@Geoffrey Goldberg This performance took place in May 2017 when Amira was just 13 years old. Since then, not only has her voice matured a lot, she has also improved her breathing technique and her pronunciation of Italian.
I truly hope that I will live long enough to hear Amira sing this when she is 25 or 26 yo. The quality of her performances are 'flabbergasting' (as Andre Reiu said)
Thank you Ray, this is wonderful, Amira sings beautifully to the point of making tearful and Maria's voice provides the contrast that reinforces the genius Amira displays in singing so masterfully as an infant, the combination is priceless.
Amira it´s always deleighted to hear $ listen your beautiful angelic voice coming out from your lovely spirit as it´s a GIFT. Blessings from Mexico City.
Excellent, vivid & artistic presentations of this song with the beautiful youth voices of Amira Willighagen n earlier exquisite performance of established Soprano.....great work of introduction, story telling, translation n choices of scenes......truely romantic, poetic & captivating.....many thanks, sir Ray 🤗🤗👏👏
Amira hace que lo es bello se embellezca aún más,ella tiende puentes desde los que no nos atraía tanto la ópera a hacernos fan de ella y de la ópera,esas cosas las logran solo las personas muy especiales,Amira es una de esas personas, gracias por acercarnos este tipo de videos muy bellos 👏
Beautiful clip! A wonderful and very passionate song about the first mysterious and inexplicable heartbeats for love, beautifully sung by both artists. It takes me back over the years, to the time of my first love at school! However, without taking anything away from Maria Edwing who is very good and very professional, when I listen to Amira's version I feel something that enters my heart and crosses my soul that I have never tried with any other singer. Our little Princess is unique in making your heart vibrate too, only she has this magical power, "...Non so ch'il tiene, non so cos'è" !!! ❤️ VOI CHE SAPETE Voi che sapete che cosa è amor, donne vedete s'io l'ho nel cor. (Rit) Quello ch'io provo vi ridirò; è per me nuovo, capir nol so. Sento un affetto pien di desir, ch'ora è diletto, ch'ora è martir. Gelo, e poi sento l'alma avvampar, e in un momento torno a gelar. Ricerco un bene fuori di me. Non so ch'il tiene, non so cos'è. Sospiro e gemo senza voler, palpito e tremo senza saper. Non trovo pace notte, nè dì, ma pur mi piace languir così. Voi che sapete che cosa è amor, donne, vedete s'io l'ho nel cor. (Rit)
Leandro, what can I say? I fully agree that Amira gives the heart an extra beat and the brain cannot believe what's happening. Thanks for the Italian lyrics.
@@RayVandenburg , I'm an American, and she hit my brains with a sledge hammer! An utterly beautiful, stunning sledge hammer! I just love everything about her! Hope her name and fame spread exponentially across America and the globe! Do you know if her "Dream with Me" concert will eventually be available on DVD or on i-Tunes?
Would you like to have your own "Song Story" from your favorite song/artist? ALAN WOOD is the winner. Congrats!!! Birthday of both Amira and Maria is the same, March 27.
Well Ray since you have made guessing game out of two of the best versions of "Voi Che Sapete" ever recorded i think its the letters in their first names being the same. I think everything is special about your song story's
Good comparison Ray with Amira and Maria Ewing. Both really really good but Amira though - for me - has a warmer more acoustically vibrant more tonal voice. I think this is why many say they can listen to Amira all day every day while other top sopranos would be turned of after a while. There never are any winners though as all are tops.
Hello Ray ,a very well thought out video & comparison of voice always intriguing. .Amira through the Looking Glass just brilliant .A priceless tone with such depth of feeling.At her Optimum Astonishing !.More Please !.
Alan, you won!!! Congrats. I will make a Song Story of your choice (song/artist), to be published on my channel. The song must be max 3.30 minutes. Love to read your choice.
@@RayVandenburg So thrilled to have have won Ray.I have a diverse range of music with Amira obviously Tops.it would have been a Queen song who wants to live forever (4mins).So it's Patti Smith & Because The Night.Thankyou very much & so looking foward to it.
Ray , I think you meant to compare the voices of Amira and Maria. Am I right.? The comparison was just and wise. For moments, from one voice to another, i couldn't make the difference. One is more mature, the other not, she is an infant. But the voices are very alike, as if it was younger Maria and older Amira. You are a genius.
Maria José; I love opera and classical music since I was 14-15. Listening in the early 60 to Verdi (Nabucco, Aida, La Traviata) and Beethoven and Brahms, and the famous The Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra. I can still hum large parts of Brahms Symphony 1 and 4. Loved Saint-Saëns and played the album of Gershwin's 'American in Paris' all through. Thank you so much for your comment.
Very nice ! Again, I learned something from your Song Story, while listening to great soprano voices! Comparing past (Maria) and future (Amira) is also interesting. Thanks Ray
Bill, I have a suggestion. Next time you'll see a video with Song Story in the title, skip it and watch the original one. It will do your temper a great favor!
I would have loved to see Maria Ewing playing the role of Cherubino. Truly outstanding. During Amira's performance, I was puzzled at 1:44. You have the correct subtitle: I feel an affection, full of lust. But Amira does not sing the lyrics of this aria "Sento un affetto pien' di desir'. Rather, she seems to repeat parts of a previous verse. What was it ? Political correctness ?
George, when she sang this song for the first time she was 10 years old. Maybe Sony made her sing less 'explicit adult'. When I made the video I had also trouble to hear what she sang.
@@RayVandenburg Thank you, you are probably right. As far as I can pick up what amira sings, it sounds "Vi chi sapere, vi ridiro". The very first time Amira sang the arie, she had the correct lyrics. At the end of the day, just an amusing incident. You may know that Caruso himself had an aftrnoon recording session before which he had a good lunch and plenty of wine. I do not remember which aria he recorded, but he improvised lyrics to talk about the great pasta and wine he had just eaten. The record was released with the improvised lyrics !
Hi Ray, could it be the wedding ring at minute 3,25? It shows the page that the countess is married. I doubt that in those days that type of ring was used.
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As always. Her voice is outstanding!
What a fantastic voice Amira has, she is just getting better as maturity is setting in. All Canada 🇨🇦 loves her and that is a fact.
@Geoffrey Goldberg This performance took place in May 2017 when Amira was just 13 years old. Since then, not only has her voice matured a lot, she has also improved her breathing technique and her pronunciation of Italian.
Hello Ray, thank you 100000 times this is a nice surprise, Amira has no equal, totally natural talent, now from Canada, have a nice day.
Thanks Olivia, I wish you also a fantastic day.
I truly hope that I will live long enough to hear Amira sing this when she is 25 or 26 yo. The quality of her performances are 'flabbergasting' (as Andre Reiu said)
AMIRA, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LOVELY INNOCENT FACE AND VOICE FROM A SWEET HEART....♡♡♡♡
Another great performance by Amira. Maria is beautiful too. Thanks Ray for another fantastic presentation. Fan from Fresno, CA USA
Ray once again Amira surpasses herself elegance and beautiful thanks again my friend ☘️☘️☘️🐢🐢🌹🌹
Thank you Ray, this is wonderful, Amira sings beautifully to the point of making tearful and Maria's voice provides the contrast that reinforces the genius Amira displays in singing so masterfully as an infant, the combination is priceless.
Amira it´s always deleighted to hear $ listen your beautiful angelic voice coming out from your lovely spirit as it´s a GIFT. Blessings from Mexico City.
Thanks Amanda, I really like your comments. Stay safe and healthy in Ciudad de México.
I think Amira’s up to there with the best as shown here in this video Thanks again Ray ☘️🌈🇮🇪
Again a delightful and beautiful video Ray, keep sowing, its such a pleasure to listen to dear Amira
Excellent, vivid & artistic presentations of this song with the beautiful youth voices of Amira Willighagen n earlier exquisite performance of established Soprano.....great work of introduction, story telling, translation n choices of scenes......truely romantic, poetic & captivating.....many thanks, sir Ray 🤗🤗👏👏
Francis, many thanks for the review.
wow, that was great Amira. Keep up the good work!
...Ray! A very nice video!!! Great work...
love it...
Rey your vídeo of Amira are the best. Thank you.
the Amira video is among the most beautiful I've ever seen. this other soprano is tops.
Amira is wonderful!
Fantastic as ever!!!
Thoroughly loved this , thank you Ray!🌟
Thanks Lesley, love you always.
Seeing the lyrics makes a huge difference in appreciating the songs. Otherwise it's just a string of pleasant sounds.
Amira hace que lo es bello se embellezca aún más,ella tiende puentes desde los que no nos atraía tanto la ópera a hacernos fan de ella y de la ópera,esas cosas las logran solo las personas muy especiales,Amira es una de esas personas, gracias por acercarnos este tipo de videos muy bellos 👏
Gracias Hugo. Responderé a su solicitud con mi próximo video.
@@RayVandenburg muchas gracias por todos los videos que haces de Amira y también por los comentarios tuyos hacia ella siempre sinceros y positivos.
Beautiful piece of work. Bravo to all concerned. When will Amira resume her concert appearances?
Beautiful clip! A wonderful and very passionate song about the first mysterious and inexplicable heartbeats for love, beautifully sung by both artists.
It takes me back over the years, to the time of my first love at school!
However, without taking anything away from Maria Edwing who is very good and very professional, when I listen to Amira's version I feel something that enters my heart and crosses my soul that I have never tried with any other singer. Our little Princess is unique in making your heart vibrate too, only she has this magical power, "...Non so ch'il tiene, non so cos'è" !!! ❤️
VOI CHE SAPETE
Voi che sapete
che cosa è amor,
donne vedete
s'io l'ho nel cor. (Rit)
Quello ch'io provo
vi ridirò;
è per me nuovo,
capir nol so.
Sento un affetto
pien di desir,
ch'ora è diletto,
ch'ora è martir.
Gelo, e poi sento
l'alma avvampar,
e in un momento
torno a gelar.
Ricerco un bene
fuori di me.
Non so ch'il tiene,
non so cos'è.
Sospiro e gemo
senza voler,
palpito e tremo
senza saper.
Non trovo pace
notte, nè dì,
ma pur mi piace
languir così.
Voi che sapete
che cosa è amor,
donne, vedete
s'io l'ho nel cor. (Rit)
Leandro, what can I say? I fully agree that Amira gives the heart an extra beat and the brain cannot believe what's happening. Thanks for the Italian lyrics.
ray how is amira fans in america has she hit them with her voice yet.
Jacob, I'm sure Amira has hit the brains of American Amira fans quite hard already.
@@RayVandenburg , I'm an American, and she hit my brains with a sledge hammer! An utterly beautiful, stunning sledge hammer! I just love everything about her! Hope her name and fame spread exponentially across America and the globe! Do you know if her "Dream with Me" concert will eventually be available on DVD or on i-Tunes?
Would you like to have your own "Song Story" from your favorite song/artist?
ALAN WOOD is the winner. Congrats!!!
Birthday of both Amira and Maria is the same, March 27.
AMIRA👍❤️💐💋🤩
Bellisimo video Ray.
Saludos.
Well Ray since you have made guessing game out of two of the best versions of "Voi Che Sapete" ever recorded i think its the letters in their first names being the same. I think everything is special about your song story's
Joe, it's comparison between Amira and Maria. It's being visualized after Amira's song.
Good comparison Ray with Amira and Maria Ewing. Both really really good but Amira though - for me - has a warmer more acoustically vibrant more tonal voice. I think this is why many say they can listen to Amira all day every day while other top sopranos would be turned of after a while. There never are any winners though as all are tops.
Hello Ray ,a very well thought out video & comparison of voice always intriguing. .Amira through the Looking Glass just brilliant .A priceless tone with such depth of feeling.At her Optimum Astonishing !.More Please !.
Alan, thanks for this wonderful review. If you would like a song/artist of your choice displayed in a Song Story, read my post on top of the page.
@@RayVandenburg Both Artists born on the same day & an anagram of each other.Like it !!!.How long does it take to make a S/Story ?.
Alan, you won!!! Congrats.
I will make a Song Story of your choice (song/artist), to be published on my channel. The song must be max 3.30 minutes. Love to read your choice.
@@RayVandenburg
So thrilled to have have won Ray.I have a diverse range of music with Amira obviously Tops.it would have been a Queen song who wants to live forever (4mins).So it's Patti Smith & Because The Night.Thankyou very much & so looking foward to it.
schöne Zusammenstellung..
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Amira,
Você é demais,que bom assistir um vídeo atual pois mostra que você Está beijossss!!!
Ray , I think you meant to compare the voices of Amira and Maria. Am I right.?
The comparison was just and wise.
For moments, from one voice to another, i couldn't make the difference. One is more mature, the other not, she is an infant. But the voices are very alike, as if it was younger Maria and older Amira. You are a genius.
Maria José; I love opera and classical music since I was 14-15. Listening in the early 60 to Verdi (Nabucco, Aida, La Traviata) and Beethoven and Brahms, and the famous The Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra. I can still hum large parts of Brahms Symphony 1 and 4. Loved Saint-Saëns and played the album of Gershwin's 'American in Paris' all through. Thank you so much for your comment.
Very nice ! Again, I learned something from your Song Story, while listening to great soprano voices! Comparing past (Maria) and future (Amira) is also interesting. Thanks Ray
Thanks Jan, it was fun and informative to assemble this video.
Muito bom.linda
❤
❤️👍
What a delight to hear our Amira sing. However, I don't need nor want all the video garbage cluttering up the performance.
Bill, I have a suggestion. Next time you'll see a video with Song Story in the title, skip it and watch the original one. It will do your temper a great favor!
I would have loved to see Maria Ewing playing the role of Cherubino. Truly outstanding. During Amira's performance, I was puzzled at 1:44. You have the correct subtitle: I feel an affection, full of lust. But Amira does not sing the lyrics of this aria "Sento un affetto pien' di desir'. Rather, she seems to repeat parts of a previous verse. What was it ? Political correctness ?
George, when she sang this song for the first time she was 10 years old. Maybe Sony made her sing less 'explicit adult'. When I made the video I had also trouble to hear what she sang.
@@RayVandenburg Thank you, you are probably right. As far as I can pick up what amira sings, it sounds "Vi chi sapere, vi ridiro". The very first time Amira sang the arie, she had the correct lyrics. At the end of the day, just an amusing incident. You may know that Caruso himself had an aftrnoon recording session before which he had a good lunch and plenty of wine. I do not remember which aria he recorded, but he improvised lyrics to talk about the great pasta and wine he had just eaten. The record was released with the improvised lyrics !
Hi Ray, could it be the wedding ring at minute 3,25? It shows the page that the countess is married. I doubt that in those days that type of ring was used.
Very well Johan, she must have forgotten to take it off during the opera. But no. It has something to do with Maria and Amira. Good luck.
@@RayVandenburg 😁
Bon chant, mais très soporifique de la jeune fille ….Maria Ewing, par contre est excellente d’interprétation !…🙏⛩
Beautiful voice. But please practice to pronounce Italian language correctly and properly, especially the letter R, T
Amira is pitchy, unfortunately.
Amira es muy buena pero.no a pulido su voz.como la princesa de la ópera LAURA BRETAN