Mike & Ginger React to AMIRA WILLIGHAGEN - Flower Duet

Mike and Ginger get blown away by Amira Willighagen's performance of the Flower Duet, live in 2017.
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[@tomten8663]

Amira is a STUNNING, UNIQUE SINGER and PERSON. MY GOD she's AWESOOOME. Can you imagine she'd even taking it higher with her AMAZING GRACE performance at the Classics is Groot Concert. Also her O Solo Mio duet with Patrizio Buanne is totally JAW DROPPING. I,m so happy she's on this earth with us.

[@lovelytunes4me]

Both ladies were outstanding. Amira began so young at nine years old that it has been a joyful journey to watch her grow and perfect her amazing talent. My takeaway from this perfornance is that both ladies are top notch talents and professionals.

[@morrisp.5583]

So happy you have discovered Amira. She was 13 here (16 now) with her voice really maturing. Her stunning gowns by " Bedazzled " in SA. She sang ' Nessun Dorma ' the same evening and it is incredible ! It's been said she owns the female rendition of that classic as Pavarotti does the male version. No argument here. Her ' O Mio Babbino Caro ' on stage with world famous conductor Andre Rieu performed in front of 15,000 (to a standing ovation) at a mere 10 years of age considered by many a historic performance. Over 44 million views trending a million views a month. Amira's ' Amazing Grace ' (at 13) and ' Sound of Music Medley ' (15) also worth a look. Incredible stuff. She is an absolute treasure. Enjoy. Cheers !

[@josephhuskins2029]

Amira is enchanting/ her voice can put a spell on you like no other. There is a lot more just as fabulous. Enjoy your journey. Nessim Dorma. Amazing Grace, O Sole Mio, Gabriella's Song. Ave Maria and many more comforting songs to take the worry away.

[@davemellet6878]

also, I admire the lady with her whose name is Corlea Botha, who is one of South Africa's top opera singers and has been helping Amira with some coaching in 0pera techniques. A lady with a great talent and a big heart.

[@garyguyton7373]

I would really like to know if Corlea is a natural mezzo or a true soprano. I've searched and don't find anything that tells me. That she doesn't seem to have a wiki page is unfathomable. Why Not? She certainly deserves one!

[@jorgechavesfilho]

@@garyguyton7373 Corlea is a great mezzo. She already did a duet with Amira at the end of Onse Vader, in Afrikaans Is Groot 2016, when they sang along with Riana, Jannie, Dozi, Dewald and Leah.

[@garyguyton7373]

@@jorgechavesfilho Thanks!

[@pannemanbroeker6822]

This young girl is amazing .

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

Amira is out of this world fantastic. Grabbing the towel for the tears. Great reaction. You should do though her tryout of O Mio Babbino Caro and then the Andre Reiu

[@robwuck7782]

Very nice to see your reaction. I am a big fan of Amira. Listen to Amazing Grace or Nessun Dorma or Your love. Thank you!

[@jonnykitka]

Also yet another talent from the Netherlands 🤘❤️

[@bazkeen]

That was beautiful. She certainly is talented

[@michiakiuematsu1385]

she is incredible... An angel on Earth. Amira is unbelievably talented, beautifully elegant and l love that you are moved by her pure voice as much as I am.

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

I left out earlier that Corlea has a beautiful voice as we'll. Also, this orchestra is fantastic. There is a piece labeled Amira and Friends singing My Way. You will see all the artist singing in there style as a finale to this show. I am from the states. But from what I see is almost all the best talents including Amira, the other singers, choir, dancers, and the orchestra are all in South Africa. I know as I purchased all these shows on DVD from Amira's charity. Biggest part every one involved have so much energy

[@BROODLORDDAD]

Go back and watch Amira sing O Mio Babbino Caro on Holland's got talent 2013.

[@PittDaddy]

I remember that commercial! It is such a beautiful work of music. I know it's been used in dozens of other places as well.

[@B00NER]

So glad you guys reacted to this...LOVE your reaction!! She sings "Gabriella's Song", she is a little older and it is fabulous!! :)

[@dafyddllewellyn6636]

This piece is from the opera "Lakme" by Leo Delibes, and it is sung in French. Here are the lyrics: Sous le dôme épais Où le blanc jasmin À la rose s’assemble Sur la rive en fleurs, Riant au matin Viens, descendons ensemble. Doucement glissons de son flot charmant Suivons le courant fuyant Dans l’onde frémissante D’une main nonchalante Viens, gagnons le bord, Où la source dort et L’oiseau, l’oiseau chante. Sous le dôme épais Où le blanc jasmin, Ah! descendons Ensemble! Sous le dôme épais Où le blanc jasmin À la rose s’assemble Sur la rive en fleurs, Riant au matin Viens, descendons ensemble. Doucement glissons de son flot charmant Suivons le courant fuyant Dans l’onde frémissante D’une main nonchalante Viens, gagnons le bord, Où la source dort et L’oiseau, l’oiseau chante. Sous le dôme épais Où le blanc jasmin, Ah! descendons Ensemble! The aria is slightly shortened in this performance. For reference compare with the performance by Elina Garanca and Anna Netrebko. BTW, the singers have to synchronise their vibrato to sing this. Think about that . . .

[@ReneeWardRealtor]

From the sameconcert she performed nessan dorma. Stage personality here is out of this world. So she is, out of this world 💛

[@johnoleniacz7743]

She is an angel sent from heaven .

[@johnoleniacz7743]

Oh Babio Caro Amira 's first performance with Andre Rieu .I think she was five watch her eyes when she sings . Amazing singer ❤ I'm a fan.

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

It's O Mio Babbino Caro and she was 10 years old with Andre Rieu . But, yes a fantastic performance

[@davemellet6878]

To get a proper perspective of her growing talent, you would to listen to her audition in 2013 in Hollands got talent when she was 9 years old. There is a video with english sub titles. She almost blew the judges out of their seat, as well as the audience.would love to hear your reaction to that.

[@pieteruys8961]

She stays in the same town as I stayed in South Africa. Potchefstroom

[@joepollard9476]

Mike & Ginger. You might like some of her biographical videos, particularly those of her work and singing in South Africa. She is fluent in Afrikaans and some of her Christmas concerts in Holland include Afrikaans, including Onse Vader (Our Father) and Jerusalem.

[@julius670]

Hey👋 did you know that she learned singing opera from You Tube, as she was 7/8 years old🥳🤗 Good is’nt it?? Love from Norway🇳🇴

[@sylsalmon4649]

So so beautiful 😍💖

[@martamccool2740]

Grandioso, magnifico, exquisito!

[@joepollard9476]

Mike and Ginger. You might enjoy O Sole Mio (E di Capua) with Amira and Ben Heijnen, Amira's first public concert in the Netherlands when she was 12. This is quite amusing as they had a friendly competition to see who could hold the longest note!

[@warrengwonka2479]

This was having fun in an encore after a two day festival.

[@wimthuis4741]

I love that you like Amira, at her first audition she explained why she started with classical singing. Her brother played violin on "Kingsday" in their hometown Nijmegen and she would like to sing with him. She looked up on KZbin for different classical singers and learned singing by playing these videos time after time to learn how to sing. She had never a teacher till she won the competition. Here is a link I think you like, her first real performance at age 10 for a audience of 11000 people at the Vrijthof in Maastricht in the Netherlands with André Rieu - O Mio Babbino Caro kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWqzgmqnhdCfq68 I hope you will also enjoy this one

[@MikeandGinger]

Thank you for that! - G

[@Lilygirl283]

Thanks guys, I really enjoyed that, and by the looks of your faces, you both did too..❤

[@davemellet6878]

I forgot to add, she actually builds the playgrounds through her organisation (Geluckskinders ) and they Are designed by her brother Fincent.

[@bertbaur9810]

Gelukskinders

[@JackPoynter]

Amira's partner in the duet is Corlea Botha, a South African singer, one of Amira's childhood favorites. This is another "Classics is Groot" performance, I think the first one after her family got to South Africa from Holland. The first thing Amira did, I am given to understand, was to get in touch with Ms. Botha, and ask her to sing with her. The first time I heard this, it really surprised me, since everything I'd heard her sing up to this point was solos. I had no idea she had progressed to the point of handling the coordination involved in this duet. Silly me, it looks to me like Amira can do anything she puts her mind to. She won a couple of cross-country races in Holland, I think one before and one after she started singing. She says she really enjoys athletics. She also said, when she was nine and just getting started, that if singing didn't work out for her, she'd like to work at McDonalds Hamburgers. I'm glad she tried singing first.

[@TheHappyCooker68]

The Flower Duet from the opera Lakme by Leo Delibes has been used by British Airways for their in-flight videos.

[@joseribamardasilva6873]

My God Amira is an angel from God she is simply fantastic wonderful

[@christomashofski9160]

It must be something in the water in the Netherlands. All the greatest female vocalists seem to be Dutch. ;)

[@byzinski]

...and the greatest males vocalists seem to be Italian (something in the spaghetti 🍝 sauce)

[@christomashofski9160]

@@byzinski LOL!

[@bertbaur9810]

No in the cheese and milk!

[@christomashofski9160]

@@bertbaur9810 I knew it had to be something!! LOL!

[@luigimanzoni2705]

@@bertbaur9810 No, Bert, it's the extra virgin olive oil.

[@drfanierudolph]

Hi you two thanks for stunning video on the Flower Duet. Another stunning duet is that of Corlea with Ruhan du Toit with Barcelona.

[@davidgoldstein1526]

Watch her duets with Patrizio. He is a fabulous singer and they are magnificent together.

[@lovelytunes4me]

Agree!

[@johnmiller6867]

Amira brings out the best in me, the peace in me. Both are perfectly matched.

[@DenizYalcin]

You've opened the gates of Valhalla by reacting to an opera piece :) I wasn't aware of your former reaction yet. Thanks for this one and to Snapdragon.

[@MikeandGinger]

I absolutely LOVE opera! - G

[@Susan-ge7mw]

Awsome stunning beautiful

[@martamccool2740]

Vale la pena vivir para escuchar esta maravillosa interpretación!

[@ubankebumen9035]

Tolonv terjemahan komentarnya ke bahasa Indonesia

[@morriswong4628]

As a baby boomer, never listened to opera until I Heard Amira, she is now on my playlist.. line Angelina jordan, a angel from heaven

[@warrengwonka2479]

The third triple A girl is her friend, Alma Deutscher. Composer, violinist with a ten million dollar loaner Stradivarius, pianist, and now conductress.

[@davidparrish2441]

it was awesome

[@MrHws5mp]

Girl's got a lovely voice! :-) Now my first brush with this tune was also via an advert, but in my case it's fine. British Airways used it over some gorgeous air-to-air footage of Concorde in one of their ads: no hard-sell, just creating a classy feel around the brand. Amazingly, it doesn't seem to be up on KZbin anywhere.

[@MikeandGinger]

Sounds much nicer than Ginger's story! :) -M

[@MrHws5mp]

@@MikeandGinger There was also a 'pop' version of the tune used for another BA advert where they had groups of people in red, white and blue clothes forming a giant face on the ground. That one IS on KZbin.

[@dafyddllewellyn6636]

@@MrHws5mp Watch the performance by Garanca and Netrebko. It starts with a recitative, as is normally sung in the opera.

[@michaelbarry8513]

For the opera fan....Caruso.....done recently impromptu in a music shop....wearing teenage attire

[@Lilygirl283]

Yes, i have seen that, Amira as always sang beautiful, she did it justice, and apparently she bought the artwork in the shop...

[@luigimanzoni2705]

@@Lilygirl283 I thought she bought a piano?

[@richdandanell2911]

If you guys really liked this . Check out Amira's duet of O SOLO MIO . I think it's even better then this one , if you can image that .

[@arnodobler1096]

Max Raabe and his Palast Orchestra german Band played in the Carnegie Hall NY Music of the 20´s

[@jimhaggard7436]

I first heard the Flower Duet Song in 1988 on tv. It was from Stephen King’s Women of Horror special.

[@Waku-Erauw]

Waku & Erauw - Heaven help us all 😊

[@wimg.2377]

Oh, Mike, Ginger, you did it again, but then, I expect nothing less from the most lovable reactions couple :). Amiras parents separated, not sure whether they are divorced yet, and they decided mom would move back to SA with the children (she is a SA citizen), to be closer to family and to make it easier for Amira to do concerts and performances. In the Netherlands labour laws are very strict, especially regarding minors, which means she could only do very, very few concerts/performances a year, and even then only during school holidays. The dresses are basically supplied by some gala dress company, just for the performances - I understand Amira would not be able to afford them otherwise :). And the dresses are only on loan for the performance .... Anyway, next would be Amazing Grace I guess - indicated where to find that in the previous Amira reaction :). Love, and warmest regards, Wim

[@MikeandGinger]

Thank you, Wim! We definitely appreciate you 🙏🏻 - G

[@JoseDthoppil]

🎉🎉

[@tjsherminator]

You should listen to Czarina Russell perform 'Now we are free' live with Hans Zimmer. You'll love it!

[@barrystott8593]

I love this young lady so much, have you heard of a singer called lena zavaroni ? Check lena out singing going nowhere. She is absolutely amazing.

[@user-ex6ng9bo1l]

Есть ангелы на земле и их голоса рядом

[@oliveirafilho3264]

Sensacional 🙏❤️

[@renavogel7114]

🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@outdoorolli5754]

Nice - but I defintely would recommend the version with Netrepko and Garanca.

[@RalphWigg1]

Try 'Nessun Dorma' from the same concert!

[@rasm327]

I love the work your are doing. And I would like to suggest you to react to Dimash Kudaibergen, who is one of the best singers, or at list versatile at this moment. If you have not reacted to him yet, try first to SOS.

[@warrengwonka2479]

She donates half her income. By the way, she just graduated high school as a valedictorian.

[@affectingmandela9839]

I think you guys would really like Devin Townsend, The Death of Music, Live at Royal Albert Hall. Just an absolute musical, vocal masterpiece, and completely different from nearly all his work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5-nl6SPobithNU Also, since in your Halloween episode you quoted Evil Dead, you should check out Devin's metal band, Strapping Young Lad and the official video for Love? You'll.....wait for it.....love it.

[@saku1832]

Nicole scherzinger and the song memory

[@albertolara4297]

React to El Perdón by Diana Navarro (Spain) ( Videoclip oficial). Thank you.

[@garyguyton7373]

Nope...Yer Michael! Dang it! Cain't get yer own name right?!?!?! Amira: What's not to love? She's lost a lot of the "Little Girl" vibe, but she's more than made up for it in her growth as a vocalist and performer. Just my $.02. I'm not surprised you knew this aria, it's just one of the most famous pieces out there. BTW, your on camera stage presence and chemistry is waay cool! I subscribed just because...of that.

[@MikeandGinger]

Thank you, Gary! And welcome 🙏🏻 - G

[@danutaprocajlo7996]

Po co i w jakim celu dopytujecie się opinii ludzi świata ogólnej muzyki, skoro znawcy ronią łzy wzruszenia z zachwytu.

[@isabelcardoso9710]

Carminho e Bárbara Bandeira

[@michaelshafer5192]

not bad for a self taught 13 year old

[@MikeandGinger]

Indeed! - G

[@pietjejantje4514]

Amira is _almost_ as cute as you, Ginger ;)

[@MikeandGinger]

Thank you, but she is totally cuter than me 😁 - G

[@pietjejantje4514]

@@MikeandGinger Yeah yeah, just tell lucky guy Mike that, for everyone's entertainment, we need to see photographic evidence of his goth period in the next video, or else it didn't happen.

[@rhmdutchman1550]

react to this song Amira Willighagen ~ Live in Concert ~ Amazing Grace kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYGtiIWBoLKjfq8

[@Nobilangelo]

Better than Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne.

[@garth56]

This isn't as good as really any good/great soprano.. Actually there is a young lady who's way better, she's all grown up now, but at thirteen way better. Patricia Janeckova Once upon a time :-)