Innocent Masuku's 'Nessun Dorma' BGT FINAL: My Jaw-Dropping Reaction!

[@ntombifuthidlamini5021]

As a South African, I’m proud of Innocent 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🫶🫶🫶🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦. Keep going innocent, the world salutes you and your talent

[@tekmepikcha6830]

It's difficult to enjoy a song when you're used to hearing it sung a certain way. But if you can but preference and bias aside, you will realize that Innocent was exceptional at this rendition, and would have reached millions because of his unique choices, who are hearing this for the first time.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

I don't think many people are hearing this song for the first time. But you could be right. It's been maybe 5 or 6 years since it was showcased on TV. I noticed the audience didn't go wild on the phrase "ma il mid misterio è chiuso in me" which could be a sign they didn't know it was the exciting part coming up.

[@kuroneko7022]

Thank you SO much! There are people who will always want to compare when artists are entitled to their own rendition! Innocent has a beautiful voice.

[@Burrdmizzle]

I like how you're giving professional constructive criticism but acknowledging the great performance all the same👌

[@melindaaimeeroth5580]

Thank you so much for explaining this. Please continue to do this.

[@randyyoung9832]

Just like a Diamond scattering Rainbow like Fire.

[@tonyjay6457]

Talent, training, and passion, all in perfect harmony!

[@RhondaHill-mi7cw]

But I loved it for its ease of flow and the purity of his tenor voice. That half tone change maybe put it more centred in the wheelhouse of his voice. I would rather see it done with ease than strained to reach a note. Range and to hit each note with ease and perfect pitch and control, as you know, is always a work in progress. This is a young singer who has a lot more to give. I hope he continues on after the competition. Thanks for sharing your spot on insights with us. I always learn from your comments.

[@fatimaromerocontreras1469]

Innocent es el gran triunfador profesional de los profesionales!!!! ir a AGT queria q lo conocieramos y lo logró!!! l amamos y reconocemos q su presencia en este evento estaba dada para darse a conocer y lo logró!!! te amamos. desde Venezuela

[@Frank_72384]

Thank you so much for explaining why, when watching this live, I didn’t feel in any way emotional. That’s not to detract from the fact, Innocent is an amazing artist.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

The wrong key! And the ‘arrangement’ weakened the aria. It’s just perfect the way Puccini wrote it.

[@kuroneko7022]

@@BangkokVoiceCoach Please don’t listen to him again. I’m sure you’ll find something else to criticize. Thank you!

[@tessenpulof]

@@BangkokVoiceCoach Totally agree with you! I just don´t get the sam feeling when i compare his performance to Pavarotti's nessun Dorman.

[@johnojvind7641]

Did you know that Paul Potts before the finals made an announcment directed towards Innocent that Inncent himself must direct how the audio from the microphones was set up. It´s a very different setting between a pop singer and an operatic singer. I don´t know how many microphones Amira blew out in distorting her voice.

[@OperaJH]

Wonderful video, William! Also, congrats on your show and wish you the best at Wexford. I bet it’s going to be excellent! From an huge opera - fan ❤🎉

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

That you SO much my friend. ❤️

[@robmadaffari6270]

Wow he did s sterling job of it, he did do it justice for sure. Very nicely performed. Most enjoyable.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

A very accomplished tenor.

[@robmadaffari6270]

@@BangkokVoiceCoach agreed if he had a bit of Pavarotti volume in his voice he would be deadly dangerous.

[@nanettetredoux7613]

@@robmadaffari6270 listen to his semifinals performance of "Now we are free". He is a menace.

[@robmadaffari6270]

@@nanettetredoux7613 wow that was sensational, I swear I could hear a hint of Bocelli in there somewhere. Might just be my ears

[@robmadaffari6270]

@@nanettetredoux7613 this is one of my all time favorites. just love this guy Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò - Live From Piazza Dei Cavalieri, Italy / 1997 and this Andrea Bocelli - Besame Mucho - Live From Lake Las Vegas Resort, USA / 2006

[@MarcHarvey-nq5vw]

J'approuve à 100%

[@jkilmon]

Remember Masuku is singing for the BGT audience. Now go get his Una Fortiva Lagrima and strap yourself in.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Such a difficult aria!! I used to have to sing it a lot.

[@SovrinWealth]

Rushing up to 50k subscribers William - and Bocelli is coming to South Africa next year in April - performing in Pretoria (2 shows at the Menlyn Arena) and then off to Cape Town for two shows there...

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Wow 50k would be nice and Bocelli will be great. Will he bring his son!?

[@Pasovineyard]

@@BangkokVoiceCoach Bocelli and Amira!!!!!

[@johnojvind7641]

@@Pasovineyard Bocelli is very past prime and can´t sing anything exciting in the style Amira excels. Bocelli also rejected sing duet on stage with Dimash however much Dimash begged for it !! Actually in a small backstage room when Dimash and Bocelli jamed some songs Bocelli tested Dimash on a standard opera song and Dimash managed to crack his voice and had to stop sing, instead making up a cheap excuse he forgot the lyrics, hahaha, 100% true. At the end of the clip a little boy entered and also sang with Bocelli and Bocelli was more impressed by the little boy, it seemed, lol. Dimash fans tried to hide all the embarrasment on their uploads of the encounter by editing out the funny parts, hahahaha.

[@johnojvind7641]

@@BangkokVoiceCoach Bocelli is very past prime and can´t sing anything exciting in the style where Amira excels. Bocelli also rejected sing duet on stage with Dimash however much Dimash begged for it !! Actually in a small backstage room when Dimash and Bocelli jamed some songs Bocelli tested Dimash on a standard opera song and Dimash managed to crack his voice and had to stop sing, making up a cheap excuse he forgot the lyrics, hahaha, 100% true. At the end of the clip a little boy entered and also sang with Bocelli and Bocelli seemed more impressed by the little boy, lol. Dimash fans tried to hide all the embarrasment on their uploads of the encounter by editing out the funny parts, hahahaha, it´s also 100% true..

[@sandrak.robbins6305]

Thank you. I enjoyed this, but I don't think that it touched Luciano Pavarotti's though. He has a lovely tone. It did not bring me to tears, which is my litmus test for Nessun Dorma :)

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

I agree with you. Something was missing. But we don't know what exactly!! Maybe not enough Italian sunshine in the voice.

[@lissa1122able]

Agree, and I don't think is was the best choice for this performance.

[@OperaJH]

I feel like that about Andrea Bocelli 😅

[@kuroneko7022]

You’re comparing him to an all time great operatic talent like Pavarotti? Really, you expect Innocent to live up to him? Show the man some grace for goodness sakes.

[@sandrak.robbins6305]

@@kuroneko7022 I was not dissing him. I said that he had a lovely voice. I was talking about my reaction to it. And yes, I will compare as I chose, I believe that Dimash would stand up to any comparison. And that is how people learn. This isn't kindergarten where everyone gets a blue ribbon to make sure that all feel good.

[@erik1836]

Thank you for explaining the point about it being sung in a different key from the original. That's the sort of detail we come to you for, William! Personally, I find Bruno quite irritating. During Innocent's audition, Bruno couldn't keep himself from standing up and making a scene, a display of how impressed he was - and by doing so, distract EVERY single person enjoying the performance from being able to focus. Watch it and you will see how Alessia was - almost impatiently, if not with outright irritation - trying to ignore him. He just can't control himself and thinks it's all about him and the way he feels - irrespective of how others sharing the moment may feel when impacted by his histrionics. Not, to put too fine a point on it. As Dickens said 200 years ago in his novel! Good luck, break a leg, with your upcoming performances! It sounds like it will he wonderful!

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

You are most likely right. It's al very attention-seeking behaviour from Bruno. I don't watch the full series as I live in Thailand but I imagine it could get quite annoying. It's just the emotional reactions are quire cute and funny - at first!

[@tandekabonani-yr7kf]

I don't see anything wrong when a person is impressed about how a person is interpreting the song.

[@erik1836]

@@tandekabonani-yr7kf Nor do I but there is a time and place were it is apropos. During the song while we are all enjoying how wonderful he is - I am not interested in Bruno displaying his over the top distracting, histrionics. The judge next to him felt just like I did meaning, the look in her teeth said she wanted him to "Shut up and be quiet!" He was stealing thunder from Innocent while he was having his moment.

[@erik1836]

@@BangkokVoiceCoach I have no problem with him being "flamboyant"! I am not in the least so but, whatever floats one's boat is fine with me. My feeling about the way people act is that I am more attracted to focused types, who attract my attention to them by virtue of a quiet confidance - born of being comfortable in their own skin - that they exude. Men who have true joie de vivre; born of their genuine love of life and people possessed of a sense of happiness that is infections; lighthearted chaps and ladies. That's de types dat gets mines motor running! Lol

[@Pasovineyard]

I would give it a B. Tripple A+ for BVC. It just sounded opera lite. Love the timeless Classical music as written on your shirt.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Classic !! ❤️

[@LudwinaElshuis]

Love it

[@Lilly-wp2gf]

Hello coach. How have you been? I have been looking forward to your analysis of Innocent Masuku's opera singing.

[@SovrinWealth]

Yes - as I mentioned in your reaction to Sydnie Christmas I knew pretty much for certain that she had eclipsed Innocent - maybe it was that key change down a semi tone....

[@softshallow7435]

She didn’t eclipse him he didn’t make top 3 let alone 2nd.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

He could have shone more brightly. He has a great voice.

[@softshallow7435]

@@BangkokVoiceCoach he did a great job. That was probably his highest tone. Not everyone can go higher or lower than the original.

[@nanettetredoux7613]

@@softshallow7435 Oh he can!

[@elternero6624]

personally.... i loooove sarah brightman rendition of nessun dorma ...i know she is a professional.... but her ending of that song is her trademark and i haven seen it anywhere else......

[@lissa1122able]

It could be the changes to the piece weren’t Innocent’s choice. There’s behind the scenes show biz engineering, and not everyone is set up to succeed. I thought his second performance, Now We Are Free was actually better. That would be wonderful to see reviewed and analyzed 😉🙏🏻.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

I definitely agree. If they had wanted him to win they would have had an onstage choir to really bring it home. The off stage chorus on the track weakened him.

[@nanettetredoux7613]

Perhaps he sang it in that key because it was a purchased backing track? It could easily have been raised a semitone with Audacity or similar software though. I also found his vocal support on this performance not as solid as with the audition and the semifinals - perhaps it was nerves because this was the finals and the pressure was getting to him. I truly admire Innocent and wish him a great career. He had great training at the University of Cape Town and clearly, he has worked extremely hard.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Maybe because of the pressure of the Final, for safety they decided on a semitone down. It's not so much the high B at the end but the repeated As that can be a killer. On a related point (backing track!) I do feel they should have had choir on stage. Expensive TV show like this! They just need 16 singers, lip-synching but it would have been much more impressive than just hearing distant voices. It would have helped him too.

[@KhanyisileNyembezi-n4k]

I also think he was nervous and not as bubbly and bouncy as in the other shows but I know that from here he will just soar.

[@kuroneko7022]

OMG I should have known there’d be criticism from you for some reason. Innocent is no Pavarotti but he has a beautiful voice.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Whatever you say.

[@MarcHarvey-nq5vw]

Super super😂

[@francobasso6887]

I am Italian and a melomaniac... I always think and say that Italian opera has its uniqueness in the language, it must be considered as an instrument that if well tuned produces harmony and beauty but if the strings of a violin are not tuned the result it's very bad. Now anyone who intends to sing Italian opera, apart from the technique, must necessarily have perfect command of the Italian language, otherwise there will be a distortion of harmony and phrasing which is essential for opera. So please refrain from singing Italian opera if you don't have the "perfectly tuned instrument". That said, Innocent Masuku is commendable if he sings a repertoire of pop music but refrains from singing Puccini's Nessun Dorma.

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

La lingua Italiana è la lingua dell'opera. :-)

[@francobasso6887]

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[@fishwigy]

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