Andrew de Leon is amazing, he reduced the audience to tears and me as well.  

He's only 19!

Hmmm that was nice...

French though? I was expecting Italian.

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@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:

I hate the sound of women singing opera, it sounds like a cat caught in a roller door.

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this might change your mind?    Our Joan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5f5KMQaAac

That was lovely, Martini, although I think the orchestra let Philippa down.

Carmen is one of my favourites, because it is rousing, sad and fun.

In spite of sopranos tending to set my teeth on edge, my favourite song of all time is The Flower Duet' from Lakme.......

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@freshwaterbeach wrote:

That was lovely, Martini, although I think the orchestra let Philippa down.

Carmen is one of my favourites, because it is rousing, sad and fun.

 

In spite of sopranos tending to set my teeth on edge, my favourite song of all time is The Flower Duet' from Lakme.......

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I love Carmen but I was very disappointed with Filippa's singing in that clip. Rather than the orchestra letting her down, I thought her attempts at singing the sustained high notes were awful coming across as very thin & strained. Not what I was expecting at all. But in all fairness, Martini did say it's not her best version. 

And to Freshwater, snap, as I was reading your post I had The Flower Duet playing on Youtube on another screen. It's not my absolute favourite (I don't think I have one) but it is a wonderful piece of music. And the version I was listening to was by the soprano Anna Netrebko & the mezzosoprano Elina Garanca who incidentally sings a sublime Habanera. 

No opera for me thanks, torture and Jazz as well but each to their own. I like some classical music.