OUR FIRST OPERA REACTION to The Flower Duet (From Lakmé) - Katherine Jenkins | COUPLE REACTION
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- See how Nick (🇩🇪) and Lex (🇺🇸/🇲🇽) discover a song from the UNCHARTED SECOND HALF of Ten album which they've heard many times! Never heard this song and reaction was priceless!
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#Lakme #FlowerDuet #Classical
Lakme was written by the French composer Leo Delibes in 1882. The story takes place in India during the British occupation. In act one, Lakme, the daughter of a high priest, and her servant Mallika are sent to gather flowers down at the river where they sing this duet.
This was a great change of pace and after hearing this I can appreciate even more how beautiful the human voice is as an instrument. This duet was made even more popular by being featured in a British Airways commercial
I was a tenor for 20 plus years in Carmel , California at the Bach Festivals , Symphony , Choral , Oratorio &Operatic .
This piece touches the core of that artistic vein .
Pearlfishers duet is what I think of first for tenors.
Not many people can appreciate good classical music. Some of my favorites are Wagners "Ride of the Valkaries", Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". Sometimes it's good just to put it on and let it envelope your mind and soul...it's cleansing!
Agree, I am partial to the Russian composers.
"Danse Macabre" by St. Saen. Superb. Stravinsky, "Firebird Suite". Debussy, "Claire de la Lune". Pink Floyd, "Echoes"...
For me it can be anything from Chopin to Dvorak and Handel. Rachmaninov and many others are my go to music unless I am in a Phoebe Snow kind of place!
If you ever re-visit this song in "real Life" might I suggest you watch the live version by Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa. It's my favourite rendition of this beautiful song.
My uncle went to the opera twice a week in NYC for years. He wanted this played at his memorial service.
One of my favorite arias. Opera will speak to your soul.
As a child of the early 60's, whose parents were both artists, I grew up on this stuff. Absolutely love it.
One of THE most beautiful melodies in music.
This was composed by Delibes (French Romantic composer) for the opera, Lakme (1883)
Hey there Nick, it's my first time here...and I just wanted to say that "The Flower Duet" does the same thing to me. EVERY TIME. It goes straight to the soul... I think of 2 angels as well (I'm sure many do) their voices wafting over the clouds and sky as they usher those lucky souls to the gates of heaven ... (and I'm an atheist!!)
Great post, jbrn!
Still floating ...as sublime as spring sunshine .
Utterly transformative .
Prelude to Heaven .
Opera is very underrated when it comes to younger people. There's so much beautifully moving music in all styles. I love everything. Rap, classical, jazz, metal, punk, pop,coubtry, blues, bluegrass, gospel. I like it all.
This aria is one of my all time faves, and an extremely difficult one due to the harmonies.
I thought I would recommend an American composer to you. Aaron Copland is one of America's greatest composer's. His influence was huge in the 1930s and 40s. He was called the dean of American composer's. I would like to recommend 1, Hoedown, because it's Quintessentially American tune. 2, El Salon Mexico, becauce of it's beautiful southwest flavor. And finally, 3 the 4th Movement of the 3rd symphony, which is one of the greatest American pieces ever written (in my opinion).
Listen to this duo is like, when flowers grow next to each other, twining, coexisting and supporting each other in perfect harmony. All of them are completely different, but each of them so beautiful in its own way.
I’ve heard my share of classical music. My father was a concert clarinetist and attended the Peabody Conservatory. So I was exposed as a child growing up. Not huge with Opera but do enjoy some classical composers. Strangely , I first heard this in a Tarantino movie...lol.
I’ve only ever attended one opera and that was Carmen back in the mid 90’s.
It was a great experience.
Classical music navigates and expands the breath of the soul.
Made me cry too..it touches your soul 🙂
Hey! Cool video! I'm a big fan of classical music (if my nickname wasn't obvious) and this video makes me happy for knowing you like to open your mind to new music, and I'll recommend to listen to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, it's so epic and haves a lot of amazing parts ;)
Lol I always remember the overture from the end of the Bad News Bears that had
Jodi Foster in it from the late 70’s.
Yeah it’s a beautiful piece of art.
You know what it seems so opposite are sometime very Near. I appreciate as much classique than hard rock,métal,prog.we need to appreciate all kind of beautiful peice of musical composition. Sometime i feel more to listenin soft peaceful musique when i Read a book and when im Working, Do the dishes, the vacuum i listen to more rock. Thanks for réaction.
I see someone else provided details about this piece. Opera and classical music is a very deep but rewarding rabbit hole! Hope to see you re-visit it often. For another terrific opera entry, check out "E lucevan le stelle" from the opera Tosca sung by Luciano Pavarotti in 1978. It's an aria sung in the third act by a painter in love with the singer, Tosca, while he waits for his execution. Powerful stuff!
Seconded! All of Tosca is amazing. I'd also reccomend "Vissi Darte" sung by Joan Sutherland (sometime in the 70s, I think?).
The music for that aria is beautiful in itself. As if Pavarotti wasn't enough, I tripped over to this webpage opera-inside.com/e-lucevan-le-stelle-an-aria-from-the-opera-tosca/ where I had a cryfest....Pavarotti, Caruso, Bjorling, Domingo, and di Stefano all doing a take on this aria....
flower duet always beautiful and touchy
Katherine Jenkins version of Evanescence "Bring me to life" is really something. And so is her Italian version of Whitneys "I will always love you" both Very much worth checking out.
The best aria ever written in an opera . Pure , sentimental and makes you cry if you intouched with her , and I always in touched to her ! Leo Delibes , what have you done to me, man ? That aria is my Achilles' heel ! Never ready for that aria . Is so strong to me! I'm crying everytime! Duet del fleurs forever !
I feel exactly the same. The Flower Duet touches you in a way that no other piece of music ever will. Delibes was a genius. There are other pieces in the opera Lakmé that are quite magical too, like the Bell Song from act II but it's a demanding piece that requires a very good technique. Mediocre singers cannot do justice to it. I believe Natalie Dessay and Sabine Devieilhe give some of the best renditions of the Bell Song, and they both recorded the Flower Duet too.
This one always gets me. And if it doesn't get others then I don't get them. Another song that pierces the heart in the same way is Offenbach's "Barcarole", beautifully utilized in the magnificent "Life is Beautiful" ("La Vita e Bella") by and with Roberto Begnini and his radiant Principessa.
If angels were real they would sound like this.
This was played profusely for a chocolate commercial during the 80’s and it’s been in tons of other commercials since then.
It’s a beautiful piece of music to say the least.
You are likely to enjoy the performance of Amira Willighagen, a young teenager, and Corlea Botha in South Africa. Amira has just graduated from high school now and is going on a world tour. You would like Alma Deutscher, a teenage impresaria. She sold out Carnegie Hall for a concert of her music; songs from her CINDERELLA Opera, which sold out in San Jose, California; playing her piano and violin concertos, [on a permanent loaner Stradivarius] and her Siren waltz. People told her that modern music must be ugly; so she resolved a traffic jam into four Viennese waltzes.
Awesome reaction. I loved it 😊👍
First heard this in the movie True Romance (terrific movie by the way). I have loved it ever since. Great choice. Thanks for the wonderful video.
I've heard this before. It's impressive.
If you love a beautiful opera duet you need to check out the barcarolle "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" from the opera "The Tales of Hoffman" by Offenbach. It's such a famous barcarolle that it is usually referred to as just "The Barcarolle" from Hoffman.
It amuses me when reactors ask people to leave basic information in the comments that they could simply Google in ten seconds.
You are likely to enjoy the performance of Amira Willighagen, a young teenager, and Corlea Botha in South Africa. Amira has just graduated from high school now and is going on a world tour. You would like Alma Deutscher, a teenage impresaria. She sold out Carnegie Hall for a concert of her music; songs from her CINDERELLA Opera, which sold out in San Jose, California; [she returned in November, 2022, wielding the baton] 8:30 8:30 playing her piano and violin concertos, [on a permanent loaner Stradivarius] and her Siren waltz. People told her that modern music must be ugly; so she resolved a traffic jam into four Viennese waltzes.
Just to re-iterate guys, watched your reaction lots of times now and it just gets better and better.
That is so kind of you! Thank you so much for the feedback! :) We actually heard this song in a movie we were watching last night! Thanks again and be well, Lex
@@NicknLex Thanks for taking the trouble to reply, guys. You should really react to the piece I have mentioned. I think you will be glad you have heard it. Stay safe.
I can add nothing to Greg Cormier's commentary (below mine). I first heard this on a 33 1/3 Long Playing (LP) record at the age of six - more than fifty years ago - my Father had bought this for my Mother who sang in a local choral group; the interplay between the two voices still brings tears of emotion to this day.....& yes, I am (also) a die-hard RUSH family member ....thank you for playing this - warmest wishes to you both,
Andrww :)
Since you say that you would like to listen to all different types of music. There there is one singer that you should both Definitely react to, his name is Dimash Kudaibergen. He is 26 from Kazakhstan and is widely regarded by professional musicians and vocal coaches as the best in the world. He has the ability to sing in 12 different languages, in Any vocal register and in vertually Any musical style. He became famous when he appeared in the Chinese show "The Singer" in 2017. He was completely unknown at the time, after his first performance of the song "S.O.S. (not the Abba song). He had 600 million hits on Weibo the Chinese internet. I suggest that you Google him as most recently he sang at the Biden US Presidential inauguration. Take it from me, with millions of fans in 160 countries around the world, you've Never heard anyone like him. 😃🏴👍
OMG! Thank you for that suggestion. I have listened to a few things tonight. This kid is extremely talented, with a beautiful, flexible voice, a natural talent. Amazing! S.O.S. reminds me a little of Diva Dance (Fifth Element) ....
@@jbrn4500 Dimash has done 3 different versions of the "Diva Dance" and they are all on his own utube channel. I recommend that you check them all out as they are all completely different (one is a duet). He is undoubtedly the most versatile singer the world has Ever seen. 😃🏴👍
@@philharris5848 I did check them out...Astounding! I also watched two videos by 2 separate voice teachers (both opera singers) who were each flabbergasted by his talent and ability. He has beautiful control of his falsetto ... A countertenor in the making.
yes, a gifted and brilliant artist, mind-blowing.
What a totally wonderful, emotional and intelligent reaction, guys!! To not be moved by this beautiful piece is not natural. Your comments were spot on and well said. Now I have your attention(lol) why not try 'Vide cor meum' by the same Katherine Jenkins with Rhys Meirion. I think you will love this. I'm waiting.............
I purchased this because it is Dame Kiri Te Kanawa with Jenkins. Delibes wrote it in 1883 or so
Phoebe Snow Poetry Man please
Muchos lloran con esta aria pero a mi me llena de paz y alegria como un canto a la naturaleza
Amazing indeed that music can reach into your soul without even understanding the lyrics; wait until you discover classical music without any lyrics at all!
Yup
I HATE YOU FOR STOPPING FOR THE BEST PART
They, especially the man enjoyed this "A" grade song. Me also
great reaction yes they are like angels yes it's in French I think these are the banned daughters for whatever reason
Abrazo desde Argentina chicos
Comparison recommended: Yanni's aria, live at Acropolis
Loved your reaction. While you're on the classical theme, please react to Mozart's Requiem.
And Concierto de Aranjuez (Rodrigo)
The Requiem used to be sung on 9/11 each year as what they called a rolling Requiem with each time zone chiming in at the same time all over the world. I do not know when this stopped. Amazing
by Karl Bohm, Berliner Philharmoniker 1971 is the best version. th-cam.com/video/jlXqKGv0gEI/w-d-xo.html
They're singing about birds and flowers...
Hallo meine zwei Lieben, ja es ist Französisch und ich liebe Euere emotionale Reaktion, ich liebe dieses Duett auch sehr ,ich hörte es im Haus meiner Eltern, meine Mutter die eigentlich nur klassische Musik hörte, danke das war sehr schön
hey guys :) yup, this amazing operatic piece invokes such strong emotions as it penetrates the entirety of the soul with the sound of Angels.. one of my ALL time favorite pieces..
le refrain
Lakmé
Dôme épais le jasmin
À la rose s'assemble,
Rive en fleurs, frais matin,
Nous appellent ensemble.
Ah! glissons en suivant
Le courant fuyant;
Dans l'onde frémissante,
D'une main nonchalante,
Gagnons le bord,
Où l'oiseau chante,
L'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.
Dôme épais, blanc jasmin,
Nous appellent ensemble!
Mallika
Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
À la rose s'assemble,
Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,
Viens, descendons ensemble.
Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant;
Dans l'onde frémissante,
D'une main nonchalante,
Viens, gagnons le bord
Où la source dort.
Et l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.
Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons ensemble!
Hey guys
If duets are your thing, please try Handel's Io t'abbaraccio and Rossini's Lasciami non t'ascolto from Tancredi
You really need to the video to see the complexity of this piece very good though
The story si about a brhamin daughter falling in love with a British solider back in colonial days...
Need some STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN. VOO DOO CHILD live from NASHVILLE. This will blow your mind watching the greatest guitarist ever. (RIP) 🤞✌🤯
Hendrix is the Best Ever. SRV was a great technician but he never had an original idea in his life.
This wonderful work makes you laugh?...🤔🤔🤔
If you like Opera watch Diana Damrau in London as Queen of the night - it will blow you away
She is a great singer.
@@chriscummings6997 She's a one trick pony.
@@yogajedi3337 ????????????
@@chriscummings6997 Great singers should be known for more than just one tune, shouldn't they??????????
@@yogajedi3337 Nope, can't agree - she sings a great Gilda in Rigoletto (Caro Nome), and if you want to hear something more modern, listen to her sing Glitter and be Gay.
I took Phil Harris's recommendation and went to check out Dimash Kudaibergen. What a revelation. I think anyone listening to this young man sing would be astonished. Think ... Freddie Mercury meets Barbra Streisand...
He’s insane!! We’ve done two reactions to him so far and WOW!
@@NicknLex I'm apparently a little behind the times...but...always room to learn!
@@jbrn4500 we’d never heard of him either! We did it through people suggesting we listen to him and we had NO IDEA how big and how talented he was! Crazy, huh!?
Oh french opera
Listen to some Yes songs from the seventies: they'll hit the high note!
Hi guys,
I didn't know you liked opera, please do yourself a favor and listen to Amira with Andre Rue O Mia babio cairo
megadeth-holy wars
It's beautiful but it's also very difficult to sing. notice they don't always sing the same thing.
so you laugh at angels singing?
Apparently this man laughs when beautiful music brings on tears. Joni Mitchel's "A case of you" brought on a flood in him.
laughing is a strange reaction
My thought exactly!! 🤔
Nervous at crying can bring on laughter. It is a common defense mechanism
Why are you laughing?
AMIRA WILLIGHAGEN. THE BEST.
Reacction a tex tex me dijiste
Why on Earth did you stop and start?, ruined
Noooooo opera allowed please
Grow up...
Too musically intellectual for you, huh? Stick to Justin Bieber bud.
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Here you go Derry aire I mean ass wipe
@@mikehatcher5533 Ha ha ha. You got so mad to prove you're not a Belieber by posting a Rush link. I just don't beliebe you. It proves nothing.