More information on Lara Fabian: Lara is recognized as one of the best vocalist ever seen on earth and all professionals list her in the top vocalist tier with Barbra, Whitney, Mariah, Celine, Lisa Fischer, .... In my personal opinion, she is even the best. There are a few vocal characteristics that are her signature: her famous resonance for instance that allows her to sing acapella without mic in venues with 8,000 attendees. Her nickname in the singing world is "the ring" due to this. I would also list her amazing phrasing, breath management and her pleasant tone even when belting in her upper register. So she is one of the best vocalist ever, but on top of that, she adds a few things that make her an absolute package with no equivalence: • she speaks 2 languages natively (french, italian), and 2 others fluently (english, spanish), can speak a bit of dutch (and sicilian), and understand quite well russian and portuguese. She has sung in 12 languages in total • she is an amazing songwriter and wrote lyrics for 200+ songs, in the 4 languages she speaks fluently. She often co-composes the music with the composer. • she acts and performs on stage as nobody else, she colors and reveals the meaning of every single word in the songs, and her ability to emote, to draw you in is second to none • she is the sweetest soul on earth, very humble, down to earth and benevolent. She likes to meet others, and her fans are always pleasantly surprised when this happens. A quick background on her and her career: She is belgian, her father is flemish, but also has italian roots (her mother is from sicilia) and American roots ( her grandfather is from Detroit). She was raised in sicilia first then in Belgium so she speaks both italian and french as native languages. She has been classically trained on vocal, piano and songs composition for 10 years ( from 8 to 18) in the Brussels Royal Conservatory. She is still having vocal lessons and training several times a week today. She started her career in Canada in the early 90s, more precisely in Quebec, the french-speaking part of Canada. She had been living for years in Montreal and has also Canadian citizenship. She just moved back to Italy a few months ago (temporarily?). She became very famous in Quebec and then conquered France in 1996/1997 (she topped charts there and some of her songs such as "Je t'aime" or "Tout" became classics of the french music). In 2000, she was about to penetrate the US Market, with a lot of media initial interest. Her first english song (I will love again), a pop dance song, stayed number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for 58 weeks in a row and number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her Album ("Lara Fabian") was about to become a massive hit, and the concert "From Lara With Love" was recorded to be broadcasted everywhere in the US. This concert is legendary, packed with masterpieces (covered by many great vocalists later on). But a dispute with Sony on artistry directions, and the will from Celine Dion's staff to block her progress in the US, completely broke this plan. She thus refocused back on Europe and made huge success there, extending her reach to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where she became an absolute superstar through her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years. She is absolutely massive in Russia for instance. She is also a star in Brazil as her song "Love By Grace", used as the soundtrack for a very famous soap opera, topped the charts for months and become a recurrent in the local singing contests since then. Many of her songs became classics and were covered by the other singing legends: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban (they are friends and he told she is a role model for him), Linda Eder, … With her success in Europe, Brazil and part of Asia, she is the inspiration of the new generation of vocalists: most of them are coming from there. Thru their covers of Lara Fabian songs, USA and many other countries are now rediscovering her. She is Dimash's idol: I’ve read somewhere that, when he was a child, he was listening her songs every night to get asleep. He covered many of her songs, most of these were composed by Igor Krutoy and written by by Lara. Out of my mind I can list: ○ Adagio (She wrote it and is the original performer), ○ Mademoiselle Hyde (she wrote it and is the original performer), ○ Love of Tired Swans (she wrote the song in French under the title "Je t'aime encore" and was the original performer of the french then the russian versions, Dimash covered the russian version) ○ Ascolta La Voce / Vocalize (this was a pure vocalization and she was the original performer, then lyrics were added for Dimash and it was rebranded as "Know") She also wrote the lyrics of Dimash's song "Your Love". And she covered "Love is like a dream" before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva). Finally, they also performed "Ti Amo Cosi" together, in trio with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sumi Jo then again later with Dmitri and Alina Yarovaya, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida. Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: Igor and Dimash connected after his Adagio cover, also endorsed by Lara. Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it. Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs, some have Lara as a role model and big inspiration: ○ Floor Jansen (Adagio), ○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime), ○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie), ○ Morissette Amon (Broken Vow), ○ Gabriel Henrique (Love by Grace), ○ Cakra Khan (Broken Vow), ○ Katrina Velarde (Broken Vow), ○ Regine Velasquez (Broken Vow), ○ Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Adagio), ○ Giulia Falcone (Adagio, Caruso, Je suis malade, Je t'aime), ○ Forestella (Je suis Malade), ○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow), ○ Gigi de Lana (Broken Vow) ○ Julie Anne san Jose (Adagio, Broken Vow), ○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow, Know), ○ Il Divo (Adagio) ○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you), ○ Sarah Geronimo (Broken Vow) ○ Laura Bretan ( Adagio, Caruso), ○ Jackie Evancho (Je t’aime, Caruso and Broken Vow, BV rewritten as « Imaginer » by Lara for Jackie), ○ Amir (Je t’aime), ○ Vitas (Adagio), ○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio), ○ Jeck (Je T’Aime), ○ Evgenia Fanfara (Adagio), ○ Anna Eriksson (Je suis malade), ○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade), ○ Soprano Turetsky band (Adagio) ○ Majda Roumi (Adagio), ○ Harrison Craig (Broken Vow), ○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow), ○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you) ○ Sevara Nazarkhan (Je t’aime) ○ .... NB: Lara did cover Caruso , Je suis malade, and Love by grace, these are not her originals, but I mention these here as the related artists were attracted to cover it again after listening to Lara’s version. Today, Lara still has an amazing voice and tone and can still reach the 5th octave with resonance ; she still offers these emotive renditions that are her unique signature. In June 2022, she kicked off a WW tour and stunned her fans once again with 5 magical concerts in Canada. She completed the europe part in September/October and I attended a concert from this tour. It was packed and she was again spectacular. On April and May 2023 she had again a wonderful concerts in Tbilissi, Georgia, and in Ouzbekhistan and Kazakhstan. Sorry if I was long, but I hope this gives some context on Lara.
imagine how lucky I am next year on April 29th to go to Lara Fabijan's concert in Zagreb, Croatia, and on May 4th to Dimash's concert in Budapest, Hungary... it will be an exciting week...
I understand every word of that song and the betrayal is much more than a broken vow. She has a most amazing voice and her delivery is heart wrenching. 💔
Isn`t she heavenly lovely. I have the highest respect for this artist. She is Nr.1 in my world. I fall in love with her every time i se her. Masterclass and beyond.Thank you for a great reaction.👍👍👍
Never have I heard a better description of this phenomernal artist. Absolutely on point. Every nuance, every gesture, every note and every breath between; an absolute MasterClass. Micro-intentionality and delivery +++ Yes, Dimash has studied her closely and well, but nothing and nobody comes anywhere close to Lara in the breadth, the depth, the nuance and sensitivity, and that's all before we even start talking about the quality and colours of her voice! Just compare and contrast their 'Adagio's"! Fire and Water!
Lara is one of the best female singers I know.I'm so proud of her being the artist-songwriter having to deal with many problems when she started.....and winning international success
I literally cried. It’s so beautiful. I’ve heard this song many times by other artists but had no idea she wrote it. The song makes sense to me now and I can actually “feel” it. Absolutely amazing and moving.
OMG!!! EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW SHE SINGS, THE MOVEMENT OF HER JAW, HER FACE, THE DEEP FEELING LIKE SHE IS REALLY GOING THROUGH THE PAIN OF THE LYRICS. MY GOD, SHE IS A GODEST
Muchas gracias por reaccionar a la hermosa Lara Fabián, esta canción ya te la había sugerido en tus reacciones anteriores. Mil gracias ella es la versión femenina del Divo, porque ambos nos hacen soñar despiertos y tanto sus letras como sus interpretaciones son celestiales. Un abrazo ❤
The music of Broken Vow was co-composed by Walter Afanassiev and Lara Fabian. Walter Afanassiev, an american/brazilian from russian descent, is a legendary composer and producer (he composed some of the greatest initial hits of Mariah Carey such as All I Want for Christmas is You or Hero and was the producer of the Titanic soundtrack that brought Celine Dion to WW fame). He is also now the producer of Dimash for his US career. When this song was composed, Walter and Lara were engaged, they were living in San Francisco’s bay area, but apparently he cheated and she decided to break up. When she took this decision, that she knew would dramatically change both her personal and professional destiny, she wrote these incredible lyrics. Lara has said this is her preferred english song from all the songs she wrote in this language (there are many, and some are pure jewels). One reason is also because this song has then been covered by the greatests: - Barbra Streisand (she performed it in concerts from one of her tour but never recorded it), - Josh Groban (his cover made this song famous in US, he is her friend and she is one of his role model and he made several duets with her), - Linda Eder, - Cakra Khan, - Gigi de Lana, - Regine Velasquez, - Almira (from 4th Impact), - Katrina Velarde, - Julie Anne San Jose, - Sarah Geronimo, - Morissette Amon, - Petra Berger, - Harrison Craig, - Rimar, - Jackie Evancho, - … For Jackie Evancho, and at the request of Jackie's parents who found the original lyrics were not a good fit for a young girl, Lara rewrote Broken Vow in french as "Imaginer" with a complete different meaning. But the original from Lara remains the absolute reference th-cam.com/video/kJBGCI8aSE4/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for explaining about Jackie Evancho - she does an amazing job on Imaginer, especially for age 11. I heard that David Foster asked Lara to write "innocent" French lyrics for Jackie as the original lyrics would have been unsuitable for an 11 year-old singer. Whether it was David Foster, her parents, or both, writing appropriate lyrics for this glorious melody was a good idea. I love Jackie's voice, but no one can sing like Lara. The link to Jackie Evancho's Imaginer: th-cam.com/video/hX3s2v6qGYo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OwOpp3zpdKx4ykL3
@@elizabethhurley1129 I was told this request came from the parents. It could have been David who is a fan of Lara (he said she is top of the heap of the world great voices), produced Lara and invited her to his wedding. Jackie also covered Je t’aime from Lara and Caruso in Lara’s way.
Absolutely agree. This is a completely polished craftsman presenting a finished piece of work that is carefully premeditated. But, she has allowed for inspiration in the moment of performance to transcend craft and enter the level of art.
I found that whole concert on TH-cam and I fell in love with her voice. Interestingly she, like Angelina Jordan, had that crazy vocal ability at the age of 5. She mentioned that in an introduction interview to one of the songs she sang at that concert (can't remember which one). If you want to see how much she's beloved, check out a video where she attempted to sing her best selling french hit "Je t'aime" at a big concert venue. May I also suggest her performance of Caruso. PS: love your reactions ❤
Oh my goodness I thought the same thing. After watching Dimash and Lara I started recognising similar nuances to express the deepest emotions. I put it down to that they are both so incredible that to express the music as it is written requires everything from them in each moment of the song. I also thought Dimash must think so highly of her to duet with her. Now that you share that you feel Dimash could be influenced with her it makes sense. I love them both ❤❤❤
Wonderful reaction and what you say about genius is exactly what I have said to many. She writes and sings in many languages and it’s more than just words and notes on a chart. It’s meaningful and unforgettable music. She can do now wrong!
Great reaction as usual. I am a pensioner on fixed income, so I can't justify cash donation requests. I do, however, have time to follow some of my favorite artists, and Lara is certainly one of them. I can't watch this video without tearing up. Having said all of that, I am going to request a version of a song when someone requests it, and that is her 2011 Juno Awards version of LOVE BY GRACE. I have seen her perform many versions of this song, and they are all beautiful. It is a beautiful song, after all, but her most stunning performance of it is her sitting barefoot in a chair in front of a live audience of her peers and delivering the performance directly to your soul. Just keep this in mind when someone gives you a paid request for this song. As always, I really enjoyed your review, which is why I am subscribed. Always give a thumbs up and frequently comment. Keep up the good work, and good luck.
I totally agree with your lasts comments, she has been sent here, on this earth, with incredible gifts and she has worked very hard to be this magnificent being and singer...
Gran reacción! Saludos desde Costa Rica! Increíble y hermosa obra maestra impresionante de Lara Fabián, la mejor cantante e intérprete del mundo entero, la voz de cristal más bella y perfecta que existe! Gracias!
Hey Cousin, you really MUST listen to Lara's Adagio in English performed at this same concert, it's even more spectacular then the one you reacted to in Italian with that symphony orchestra. Salamat from Canada ya Habibi. ✌😁
The absolute most beautiful and powerful reaction I have listened to. Everybody should be obliged to agree with your commentary 100%. LARA FABIAN deserves to hear every word you have said. I, however, would replace the word "imagine" with "live". She lives this story during her performance to the point that the audience/listeners experience and visualize it as it happens. Absolutely astonishing how she does. Every song from this concert that I have listened to is a masterpiece and never to be repeated. What an impressive reaction. Thank you so much.❤
Lara is one of the most beautiful and impactful singers on the earth ❤ thank you again so much for taking the time to react to her. I would like to recommend London Grammar - Rooting for you for you to react to. Hannah Reid will blow your mind ✨
I first saw Lara on TH-cam performing Caruso - truly amazing, just Lara and a piano. If you hav'nt seen this video you are in for a treat, I promise if you look for this on TH-cam you will not be dissapointed. Love from the UK🤗
If you can, react to LOVE BY GRACE, which she sang at an awards ceremony in Canada, and she sang the song sitting down, it was spectacular where she shows that she doesn't need a corps de ballet for the song to shine brighter, the performance is unbeatable.
Here it is th-cam.com/video/PoOrjC88zK8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared But if you want to see 3 other “chairs” performsnces from Lara: 1/ Here she performs seated songs requested on demand by phone: th-cam.com/video/LhWPbpXiGkY/w-d-xo.html 2/ here she performs a beautiful latina dance seated th-cam.com/video/9p1UrKzYti0/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared 3/ and here, well 😱😂 th-cam.com/video/-85T-iR7dfc/w-d-xo.html
only a top performer can affod such a numerous numbers of musicians in a live show. Lara has earned her talent developping it over the performances she has done to this day. She masters telling the story of the songs she chooses to perform her own compositions as vover songs. What a talented vocalist.
Your evaluation of Lara's performance is insightful. The fact that she wrote and created the song: lyrics, melody, chord progressions, and arrangement, further underscores her intelligence and emotional IQs are off- the-chart. She personifies the axiom all composers and performers should embrace: Write and perform what you feel with your heart. If it doesn't move you, it won't move the audience or listener. Take time to craft every word, every chord, every turn of the melody. Go deep into the well of emotion, that is where the great stuff is. -Ken Wood, executive director, Spotlight Productions.
I realized I'd missed out on Lara Fabian's works when I heard Harrison Craig performing 'Broken Vow'. Next one I loved was covered by Dimash... Lara does wonderful pieces!
I love her PURE JOY when she sings...even if it's a sad song. I know what that feels like when i sing😊 its not of this world❤It's a holy and true GIFT from above 😇💫🙏
She is always lovely. You can see why Dimash admires her so. I want to introduce you to an artist who sang "The Vow" this beautiful song in the Voice Australia, as a contestant. He was a teenager with a speech impediment; he had a stutter. However, he sang beautifully despite it. His name is, Harrison Craig. You must listen to it.
She’s a beautiful woman, extremely talented and skilled, in my top 3 female singers ever, she sings with so much emotion, I’ve heard this song many times but I don’t understand the verse where’s she says she give away her soul to hold him once again if she singing about forgiveness at the end
Dimash once said in an interview that his goal is to create a few minutes of magic to take people away from their everyday lives and escape to that magical moment.
While there are hundreds of vocalists who I can enjoy listening to, there are those who are a cut above. My musical experience has expanded greatly, thanks to the pandemic, when I began watching music videos on TH-cam far more frequently. Before the pandemic, I had not paid much attention to new artists since around 1990. Lara Fabian, Angelina Jordan and Eva Cassidy have joined the greats of my youth and have inspired me and given me HOPE.
Amigo,despues de Lara FABIAN y Diana NAVARRO,te toca por descubrir la tercera diva,Mónica NARANJO ( Europa,sobreviviré,ahora ahora etc...).Un saludo desde Bruselas.
Lara, who was born in Belgium and lived part of her life there, was influenced by another great Belgian artist, Jacques Brel. Not so much in terms of lyrical performance, but above all in terms of interpretation and songwriting. For me, he's the greatest poet/singer of all time. If you want to see one of his songs, I'd recommend "ne me quitte pas", but if you're not French, I'd recommend the subtitled version to capture the power of his lyrics.
...ans just like that you have a new subscriber! I've used the word "genius " to describe Lara as well to others that have never heard of her.. Well done
I am one of those System Analyst that spent more than 2 years working for the State of Florida to insure every platform aka computer system had 4 digits not 2 for the year. Laborious task that touched every computer program. It was a lot of hours, as soon as the computer system rolled over. Practically all databases began to be converted to new hardware & software. I forgot about that until you mentioned it.
Hello, a fellow Lebanese, I'm Elie, I also recently discovered her even living in France. I speak 5 languages, she is fluent in 4 and sings in 11 languages, I can barely hmmm in 1 language. 😁 En tous cas, shoukrran.
I worked in Technology for the State of Florida, we worked very hard across multiple platforms & databases to ensure there would be no issues due to W2K. That took a year working almost solely dedicated every programs would not have any problem when the year 2000 happened.
I love your reviews and we seem to have a lot of the same tastes in music with a real appreciation for vocal mastery. If I could, I would like to recommend that you look up a young artist I've been following. Her name is Lucy Thomas and I feel that she is well on her way to becoming the next Barbra Streisand, and I do not say this lightly, as Barbra is one of my favorite vocalists of all time. Take care my friend, and thanks for your sincere and heartfelt reviews.
I have been listening to Josh Groban's cover of this song for many years and I love the song but this is my first time hearing the original, so my reaction was just like yours, "I'm minced meat" I have heard some of her other songs before but this was a first for broken vow.
Lara is still very active, her voice still grandiose , her look spectacular, She,s got a new world tour starting in april 2024, mostly Europe and mid/Asia after in June its in Canada Ottawa, Montréal. Québec city and Trois-Rivière, I've got my tickets for the 2 shows in Montréal, can't wait. Last night dec 29 she was in Ryad special guest for “ARAB STARS NIGHT”✨ •Here is the link for you th-cam.com/video/SgwQsqqz1lE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jO8M0DkIgyOAX2fZ
More information on Lara Fabian:
Lara is recognized as one of the best vocalist ever seen on earth and all professionals list her in the top vocalist tier with Barbra, Whitney, Mariah, Celine, Lisa Fischer, ....
In my personal opinion, she is even the best.
There are a few vocal characteristics that are her signature: her famous resonance for instance that allows her to sing acapella without mic in venues with 8,000 attendees. Her nickname in the singing world is "the ring" due to this. I would also list her amazing phrasing, breath management and her pleasant tone even when belting in her upper register.
So she is one of the best vocalist ever, but on top of that, she adds a few things that make her an absolute package with no equivalence:
• she speaks 2 languages natively (french, italian), and 2 others fluently (english, spanish), can speak a bit of dutch (and sicilian), and understand quite well russian and portuguese. She has sung in 12 languages in total
• she is an amazing songwriter and wrote lyrics for 200+ songs, in the 4 languages she speaks fluently. She often co-composes the music with the composer.
• she acts and performs on stage as nobody else, she colors and reveals the meaning of every single word in the songs, and her ability to emote, to draw you in is second to none
• she is the sweetest soul on earth, very humble, down to earth and benevolent. She likes to meet others, and her fans are always pleasantly surprised when this happens.
A quick background on her and her career:
She is belgian, her father is flemish, but also has italian roots (her mother is from sicilia) and American roots ( her grandfather is from Detroit). She was raised in sicilia first then in Belgium so she speaks both italian and french as native languages.
She has been classically trained on vocal, piano and songs composition for 10 years ( from 8 to 18) in the Brussels Royal Conservatory.
She is still having vocal lessons and training several times a week today.
She started her career in Canada in the early 90s, more precisely in Quebec, the french-speaking part of Canada.
She had been living for years in Montreal and has also Canadian citizenship. She just moved
back to Italy a few months ago (temporarily?).
She became very famous in Quebec and then conquered France in 1996/1997 (she topped charts there and some of her songs such as "Je t'aime" or "Tout" became classics of the french music).
In 2000, she was about to penetrate the US Market, with a lot of media initial interest. Her first english song (I will love again), a pop dance song, stayed number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for 58 weeks in a row and number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Her Album ("Lara Fabian") was about to become a massive hit, and the concert "From Lara With Love" was recorded to be broadcasted everywhere in the US.
This concert is legendary, packed with masterpieces (covered by many great vocalists later on).
But a dispute with Sony on artistry directions, and the will from Celine Dion's staff to block her progress in the US, completely broke this plan.
She thus refocused back on Europe and made huge success there, extending her reach to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where she became an absolute superstar through her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years. She is absolutely massive in Russia for instance.
She is also a star in Brazil as her song "Love By Grace", used as the soundtrack for a very famous soap opera, topped the charts for months and become a recurrent in the local singing contests since then.
Many of her songs became classics and were covered by the other singing legends: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban (they are friends and he told she is a role model for him), Linda Eder, …
With her success in Europe, Brazil and part of Asia, she is the inspiration of the new generation of vocalists: most of them are coming from there.
Thru their covers of Lara Fabian songs, USA and many other countries are now rediscovering her.
She is Dimash's idol:
I’ve read somewhere that, when he was a child, he was listening her songs every night to get asleep.
He covered many of her songs, most of these were composed by Igor Krutoy and written by by Lara.
Out of my mind I can list:
○ Adagio (She wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Mademoiselle Hyde (she wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Love of Tired Swans (she wrote the song in French under the title "Je t'aime encore" and was the original performer of the french then the russian versions, Dimash covered the russian version)
○ Ascolta La Voce / Vocalize (this was a pure vocalization and she was the original performer, then lyrics were added for Dimash and it was rebranded as "Know")
She also wrote the lyrics of Dimash's song "Your Love".
And she covered "Love is like a dream" before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva).
Finally, they also performed "Ti Amo Cosi" together, in trio with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sumi Jo then again later with Dmitri and Alina Yarovaya, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida.
Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: Igor and Dimash connected after his Adagio cover, also endorsed by Lara.
Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it.
Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs, some have Lara as a role model and big inspiration:
○ Floor Jansen (Adagio),
○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime),
○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie),
○ Morissette Amon (Broken Vow),
○ Gabriel Henrique (Love by Grace),
○ Cakra Khan (Broken Vow),
○ Katrina Velarde (Broken Vow),
○ Regine Velasquez (Broken Vow),
○ Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Adagio),
○ Giulia Falcone (Adagio, Caruso, Je suis malade, Je t'aime),
○ Forestella (Je suis Malade),
○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow),
○ Gigi de Lana (Broken Vow)
○ Julie Anne san Jose (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow, Know),
○ Il Divo (Adagio)
○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you),
○ Sarah Geronimo (Broken Vow)
○ Laura Bretan ( Adagio, Caruso),
○ Jackie Evancho (Je t’aime, Caruso and Broken Vow, BV rewritten as « Imaginer » by Lara for Jackie),
○ Amir (Je t’aime),
○ Vitas (Adagio),
○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio),
○ Jeck (Je T’Aime),
○ Evgenia Fanfara (Adagio),
○ Anna Eriksson (Je suis malade),
○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade),
○ Soprano Turetsky band (Adagio)
○ Majda Roumi (Adagio),
○ Harrison Craig (Broken Vow),
○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you)
○ Sevara Nazarkhan (Je t’aime)
○ ....
NB: Lara did cover Caruso , Je suis malade, and Love by grace, these are not her originals, but I mention these here as the related artists were attracted to cover it again after listening to Lara’s version.
Today, Lara still has an amazing voice and tone and can still reach the 5th octave with resonance ; she still offers these emotive renditions that are her unique signature.
In June 2022, she kicked off a WW tour and stunned her fans once again with 5 magical concerts in Canada. She completed the europe part in September/October and I attended a concert from this tour. It was packed and she was again spectacular.
On April and May 2023 she had again a wonderful concerts in Tbilissi, Georgia, and in Ouzbekhistan and Kazakhstan.
Sorry if I was long, but I hope this gives some context on Lara.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on Lara, I just love her voice!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about Lara. As a Québécois, we do love and protect her from bad comments. She is the Queen .
she has a league of her own...
imagine how lucky I am next year on April 29th to go to Lara Fabijan's concert in Zagreb, Croatia, and on May 4th to Dimash's concert in Budapest, Hungary... it will be an exciting week...
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Lara and dimash 😮 sure 😏
Take me with YOU!!!! 🥰😄🥳
@@susanstrand5599 deal 🥰🥰🥰
You know Lara is also performing in Budapest on April 30 right? 😀
I understand every word of that song and the betrayal is much more than a broken vow. She has a most amazing voice and her delivery is heart wrenching. 💔
The most amazing: she changes, sometimes completely, the way she performs her big hits in every tour 😂
Isn`t she heavenly lovely. I have the highest respect for this artist. She is Nr.1 in my world. I fall in love with her every time i se her. Masterclass and beyond.Thank you for a great reaction.👍👍👍
Never have I heard a better description of this phenomernal artist. Absolutely on point. Every nuance, every gesture, every note and every breath between; an absolute MasterClass. Micro-intentionality and delivery +++
Yes, Dimash has studied her closely and well, but nothing and nobody comes anywhere close to Lara in the breadth, the depth, the nuance and sensitivity, and that's all before we even start talking about the quality and colours of her voice!
Just compare and contrast their 'Adagio's"! Fire and Water!
Lara is one of the best female singers I know.I'm so proud of her being the artist-songwriter having to deal with many problems when she started.....and winning international success
The pain she was in when she wrote this song. I just cried through the whole song. Shes just phenomenal!
Thanks for the reaction. There are several legendary singers, but only one Lara Fabian. Lara is a Goddess
I literally cried. It’s so beautiful. I’ve heard this song many times by other artists but had no idea she wrote it. The song makes sense to me now and I can actually “feel” it. Absolutely amazing and moving.
and her delivery is by far the best from all of them.
OMG!!! EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW SHE SINGS, THE MOVEMENT OF HER JAW, HER FACE, THE DEEP FEELING LIKE SHE IS REALLY GOING THROUGH THE PAIN OF THE LYRICS. MY GOD, SHE IS A GODEST
Thanks for this reaction, and appretiation! She really deservs it!
Muchas gracias por reaccionar a la hermosa Lara Fabián, esta canción ya te la había sugerido en tus reacciones anteriores. Mil gracias ella es la versión femenina del Divo, porque ambos nos hacen soñar despiertos y tanto sus letras como sus interpretaciones son celestiales.
Un abrazo ❤
FINALLY
Please make a playlist for her 😍😍
Perfect analysis of her talent👍‼️
Great reaction ❤
Well saied right on the point ❤
Love Lara ❤
Love from Denmark ❤
The music of Broken Vow was co-composed by Walter Afanassiev and Lara Fabian.
Walter Afanassiev, an american/brazilian from russian descent, is a legendary composer and producer (he composed some of the greatest initial hits of Mariah Carey such as All I Want for Christmas is You or Hero and was the producer of the Titanic soundtrack that brought Celine Dion to WW fame). He is also now the producer of Dimash for his US career.
When this song was composed, Walter and Lara were engaged, they were living in San Francisco’s bay area, but apparently he cheated and she decided to break up. When she took this decision, that she knew would dramatically change both her personal and professional destiny, she wrote these incredible lyrics.
Lara has said this is her preferred english song from all the songs she wrote in this language (there are many, and some are pure jewels).
One reason is also because this song has then been covered by the greatests:
- Barbra Streisand (she performed it in concerts from one of her tour but never recorded it),
- Josh Groban (his cover made this song famous in US, he is her friend and she is one of his role model and he made several duets with her),
- Linda Eder,
- Cakra Khan,
- Gigi de Lana,
- Regine Velasquez,
- Almira (from 4th Impact),
- Katrina Velarde,
- Julie Anne San Jose,
- Sarah Geronimo,
- Morissette Amon,
- Petra Berger,
- Harrison Craig,
- Rimar,
- Jackie Evancho,
- …
For Jackie Evancho, and at the request of Jackie's parents who found the original lyrics were not a good fit for a young girl, Lara rewrote Broken Vow in french as "Imaginer" with a complete different meaning.
But the original from Lara remains the absolute reference
th-cam.com/video/kJBGCI8aSE4/w-d-xo.html
Thank you very much for your clarification and for letting us know the history of this song and many that Lara Fabian sings.
@@jorgeigna my pleasure, she is worth it. She should be better known in the english speaking countries and in some others.
@@ericsicard910 I very much agree, for my taste, the greatest of all.
Thank you for explaining about Jackie Evancho - she does an amazing job on Imaginer, especially for age 11. I heard that David Foster asked Lara to write "innocent" French lyrics for Jackie as the original lyrics would have been unsuitable for an 11 year-old singer. Whether it was David Foster, her parents, or both, writing appropriate lyrics for this glorious melody was a good idea. I love Jackie's voice, but no one can sing like Lara.
The link to Jackie Evancho's Imaginer:
th-cam.com/video/hX3s2v6qGYo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OwOpp3zpdKx4ykL3
@@elizabethhurley1129 I was told this request came from the parents. It could have been David who is a fan of Lara (he said she is top of the heap of the world great voices), produced Lara and invited her to his wedding.
Jackie also covered Je t’aime from Lara and Caruso in Lara’s way.
I just LOVE your reactions. You should watch the entire concert… you will not be disappointed!
What a sublime reaction! You express so well what we feel when we listen to Lara sing. I hope you do Caruso, her interpretation is masterful
Great reaction video, thank you😃 Lara - always masterclass in songwriting, performance and personality ❤
Absolutely agree. This is a completely polished craftsman presenting a finished piece of work that is carefully premeditated. But, she has allowed for inspiration in the moment of performance to transcend craft and enter the level of art.
Thank you once again for sharing your beautiful insights with us - I feel so lucky to be on this journey with you. 💐💐
I found that whole concert on TH-cam and I fell in love with her voice. Interestingly she, like Angelina Jordan, had that crazy vocal ability at the age of 5. She mentioned that in an introduction interview to one of the songs she sang at that concert (can't remember which one).
If you want to see how much she's beloved, check out a video where she attempted to sing her best selling french hit "Je t'aime" at a big concert venue. May I also suggest her performance of Caruso. PS: love your reactions ❤
This is the performance she was able to replicate at the age of 5:
th-cam.com/video/nrArigiMnWY/w-d-xo.html
Lara wrote the song. Loved your reaction and comments.
Her voice is like flying through space. At least this kind of association I get as I listen to this song.
She deserves more recognition honestly she’s so amazing❤ insane vocals! Superb song writing
Oh my goodness I thought the same thing. After watching Dimash and Lara I started recognising similar nuances to express the deepest emotions.
I put it down to that they are both so incredible that to express the music as it is written requires everything from them in each moment of the song.
I also thought Dimash must think so highly of her to duet with her.
Now that you share that you feel Dimash could be influenced with her it makes sense.
I love them both ❤❤❤
Omg! I am crying. Her voice. Her lyrics. Unbelievable talented lady...more please
Wonderful reaction and what you say about genius is exactly what I have said to many.
She writes and sings in many languages and it’s more than just words and notes on a chart. It’s meaningful and unforgettable music.
She can do now wrong!
Looks like our "Arab man reacts" is in love....lol...great reaction ...thanks💖🥰💖
Of cause Arent we all !!
Great reaction as usual. I am a pensioner on fixed income, so I can't justify cash donation requests. I do, however, have time to follow some of my favorite artists, and Lara is certainly one of them.
I can't watch this video without tearing up. Having said all of that, I am going to request a version of a song when someone requests it, and that is her 2011 Juno Awards version of LOVE BY GRACE. I have seen her perform many versions of this song, and they are all beautiful. It is a beautiful song, after all, but her most stunning performance of it is her sitting barefoot in a chair in front of a live audience of her peers and delivering the performance directly to your soul. Just keep this in mind when someone gives you a paid request for this song.
As always, I really enjoyed your review, which is why I am subscribed. Always give a thumbs up and frequently comment.
Keep up the good work, and good luck.
I totally agree with your lasts comments, she has been sent here, on this earth, with incredible gifts and she has worked very hard to be this magnificent being and singer...
Gran reacción! Saludos desde Costa Rica! Increíble y hermosa obra maestra impresionante de Lara Fabián, la mejor cantante e intérprete del mundo entero, la voz de cristal más bella y perfecta que existe! Gracias!
Wow 🤩 Wow 🤩 Wow 🤩
Full body chills waving through me again and again ❤
Wow 🤩
Love to see youdo Curuso for your next lara song. It's stunning. By the way your cousin is right Adagio from LaraWith Love concert is spectacular.
Hey Cousin, you really MUST listen to Lara's Adagio in English performed at this same concert, it's even more spectacular then the one you reacted to in Italian with that symphony orchestra. Salamat from Canada ya Habibi. ✌😁
Extraordinária cantora e interprete ❤❤❤❤❤
The absolute most beautiful and powerful reaction I have listened to. Everybody should be obliged to agree with your commentary 100%. LARA FABIAN deserves to hear every word you have said. I, however, would replace the word "imagine" with "live". She lives this story during her performance to the point that the audience/listeners experience and visualize it as it happens. Absolutely astonishing how she does.
Every song from this concert that I have listened to is a masterpiece and never to be repeated.
What an impressive reaction. Thank you so much.❤
Lara is one of the most beautiful and impactful singers on the earth ❤ thank you again so much for taking the time to react to her.
I would like to recommend London Grammar - Rooting for you for you to react to. Hannah Reid will blow your mind ✨
You are right, "No one can occupy the place she in" that's why she was blocked by some jealous singer and team
You can say her name, i CELINE DION 😊
LMAO Celine has much better vocalists to aspire to than that so keep your bullshit to yourself hateful snake
@@PauloBono1978 shut the fuck up , there are MUCH better vocalists for Celine to aspire too keep your venom to yourself shit
Excellent joke, Celine would never be jealous of limited Lara
CELINE WAS JEALOUS They blocked her !Far Superior Class than Dioncould ever be she's a Yeller !and Larais Truly Beautiful ❤@@lizatsurkan4323
Totally different than Angelina, but just as wonderful in her own genre. I hope you do more from Lara.
Lara sei semplicemente una dea, una meraviglia della natura, una ineguagliabile cantante grande fra grandi !!!!!!!!
I first saw Lara on TH-cam performing Caruso - truly amazing, just Lara and a piano. If you hav'nt seen this video you are in for a treat, I promise if you look for this on TH-cam you will not be dissapointed. Love from the UK🤗
just one word : SUBLIME ! Lara Fabian has no rival.
I am on my lunch break. only have timeto say......YAY!
Yiiii ❤️❤️❤️
How can you not fall in love ❤
Thank you. Probably the best reaction I have seen on TH-cam
Shes a special one ❤
If you can, react to LOVE BY GRACE, which she sang at an awards ceremony in Canada, and she sang the song sitting down, it was spectacular where she shows that she doesn't need a corps de ballet for the song to shine brighter, the performance is unbeatable.
Here it is th-cam.com/video/PoOrjC88zK8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
But if you want to see 3 other “chairs” performsnces from Lara:
1/ Here she performs seated songs requested on demand by phone:
th-cam.com/video/LhWPbpXiGkY/w-d-xo.html
2/ here she performs a beautiful latina dance seated
th-cam.com/video/9p1UrKzYti0/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
3/ and here, well 😱😂
th-cam.com/video/-85T-iR7dfc/w-d-xo.html
Lara es un ángel. 💝
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Her voice just gives me waves of chills upon chills. So beautiful and rich.
only a top performer can affod such a numerous numbers of musicians in a live show. Lara has earned her talent developping it over the performances she has done to this day. She masters telling the story of the songs she chooses to perform her own compositions as vover songs. What a talented vocalist.
Your evaluation of Lara's performance is insightful. The fact that she wrote and created the song: lyrics, melody, chord progressions, and arrangement, further underscores her intelligence and emotional IQs are off- the-chart. She personifies the axiom all composers and performers should embrace: Write and perform what you feel with your heart. If it doesn't move you, it won't move the audience or listener. Take time to craft every word, every chord, every turn of the melody. Go deep into the well of emotion, that is where the great stuff is. -Ken Wood, executive director, Spotlight Productions.
I realized I'd missed out on Lara Fabian's works when I heard Harrison Craig performing 'Broken Vow'. Next one I loved was covered by Dimash... Lara does wonderful pieces!
another beautiful song is PERDERE L´AMORE
I love her PURE JOY when she sings...even if it's a sad song. I know what that feels like when i sing😊 its not of this world❤It's a holy and true GIFT from above 😇💫🙏
She’s perfect ❤
For the whole concert there were 100 musicians. I'd say darn good musicians.
What an absolutely beautiful and correct commentary!!! ❤❤❤
amazing
She is always lovely. You can see why Dimash admires her so. I want to introduce you to an artist who sang "The Vow" this beautiful song in the Voice Australia, as a contestant. He was a teenager with a speech impediment; he had a stutter. However, he sang beautifully despite it. His name is, Harrison Craig. You must listen to it.
She's a Master Class, a power house.
Actually one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. Who would betray such a beautiful, talented woman like this?
Admiration i see it in your eyes Arab Man :) she is phenomenal my favorite performer
Lara 👌🎻🎺❤️💚🇪🇸
OMG!!! BUDDY. TODAY IS OCT 2024 FIRST TIME I GET TO LISTEN TO YOU. YOUR FIRST COMENT ABOUT THE CONNECTION IF HER AMAZING VOICE JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
She's a real story teller, I can't wait to listen to the rest of the song!! Never under-estimate a woman scorn! She is a bit of Barbara Streisand
Pure voice like warm butter.
she is a Diva❤❤❤❤❤
Great reaction👋👋👋👍👍👍
She’s a beautiful woman, extremely talented and skilled, in my top 3 female singers ever, she sings with so much emotion, I’ve heard this song many times but I don’t understand the verse where’s she says she give away her soul to hold him once again if she singing about forgiveness at the end
Dimash once said in an interview that his goal is to create a few minutes of magic to take people away from their everyday lives and escape to that magical moment.
While there are hundreds of vocalists who I can enjoy listening to, there are those who are a cut above. My musical experience has expanded greatly, thanks to the pandemic, when I began watching music videos on TH-cam far more frequently. Before the pandemic, I had not paid much attention to new artists since around 1990. Lara Fabian, Angelina Jordan and Eva Cassidy have joined the greats of my youth and have inspired me and given me HOPE.
Amigo,despues de Lara FABIAN y Diana NAVARRO,te toca por descubrir la tercera diva,Mónica NARANJO ( Europa,sobreviviré,ahora ahora etc...).Un saludo desde Bruselas.
I kept listening and it hit me- Josh Groban sang this first time I heard it. ( you would love his voice) opera/ pop more now)
Please please perform CARUSO and YOU’RE NOT FROM HERE from this same concert. LARA WITH LOVE. thank you … you are brilliant
Lara, who was born in Belgium and lived part of her life there, was influenced by another great Belgian artist, Jacques Brel. Not so much in terms of lyrical performance, but above all in terms of interpretation and songwriting. For me, he's the greatest poet/singer of all time. If you want to see one of his songs, I'd recommend "ne me quitte pas", but if you're not French, I'd recommend the subtitled version to capture the power of his lyrics.
I agree with every word you expressed. Great reaction. Subscribed to your channel because you discovered Lara and your reactions are right on point.
You get it, you get her and you are one of the very few reaction people to do this. Nice job.
Excellent 👏👌❤️🌹
Super!!!!!!!!!!!
Please listen Je t'aime . She's exceptional.
Wonderful, just perfect :))))))
The first time I heard this song from Harrison Craig in The Voice Australia, please listen to his version as well.
...ans just like that you have a new subscriber! I've used the word "genius " to describe Lara as well to others that have never heard of her.. Well done
You will be so chock if you lesson to her song" love bye grâce " and " you are not from hère ". You gonna be so speechless !! Trust me
I am one of those System Analyst that spent more than 2 years working for the State of Florida to insure every platform aka computer system had 4 digits not 2 for the year. Laborious task that touched every computer program. It was a lot of hours, as soon as the computer system rolled over. Practically all databases began to be converted to new hardware & software. I forgot about that until you mentioned it.
Hello, a fellow Lebanese, I'm Elie, I also recently discovered her even living in France. I speak 5 languages, she is fluent in 4 and sings in 11 languages, I can barely hmmm in 1 language. 😁 En tous cas, shoukrran.
You just fell in love with Lara Fabian ❤❤❤❤
I love Lara ❤❤❤
I worked in Technology for the State of Florida, we worked very hard across multiple platforms & databases to ensure there would be no issues due to W2K. That took a year working almost solely dedicated every programs would not have any problem when the year 2000 happened.
You need to watch Lara Fabian "Je t'aime" Live
I love your reviews and we seem to have a lot of the same tastes in music with a real appreciation for vocal mastery. If I could, I would like to recommend that you look up a young artist I've been following. Her name is Lucy Thomas and I feel that she is well on her way to becoming the next Barbra Streisand, and I do not say this lightly, as Barbra is one of my favorite vocalists of all time. Take care my friend, and thanks for your sincere and heartfelt reviews.
simply Brilliant !!
Gorgeous, thank you, rather Sukrin !
This concert took place towards the end of 1999, the name of the concert was called Lara with love 2000
Because the year 2000 was looming up
Thank you: maybe reaction to studio recording I am A-WA - from lately (stil beautifull and powerfull).
Oooo thanks listen i want to tell something about lara and my life storie can i tell you please this woman hart off gold❤❤🇨🇼🇨🇼🇨🇼🇳🇱🇳🇱
I have been listening to Josh Groban's cover of this song for many years and I love the song but this is my first time hearing the original, so my reaction was just like yours, "I'm minced meat" I have heard some of her other songs before but this was a first for broken vow.
Lara is still very active, her voice still grandiose , her look spectacular, She,s got a new world tour starting in april 2024, mostly Europe and mid/Asia after in June its in Canada Ottawa, Montréal. Québec city and Trois-Rivière, I've got my tickets for the 2 shows in Montréal, can't wait. Last night dec 29 she was in Ryad special guest for “ARAB STARS NIGHT”✨
•Here is the link for you th-cam.com/video/SgwQsqqz1lE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jO8M0DkIgyOAX2fZ