A Famous Singer Falls To His Knees As He Hears An Untrained 12-Year-Old Sing Opera
Sep 05, 2020 by apost team
Amira Willighagen taught herself how to sing opera when she was nine-years-old by watching videos on YouTube. The self-taught soprano earned an audition on Holland's Got Talent in 2013 and absolutely stunned the audience. Watch her perform O Sole Mio with the famous Neapolitan-Austrian singer Patrizio Buanne!
Be sure to reach the end of this article to see the full video :-)
At the beginning of the video, Amira Willighagen is seen standing next to Patrizio Buanne. She looks gorgeous in a sapphire dress. Buanne says to her, "Today I'm going to sing with you a beautiful Neapolitan song, where I come from." Buanne, who's in a handsome tuxedo, looks like a Disney prince.
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He then gestures to the orchestra conductor saying, "Maestro!" and without missing a beat, the musicians start playing the opening of O Sole Mio.
As the intro of the song is being played out, Buanne and Willighagen take a second to compose themselves, preparing to deliver the song like they never have before. Buanne also takes this time to kiss Willighagen's hand, a show of a gentleman.
Buanne is first up. His effortless and soulful sound gets a smile (that doesn't waver throughout the whole video, by the way) from Willighagen.
She stands next to him, still smiling, and gently swaying along as he sings, "Che bella cosa na jurnata ’e sole, n’aria serena doppo na tempesta! Pe’ ll’aria fresca pare già na festa... Che bella cosa na jurnata ’e sole." which in English means,
"What a beautiful thing is a sunny day! The air is serene after a storm, the air is so fresh that it already feels like a celebration. What a beautiful thing is a sunny day!"
Watching the video, you'll understand why they had Willighagen sing second. She completely stuns the crowd with her unusually mature and operatic voice, hitting the very first note of the chorus, which, by the way, is a whole octave higher than Buanne's singing.
As she's Dutch, it's also important to add that Willighagen doesn't speak Italian, so this makes the then 12-year-old even more impressive.
Buanne then takes over the second half of the chorus, now flaunting his unbelievably rich tone and he sings "sole," for five seconds into a crescendo. The duo have an obvious age gap between them but it doesn't stop the two talented opera singers from delivering a classic to a live audience that can be described as nothing but absolutely ethereal.
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