Rachele Gilmore, Soprano - Olympia (Doll Song)

Rachele Gilmore with her performance of Olympia at the BSO during 2010 Artscape.

[@johnschmid2453]

When we did Hoffman at IO she sang Olympia, and i got to conduct her in rehs. First time she sang the high Ab in alt, I about flipped. Chorus Master-IO

[@Orholam5]

John Schmid you weren't expecting it :)?

[@yanglee508]

right technique and clear voice ! Only such people can sing well till the end of their life. I wish I could sing so beautifully like her!

[@jjh2456]

It's the intorpolation in the 2nd verse that gets me when she climbs that scale. Wonderful technique and beautiful voice.

[@duaneburnette1823]

I was there and it made my head spin ,it was awesome a once in a LIFETIME experience!

[@anthonyramirez7272]

I really like this performer. She has such a great voice. When she hit that Ab6... That was awesome

[@sagerainwillow]

The cutest part was watching the violinist in the back row. He couldn't keep his eyes off of her. He looked like he was crushing on her all through the performance.

[@theoldar]

+sagerainwillow Aren't we all?

[@cofkavos]

He looked like George Costanza

[@fooglefuss]

you can see him smile and shake his head when she hits the high note at 3:23

[@iarladonlon2826]

In all fairness... She's also very attractive 😍

[@markcraven8386]

@@iarladonlon2826 In even more fairness lets try to take in to account two factors, first the line of sight to the conductor and two who could take their eyes off her (even a professional with a job to do) for a nano-second. Surely after all the rehearsal time, he knows when the cute parts are coming up and when to concentrate on playing.Unlike, George Costanza. LOL

[@mahrisaryyeva3672]

that is real coloratura, so high and light, smooth. Thats was fantastic

[@JB-dn9wv]

Best version I've found so far...

[@duaneburnette1823]

Incredible voice I was there for this and consider myself lucky!

[@Sir.Larselot]

This is next to her Met-performance the most amazing Olympia. Everything is nearby an ideal, great singing. I think the 6 dislikes came from her fellow students which haven´t got Rachele´s gifted talent and they spend their frustration about cracked career-dreams to press the dislike-button.

[@IgnacioPuntin]

Jaw-dropping 😮 probably one of the best performances ever

[@youssefmeowkrem4194]

Unbelievable Performance 😻😻😻😻😻 Goosebumps from start to finish

[@mariomario-tq7mc]

What a voice! Can't stop listening to it...

[@duaneburnette1823]

Most in this audience had never heard an aria before any. This audience left the Meyerhoff with their mouths agape!

[@richardwebb2348]

how do you know that 'most in the audience had never heard the aria before? clairvoyance? interviews, survey?

[@NiniSingsACover]

A bird in the body of a human

[@Light-qi8ol]

It's like, her bloodline are evolving into demi-humans!

[@collapsed.6608]

Anibal lol

[@cloudymoonlight1019]

I KNOW RIGHT!!!!!

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

Well, Olympia is a robot pretending to be a coloratura imitating birds singing in a garden

[@flowersings]

Agreed, one should always strive for perfection in opera and continue to work on weaknesses and enhance strengths throughout his/her career. I believe that opera singers, even metropolitan opera singers should see a voice teacher throughout their career to ward off bad habits from forming and to perfect technique. A good opera singer never stops learning or perfecting......

[@michaelmiller1215]

Hail Freedom Agreed

[@jimbuxton2187]

Perfectly.... this is what I say so the time. As soon as they stop studying decline starts afterward.

[@AK-zg9qe]

Pure delight throughout the whole performance!

[@vincent-r5i]

ABSOLUTELY PHENOMINAL (musical too!) - beautiful.

[@silafuyang8675]

I found this yesterday and have watched all the performances on KZbin since then. Hers is the best one.

[@gabrielsgrovepottery]

I think I found my new favorite coloratura!

[@16LesMiserables]

that was stunning!

[@glgsgr1333]

My GOD what a voice!!!She's blessed by ANGELS!WONDERFULLLLL!!!!

[@Highinsight7]

gezzz... even her middle and low is just lovely... Ed Zambara use to say "high sopranos have to work mostly on thier middle voice... since that's where the tunes and words always are... IF that works well... with a proper, secure technique... everything else should fall in place..." he always had them work on a LOT of Hugo Wolff songs... Rachele certainly did the work... she sounds amazing!

[@davidklein1903]

She is superb!

[@ariatmafari311]

amazing voice.....i like it..

[@dependsonwhosasking]

My ears are blessed. I also love how the violinist sniffles as if to say "Of course she had to THAT too" right after she hits the Ab6.

[@alfashop9238]

Speecless........real angel voice

[@Emily967]

Just simply incredible 💥

[@akayann]

I'm just speechless ...wow, incredible!

[@NymphaNivis]

Really nice french prononciation :) and yes, singing too :D

[@cu1000]

Yes, she can!

[@fredycastropinzon7342]

Una gran voz súper aguda y muy bonito el timbre de su voz de las mejores versiones que e escuchado de esta aria

[@Ethericrose]

Simply beautiful!

[@bmpbtr2091]

Perfekt!!!!!!!!

[@TheContessa52]

This woman should be a major star by now - after her remarkable debut at The Met - where are the recordings? I want to see her star in a new production. That will bring me back into NYC

[@silafuyang8675]

That debut was stunning.

[@user-dw3th2ws3s]

❤Ракеле ...выдающаяся актриса оперного искусства .Брависсимо ооо.❤❤

[@gabbi9383]

belíssima!!

[@user-dq5sl8lp6l]

She was awesome

[@emtcowboy1968]

to infinity and beyond!! You tube search this... it will floor you! ( Rachele Gilmore - Met Debut - Olympia )

[@chrismostert4049]

Fantastic!

[@savezelda]

Pretty funny. I was laughing like crazy. Great voice; she's a comic-genius as well.

[@Bhatt_Hole]

Genius, huh?

[@zeynjenkins2073]

wow she's awesome...

[@elsaesteves]

FABULOUS 😮😮😮😮😮

[@Phil86vie]

3:23 😊

[@AaronAlterman]

She keeps going up!

[@zlata123123]

It's awesome😍

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

Incredible!

[@JYcoinspire]

Wow this is awesome, you're incredibly amazing! Amazing and beautiful tone, out-of-this-world control of vibrato and tone!!! WOW.

[@ste.b.7400]

Amazing

[@aliberrii]

wow, beautiful

[@cliffordcrimson7124]

1:59 I love how everyone takes the humor as intended, but as soon as Ms. Gilmore makes any noise the audience goes silent. Her talent is on par with Regula Muhlemann.

[@stokleyb]

She has amazing range. I love her voice and the high F# (G?) is effortless and stunning. Brava!!! I only wish the guy sitting in front could sit still - making this better listened to than watched. Also wish there were more of Rachele on KZbin. She had a lot that were made "private". Not a good way to promote a new talented coloratura IMHO.

[@Orholam5]

stokleyb it's actually an Ab6, though she also sang a G and F# here :)

[@tenor185]

middle C to Jupiter

[@marciastc1]

Incrível!!!!!!!!

[@markcraven8386]

Agreed this performance is absolutely amazing but what pleased me most was the sound quality of the video itself. I wish all my other favorites sounded like this. Most sound like the performer was in another room.

[@bulentkaya2357]

Perfect 👏❤️👏❤️👏❤️👏❤️👏

[@annagretajaramilloparra5021]

INCREÍBLE!!!! :))

[@hebelabasz6272]

Wow🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@nathaniageraldine5171]

what i wouldnt kill to hear her live :')

[@Bhatt_Hole]

Well, you can start with all the cockroaches in your bedroom.

[@user-ll2nf1xs8w]

Самая наилучшая кукла Олимпия всех времен и народов!!!!!

[@stephencassista]

3:23 always gets me

[@Marcelosopro]

Espetacular!!! Me apaixonei.Uma grandiosa voz.Parabens

[@steinbrugge]

Well, she's so funny, a great performace

[@jimbuxton2187]

Listen to how steady her sound is and how close the vibrato is.

[@jwkim0822]

She would make a fine Gilda, I think.

[@user-zk7dj4xt7u]

великолепно. в русском языке просто нет слов, чтобы выразить насколько ваше пение восхитительно

[@user-hi5gi2gt8b]

Ракеле Гилмор ! *Олимпия* 5':52"! Брависсимо !

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

mindblowingly

[@mka7741]

BRAWISSIMO !

[@Yarimaguerere]

Brava Rachele!!!!!!! Brava!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jasonmatthews534]

Pitch perfect in every way.

[@istoleolivia]

Holy crap. What's her range?

[@christopherpericolosi-king4979]

Infinity.

[@kevinpaje]

I can’t stop going back to Natalie Dessay slow-tempo Doll Song. It’s just so different and impeccable.

[@VitelliaMG]

Va por muy buen camino!

[@duaneburnette1823]

Bill Gilmore is our commissioner for the Arts in Baltimore Rachel is his niece .Do you think this family is committed to the ARTS?

[@liviblue_6298]

5:35 is glorious

[@busterbaxter7612]

Talent, talent, talent. Where did you find this girl?

[@dovran7390]

Невероятное исполнение

[@ritamartins_soprano]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@RolfHener]

Zum Ausklang des Tages, Rachele Gilmore singt die Olympia, aus Hoffmanns Erzählungen. Viel Spass!

[@mariabenke8674]

Schöne Stimme!

[@neilgillmore]

👌

[@daniel_5606]

u.u otra soprano ligera de coloratura, pense que solo Natalie Dessay había

[@vocexseta]

God, I wonder what it’s like to be able to sing that high. I’d be breaking everyone’s ears all the time. I have such a low voice so I can’t. :

[@EmyArt]

I wish I know what she is saying

[@TheMohan1986]

Highly unlikely, she's speaking in doll language 😂

[@User890-u6v]

3:20

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

Last two cents: OMG!

[@estmeta]

太厉害了！

[@altasavoia]

Toutes dans le vent et elle dans l'air des temps.

[@franciscolima5793]

👏👏👏👏👏🥰🥰🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@0Chelle0]

The one person that disliked this is a mute.

[@hackdotx4060]

she looks a lot like emilia clarke

[@xema2005]

shes just amazing here...not quite sure about her Lucia (not as high for her voice to shine as in this aria)

[@wontopJJ]

미쳤다 와😮

[@KingCorbinCosmos]

Can u break glass

[@Luij]

Is she snow white in the real life?, cuz I think that she might be

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

But thankfully she has the right stuff.

[@aeraxxis]

My own honest opinion......I kind of prefer this version vs when she was wearing that over the top costume

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

sismique atteint

[@MinecraftMartin]

Pretty good but she kept breaking and some dude had to reboot her in the middle of the song.

[@moonchildasmr1]

I know this is supposed to be comical but the song sounds sad at times. 😢😢😢

[@ciciudecicius5734]

not to speak of agility...