It's great to see patriotism in England. Here in the states, many English criticize and crap on our patriotism here in the states, and our many flags that definitely increased after 9/11. We love a show of patriotism! Good on you England!
@@reactingtomyroots Yeah Jerusalem is IMO the emotional high point so perhaps it'd be the one to finish on. They follow it up with the national anthem to calm everyone down again before they go home (and to remind them who's in charge). It's a Hymn with words from the great poet William Blake and is one of the more popular choices to be sung at funerals (and weddings) here... It's often suggested that it should be made the national anthem... but because it mentions England in the lyrics it excludes the Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish... and using Christian metaphor it might be thought of as excluding non-christians. Being a hymn it's easy to sing and out of the last night of the proms standards it is the one that people know ALL the words to. *spoilers* Lyrically it's not about how great and powerful we are, it's a song that says we're falling well short of what we should be... but the game isn't over and we all have a (sacred) duty individually and collectively as a nation to think and work and fight to be a better version of ourselves and make our bit of the world more like heaven. Sure there'll be lots of proper lyric analysis on the internet - but that's my take.
This and land of hope and glory are both great songs, also the songs Jerusalem and I vow to thee my country also good patriotic songs too 😊 hope you guy's are all well and Sofia settling into school life now ❤️
We're doing good--Sophia seems like she's finally starting to settle into her new routine a bit and is making friends. We actually went to her school this morning for a special field day event and it was really nice to be able to see her "in the wild" so to speak with her peers 😄 Appreciate your continued support of the channel, Mark--congrats on the Diamond status :)
The "Proms" , short for Promenades, are a series of music concerts held at the Royal Albert Hall in London during the summer months starting in mid July and finishing in early September. All of the concerts are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and two of the concerts are also shown on tv at weekends (Friday and Sunday) during the season. The Last Night of the Proms is shown live on tv and is a mixture of music and songs, the guest singer returns for the second half of the concert, usually suitably dressed, and sings various patriotic songs including Rule Britannia. Opposite the hall is Hyde Park which also shows the concert on large screens for the tens of thousands in the park. The first Proms was held in 1895 and have been broadcast by the BBC since 1927.
The various patriotic songs are actually a song cycle called Fantasia on British Sea Songs. It is worth watching the whole cycle and the way that Hanry Wood who started the concerts is honeared annually. The prom concerts run for quite a while in the summer and people queue up to get the cheaper tickets that allow them to stand below the orchestra in an area with no seating. Traditionally many of these are students though other people vy for the tickets as well. It is usually broadcast by the BBC which is why the video is so good. Guest musicians and ensembles from around the world take part, the musical offerings are great. Fantasia is only part of the Last Night, but definitely is the main attraction, and as you may have noticed the balconies and boxes are full to the rafters. As Steve said many different flags ar flown, and there really is a spifrit of lively humour and revelry. Some people find it a bit jingoistic, but for me it reminds me of my mum and home, and a sense of belonging. As a post war immigrant this was an important thing to her, she had been brought up to be British and arrived in 1946 by sea. Look out for Jack’s the Lad, which is a bit wild, and Home Sweet Home which can bring tears to your eyes. It was composed by Wood, in honour of the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1905. In more recent years other songs less nautical have been included from the other nations of the Union. Well worth watching the old cycle and the new….
The line in the song “Britain never never never shall be slaves” demonstrates the attitude of the British that the likes of Napoleon and Hitler ignored to their detriment.
@@AC-um2mk I think you're failing to include proper context there: Was that someone, by any chance, a member of Stephen Waxy lemon's fanclub, noted for their habitual racism?
@@Great_Cthulhu Waving an England flag in public in England should not be a crime. I suggest that this is not the right place to start an argument of the type you are spoiling for ... I suggest respecting the channel and not doing so. Please consider retracting your comment.
We don't have our national flag on major buildings and in schools because it's seen as OFFENSIVE to non indigenous british and we have a succession of WOKE governments that REFUSE to stand up for our national flag and british values .
@@AC-um2mk Police don't just arrest you for a flag. They would have built up a case on an individual, and taken it from there. Stop believing everything you read on social media, certain individuals and media deliberately make it appear like an arrest is for something minor to build up hate. We don't know the actual context around the arrest, that will be for the police to know.
As an American, you still have every reason to be very proud of your navy and your country. We were never taught to hate it or even dislike you. King George was respected. Americans are not raised to hate on you, and in my 60+ years, I've never had a chat with anyone about England in a critical manner . We don't create reasons to dislike you. Just remember, we have no control of the bs that comes out of our movies or TV or broadcasts . We, as Americans, know it's all made up crap . We don't shove our countries lifestyles down your throat. Just stop paying attention to the propaganda and corrupt media that love to make it up or show our worst . It's created to build division . Since, at least the 1880's. Seriously.
Actually, when it was first written, it was intended to be an exhortation. The original words are “Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!”, rather than how it sang now as “rules”. The Dutch had the largest navy at the time, and the British Empire was far from its peak.
@@anitapeludat256American television especially has a lot to answer for. I used to love the TV series Bones but as the series went on I was noticing lots of anti British 'digs' which actually stopped me watching it in the end. Such a shame because it was very entertaining apart from that. I'm sure that some British output is just as offensive to some Americans too.
Every year there was a proms performance at a local park near our house, and once a year my mum would let me and my sister stay up past our bedtime, sit on the doorstep and listen to the music. Some of my favourite memories as a little kid.
Glad not just me straining to understand her "vocalisations"!! Thought I must be deaf (or dim?!) but I can't be dim if you don't understand her either, because I'm sure you're not dim!
Yes, it's funny that even though she's no doubt enunciating beautifully, I also have no idea what she's singing! Just knowing the chorus is enough for me though. 😊
I know the first verse: When Britain first, at heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, Arose arose from out the azure main, This was the charter, the charter of the land, And Guardian Angels sang this strain:
I love when people come together. If I’m at the theatre, I always cry as soon as the Orchestra starts up. It’s so overwhelming and emotional and people are all together enjoying the same thing which is lovely.
Please watch the “Greenday, Bohemian Rhapsody at Hyde Park” video to see how reserved we Brits are, I think you’ll be very surprised, when you get a group of Brits together you get a very different side of the UK 🤪🇬🇧 Love your videos, looking forward always to your next posts 💙
I've seen that video countless times now, and it still gives me chills. Even one of the clouds (top left) looks like Freddie looking down at the audience.
I am a proud Brit & never miss Last Night At the Proms , The proms start in mid July ,then finish with this great concert to finish the whole programme .What a way to finish .😊
One of the funniest concerts at the Proms that I ever saw was the Ukulele Orchestra who asked the audience to bring their own. Over 1000 people playing Ode to Joy! It was priceless! It’s on TH-cam.
I have had the privilege of singing at the Royal Albert Hall as a child in a schools Carol concert, it is an abiding memory I've held for nearly 50 years
Sarah Connolly has an amazing voice and I love her spirited rendition of Rule Britannia. I do wish they rolled the lyrics across the bottom of the screen! The Lyrics in full :- When Britain first, at heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, Arose arose from out the azure main, This was the charter, the charter of the land, And Guardian Angels sang this strain: Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves. Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke, More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke, As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves. Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame; All their attempts to bend thee down All their, all their attempts to bend thee down Will but arouse, arouse thy generous flame, But work their woe and thy renown. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves. The Muses, with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coasts repair. Shall to thy happy, happy coasts repair. Blest isle! with matchless, with matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guard the fair. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves. Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
@@reactingtomyrootsI would recommend Maiden Legacy by the massed bands of HM Royal Marines (with Nicko McBain) the drum set is up for auction for the various marine’s charities currently the highest bid is £60,000.
'Jerusalem' always does it for me! It was also my school song, and having spent a couple of years in the school choir, we got to sing it at concerts, as well as at the occasional assembly. As soon as I hear the intro, I get shivers down my spine! "And did those feet in ancient times, walk upon England's mountains green..." 😊
As someone who grew up in a mill town I rather dislike it. As a child I could see the last surviving textile mill from my bedroom window. It closed in the 1990s and for a while there were no cotton mills in England. One was reopened in 2016 producing fine cotton for the fashion industry.
@@peterjackson4763 A once-proud industry sadly lost for a while. Glad it's coming back,at least a little. I think the "dark Satanic" bit was more of a general reference to the densely-packed,grimy,smoke-filled industrial inner cities of old,when smoke and soot and high buildings shut the daylight out.
The Promenade Concerts (Proms) were started by Robert Newman and the young conductor Henry Wood (later Sir Henry) in 1895 at the Queen’s Hall in London. The audience was in those days able to promenade (or walk about) during the performances. They continued to be held there until the Queen’s Hall was destroyed during the Blitz in 1941. The venue has been the Royal Albert Hall ever since. The seasons are about eight weeks long during July to September every year, and Henry Wood from its earliest days gradually increased the serious element of the concerts from the mixture of classical and contemporary popular ballads (as directed by the music publishers who initially backed the concerts financially) to the mainly classical with elements of diverse other music that you find today. The Last Night of the Proms as covered on the BBC which has backed them since 1927 is the last half of the second half of the last night. ‘Rule Britannia’ is always sung by a distinguished classical singer of either sex dressed as they deem appropriate. It is a raucous end of term party in effect. Sarah Connolly who appears in this video became Dame Sarah Connolly in 2017. She specialises in 18th century music.
Great reaction as ever. For those not privileged enough to get Last Night tickets there are simultaneous Proms in the Park events across the UK. Local to me is a tiny airfield museum that does a Flying Proms (tomorrow, yay) where old planes fly accompanied by a full orchestra. After dust and the pyrotechnic aerial display we get the best bits of The Last Night, Rule Britannia, Jerusalem etc,, and more fireworks. The only videos I found were ''Shuttleworth Flying Proms 2016' and ''Two Lancasters at The Shuttleworth Flying Proms'' , i'm sure you would like to see both.
Prom is short for promenade concert, a term which originally referred to outdoor concerts in London's pleasure gardens, where the audience was free to stroll. If I remember correctly the white coated conductor was an American and the "L" plate, which denotes a learner driver was on the podium because it was his 1st time at the Proms. Nice video as always.
I have been watching your channel for over a year now and it was this video I was looking for reactions too when i found it I'm so glad you watched it with Lindsay!
Royal Albert Hall is an iconic venue. I went there to see the band Bastille, a few years ago, where they performed their set with a full orchestra. The pipes you can see are genuine working organs, and there is a nice little clip I saw a few years ago of the official organist (a woman in her early 30's, if that, she may be younger) plays a bit of Dr Dre - Still "D.R.E" out on those mighty pipes.
This is the LAST NIGHT of the 2 month-long Promenade Concerts....all through the summer...every type of music and performers. Royal Albert Hall was designed by Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert.....hence the name of the Hall!!! An amazing statue of him is front across the road from the RAH.
The Proms first began to celebrate 100 years since the battle of Trafalgar, we won the battle but Admiral Lord Nelson was killed. Hence Trafalgar Square, Nelson’s column. Lots of sea shanties etc. the proms refers to the people standing at the front…no seats for them. They are the promenarders
I am so pleased you are watching this again...and showing it to Lindsey; that singer has real chutzpah. The Royal Albert hall is a lovely building; both to look around and, of course, as somewhere to attend a musical event. You might find an interesting video about the building itself. (I think the word 'never' is sung as if it were six syllables...just in case Steve wants to practise singing the chorus in the bath... 🛀 😄)
I love the Proms and proud to be British , We also have A knees up and a sing song around the piaono in pubs and clubs . Just as much fun with some different songs but surrporting Britian
As a teenager I played in the Albert Hall in a competition we can second so I wasn't too unhappy. Later i life I also built a curved electrical sub station in the halls basement. Its a truly magical venue the cast iron and glass dome rests on the building and is NOT fixed as its so heavy.
Also a must is seeing the Last Night of the Proms with "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" You must watch these two songs which are also performed on the Last Night of the Proms.
It was written for an Opera about Alfred the Great, and is an exultation that Britannia should do its best to rule the waves, in the context of the opera to protect against Viking raids. It’s “Rule the waves” not “Rules the waves” as is often sung. It was King Alfred who built the first English Navy. The subtext of the sing is that Britain in 1740 when the opera was written was still at danger from North African slavers. If you think about the hymn of your own US Marine Corps “The shores of Tripoli” was the US Marines defeating the African pirates preventing slave attacks against US ships.
The Promenade Concerts date from 1895 and now last 8 weeks,. It's a festival of (mainly) classical music, attracting the finest artists from all over the world. 'Promenade' refers to the fact that there's always been a large section of the audience that isn't seated. The Last Night is always a bit of fun.
The Proms aren’t Opera per se - it’s Classical and some Opera singers such as this lady sing for us. Also the Royal Albert Hall is packed as well as people outside in Hyde Park etc ❤
Hi Guys greetings from England 🇬🇧 The proms first started in 1895 and they were originally called Promenade Concerts and everyone just says Proms now!!! Its an annual thing and always held at The Royal Albert Hall and the last night of the proms is a national institution in The UK and is shown live on national TV every year and Rule Brittania is sung by a Guest singer every year by Male and Female singers!!! As a Brit the most patriotic song in my opinion is LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY!!! and you should also check out another patriotic British song is I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY!!! and this is a beautiful song and so worth listening to!!! Sir Henry Wood started The Proms and Google him!!!
That was amazing. Like some comments said, we dont do patriotism that much but when we do we really go for it and it brought goosebumps watching this. So glad you botg liked it.
Lindsay, You were spot on with ‘prom’ coming from’promenade’! Great video, nice to see again. 😊 the Royal Albert Hall is where the Remembrance Service is held , a wonderful service to see, attended by royalty and where at the end thousands of poppies are released from the ceiling and fall on the service men and women below in silence, so moving. Each poppy represents a life. 😊
The proms came about to bring classical music to everyone, the last night is always at the Albert Hall. It tours around the country first and that’s how it finishes.
Originally, Great Britain was called ‘Albion’ by the Romans, who invaded Britain in 55bc but this later became ‘Britannia’. This Latin word referred to England and Wales, but was no longer used for a long time after the Romans left. The name was then revived in the age of the Empire, when it had more significance. The word ‘Britannia’ is derived from ‘Pretannia’, from the term that the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (1 BC) used for the Pretani people, who the Greeks believed lived in Britain. Those living in Britannia would be referred to as Britanni. The Romans created a goddess of Britannia, wearing a Centurion helmet and toga, with her right breast exposed. In the Victorian period, when the British Empire was rapidly expanding, this was altered to include her brandishing a trident and a shield with the British flag on, a perfect patriotic representation of the nation’s militarism. She was also standing in the water, often with a lion (England’s national animal), representing the nation’s oceanic dominance. The Victorians were also too prudish to leave her breast uncovered, and modestly covered it to protect her dignity!
I remember taking my mum to the RAH to watch Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly' in the round and they sunk the stage in water as it was set in a Japanese garden. Being in the round meant that you got within touching distance of the cast. Amazing.
I was at the Albert Hall on Monday at The Proms. The season of concerts is very diverse. The building is beautiful with amazing acoustics. Please review Jerusalem again. Considered by some to be the anthem of England due to a lack of formal one. The words are from a poem by William Blake.
Best part of the proms is when the WHOLE Audience gets to sing along. When I was young, we had the proms on TV as it was broadcast, but also dad put BBC Radio on the home stereo system as it was "Simulcast" so the TV was showing the video, and the Simulcast BLARING out of the speakers. One year, there were so many applicants to be in the audience, they had to set up special venues in parks in London with MASSIVE screens so people could attend. The problem is there is like a 15 year waiting list to be an audience member at the actual albert hall.
The Proms are a series of classical music concerts, the last night of the Proms is party night. Tickets are sold years in advance. The people in the pit of the theater are known as the promenaders, they not only bring flags, streamer poppers but they provide a flower buttonhole for each member of the orchestra. Jerusalem is my favourite. I have had the pleasure to take part in a performance of the 1812 overture, performed by the Halle Orchestra. No I am not a musician. At the time I was part of a re-enactment society and held a musket licence. 30 of us lined the 'gods' of the Royal Albert Hall and provided fire power at the very end of the piece. We had to rehearse all day to get the timin exact but it was worth it.
@@anthonyrichardson4761 For this American, it's great to see so many gathered to celebrate your country and history. There is nothing quite like that experience, in a large gathering . All united as one, in the same space. ☮️🇬🇧🇺🇸
Rule Britannia sung by Juan Diego Florez in a different year is wonderful - he was dressed as an Inca king or warrior. The Proms is a series of concerts throughout the summer. As well as tickets for seats, promenade tickets are cheaper and you can promenade/walk around the central arena area or high up in the gallery all around the top. When I used to go in the 1970's the prom areas were not crowded most evenings so you could sit or lie on the floor while enjoying the music - the marble floors of the top gallery were so cool on a hot summer evening.
The proms was started in 1895. The Royal Albert Hall holds more than 5000 people and, if you want a ticket for this event you have to book months in advance and it’s quite expensive.
I absolutley love this night, to see thousands singing and being so patriotic, is spine tingling, there are a few other songs, that are also sang, very emotional, and as brits we don't show this side enough!
The Venue is the Royal Albert Hall, it’s a fantastic venue. Been there twice for gigs Oh and the roof isn’t actually fixed on it’s just resting on the top of the building.
I love all the flags! You might notice though, there’s not just the Union Jack or the individual flags that make up the UK, but our friends around the world as well. I spotted French, German and American flags being flown in that clip. People from all over the world proudly wave their flags at the Proms and it’s awesome! It should be noted, most of the Proms are more serious. But the Last Night of the Proms is always more relaxed and boisterous! 😂
You should watch 'Land of Hope & Glory' at the Proms in 2012 and 'Jerusalem'. Also 'I Vow To Thee My Country' at the Remembrance Servicein 2022 sung by Luke Evans (the actor).
I'm from England and the part I always cry is when the Chelsea pensioners come on, they are the old solders that fought for us in the war. Please watch them it will touch your hearts.
Sir Henry Wood started his Promenade Concerts so that classical music was made more accessible to everyone. Every year, concerts are held throughout the summer, all with different themes. For the last night, the only people who can buy tickets are the ones who have been to enough of the events of that year. It's a party, celebrating the UK and musical and fun. Anyone, from anywhere, is welcome to wave their flag alongside ours. It is patriotism without nationalism. Along with Rule Britannia, they play Land of Hope and Glory and my favourite, a Fantasia on British Sea Songs which ends with the orchestra getting faster and faster as the audience tries to keep up with clapping, horns and party poppers. It's the one time, apart from royal events, when you will see us fly our flags. The redt of the time, we see that as vulgar and a sign of insecurity.
I've only been to the RAH once and that was in 2016 for Punk band the Damned's 40th anniversary. Beautiful building treat with respect on a great night.
over half a million people gather every year to watch the Proms in Hyde Park. plus the millions who watch it live on TV. it is about the only time us Brits can wave our Union flag without being called racist.
I still remember even as a young child, being allowed by mum and dad to stay up a little longer to watch The Last Night of the Proms on TV! It's just good silly British nonsense that makes you feel good inside and funny and moving all at the same time, with so many silly "traditions" that have evolved with audience participation. Try to think, "Posh Live Rocky Horror Picture Show!" 🤣🤣🤣
We don't show our patriotism openly very often, but when we do, we don't mess about!
And unfortunately people are trying to ruin it for us…making it woke etc 😢
@@cheche2181 give it a rest
@@cheche2181 Behave.
@@TheOrignalCarpe not lying tho is he?
Exactley
THIS is patriotism and isnt forced on the people.
It's great to see patriotism in England. Here in the states, many English criticize and crap on our patriotism here in the states, and our many flags that definitely increased after 9/11. We love a show of patriotism! Good on you England!
A BLACK WOMEN ONE OF MANY IN THE UK SAID WAVING OF THE FLAG SHOULD BE BANNED WITH THE CONCERT TH-cam MAN ARRESTED FOR WAVING A UNION FLAG
@@jeffwhite-ri5th Well,whoever said that is a prize idiot. Probably one of those fully-paid-up members of the loony end of the left again.
@@anitapeludat256 Same applies to Scotland N. Ireland and Wales.
@@anitapeludat256 people are waving the Union flag, thats England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.......The United kingdom is not just England.
Land of Hope and Glory should be next.
Goosebumps galore.
I always most enjoy “Jerusalem”
@@BTinSFthese three pieces are a triple whammy of excelkence.
.....and Jerusalem!
What hope?
Land of Hope and Glory way better than Jerusalem for me - great lyrics, great tune.
Also a must is seeing the Last Night of the Proms with "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" The audience participation is amazing.
^^this!
Thanks for the suggestion! :)
Thirded!!
@@reactingtomyroots If you get goose bumps from Rule Britannia you better have the medics on standby for Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory!
@@reactingtomyroots Yeah Jerusalem is IMO the emotional high point so perhaps it'd be the one to finish on. They follow it up with the national anthem to calm everyone down again before they go home (and to remind them who's in charge). It's a Hymn with words from the great poet William Blake and is one of the more popular choices to be sung at funerals (and weddings) here... It's often suggested that it should be made the national anthem... but because it mentions England in the lyrics it excludes the Welsh, Northern Irish and Scottish... and using Christian metaphor it might be thought of as excluding non-christians.
Being a hymn it's easy to sing and out of the last night of the proms standards it is the one that people know ALL the words to.
*spoilers* Lyrically it's not about how great and powerful we are, it's a song that says we're falling well short of what we should be... but the game isn't over and we all have a (sacred) duty individually and collectively as a nation to think and work and fight to be a better version of ourselves and make our bit of the world more like heaven.
Sure there'll be lots of proper lyric analysis on the internet - but that's my take.
This and land of hope and glory are both great songs, also the songs Jerusalem and I vow to thee my country also good patriotic songs too 😊 hope you guy's are all well and Sofia settling into school life now ❤️
We're doing good--Sophia seems like she's finally starting to settle into her new routine a bit and is making friends. We actually went to her school this morning for a special field day event and it was really nice to be able to see her "in the wild" so to speak with her peers 😄 Appreciate your continued support of the channel, Mark--congrats on the Diamond status :)
This could also be a great anthem.
The "Proms" , short for Promenades, are a series of music concerts held at the Royal Albert Hall in London during the summer months starting in mid July and finishing in early September. All of the concerts are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and two of the concerts are also shown on tv at weekends (Friday and Sunday) during the season. The Last Night of the Proms is shown live on tv and is a mixture of music and songs, the guest singer returns for the second half of the concert, usually suitably dressed, and sings various patriotic songs including Rule Britannia. Opposite the hall is Hyde Park which also shows the concert on large screens for the tens of thousands in the park. The first Proms was held in 1895 and have been broadcast by the BBC since 1927.
The various patriotic songs are actually a song cycle called Fantasia on British Sea Songs. It is worth watching the whole cycle and the way that Hanry Wood who started the concerts is honeared annually. The prom concerts run for quite a while in the summer and people queue up to get the cheaper tickets that allow them to stand below the orchestra in an area with no seating. Traditionally many of these are students though other people vy for the tickets as well. It is usually broadcast by the BBC which is why the video is so good. Guest musicians and ensembles from around the world take part, the musical offerings are great. Fantasia is only part of the Last Night, but definitely is the main attraction, and as you may have noticed the balconies and boxes are full to the rafters. As Steve said many different flags ar flown, and there really is a spifrit of lively humour and revelry. Some people find it a bit jingoistic, but for me it reminds me of my mum and home, and a sense of belonging. As a post war immigrant this was an important thing to her, she had been brought up to be British and arrived in 1946 by sea. Look out for Jack’s the Lad, which is a bit wild, and Home Sweet Home which can bring tears to your eyes.
It was composed by Wood, in honour of the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1905. In more recent years other songs less nautical have been included from the other nations of the Union. Well worth watching the old cycle and the new….
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Rule Britannia is from a masque by Thomas Arne, a masque being a forerunner of opera, so it could be argued that she is right! @richardwest6358
For me it's Land of Hope and Glory that gets me, every time.
A wreath is always laid around the bust of Henry Wood too.
The line in the song “Britain never never never shall be slaves” demonstrates the attitude of the British that the likes of Napoleon and Hitler ignored to their detriment.
@@Bob10009 and Britain decided that everyone between Ireland and Africa would be their slaves!
And too many ignoring it now.
Just because we don’t have flags on every single building,DOES NOT mean we’re not patriotic.
This is a chance for us to show it.
Just recently someone was jailed for waving an England flag in England because it was near a place of worship for a certain protected religion.
@@AC-um2mk I think you're failing to include proper context there:
Was that someone, by any chance, a member of Stephen Waxy lemon's fanclub, noted for their habitual racism?
@@Great_Cthulhu Waving an England flag in public in England should not be a crime. I suggest that this is not the right place to start an argument of the type you are spoiling for ... I suggest respecting the channel and not doing so. Please consider retracting your comment.
We don't have our national flag on major buildings and in schools because it's seen as OFFENSIVE to non indigenous british and we have a succession of WOKE governments that REFUSE to stand up for our national flag and british values .
@@AC-um2mk Police don't just arrest you for a flag. They would have built up a case on an individual, and taken it from there. Stop believing everything you read on social media, certain individuals and media deliberately make it appear like an arrest is for something minor to build up hate. We don't know the actual context around the arrest, that will be for the police to know.
When this was written, Britain had its empire and a huge navy. It really did rule the waves.
As an American, you still have every reason to be very proud of your navy and your country. We were never taught to hate it or even dislike you. King George was respected.
Americans are not raised to hate on you, and in my 60+ years, I've never had a chat with anyone about England in a critical manner .
We don't create reasons to dislike you. Just remember, we have no control of the bs that comes out of our movies or TV or broadcasts . We, as Americans, know it's all made up crap . We don't shove our countries lifestyles down your throat.
Just stop paying attention to the propaganda and corrupt media that love to make it up or show our worst . It's created to build division . Since, at least the 1880's. Seriously.
she rules the world no more!
Actually, when it was first written, it was intended to be an exhortation. The original words are “Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!”, rather than how it sang now as “rules”. The Dutch had the largest navy at the time, and the British Empire was far from its peak.
@@anitapeludat256American television especially has a lot to answer for. I used to love the TV series Bones but as the series went on I was noticing lots of anti British 'digs' which actually stopped me watching it in the end. Such a shame because it was very entertaining apart from that.
I'm sure that some British output is just as offensive to some Americans too.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves
@@rbohYSL Rule Britannia with marmalade and jam!
Makes feel quite teary so proud of my country.
Every year there was a proms performance at a local park near our house, and once a year my mum would let me and my sister stay up past our bedtime, sit on the doorstep and listen to the music. Some of my favourite memories as a little kid.
Love the nostalgia!
I can't understand a word she is singing but listening to people from all over the country sing it sends shivers up and down my back
Glad not just me straining to understand her "vocalisations"!! Thought I must be deaf (or dim?!) but I can't be dim if you don't understand her either, because I'm sure you're not dim!
Yes, it's funny that even though she's no doubt enunciating beautifully, I also have no idea what she's singing! Just knowing the chorus is enough for me though. 😊
I know the first verse:
When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter, the charter of the land,
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:
Yeah the chorus no problem, the rest of it I get but I highly doubt any Americans do.
She's a bit too fond of her vocal gymnastics for my taste but the song itself appeals to my elderly English heart.
I love when people come together. If I’m at the theatre, I always cry as soon as the Orchestra starts up. It’s so overwhelming and emotional and people are all together enjoying the same thing which is lovely.
It really is a beautiful thing!
I'm a 76 year old male Lisa and this gets me every time in same way as it does you - I always have a box of tissues handy for the last night.
Please watch the “Greenday, Bohemian Rhapsody at Hyde Park” video to see how reserved we Brits are, I think you’ll be very surprised, when you get a group of Brits together you get a very different side of the UK 🤪🇬🇧
Love your videos, looking forward always to your next posts 💙
Oh yes. That is amazing. I get goosebumps everytime I see it. God bless Freddie Mercury
I've seen that video countless times now, and it still gives me chills. Even one of the clouds (top left) looks like Freddie looking down at the audience.
YEEEESSSSSS!!!!! Oh I’ve not watched that in a while - it’s just a serotonin boost with an extra topping of goosebumps on top🙌🏼
Love this video of the audience singing Bohemian Rhapsody. It is brilliant.
Fair shout great day was a blast
Non Forced patriotism is real and raw. land of hope and glory and Jerusalem is even better.
I am a proud Brit & never miss Last Night At the Proms , The proms start in mid July ,then finish with this great concert to finish the whole programme .What a way to finish .😊
Try "Land of Hope and Glory" at the Proms night.
Steve will probably know it better as Randy "Machoman" Savages WWF entrance music.
Land of hope and glory folks, you’ll love it 🇬🇧
One of the funniest concerts at the Proms that I ever saw was the Ukulele Orchestra who asked the audience to bring their own. Over 1000 people playing Ode to Joy! It was priceless! It’s on TH-cam.
Well that sounds interesting! :)
God bless our King and God bless Great Britain!!!
@@happyhedgehog6450 God save Ireland
Wether on the scaffold high
Or the battlefield we die
Oh wha
Amen.
I have had the privilege of singing at the Royal Albert Hall as a child in a schools Carol concert, it is an abiding memory I've held for nearly 50 years
Sarah Connolly has an amazing voice and I love her spirited rendition of Rule Britannia. I do wish they rolled the lyrics across the bottom of the screen!
The Lyrics in full :-
When Britain first, at heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter, the charter of the land,
And Guardian Angels sang this strain:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke,
More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke,
As the loud blast that tears the skies
Serves but to root thy native oak.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame;
All their attempts to bend thee down
All their, all their attempts to bend thee down
Will but arouse, arouse thy generous flame,
But work their woe and thy renown.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
The Muses, with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coasts repair.
Shall to thy happy, happy coasts repair.
Blest isle! with matchless,
with matchless beauty crowned,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!
Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
LOVE this so much !!!! Epic
You guys are so sweet, I love how much you dig it ❤❤❤ 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Now you need to introduce Lindsay to the Military bands especially the Royal Marine Commandos and The Coldstream Guards.
Good idea! 😄
@@reactingtomyrootsI would recommend Maiden Legacy by the massed bands of HM Royal Marines (with Nicko McBain) the drum set is up for auction for the various marine’s charities currently the highest bid is £60,000.
'Jerusalem' always does it for me! It was also my school song, and having spent a couple of years in the school choir, we got to sing it at concerts, as well as at the occasional assembly. As soon as I hear the intro, I get shivers down my spine!
"And did those feet in ancient times, walk upon England's mountains green..." 😊
As someone who grew up in a mill town I rather dislike it. As a child I could see the last surviving textile mill from my bedroom window. It closed in the 1990s and for a while there were no cotton mills in England. One was reopened in 2016 producing fine cotton for the fashion industry.
It was my school song too! We all sang it together on the last day of every term.
@@peterjackson4763 A once-proud industry sadly lost for a while. Glad it's coming back,at least a little. I think the "dark Satanic" bit was more of a general reference to the densely-packed,grimy,smoke-filled industrial inner cities of old,when smoke and soot and high buildings shut the daylight out.
You both, much watch the song Jerusalem, which is sung a the very end of the prom. So Beautiful ❤❤
The Promenade Concerts (Proms) were started by Robert Newman and the young conductor Henry Wood (later Sir Henry) in 1895 at the Queen’s Hall in London. The audience was in those days able to promenade (or walk about) during the performances. They continued to be held there until the Queen’s Hall was destroyed during the Blitz in 1941. The venue has been the Royal Albert Hall ever since.
The seasons are about eight weeks long during July to September every year, and Henry Wood from its earliest days gradually increased the serious element of the concerts from the mixture of classical and contemporary popular ballads (as directed by the music publishers who initially backed the concerts financially) to the mainly classical with elements of diverse other music that you find today.
The Last Night of the Proms as covered on the BBC which has backed them since 1927 is the last half of the second half of the last night. ‘Rule Britannia’ is always sung by a distinguished classical singer of either sex dressed as they deem appropriate. It is a raucous end of term party in effect. Sarah Connolly who appears in this video became Dame Sarah Connolly in 2017. She specialises in 18th century music.
In the 80s I went to the Proms in various locations.
Great reaction as ever. For those not privileged enough to get Last Night tickets there are simultaneous Proms in the Park events across the UK. Local to me is a tiny airfield museum that does a Flying Proms (tomorrow, yay) where old planes fly accompanied by a full orchestra. After dust and the pyrotechnic aerial display we get the best bits of The Last Night, Rule Britannia, Jerusalem etc,, and more fireworks. The only videos I found were ''Shuttleworth Flying Proms 2016' and ''Two Lancasters at The Shuttleworth Flying Proms'' , i'm sure you would like to see both.
Hooray, I'm so pleased you shared this
Prom is short for promenade concert, a term which originally referred to outdoor concerts in London's pleasure gardens, where the audience was free to stroll. If I remember correctly the white coated conductor was an American and the "L" plate, which denotes a learner driver was on the podium because it was his 1st time at the Proms. Nice video as always.
I have been watching your channel for over a year now and it was this video I was looking for reactions too when i found it I'm so glad you watched it with Lindsay!
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Lord Nelson uniform nice
We Brits like a good singalong!!!
Yes, check out the impromptu sing along to Bohemian Rhapsody at the Green Day concert in Hyde Park
@@lindadoswell9396 even more than conquering and colonising another country?
Royal Albert Hall is an iconic venue. I went there to see the band Bastille, a few years ago, where they performed their set with a full orchestra.
The pipes you can see are genuine working organs, and there is a nice little clip I saw a few years ago of the official organist (a woman in her early 30's, if that, she may be younger) plays a bit of Dr Dre - Still "D.R.E" out on those mighty pipes.
Please show her Land of Hope and Glory (your graduation music) or Jerusalem :)
She has a beautiful voice
The singer is Dame Sarah Connolly now (Dame is the female equivalent of Sir - a knight). She’s a great mezzo-soprano- her Julius Caesar is excellent
This is the LAST NIGHT of the 2 month-long Promenade Concerts....all through the summer...every type of music and performers. Royal Albert Hall was designed by Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert.....hence the name of the Hall!!! An amazing statue of him is front across the road from the RAH.
The Proms first began to celebrate 100 years since the battle of Trafalgar, we won the battle but Admiral Lord Nelson was killed. Hence Trafalgar Square, Nelson’s column. Lots of sea shanties etc. the proms refers to the people standing at the front…no seats for them. They are the promenarders
I am so pleased you are watching this again...and showing it to Lindsey; that singer has real chutzpah. The Royal Albert hall is a lovely building; both to look around and, of course, as somewhere to attend a musical event. You might find an interesting video about the building itself. (I think the word 'never' is sung as if it were six syllables...just in case Steve wants to practise singing the chorus in the bath... 🛀 😄)
There was a few American flags also, one year they had an American singing rule Britannia 🏴🇬🇧
Well, when the song was written the British colonists in America were regarded as British.
I love the Proms and proud to be British , We also have A knees up and a sing song around the piaono in pubs and clubs . Just as much fun with some different songs but surrporting Britian
And people say we are not patriotic I'm glad you enjoyed it
As a teenager I played in the Albert Hall in a competition we can second so I wasn't too unhappy. Later i life I also built a curved electrical sub station in the halls basement. Its a truly magical venue the cast iron and glass dome rests on the building and is NOT fixed as its so heavy.
Love your videos. The Proms is a two month festival of mostly, but not only, classical music, every year. The largest music festival in the world.
Also a must is seeing the Last Night of the Proms with "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" You must watch these two songs which are also performed on the Last Night of the Proms.
It was written for an Opera about Alfred the Great, and is an exultation that Britannia should do its best to rule the waves, in the context of the opera to protect against Viking raids. It’s “Rule the waves” not “Rules the waves” as is often sung. It was King Alfred who built the first English Navy.
The subtext of the sing is that Britain in 1740 when the opera was written was still at danger from North African slavers. If you think about the hymn of your own US Marine Corps “The shores of Tripoli” was the US Marines defeating the African pirates preventing slave attacks against US ships.
2009 was the first time I watch Last Night of the Proms, and this performance just blew me away. Rarely miss it now.
Glorious 🇬🇧🏴
The Promenade Concerts date from 1895 and now last 8 weeks,. It's a festival of (mainly) classical music, attracting the finest artists from all over the world.
'Promenade' refers to the fact that there's always been a large section of the audience that isn't seated.
The Last Night is always a bit of fun.
The Proms aren’t Opera per se - it’s Classical and some Opera singers such as this lady sing for us.
Also the Royal Albert Hall is packed as well as people outside in Hyde Park etc ❤
It's not opera at all. An opera is a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music. It has to tell a story. This piece is just an individual song.
The last night of The Proms is always full of good music of course, but also about a lot of fun. Tickets have to be booked Well in advance!
Hi Guys greetings from England 🇬🇧 The proms first started in 1895 and they were originally called Promenade Concerts and everyone just says Proms now!!! Its an annual thing and always held at The Royal Albert Hall and the last night of the proms is a national institution in The UK and is shown live on national TV every year and Rule Brittania is sung by a Guest singer every year by Male and Female singers!!! As a Brit the most patriotic song in my opinion is LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY!!! and you should also check out another patriotic British song is I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY!!! and this is a beautiful song and so worth listening to!!! Sir Henry Wood started The Proms and Google him!!!
That was amazing. Like some comments said, we dont do patriotism that much but when we do we really go for it and it brought goosebumps watching this. So glad you botg liked it.
We Brits are great at crowd singing the Welsh particularly. Check out THE GREENDAY CROWD SING BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY AT HYDE PARK
Definitely time for you both to do the 2012 opening ceremony!!!
From the London Olympics? I second that.
Lindsay, You were spot on with ‘prom’ coming from’promenade’! Great video, nice to see again. 😊 the Royal Albert Hall is where the Remembrance Service is held , a wonderful service to see, attended by royalty and where at the end thousands of poppies are released from the ceiling and fall on the service men and women below in silence, so moving. Each poppy represents a life. 😊
The most moving bit has to be the war widows when they walk down and the audience applaud, that's the lump in the throat moment 😢
It is indeed from an opera, entitled "King Alfred" (by Thomas Arne to words by James Thomson, a Scots poet) dating from the mid-18th century.
The proms came about to bring classical music to everyone, the last night is always at the Albert Hall. It tours around the country first and that’s how it finishes.
Originally, Great Britain was called ‘Albion’ by the Romans, who invaded Britain in 55bc but this later became ‘Britannia’. This Latin word referred to England and Wales, but was no longer used for a long time after the Romans left.
The name was then revived in the age of the Empire, when it had more significance. The word ‘Britannia’ is derived from ‘Pretannia’, from the term that the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (1 BC) used for the Pretani people, who the Greeks believed lived in Britain. Those living in Britannia would be referred to as Britanni.
The Romans created a goddess of Britannia, wearing a Centurion helmet and toga, with her right breast exposed. In the Victorian period, when the British Empire was rapidly expanding, this was altered to include her brandishing a trident and a shield with the British flag on, a perfect patriotic representation of the nation’s militarism. She was also standing in the water, often with a lion (England’s national animal), representing the nation’s oceanic dominance. The Victorians were also too prudish to leave her breast uncovered, and modestly covered it to protect her dignity!
I remember taking my mum to the RAH to watch Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly' in the round and they sunk the stage in water as it was set in a Japanese garden. Being in the round meant that you got within touching distance of the cast. Amazing.
Land of Hope and Glory, Jerusalem and the National Anthem! Do them all!
I was at the Albert Hall on Monday at The Proms. The season of concerts is very diverse. The building is beautiful with amazing acoustics. Please review Jerusalem again. Considered by some to be the anthem of England due to a lack of formal one. The words are from a poem by William Blake.
Best part of the proms is when the WHOLE Audience gets to sing along.
When I was young, we had the proms on TV as it was broadcast, but also dad put BBC Radio on the home stereo system as it was "Simulcast" so the TV was showing the video, and the Simulcast BLARING out of the speakers.
One year, there were so many applicants to be in the audience, they had to set up special venues in parks in London with MASSIVE screens so people could attend.
The problem is there is like a 15 year waiting list to be an audience member at the actual albert hall.
Wow! 15 years? 🤯
@reactingtomyroots it's hugely popular :) they run over July/August and finish in early September!
That'll be for the Last Night only,surely not the entire Proms!
@@rjjcms1 Yeah, Last night is Party night.
Fab. But Land of Hope and Glory every time. .... also I vow to thee my country x
The Proms are a series of classical music concerts, the last night of the Proms is party night. Tickets are sold years in advance. The people in the pit of the theater are known as the promenaders, they not only bring flags, streamer poppers but they provide a flower buttonhole for each member of the orchestra.
Jerusalem is my favourite.
I have had the pleasure to take part in a performance of the 1812 overture, performed by the Halle Orchestra. No I am not a musician. At the time I was part of a re-enactment society and held a musket licence. 30 of us lined the 'gods' of the Royal Albert Hall and provided fire power at the very end of the piece. We had to rehearse all day to get the timin exact but it was worth it.
You need to watch the whole second half of any Last Night of the Proms concerts Love the audience participation ❤️🇬🇧
Makes me proud to be English long live England 🏴
@@anthonyrichardson4761
For this American, it's great to see so many gathered to celebrate your country and history. There is nothing quite like that experience, in a large gathering .
All united as one, in the same space.
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Rule Britannia sung by Juan Diego Florez in a different year is wonderful - he was dressed as an Inca king or warrior. The Proms is a series of concerts throughout the summer. As well as tickets for seats, promenade tickets are cheaper and you can promenade/walk around the central arena area or high up in the gallery all around the top. When I used to go in the 1970's the prom areas were not crowded most evenings so you could sit or lie on the floor while enjoying the music - the marble floors of the top gallery were so cool on a hot summer evening.
The proms was started in 1895. The Royal Albert Hall holds more than 5000 people and, if you want a ticket for this event you have to book months in advance and it’s quite expensive.
Expensive? It's £8 for a promming (i.e. standing) ticket.
I absolutley love this night, to see thousands singing and being so patriotic, is spine tingling, there are a few other songs, that are also sang, very emotional, and as brits we don't show this side enough!
I will watch your reaction when I get back from work in 9 hours hope you enjoy this video love from the UK
Thanks Tony! :) Appreciate you. Hope you had a great day at work.
@@reactingtomyroots been welding all day in the heat and powder coating
The Venue is the Royal Albert Hall, it’s a fantastic venue. Been there twice for gigs
Oh and the roof isn’t actually fixed on it’s just resting on the top of the building.
I love this song. And Jerusalem should be englands national anthem
Noooo it should be The Archers theme tune 🤣
Are you referring to England or The UK.
@@bethcushway458 Ooooh arrrrr!
I love all the flags! You might notice though, there’s not just the Union Jack or the individual flags that make up the UK, but our friends around the world as well. I spotted French, German and American flags being flown in that clip. People from all over the world proudly wave their flags at the Proms and it’s awesome! It should be noted, most of the Proms are more serious. But the Last Night of the Proms is always more relaxed and boisterous! 😂
You should watch 'Land of Hope & Glory' at the Proms in 2012 and 'Jerusalem'. Also 'I Vow To Thee My Country' at the Remembrance Servicein 2022 sung by Luke Evans (the actor).
This really shows that us British are not always all that reserved. All good wishes to you both. 🇬🇧🇺🇲☮️💕👋
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 GOD SAVE THE KING!
You two are rather lovable.
I'm from England and the part I always cry is when the Chelsea pensioners come on, they are the old solders that fought for us in the war. Please watch them it will touch your hearts.
Are you not confusing this with The Festival Of Remembrance 🤔
Festival of Rememberance is worth a watch, very patriotic.
Here we go again the war
@@Tarmaccyclocross’Twas ever this.
@@Tarmaccyclocross What are you talking about, if you don't like talking about it don't watch it. So do one.
This is sung every Last Night, every year, with different top singers, male and femail. Always Fun stuff too!
Magnificent!! 🇬🇧
God Save the King 👑
@@davidbrooks187 from what?
It used to be held just at The royal Albert Hall. I'm so happy that people around the country can join in and celebrate.
The proms season concerts are on at the moment with the last night on the 14th September they are not all classical music either.
You should look for Jerusalem, I think you’ll be shocked as you will recognise it! It’s something that is played at your proms (the school type)
Sir Henry Wood started his Promenade Concerts so that classical music was made more accessible to everyone. Every year, concerts are held throughout the summer, all with different themes.
For the last night, the only people who can buy tickets are the ones who have been to enough of the events of that year. It's a party, celebrating the UK and musical and fun. Anyone, from anywhere, is welcome to wave their flag alongside ours. It is patriotism without nationalism.
Along with Rule Britannia, they play Land of Hope and Glory and my favourite, a Fantasia on British Sea Songs which ends with the orchestra getting faster and faster as the audience tries to keep up with clapping, horns and party poppers.
It's the one time, apart from royal events, when you will see us fly our flags. The redt of the time, we see that as vulgar and a sign of insecurity.
I've only been to the RAH once and that was in 2016 for Punk band the Damned's 40th anniversary. Beautiful building treat with respect on a great night.
I would highly recommend john wilson at the proms. He does american Hollywood
I love it when people watch this because it bring me to tears. It makes me so proud to be English 🏴
no one does this like the brits, i was proud to serve my country, and proud to be a brit
If you love Mary Poppins, there's a 50th anniversary at the proms and it's supercool too ❤
over half a million people gather every year to watch the Proms in Hyde Park. plus the millions who watch it live on TV. it is about the only time us Brits can wave our Union flag without being called racist.
Yep a lot of right wing extremists there wont be long until Stamer bans this.
Is that really true though.
@@barriehull7076 yes. just walk through any major city in the UK wearing a Union Flag to see for yourself.
No one ever remembers the sailors hornpipe thats brilliant and comedy gold
By god the UK needs this now.
People need to sing their hearts out this year in Hyde Park etc
How about the black and white minstrels singing it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I still remember even as a young child, being allowed by mum and dad to stay up a little longer to watch The Last Night of the Proms on TV! It's just good silly British nonsense that makes you feel good inside and funny and moving all at the same time, with so many silly "traditions" that have evolved with audience participation. Try to think, "Posh Live Rocky Horror Picture Show!" 🤣🤣🤣
You need to do "Jerusalem" and "God save the queen" at the same venue.
If you are ever in the uk early September you should be able to catch The Last Night live.
Not opera, just a patriotic song
Sang by an Opera singer.
@@Shoomer1988 an opera singer who sang in an 18th century operatic style