brokoto: ok. i actually did that song last month (July), although we were 4 people that did. i and a soprano and then an alto with a counter tenor. nice piece. i have a video of it by Joan Sutherland but i cant seem to be able to upload it here. dunno why

iventi: cool! D performance's next week wednesday though. U̶̲̥̅̊ rily have A̷̷̴̐͠ thing for joan sutherland. She's great though. Joyce didonato is one lady I rily rily love. Ever heard katherine jenkins? I dnt know why I feel she's not So̶̷̩̥̊͡ good. Maybe because she's A̷̷̴̐͠ crossover singer but dats only my opinion.

brokoto: i concor with you. I dont think she's that good. Sarah Brightman is better but she is more successful and popular than sarah brightman. You need to watch Joan Sutherland on youtube. she's awesome!

iventi: just downloaded two videos of A̷̷̴̐͠ 'wicked' contralto. She' EWA PODLES. She's A̷̷̴̐͠ coloratura contralto. Her range is extreme for A̷̷̴̐͠ contralto, imagine A2 - D6(according to wikipedia) she's baaaaad! Her low notes sound So̶̷̩̥̊͡ full Δåτ̲̅ I feel em down my spine. Her coloratura is crazy! Some singers can make one feel So̶̷̩̥̊͡ unlearned especially in d coloratura dept. About the jenkins issue most times I feel I sing better than her classsically. I have A̷̷̴̐͠ video of brightman singing with america's got talent kid jackie evancho. I didn't like her singin der. Her vibrato der was unappealling to ♍ƺ. Bt still dats only my opinion.

CHAIRMAN1: Enters thread... Gets lost.
Can't understand Naada, too many jargons....I love music.... All genres....my best genres are highlife and pop. I know the 3 tenors, know george handel etc but u guys make me feel like an illiterate in this school of Classical music ... I take to my heels

brokoto: @iventi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xuzkPjhNAo. this is the video i promised before.
Translation:Under the dense canopy
Where the white jasmine
Blends with the rose
On the flowering bank
Laughing at the morning
Come, let us drift down together
Let us gently glide along
With the enchanting flow
Of the fleeing current
On the rippling surface
With a lazy hand
Let us reach the shore
Where the source sleeps
And the bird sings
Under the dense canopy
Under the white jasmine
Let us drift down together

MaxDick9ja: You guys heard of Schubert? His got one wicked version of Ave Maria that was used as a theme song for Ninja Assassin... Thought I also heard it on an episode in one three hill too

brokoto: which of these opera singers is/are your favourite(s)? Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Sarah Brightman, Placido Domingo, Rolando Villazon, Pretty Yende etc? please include your favourites if they were not mentioned. . . as for me i say Pavarotti and Andrea!!!

osifred: George Frederick Handel. His hallelujah/messiah composition is out of this world. his songs are about 250 years old yet they are evergreen as though they was rendered only yesterday. give it also to Luciano Pavarotti. that guy is good.

since_1914: Am impressed by how much you guys know about classical music and the Opera. I don't know much about classical music but I do like it. Yanni remains one of my favourite, and I have tons of his work. For the older guys like Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus and co, I probably won't be able to differntiate one from another unless I was told.

brokoto: if you stay at PH, they are pretty easy to get hold of. i could give you directions to shops there if you are interested

Ishilove:
Bocelli and Brightman!!

You should hear Brightman in "Phantom of the Opera", and her numerous duets with Bocelli...wow!! . "Canto de la Terra" with Bocelli gives me goose bumps everytime I listen to it. Her voice was so...beautiful. In "Nella Fantasia", her voice was haunting. I love Brightman. And to crown it, she is still very beautiful and going strong at 52

Andre Bocelli is in a class of his own. In classics like "Time to say Goodbye", "Funiculi Funicular" and "Melodrama", you find yourself drawn in... I can't describe it. Even in Wasimi, my Philistine students who have never listened to classical music listened to his rendition of "Power of love" and fell instantly in love...with him!! . And to think that beautiful, beautiful voice comes from a blind man.

BoboYekini: con te partiro

iventi: cool! D performance's next week wednesday though. U̶̲̥̅̊ rily have A̷̷̴̐͠ thing for joan sutherland. She's great though. Joyce didonato is one lady I rily rily love. Ever heard katherine jenkins? I dnt know why I feel she's not So̶̷̩̥̊͡ good. Maybe because she's A̷̷̴̐͠ crossover singer but dats only my opinion.

BoboYekini: i love pavarotti's rendition of the UEFA Champions league theme song. soulful.
soulsista

Ishilove:
Bocelli and Brightman!!

You should hear Brightman in 1 "Phantom of the Opera", and her numerous duets with Bocelli...wow!! . 2"Canto de la Terra" with Bocelli gives me goose bumps everytime I listen to it. Her voice was so...beautiful. In 3 "Nella Fantasia", her voice was haunting. I love Brightman. And to crown it, she is still very beautiful and going strong at 52

Andre Bocelli is in a class of his own. In classics like 4 "Time to say Goodbye", 5 "Funiculi Funicular" and 6 "Melodrama", you find yourself drawn in... I can't describe it. Even in Wasimi, my Philistine students who have never listened to classical music listened to his rendition of "Power of love" and fell instantly in love...with him!! . And to think that beautiful, beautiful voice comes from a blind man.

Ihedinobi: Hey, how would you guys class Enya? Her music knocks me on my ass mostly.

"Time to say Goodbye" couldn't possibly have an equal, could it? Just remembering the number is turning my mind to mush. Gawd!!! Classical music can kill.

I think I'm a counter tenor, but I've grown way too lazy. I never sing anymore. Don't even remember to want to But I am crazy about music and hate the fact that the good type is so wanting in Naija.

brokoto: ishilooooove u don come catch me for my thread abi?
ok i have the score of 1, i have the mp3 and video of 2,3,4, and 6! how bout that? and more sha

Enigma: Just seeing this thread (joys of following Ishilove)

Just a couple of quick comments.

Opera singers from brokoto's list: I like Pavarotti --- his range and the 'ease' with which he used to perform, quite briliiant; very much like Bocelli too --- his voice is just beautiful to listen to; and I really like that duet of his with Bryn Terfel

Composers ---- obviously, the major ones are all incredible but I like to make special mention of just two: Handel for majesty, grandiosity and sometimes simple melodiousness; Bach for incredible and (possibly unsurpassed and unsurpassable) technical brilliance, the guy has too many good "joints" to mention but one I'd like to is his Passacaglia and Fugue . . . . . . . hmmm dreamy eyes already.

Ihedinobi: Hey, how would you guys class Enya? Her music knocks me on my ass mostly.

"Time to say Goodbye" couldn't possibly have an equal, could it? Just remembering the number is turning my mind to mush. Gawd!!! Classical music can kill.

I think I'm a counter tenor, but I've grown way too lazy. I never sing anymore. Don't even remember to want to But I am crazy about music and hate the fact that the good type is so wanting in Naija.

Anybody gimme a list of anything on a par with Andre Bocelli? Wanna see if I can rob that bank tomorrow and go get me some music

Lyth:

Gee! Enya is da bomb dude!!! ....wld rate her 10/10, her genre is contemporary new-age though. U shld try her sister as well Moya/Maire Brennan ....her "perfect time" n "dnt give up"(a duet on par wit "time 2 say goodbye" kills me always_ethereal is wat her singing is.
As 4 classicals, give Hayley Westenra a try ...
Ow did I get here again? Oh! tanx ishilove.

Ishilove:
Your opinion indeed. Have you heard her rendition of "The Flower Duet" with Kiri te Kanawa?? It is the best rendition I have ever listened to. A pure classic. Vocally I take Brightman any day, but Katherine still remains a powerful singer

Lyth:

Gee! Enya is da bomb dude!!! ....wld rate her 10/10, her genre is contemporary new-age though. U shld try her sister as well Moya/Maire Brennan ....her "perfect time" n "dnt give up"(a duet on par wit "time 2 say goodbye" kills me always_ethereal is wat her singing is.
As 4 classicals, give Hayley Westenra a try ...
Ow did I get here again? Oh! tanx ishilove.

Ishilove:
It reminds me of a time I was in Ondo town for 'shopping' . I walked into a music shop and asked for Kenny G. The attendant went into the shop to get it and when he emerged,behold, he brought Terry G and insisted I would like it. The dude had never heard of Kenny G. Lol.

In these era of junk music,getting a hold of good old classical music is very difficult, especially in the area of The Gidi where I reside.

Ihedinobi: Hey, how would you guys class Enya? Her music knocks me on my ass mostly.

"Time to say Goodbye" couldn't possibly have an equal, could it? Just remembering the number is turning my mind to mush. Gawd!!! Classical music can kill.

I think I'm a counter tenor, but I've grown way too lazy. I never sing anymore. Don't even remember to want to But I am crazy about music and hate the fact that the good type is so wanting in Naija.

Anybody gimme a list of anything on a par with Andre Bocelli? Wanna see if I can rob that bank tomorrow and go get me some music

Lyth:

Gee! Enya is da bomb dude!!! ....wld rate her 10/10, her genre is contemporary new-age though. U shld try her sister as well Moya/Maire Brennan ....her "perfect time" n "dnt give up"(a duet on par wit "time 2 say goodbye" kills me always_ethereal is wat her singing is.
As 4 classicals, give Hayley Westenra a try ...
Ow did I get here again? Oh! tanx ishilove.

iventi: I have actually listened to it nd I knw its quite gud since dame kiri is in it. I also have A̷̷̴̐͠ lot of mp3 by jenkins bt she never impresses ♍ƺ. I have A̷̷̴̐͠ video of her singing 'una voce poco fa' nd at A̷̷̴̐͠ point started laughing especially wen she did d 'carrrrr ma!' part. She comes across as pop-ish to ♍ƺ. Have bout six videos and mp3s of Δåτ̲̅ same aria by singers like sutherland, didonato(awwww!love_eeee), garanca(love), and d amelita galli-curci nd katherine's was plain childish nd pop-ish to ♍ƺ( not A̷̷̴̐͠ katherine hater). Well dats only my opinion. U̶̲̥̅̊ shld listen to cecilia bartoli she's great. Her coloratura is wicked. Her '‎​No̶̷̩̥̊͡ ‎​No̶̷̩̥̊͡ I'll take ‎​No̶̷̩̥̊͡ less is rily cul(bt prefer kathleen battle's). I love em coloratura sopranos . Mado robin was one soprano with A̷̷̴̐͠ killer range. Natalie dessay is great too. Jst too many of 'em.

Ihedinobi:

You the man, man. Thanks a mil. Don't think I've ever heard Enya's sister but looks like I'm gonna go hunting considering the comparison with "time to say goodbye". Thanks for the classical too

ayox2003:

Lyrical genius. Filmscore guru. Listen to her Book of Days and tell me what you think

Blood sister? Really. I'mma GTS now.