Amira from the beginning with her 3 performances at Holland's Got Talent, and then every performance since then. In this videos I think she is 13 or 14. No training through Hollands Got Talent. After that she did get some training, however her parents limited her exposure. If you are going to judge the opera capabilities, you should listen to her opera.
Amira enjoys singing operatic arias but does not claim to be an opera singer. Perhaps you should experience some opera. The Flower Duet with Corlea Botha, Nessun Dorma (CIG 2017), would be a start.
Believe us as Amira fans that she is also a real opera singer.. listen to O Bambino Caro or The Flower Duet for example. Do you want some vibrato? Listen to Gesu Jesus
Thank you for your reaction to Amira, I have subscribed in the hope that you do many more! As a voice couch you must hear many 2nd rate singers trying to imitate good singers and I had to laugh when, before hearing Amira you thought she was in that box? But Amira IS the real deal and thank you for taking back your words once you had heard her sing this medley at 15 years. Devoted Amira fans have watched her grow up from a phenomenal child prodigy into the beautiful young woman of 19 that she is today, so we are very protective of our angel of peace! You asked to hear some of her early opera, so hear is a link to my all time favourite, just a phone recording of a family church concert with Amira at 11 years singing Ave Maria (Gomez) in Spanish ruclips.net/video/n66udAMmCDM/видео.html
This is not her opera voice. I do wonder if she has the power to fill a huge opera house. Or if she could be trained to it without losing the marvelous current voice.
Good Reaction.Amira sang this rendition an octave higher than July Andrew's and only fifteen years old.Reguards from, Michael Jonathan Lewis. Johannesburg South Africa.
Vibrato at the end , as you said, would have made it to much opera. Ansd she can sing opera. You should know this as a professional singer. And she sung this beautiful, I don't agree with your criticism. Watch other reactors and voice coaches and they have a different opinion. I'm sorry, but you are wrong.
Thank you! I may take some time to come back around to her since my opinions ate not really welcome. BUT-I appreciate your encouragement and feedback. People like you make it worth it. ❤️
Thank you for your reaction. I can understand you thinking that she must have had formal training, but there are occasionally exceptions to the rule. I suggest you watch her first audition on Hollands Got Talent. One of the judges asked if she had had formal training - the young Amira looked confused and said ‘no’.
I don't know anything about musical terminologies.. but Amira has the most beautiful vibrato.. this is a rare time I have not heard her use it a lot in any song. Her 'When you wish upon a Star' and 'Gesu Bambino' and ' La Virgine Degli Angeli' are among my favourites.. well, of many favourites.. To me -with no musical background, I love her voice singing any opera arias... It seems to take on an additional depth or richness is the only way I can put it.. I'm glad though she stayed away from adding many new ones of them to her repertoire in her teens.. that she waited and is now only singing the odd extra one at 19. I want to hear her fully matured voice in some years time and what it might be most suited to singing by then!
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE COMPLETELY WRONG ABOUT OUR ANGEL AMIRA !! WONDER HOW YOU WERE AT THAT AGE - `RETTY BAD I WOULD IMAGINE !!!!!!!!!!
Ben, I think you are being a little unfair to her.. what she said before hearing Amira sing was amended by hearing Amira sing. I found her comments positive and informative. Remember, this is the only song she has heard Amira sing yet.. and it's not an opera aria I'm sure she will have other interesting things to say when she hears more and a variety of what Amira has sung to date..
HI SHOOSTER, THANKS FOR YOUR WELL INTENDED COMMENTS ~ NO VOICE TEACHER or VOCAL COACH HAS EVER MADE SUCH NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT AMIRA, YET THIS YOUNG CRRISSA PROFESSES TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT AMIRA, WHAT SHE IS and WHAT SHE IS NOT and WHAT ALL AMIRA'S SHORTCOMINGS ARE and THEN SAYS THAT SHE DOES NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HER CRITIQUE - SHE NEEDS YOUR ADVISE and SHE SHOULD GET TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST BEFORE GOING ON A LIMB ABOUT THE ARTIST'S SO-CALLED " NON QUALITIES " - I THINK SHE IS VERY BRASH and UNPROFESSIONAL - EXCUSE MY ENGLISH, I AM AFRIKAANS - GOOD DAY TO YOU !!
@@benbotha3624 I'll have to listen through the video again because honestly I can't say I found her comments negative.. it just surprised me that she didn't feel that Amira had stage charisma.. but I think that her opinion in that will change after any of the big stage aria performances she watches. What she wrote beneath the video .. she calls Amira a goddess.. and more very positive words... I've heard reactors say nothing more than wow wow wow... I liked reactors who give an opinion and that opinion changes or informs the more performances they react to. . As regards Amira's acting, Amira at that age was focusing on learning drama and dance so it was something she was working on. Unless it's her insistence that Amira is not an opera singer... And on that I agree with her.. unless Amira has been secretly singing in operas and has not made that public. I know the term ' opera singer' is apparently written on her channel page and had been for some time.. The reactor gave Amira 10 out 10... I don't know how she could do better than that..
And if you want a true operatic performance, you only have to watch one of the finest renditions of The Flower Duet you will ever hear, performed with Corlea Botha when Amira was just 13 years old. It is outstanding, truly outstanding. The purity of her voice blending with Corlea's slightly deeper voice is glorious to the ear. Her high notes just ring in your ears and leave you spellbound. Watch and feel the joy! ruclips.net/video/Kk1l84UW1pI/видео.html
Everyone I’ve been exposed to that talks about her has mentioned she is an opera singer and she, according to the comments, also calls herself an opera singer. However, I wholeheartedly agree with you! This is a wonderful concert singer with a beautiful and unique voice! 🫶
@@crrissa_the_cyberbard All her singing life thus far, she has always used a mic. Until she can do without one against a full orchestra & in a venue as big say, the Albert Hall, she will always be best suited to a concert scenario & I for one believe that is her future. Having said that, she sings opera as beautifully as anyone, but at the moment at least & as far as i know, she couldn't handle Covent Garden without a mic. I hope that will change, because, selfishly, I love opera, but I also hope she remains a cross-over artist!
You may like to watch her singing “In The Stars”. She wrote the song in honor of her Grandmother who died while she was in Holland’s Got Talent. It is just straight singing, but great.
Lady you are so wrong . In my humble opinion if you want to listen to someone singing opera then listen to someone singing opera. You gave amira 8/10 i am given you 3/10 . When you listen to her on holland got talent and read the back story. Hopefully you can post your reaction . Look forward to seeing that .
She is an opera singer. She goes across the spectrum. She is multifaceted! Julie Andrews didn’t sing it in bel canto style. These piecers were writn as opera, Z.
To begin with, praising yourself is something that others should say about you. But that's a truly American thing. Then say that she is not an opera singer with a piece of music that is not an opera, from now on make sure you have more background information before giving an unqualified opinion. having said this, listen to these 2 opera songs, ruclips.net/video/os44HAC-AoU/видео.html, ruclips.net/video/NievOBH8Ab4/видео.html, then you will see and I hear that you are completely wrong, I hope you take the advice to know a little more about the person you are criticizing. Kind regards, Ed😉
Great and honest reaction. She has had several different vocal teachers since winning Hollands Got Talent (HGT). At one time I believe she had 3 teachers covering different genres. Next year she is off to University to study music. She has recorded quite a few operatic arias as well as "crossover" stuff like this. A lot of her smaller concerts contain a mixture of many styles, as local audiences dictate. It is hard to recommend a starting point for your trip down this particular rabbit hole. You could try her original HGT audition, but I prefer her "Nessun Dorma" finale (ruclips.net/video/r8KrpwqxE4g/видео.html) which was quite something for a 9 year old. A personal favourite is her family performing at the local church Christmas concert with the Gomez "Ave Maria" (ruclips.net/video/n66udAMmCDM/видео.html). Her mother on the recorder and brother on the violin got a bit "flustered" and she compensated automatically. Enjoy!
Amira is not imitating anyone, she absolutely is herself, always, not sounding at all like any ordinary soprano. She has not study any specific genre, she just sings what she likes in her own style and interprets her own way, often with a proven professional artist as mentor. The one who mentored her for this performance actually was her subpar(they always are) school music teacher and it's her who should be addressed first. Amira is not a trained opera singer or trained anything, but she can sing opera in legit professional opera style, but then she tends to sound like any other trained soprano and she gets boring the same way. Formal teaching, with typical subpar music school teacher, that can learn her nothing, is the worst thing she can go into and will destroy her to the ordinary. Her adult voice fits best for music style, but she still has to keep true to herself and preserve her own style, always. For a spinning vibrato check her I Feel Pretty (her slow-true--opera vibrato, imo, is awful, as trained opera singers therefore in general are). To get a full grip on Amira is difficult because her performances are of very different qualities so it easy to go wrong on her. Sometimes she is truly mediocre-bad and others brilliant world class like no one else.
Yes, I like that about Amira as you said that she sings in her own style and interprets her own way.. and as such I never know what she might sing next or in what genre.. or as she obviously is maturing into an adult,and her voice and musical tastes changing too..
I for one do perfer Opera. and Amiras choice within it is what draws me ... but this is also nice ...tho it would not be on my list to... goto! No matter who ever is singing it. as a musical... she has hit it on the head! but It was Not suppose to be Opertic... well It's how I read Amiras effort in this.
Amira ist ein Engel ❤. Bitte alle Lieder von Amira ansehen, sie ist unglaublich. Ich liebe ihre Stimme. Sie singt seit sie neun Jahre alt ist. Jetzt ist sie ein Profi und die beste Sopranistin in der heutigen Zeit. Ich freue mich auf ihre Kommentare.
Great reaction and I think it would really be great (as you want to hear more) if you start at the beginning with Amira with the 3 Hollands Got Talent performances she did and work from there ... she is a beautiful young woman with an amazing talent and huge heart... you should check out the foundation she created aswell.
I'm sorry , but Amira IS an opera singer! How can you pass your glib, arbitrary judgment so nonchalantly and harshly by only hearing her sing one medley from a movie of songs which were not intended to be opera to begin with!? You need to listen to a variety of songs from her matchless repertoire before coming to your absurd conclusions. Yes, she does sing classical crossover, also Christian songs, but she does many authentic OPERA songs as well. After hearing them (which I hope you will), if you still can't see that (and that she's NOT a mimic but the real deal prodigy), then maybe you yourself should take more lesssons. And don't worry about any further critiques from me -- I won't be back.
John, she is not an opera singer.. She has not chosen that profession.. Maybe she will in the future if her voice is suitable and she wants that. At the moment though she sings a mix of all sorts, religious ( she has a strong Christian faith and she has said many times that her voice is a gift from God to do good with), and she has always sung in church concerts of hymns, her teen years she seemed to love songs j from musicals and films, and always there in the mix were the opera arias.. but the latter does not mean that she will choose the profession of opera singer.. Her mixed repertoire to date has suited her fundraising activities for Gelukskinders - her foundation that builds the playgrounds in deprived townships near her home - and means she can sing to a variety of audiences. She's too young and has 4 years of university ahead of her before maybe even she knows how she will choose to make a living and whether that will be all by her singing or mixed with other means of earning a living. She hasn't pursued fame for itself. Obviously her voice and her popularity has given her options but she had a very normal child and teen life and she has used her voice for raising funds for her passion of building and maintaining the playgrounds and now the netball for the teenagers. My gut feeling about her is that she loves the variety.. my favourite is still her 'opera' voice singing the arias.. but a close second is everything else she sings 😂
@@shooster5884 You are completely wrong. As johnbattles say "Amira IS an opera singer" is entirely correct. First you got it all wrong that opera singer is a profession, it 100% isn't. Where did you get that from?. If you check Amira YT-page she herself writes she is an Opera Singer and that is something you can't argue about. Quote "Amira | Opera & Operatic Singer"
@@yogajedi3337 Then, I stand corrected if she has sung in an opera. I don't recall her mentioning any opera that she sang in.. Do you know which one it was? I do recall her saying that she would like to sing in one one day. The definition of 'opera singer' in Google is 'a person who sings in operas'. Regardless of what is written on Amira's page I don't think she fits that definition so I don't know why it is written there.
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Sorry you might be a pro, but her voice is better to me than the note you sang. I am not sure I want you again. You have the right to your opinion and so do I .
You missed my point. I do not care. I am glad she likes her, it was other things. Everyone knows I love Amira and this gal bothered me. I will give her another chance and then we will see. @@Axx11000
I think Amira would appreciate this person's reaction. The stage charisma... I was surprised at that alright, but I'm keeping in mind that this IS the only performance she has watched... Not the Nessum Dorma while walking down stairs and crossing the stage, not the Ave Maria Caccini - the magical one in the church ..nor the other Ave Maria from Iceland.. nor the Andre Rieu O Mio Babbino Caro.. the Flower duet with Corlea... the Nella Fantasia.. etc etc.. I have always found Amira's stage presence, her calmness on stage, riveting. Maybe the next first one she should listen to is Amira's raw audition for Holland's got talent back in 2013 aged 9, which to me gives the sense of who Amira is and how she relates to her music in a nutshell.. she never really changed.. she sings still what she wants to sing and has done through her teens.. she follows her own passion but with respect for her talent and directed by her religious faith.
@@crrissa_the_cyberbard I've been following Amira now for nine years; and I'm a moderator on her Fans Group site. The argument about what constitutes an "Opera singer" has been going on ever since Amira's audition in 2013 - There is far too much heat here, and very little light. When Amira called herself an "Opera singer" she was a very young girl - and I think what she meant was that she liked singing operatic arias. She chose to do so for her audition, because she did not want to be seen to be like the vast majority of popular singers. She sang two arias from Puccini, and the Bach/Gounod "Ave Maria". To me, an "Opera singer" is somebody who performs in an opera company. Not so long ago, it also meant a singer who had developed their voice to the point where they could put out sufficient volume to be heard without amplification in a typical opera house - i.e. a 400 year old technology (though I suspect that some cheating is starting to occur, in the interests of preserving people's voices) - though Amira had some "squillo" back in 2014, when she sang with Andre Rieu. There is no single concise word in the English language for somebody who sings an operatic aria "in concert" - "Classical crossover" really is too loose a term for what Amira does. Amira stated about 3 years ago that she was a "Crossover Singer", and therefore there is no justification for the nonsense I see in many comments here. Crissa could not be aware of that, but I hope she will continue to explore Amira's work.
You'll have to listen to her duet "THE FLOWER DUET" at the age of 13.Her versiuon of"AMAZING GRACE"is the best version I've ever heard.
Gesu Bambino, La Virgine Degli Angeli... I could listen to both of those on a loop for an hour... Stunningly beautiful both.
The Gesu Bambino just Amira's offstage voice in her civvies in an empty church with her dad quietly playing the organ filmed on a phone.
La Virgine Degli Angeli performance, that fabulous men's choir, the musicians, and Amira, her voice, and in that gorgeous green dress, all stunningly blending together both in vision and sound.. couldn't be more beautiful.
Interesting that you come to the conclusion that Amira should have used more vibrato. Amira is actually known for using a lot of vibrato.
Amira was self-taught when she entered the competition "Holland's Got Talent" at the age of 9 and sang O Mio Babbino Caro. She eventually won this competition with 50% of the votes, which has probably never happened before. But since then, of course, she has had lessons. It was especially noticeable when she performed with Andrè Rieu about half a year later and sang the same song. The difference was more than obvious. Even though her audition was really good, the performance with Andrè Rieu was much better.
Before you say this is not a opera singer, maybe you should listen to her actually sing opera , not a medley from a musical! Keep your opinion until you know what you're talking about...
I have!
that one got to me too, and that coming from a professional singer who will never be able to come close to Amira's level. Amira is one of the best, and maybe even the best, sopranos of our time.
This isn't an opera aria, it is a film/ theatre song, so maybe she sang it in the crossover style, if you listen to her opera arias, you may find them sung ' the correct' way. If there is a standard way of doing these things.
Some other voice coaches who have watched her earlier work have commented, such as How does she know to do that? Who taught her that technique? She displayed very advanced singing techniques at an absurdly young age.
I find her a joy to listen too. No previous soprano singer has induced me to voluntarily search out and listen to opera arias.
Could you recommend some of her earlier work where she sings opera? I’d love to hear those!
Here is Flower Duett together with Corlea Botha, very beautiful.
ruclips.net/video/Kk1l84UW1pI/видео.html
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@@crrissa_the_cyberbard Because you havent yet been answered, here is one sugestion. ruclips.net/video/s9PQ7qPkluM/видео.html&ab_channel=Andr%C3%A9Rieu
Though i think her best so far was sung in a church in 2015. ruclips.net/video/n66udAMmCDM/видео.html&ab_channel=AmiraWillighagen%7COfficial
Watch her beginning, singing Puccini, first HOLLAND’S GOT MUSIC. No lessons at 9. Use the English version. Andre Rieu taught her a bit singing the same song at 10 in front of ten thousand people. She got her mouth from Maria Callas, her lungs from being a winning distance runner. She just graduated high school as valedictorian and is on a world tour before college.
I agree with Axx1100. Amira has a natural vibrato and from the begining has been able to vary it easily at will. To use vibrato and how much and when is a very conscious decision she makes when learning and rehearsing a song. I would disagree with the person that says she learned to sing by mimicking. Amira has always sang her interpretation of what ever she sings. Her versions of "O Mio Babbino Caro", "Ave Maria" and 'Nessun Dornma" for Holland's Got Talent are not in the least mimics. She used Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli as her guides on RUclips as well as Maria Callas. Actually Amira does sing a great deal of opera, it is her first love. Listen to her "La Vergine degli Angeli" ruclips.net/video/NievOBH8Ab4/видео.html, "Nussun Dorma" ruclips.net/video/GA-IXHxZR_g/видео.html, or for a classical crossover "Your Love" ruclips.net/video/wnl-jEhnf6M/видео.html. Virbrato? "Ave Maria" ruclips.net/video/sytDfGavn6w/видео.html
She did amend that initial statement though about Amira mimicking once she heard her sing !
Ok. You definitely need to react to more of Amira's videos. Here she sings crossover. Amira has been recognized for her powerful vibrato since the age of 10, her immense lung capacity, demonstrated in countless performances, her immense charisma and stage presence. Her journey is well worth following. Tks.
She doesn't sound like an opera singer here because she is not singing an opera medley. If you want to hear her opera voice, listen to her singing opera. Try "La vergine degli angeli" if you want to be convinced. I give you a "C" grade only because you did apologize for pre-judging her.
Did you notice that she sings all this an octave higher than Julie Andrews did?
I checked. I believe she sang like Julie originally, the second is sung by her husband, and the third by a nun.
I only will say, listen more of here! She is a super talent opera singer! Listen to La Wally and you will take your words back!
Amira is not real she is a special angel from God Amira is a phenomenon simply fantastic perfect magnificent incomparable she is definitely the best of the best Amira is absolutely unique simply fabulous thank my God for Amira❤❤❤
You need to watch Amira from the beginning with her 3 performances at Holland's Got Talent, and then every performance since then. In this videos I think she is 13 or 14. No training through Hollands Got Talent. After that she did get some training, however her parents limited her exposure. If you are going to judge the opera capabilities, you should listen to her opera.
Hmm, the people in the audience seemed to love it... me too
Amira enjoys singing operatic arias but does not claim to be an opera singer. Perhaps you should experience some opera. The Flower Duet with Corlea Botha, Nessun Dorma (CIG 2017), would be a start.
Believe us as Amira fans that she is also a real opera singer.. listen to O Bambino Caro or The Flower Duet for example. Do you want some vibrato? Listen to Gesu Jesus
Thank you for your reaction to Amira, I have subscribed in the hope that you do many more! As a voice couch you must hear many 2nd rate singers trying to imitate good singers and I had to laugh when, before hearing Amira you thought she was in that box? But Amira IS the real deal and thank you for taking back your words once you had heard her sing this medley at 15 years. Devoted Amira fans have watched her grow up from a phenomenal child prodigy into the beautiful young woman of 19 that she is today, so we are very protective of our angel of peace! You asked to hear some of her early opera, so hear is a link to my all time favourite, just a phone recording of a family church concert with Amira at 11 years singing Ave Maria (Gomez) in Spanish ruclips.net/video/n66udAMmCDM/видео.html
@@desj2584 Yes, that performance redefines what PURE TALENT is! This is how the angels sing!
@@caroldawson6692- Yes, she is praying with the angels directly to the Mother of God - Hail Mary, full of grace!
This is not her opera voice. I do wonder if she has the power to fill a huge opera house. Or if she could be trained to it without losing the marvelous current voice.
The space that a singer performs in is so incredibly important! Good point!
Good Reaction.Amira sang this rendition an octave higher than July Andrew's and only fifteen years old.Reguards from, Michael Jonathan Lewis. Johannesburg South Africa.
Check out her performance on the 10th anniversary of Hollands got talent. Sends chills up my spine nearly 20 in this performance.
You hear any mimicking here I don't know what You mean ? This is off cause not Opera but Musical but You should listen to some of her Opera songs
Vibrato at the end , as you said, would have made it to much opera. Ansd she can sing opera. You should know this as a professional singer. And she sung this beautiful, I don't agree with your
criticism. Watch other reactors and voice coaches and they have a different opinion. I'm sorry, but you are wrong.
Please watch O Mio Babbino Caro from 2014 with Andre Rieu she was 10.
You should here her sing Amazing Grace,and look how she sang,to won Holland's Got Talent.She is quite the opera singer!!
Please do not be put off reacting to more of Amira's performances by a few negative comments.
Your reactions are appreciated and very informative.
Thank you! I may take some time to come back around to her since my opinions ate not really welcome. BUT-I appreciate your encouragement and feedback. People like you make it worth it. ❤️
Thank you for your reaction. I can understand you thinking that she must have had formal training, but there are occasionally exceptions to the rule. I suggest you watch her first audition on Hollands Got Talent. One of the judges asked if she had had formal training - the young Amira looked confused and said ‘no’.
I don't know anything about musical terminologies.. but Amira has the most beautiful vibrato.. this is a rare time I have not heard her use it a lot in any song.
Her 'When you wish upon a Star' and 'Gesu Bambino' and ' La Virgine Degli Angeli' are among my favourites.. well, of many favourites..
To me -with no musical background, I love her voice singing any opera arias... It seems to take on an additional depth or richness is the only way I can put it..
I'm glad though she stayed away from adding many new ones of them to her repertoire in her teens.. that she waited and is now only singing the odd extra one at 19.
I want to hear her fully matured voice in some years time and what it might be most suited to singing by then!
Since the Holland’s Got Talent she has received training. She now lives in South Africa. I think we are also hearing her Dutch accent.
Oh neat! That makes total sense! She rocks, regardless!
She taught herself.
Time to educate yourself about Amira . . . I think you will love the journey
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOU ADMIT THAT YOU WERE COMPLETELY WRONG ABOUT OUR ANGEL AMIRA !! WONDER HOW YOU WERE AT THAT AGE - `RETTY BAD I WOULD IMAGINE !!!!!!!!!!
I definitely was not a professional level that Amira is for sure! Thank you so much for watching the video and I hope you have a great day! ❤
Ben, I think you are being a little unfair to her.. what she said before hearing Amira sing was amended by hearing Amira sing. I found her comments positive and informative.
Remember, this is the only song she has heard Amira sing yet.. and it's not an opera aria
I'm sure she will have other interesting things to say when she hears more and a variety of what Amira has sung to date..
HI SHOOSTER, THANKS FOR YOUR WELL INTENDED COMMENTS ~ NO VOICE TEACHER or VOCAL COACH HAS EVER MADE SUCH NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT AMIRA, YET THIS YOUNG CRRISSA PROFESSES TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT AMIRA, WHAT SHE IS and WHAT SHE IS NOT and WHAT ALL AMIRA'S SHORTCOMINGS ARE and THEN SAYS THAT SHE DOES NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HER CRITIQUE - SHE NEEDS YOUR ADVISE and SHE SHOULD GET TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST BEFORE GOING ON A LIMB ABOUT THE ARTIST'S SO-CALLED " NON QUALITIES " - I THINK SHE IS VERY BRASH and UNPROFESSIONAL - EXCUSE MY ENGLISH, I AM AFRIKAANS - GOOD DAY TO YOU !!
@@benbotha3624 I'll have to listen through the video again because honestly I can't say I found her comments negative.. it just surprised me that she didn't feel that Amira had stage charisma.. but I think that her opinion in that will change after any of the big stage aria performances she watches.
What she wrote beneath the video .. she calls Amira a goddess.. and more very positive words...
I've heard reactors say nothing more than wow wow wow... I liked reactors who give an opinion and that opinion changes or informs the more performances they react to.
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As regards Amira's acting, Amira at that age was focusing on learning drama and dance so it was something she was working on.
Unless it's her insistence that Amira is not an opera singer... And on that I agree with her.. unless Amira has been secretly singing in operas and has not made that public. I know the term ' opera singer' is apparently written on her channel page and had been for some time..
The reactor gave Amira 10 out 10...
I don't know how she could do better than that..
@@benbotha3624 Well said, sir, well said. I agree 100% with you.
And if you want a true operatic performance, you only have to watch one of the finest renditions of The Flower Duet you will ever hear, performed with Corlea Botha when Amira was just 13 years old. It is outstanding, truly outstanding. The purity of her voice blending with Corlea's slightly deeper voice is glorious to the ear. Her high notes just ring in your ears and leave you spellbound. Watch and feel the joy! ruclips.net/video/Kk1l84UW1pI/видео.html
Ya, sure, yabetcha!
Who said she's an opera singer? She's a concert soprano with a unique voice.
Everyone I’ve been exposed to that talks about her has mentioned she is an opera singer and she, according to the comments, also calls herself an opera singer. However, I wholeheartedly agree with you! This is a wonderful concert singer with a beautiful and unique voice! 🫶
@@crrissa_the_cyberbard All her singing life thus far, she has always used a mic. Until she can do without one against a full orchestra & in a venue as big say, the Albert Hall, she will always be best suited to a concert scenario & I for one believe that is her future. Having said that, she sings opera as beautifully as anyone, but at the moment at least & as far as i know, she couldn't handle Covent Garden without a mic. I hope that will change, because, selfishly, I love opera, but I also hope she remains a cross-over artist!
@markgrant3653 I know, I was there... & she used a mic!
You may like to watch her singing “In The Stars”. She wrote the song in honor of her Grandmother who died while she was in Holland’s Got Talent. It is just straight singing, but great.
At her own channel she entitles herself as an opera singer, so if she does she definitely is.
Eh, sometimes we use labels to help with marketing! I know I do! :)
@@crrissa_the_cyberbardAre you comparing your mediocrity to the Amazing Amira 😀.
Lady you are so wrong . In my humble opinion if you want to listen to someone singing opera then listen to someone singing
opera.
You gave amira 8/10 i am given you 3/10 .
When you listen to her on holland got talent and read the back story. Hopefully you can post your reaction . Look forward to seeing that .
She is an opera singer. She goes across the spectrum. She is multifaceted! Julie Andrews didn’t sing it in bel canto style. These piecers were writn as opera,
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To begin with, praising yourself is something that others should say about you. But that's a truly American thing. Then say that she is not an opera singer with a piece of music that is not an opera, from now on make sure you have more background information before giving an unqualified opinion. having said this, listen to these 2 opera songs, ruclips.net/video/os44HAC-AoU/видео.html, ruclips.net/video/NievOBH8Ab4/видео.html, then you will see and I hear that you are completely wrong, I hope you take the advice to know a little more about the person you are criticizing. Kind regards, Ed😉
Great and honest reaction. She has had several different vocal teachers since winning Hollands Got Talent (HGT). At one time I believe she had 3 teachers covering different genres. Next year she is off to University to study music. She has recorded quite a few operatic arias as well as "crossover" stuff like this. A lot of her smaller concerts contain a mixture of many styles, as local audiences dictate. It is hard to recommend a starting point for your trip down this particular rabbit hole. You could try her original HGT audition, but I prefer her "Nessun Dorma" finale (ruclips.net/video/r8KrpwqxE4g/видео.html) which was quite something for a 9 year old. A personal favourite is her family performing at the local church Christmas concert with the Gomez "Ave Maria" (ruclips.net/video/n66udAMmCDM/видео.html). Her mother on the recorder and brother on the violin got a bit "flustered" and she compensated automatically. Enjoy!
Amira is not imitating anyone, she absolutely is herself, always, not sounding at all like any ordinary soprano. She has not study any specific genre, she just sings what she likes in her own style and interprets her own way, often with a proven professional artist as mentor.
The one who mentored her for this performance actually was her subpar(they always are) school music teacher and it's her who should be addressed first.
Amira is not a trained opera singer or trained anything, but she can sing opera in legit professional opera style, but then she tends to sound like any other trained soprano and she gets boring the same way.
Formal teaching, with typical subpar music school teacher, that can learn her nothing, is the worst thing she can go into and will destroy her to the ordinary.
Her adult voice fits best for music style, but she still has to keep true to herself and preserve her own style, always.
For a spinning vibrato check her I Feel Pretty (her slow-true--opera vibrato, imo, is awful, as trained opera singers therefore in general are).
To get a full grip on Amira is difficult because her performances are of very different qualities so it easy to go wrong on her. Sometimes she is truly mediocre-bad and others brilliant world class like no one else.
Her latest professional performance was in a concert in South Africa where she sings phantom of the opera. ruclips.net/video/l1pDcHGFa-A/видео.html
Yes, I like that about Amira as you said that she sings in her own style and interprets her own way.. and as such I never know what she might sing next or in what genre.. or as she obviously is maturing into an adult,and her voice and musical tastes changing too..
You should start ! with here first performace ... winning the talent show when she was 9 years old ! ... and DID teach hereself to sing opera !
look at hollands got talent english version
I for one do perfer Opera. and Amiras choice within it is what draws me ...
but this is also nice ...tho it would not be on my list to... goto!
No matter who ever is singing it.
as a musical... she has hit it on the head!
but It was Not suppose to be Opertic...
well It's how I read Amiras effort in this.
Amira ist ein Engel ❤. Bitte alle Lieder von Amira ansehen, sie ist unglaublich. Ich liebe ihre Stimme. Sie singt seit sie neun Jahre alt ist. Jetzt ist sie ein Profi und die beste Sopranistin in der heutigen Zeit. Ich freue mich auf ihre Kommentare.
Please also add Angelina Jordan.
No Thomas u picked the wrong song for her u shd of picked her cio biggino caro
Great reaction and I think it would really be great (as you want to hear more) if you start at the beginning with Amira with the 3 Hollands Got Talent performances she did and work from there ... she is a beautiful young woman with an amazing talent and huge heart... you should check out the foundation she created aswell.
Amira the best ❤️
Check out all her opera areas before you just her.
I'm sorry , but Amira IS an opera singer! How can you pass your glib, arbitrary judgment so nonchalantly and harshly by only hearing her sing one medley from a movie of songs which were not intended to be opera to begin with!? You need to listen to a variety of songs from her matchless repertoire before coming to your absurd conclusions. Yes, she does sing classical crossover, also Christian songs, but she does many authentic OPERA songs as well. After hearing them (which I hope you will), if you still can't see that (and that she's NOT a mimic but the real deal prodigy), then maybe you yourself should take more lesssons. And don't worry about any further critiques from me -- I won't be back.
Have a wonderful day! ❤
John, she is not an opera singer..
She has not chosen that profession..
Maybe she will in the future if her voice is suitable and she wants that.
At the moment though she sings a mix of all sorts, religious ( she has a strong Christian faith and she has said many times that her voice is a gift from God to do good with), and she has always sung in church concerts of hymns, her teen years she seemed to love songs j from musicals and films, and always there in the mix were the opera arias.. but the latter does not mean that she will choose the profession of opera singer..
Her mixed repertoire to date has suited her fundraising activities for Gelukskinders - her foundation that builds the playgrounds in deprived townships near her home - and means she can sing to a variety of audiences.
She's too young and has 4 years of university ahead of her before maybe even she knows how she will choose to make a living and whether that will be all by her singing or mixed with other means of earning a living.
She hasn't pursued fame for itself. Obviously her voice and her popularity has given her options but she had a very normal child and teen life and she has used her voice for raising funds for her passion of building and maintaining the playgrounds and now the netball for the teenagers.
My gut feeling about her is that she loves the variety.. my favourite is still her 'opera' voice singing the arias.. but a close second is everything else she sings 😂
@@shooster5884. Thank you for your intelligent and well-balanced assessment of Amira. Your comments are always valuable. Best wishes, JOE.
@@shooster5884 You are completely wrong. As johnbattles say "Amira IS an opera singer" is entirely correct.
First you got it all wrong that opera singer is a profession, it 100% isn't. Where did you get that from?.
If you check Amira YT-page she herself writes she is an Opera Singer and that is something you can't argue about. Quote "Amira | Opera & Operatic Singer"
@@yogajedi3337 Then, I stand corrected if she has sung in an opera. I don't recall her mentioning any opera that she sang in.. Do you know which one it was?
I do recall her saying that she would like to sing in one one day.
The definition of 'opera singer' in Google is 'a person who sings in operas'.
Regardless of what is written on Amira's page I don't think she fits that definition so I don't know why it is written there.
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Sorry you might be a pro, but her voice is better to me than the note you sang. I am not sure I want you again. You have the right to your opinion and so do I .
More power to ya! Have a wonderful day!
She gives Amira 10 out of 10 points for vocal technique and voice and that's not enough for you?
You missed my point. I do not care. I am glad she likes her, it was other things. Everyone knows I love Amira and this gal bothered me. I will give her another chance and then we will see. @@Axx11000
I think Amira would appreciate this person's reaction.
The stage charisma... I was surprised at that alright, but I'm keeping in mind that this IS the only performance she has watched... Not the Nessum Dorma while walking down stairs and crossing the stage, not the Ave Maria Caccini - the magical one in the church ..nor the other Ave Maria from Iceland.. nor the Andre Rieu O Mio Babbino Caro.. the Flower duet with Corlea... the Nella Fantasia.. etc etc..
I have always found Amira's stage presence, her calmness on stage, riveting.
Maybe the next first one she should listen to is Amira's raw audition for Holland's got talent back in 2013 aged 9, which to me gives the sense of who Amira is and how she relates to her music in a nutshell.. she never really changed.. she sings still what she wants to sing and has done through her teens.. she follows her own passion but with respect for her talent and directed by her religious faith.
@@crrissa_the_cyberbard I've been following Amira now for nine years; and I'm a moderator on her Fans Group site. The argument about what constitutes an "Opera singer" has been going on ever since Amira's audition in 2013 - There is far too much heat here, and very little light. When Amira called herself an "Opera singer" she was a very young girl - and I think what she meant was that she liked singing operatic arias. She chose to do so for her audition, because she did not want to be seen to be like the vast majority of popular singers. She sang two arias from Puccini, and the Bach/Gounod "Ave Maria". To me, an "Opera singer" is somebody who performs in an opera company. Not so long ago, it also meant a singer who had developed their voice to the point where they could put out sufficient volume to be heard without amplification in a typical opera house - i.e. a 400 year old technology (though I suspect that some cheating is starting to occur, in the interests of preserving people's voices) - though Amira had some "squillo" back in 2014, when she sang with Andre Rieu. There is no single concise word in the English language for somebody who sings an operatic aria "in concert" - "Classical crossover" really is too loose a term for what Amira does. Amira stated about 3 years ago that she was a "Crossover Singer", and therefore there is no justification for the nonsense I see in many comments here. Crissa could not be aware of that, but I hope she will continue to explore Amira's work.
gosh after a few lines i just knew the comment i was reading was from yogajed. same old same old.