Me singing "Poor Wandering One" from "The Pirates of Penzance": WSMA State Solo & Ensemble

[@inesdeerausquin5658]

Lovely voice- for such a young soprano you have an almost mezzo-like richness in your lower register. Great job - the. E flat was amazing, especially since you practically pulled it out of nowhere without the cadenza! Would love to see you perform this charming role onstage.

[@lemonarizonatea]

Inés de Erausquin I think it would almost be easier to hit the Eb without the cadenza because 1. melodically it’s easier 2. If you’re jumping from Eb5 to Eb6, you already have the note in your head. (Then again, I don’t identify as a “coloratura;” I’m not a huge fan of long/complicated runs.) I think it was wise of her voice instructor to cut it, and honestly I like it better without it. 😆

[@mikesnyder1788]

I just returned from seeing a performance of "Pirates of Penzance" at the Ohio Light Opera and I just had to hear this song one more time before I turn off the lights. Bravo! You have a very lovely voice and I hope you have been able to continue singing in the years since this was recorded. Again, very well done!!!

[@zoedarc783]

This is AMAZING! You are amazing. I'm singing this for my NYSSMA solo, today, and I'm so glad that I got to hear your rendition!

[@queencat4877]

You have a lovely lovely tone and persona 😍

[@lilagoldstein1248]

Poor wandering one Though thou hast surely strayed Take heart of grace, thy steps retrace Poor wandering one Poor wandering one If such poor love as mine Can help thee find true peace of mind Why, take it, it is thine Take heart, no danger lowers Take any heart but ours Take heart, fair days will shine Take any heart, take mine Take heart, no danger lowers Take any heart but ours Take heart, fair days will shine Take any heart, take mine Poor wandering one Though thou hast surely strayed Take heart of grace, thy steps retrace Poor wandering one Poor wandering one Poor wandering one Take heart, take heart Take any heart but ours Take heart, take heart Take heart, no danger lowers Take any heart but ours Take heart, take heart Take any heart but ours Take heart

[@pointofnoreturn3103]

Wow! Incredible! I wish I had a full, ringing Eb like that when I was your age! And, your trill! You have a lovely instrument, and your voice teacher has taught you well! It looked like you were having fun up there too! Lovely! Brava!

[@christinedaae1986]

Thank you!!! This was years ago, but still a good memory. I finally uploaded again after five years, so feel free to check that out. :)

[@shiahnn9]

This is absolutely stunning! I searched for this song because as a kid I heard it in the background of a scene in An American Tale. A distant memory from my childhood. I always loved the melody and the ladies voice. A friend told me the name after I recited what I could remember. I digress; I heard this and was not only mesmerised but nearly in tears. and it takes a lot for me to well up. stunning and beautiful. Thankyou

[@kimberlyerin2122]

Wow, that Eb was lovely- good work! I'm working on this piece now and I really enjoyed your version.

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

Brilliant. What a voice !

[@crazystarwarsguy1006]

and being a beauty is the icing on the cake.

[@mudscosplays]

this was beautiful!! i love your vibrato!

[@kristinantonelle4199]

I usually don't leave comments on videos, but my goodness I just had to let you know how wonderful it was listening to you sing! I am truly astounded that a voice such as that came from someone so young! With continued training I can easily see you excelling and having a place on the big stages. I am 26 and just about to attempt this song with my voice teacher and cannot wait to sing it after listening to your rendition. Keep up the wonderful work!!

[@christinedaae1986]

Your comment was so kind. It made my whole day. Thank you and good luck to you with your singing!😊

[@janayemasters184]

That was so amazing !!!!!!

[@madelinebeatlesgirl]

I love your acting and your voice! I've just discovered this song and yours is my favorite video on KZbin. The ending note is amazing! Keep doing what you're doing! :)

[@Lili-ob2cp]

I performed the part of Mabel in my school's production of the Pirates of Penzance, and I thought i had watched all the videos of others' performances and renditions of this piece so as to cultivate and improve upon my performance and make it seem inspired and powerful, but i was not impressed with anyone's performance but Linda Ronstadt's. But i just discovered yours, and oh my god, you have one of the largest ranges i have ever seen, and your vibrato is incredibly beautiful. And those trills at the end are extremely challenging, but you nailed them. And that high note at the end, i had to work for months to be able to rest on that note for half the time that you did. Truly incredible performance!!

[@christinedaae1986]

Lucky, I wish my school would do Pirates. I bet you were wonderful as Mabel!😊 And thank you.

[@juneyerr9317]

Christine Daaé My school just finished doing Pirates last night was closing night

[@christinedaae1986]

Diego Olivera Congratulations! How was it?

[@juneyerr9317]

It was a really good show I loved it I saw it twice...opening night and the night before closing night

[@bernardmcmahon5377]

Very nice, excellent presentation thanks, you have that ‘extra’ thing. Salford uk

[@christinedaae1986]

Thanks! This video is very old (I was in high school), but I am so glad people still like it. :)

[@Sianothis]

So good! I'm training to be an opera singer, and I would seriously give anything to sing like you!

[@christinedaae1986]

Zolapolabear Thank you! You're very sweet.

[@edcew8236]

Have listened to four other renditions on youtube, this is the first one sung by somebody proper training. (Linda didn't make the cut...) Very nice, indeed! Especially like the vowels!

[@christinedaae1986]

I was very young, maybe 15 when I did this. It makes me so happy that years later, people still enjoy it! Have a good one. Feel free to stay tuned for my future singing videos featuring my adult voice.😆It's just hard to post as regularly now because I work full time and am always exhausted. But I will try. :)

[@shiahnn9]

Beautiful.

[@scifigeek14]

Great job on those trills !

[@christinedaae1986]

To any and all who are interested, I have some videos up of me as Sally Bowles in my high school's production of "Cabaret"!

[@americansweetheart5281]

great job! and your acting towards the end is super cute!

[@thequestforpositivity]

Beautiful!!

[@avastewart3054]

Oh my you sing amazing. I'm currently in the Pirates of penzance as Mabel and I just hope I'll do half as good as you did.

[@christinedaae1986]

Thank you so much!😊 You'll do great!

[@CakeKitty135]

OMG I RECOGNIZE THAT DRESS!! My sister's treble choir has to wear it at concerts, and everyone complains that it feels like a trash bag lol. Still very pretty though!

[@FRANKTHRING1]

Well done from Hungary !!

[@christinedaae1986]

Thank you! This was several years ago. I am actually in college now! I have had zero time for making videos in my first two years, but hopefully, this summer and my junior and senior years will be easier. I miss making my KZbin videos. :)

[@ayli2843]

Awesome!!

[@iamerikr]

Christine - that was amazing, especially considering the circumstances you described. Carly - you need to post a video of you singing the song and then we'll see if you should qualify to critique so harshly.

[@christinedaae1986]

Thank you sincerely for your kind comments! If you're interested, I have some videos of my school's production of "Cabaret" up on my channel. It was such a fun show!

[@trevorduck8597]

exceptional x

[@cerianbaulch303]

ur amazing!!

[@philmcdonald4778]

Who just wouldn't love that ?

[@ElianaYeager]

Great sound! Your high notes sound great, what mic did you use for the recording?

[@robiwilson7280]

WOW amazing

[@sharenconley1223]

Brava!!!

[@ChezFeroce]

Brava!

[@emilyclements5810]

Excellent work! Love it I'm just learning this pieve now after performing glitter and be gay from Candide. Very good. I would work on more breath support so you don't take so many breaths between lines :) but other then that good! Good luck with the rest of your studies

[@meslongscheveux8460]

Beautiful! Are you in university?

[@christinedaae1986]

No, not yet. I'm a high school senior. And thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.😊

[@meslongscheveux8460]

+Christine Daaé I was looking up different versions because it's what I'm singing with my teacher right now 😃

[@christinedaae1986]

+Nelle Biremandie Thank you for listening to mine. I bet you sound lovely on the song.😊

[@yannaleyva4554]

Are you in highschool or not?

[@christinedaae1986]

+Faith Robinson Yes, I am. And Happy New Year! :)

[@yannaleyva4554]

+Christine Daaé Wow! How long have you been having lessons? Your voice is amazing for highschool age

[@christinedaae1986]

Faith Robinson Oh, wow. Thanks. I have been taking lessons for nigh on five years now.

[@yannaleyva4554]

+Christine Daaé How long did it take you to get strong of a head voice and that finesse on your soprano notes? I heard it takes a LONG time, but you obviously have done it. You should definitely think about music schools if you're interested; I'm sure you'd get all the financial aid packages you'd want!

[@christinedaae1986]

Faith Robinson That's very good of you, but UI still have to work on it. But what helps is that when I do my vocal warmups, I go as high as I can and I do several exercises in the top of my voice. It helps to get you comfortable up there and once you have strengthened it and feel solid, maybe you can go even higher! :) Just be careful and don't hurt yourself. I hope this was of some service.

[@davidwinet5607]

Great voice. Piano too loud though.

[@christinedaae1986]

Thanks! Hard to believe this was 10 years ago for me😅

[@Malignus68]

That's not how "poor" is pronounced. The song is not "Pour Wandering One."

[@christinedaae1986]

It's meant to be sung with a Cornish accent, that's why it sounds funny.

[@marieshenk1091]

J L N both of those words are pronounced the same way

[@Malignus68]

@@marieshenk1091 Wrong. Look it up. Apology accepted.

[@marieshenk1091]

J L N i don’t have to look it up lmao as a native english speaker i can 100% garuntee you they are pronounced the exact same. it might be different depending on where you are from, but they are pronounced the same in my region.

[@Malignus68]

@@marieshenk1091 They may be MISpronounced the same in your region, but that doesn't mean it's correct. Make any excuse you want but in the end, dictionaries are correct and you are not.

[@voiceofwisdom1]

Fine voice and musicianship, but you should pay a little attention to the floor of your mouth and the back of your tongue which sounds a little too tight, not least in your speaking voice

[@christinedaae1986]

Thanks for the input! This was only my sophomore year of high school, and tension was a HUGE issue for me back then. I have an anxiety disorder and get worked up really easily. I am in college now, and things are obviously much better. :P Thank you again and have a nice day!

[@voiceofwisdom1]

I look forward to following your further development here. Your middle voice suggests that you are not really a coloratura, but a lyric with a flexible top :-)

[@carlykucharek2802]

This is such a wonderful piece. The opera is set on the coast of Cornwall which is in the UK. You sound to American when you sing this. I would work on lengthening your vowels to first off, help with all your pieces and sound less American, and second to really get a rounded rich sound. On the first round of "Ah"s, you seem to attack the high notes. It is suppose to be very light and free. Try lifting the soft pallet more and imagine the sound coming from your forehead and not your mouth. During the staccato part, the grace notes you added in are lovely but make your intonation go right out the window. Tr losing the grace notes all together. In the original score there are none and it sounds better that way. Your trill was on the wrong notes. Either that or you were royally flat. If you were planning to go all the way up to the E, you should have done the cadenza. Making that big of a jump did not sound good. Also, when attempting that high note you have to think big full rich sound. You were very breathy and strident and it sounded like you were trying way to hard. All and all it was a nice performance but you lack basic training and technique when singing an aria. To strident and American sounding. Try choosing lower key pieces. You have a beautiful middle range. But your top half is not quite there. It is a hard piece for a high school so good on you for trying.

[@christinedaae1986]

I lack "basic training?" Maybe this was not my best performance, but you have no idea what you are talking about. I have been studying for years and I do too have the range to sing this. I was so nervous that I was shaking because the room was packed with people, most of whom I did not know. My upper range is actually just as strong as my lower range and I can go all the way up to a F#6 with ease. I have perfect pitch, too. My voice teacher, who is an opera singer, told me I do. Yes, I know that "Pirates" is set in England. I really love it and I've seen it twice. I can speak in an English accent so well that I can convince people that I am English. Again, I was really nervous and my performance is NOTHING to what it could have been. My nervousness used to be crippling sometimes, but I have gotten over that now and the only nervousness I feel is the desire to perform well and excitement, of course. At the time, I was also singing the Jewel Song from the opera "Faust" and my voice teacher knows I am ready to sing this stuff. I appreciate the constructive criticism that you tried to give me at first, but when you told me that I lacked training, I checked out. I really do appreciate constructive criticism, but I do not appreciate being told things that are not true. If you are also a singer, I would be more than happy to talk music sometime and I would love to hear you. But if you respond to this telling me yet again that I lack training, you are not only insulting me, you are insulting my teacher. She knows what she is doing. Again, thank you for the constructive criticism, and I hope you sleep well (it is getting late).

[@fabulousemily2951]

Wow. Seriously I think she sounded lovely , if you think you have the right to say this stuff I would like to see you do this song. We just put of this musical at my school so I know how the music should sound and it sounded perfectly fine.

[@christinedaae1986]

fabulous emily Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@stefanymena6284]

Although I agree that there were a few intonation issues I have to disagree on your comment about her tone: we seem to want to sound like 30 year olds as far color go because that is what "operatic" sound demands. But young singers will not be able to produce such a sound in a healthy way... If she's advised to producer bigger darker sounds at this age she will end up manufacturing them and potentially hurting her voice. Even mature high sopranos have very lyric light voices, let alone very young ones. She has a great foundation of technique a nice middle voice. Congratulation!

[@jenelb3016]

Carly Guzman, you come off as very judgmental and i hope you realize your advice is very off base. I think this young lady is very talented. your criticism is hardly constructive and comes off as snobbish.