There is a guy called Paul Potts. He won Britian's got talent. Look him up on Youtube. He'll make your hair stand up...GUARENTEED!!

There is a guy called Paul Potts. He won Britian's got talent. Look him up on Youtube. He'll make your hair stand up...GUARENTEED!!


yeah, he's amazing. isn't he a phone salesman, or something?
pavarotti left us (RIP).....and now this guy appears.
hmmmm.....life's strange, huh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oxTy7KIAaA&mode=related&search=

*sniff*

*Sunny handing out the tissues at the tuck shop.*

I saw him on TV - he is very moving.

To my mind "Nessun Dorma" is one of the great pieces from opera - he sings it well.

"Nessun dorma" is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot. The aria, whose title translates from Italian as "No one will sleep", follows the proclamation by the Princess Turandot that no one shall sleep: They shall all spend the night attempting to find out the name of the unknown prince, Calàf, who has set the challenge that if his name cannot be found out, the cold Princess Turandot will marry him. Calàf sings, indicating his certainty that their efforts to discover his name will be in vain.


It was the signature song (or rather the signature aria) of the late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Nessun dorma was the song he sang in his final performance, the finale of the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.

After the largest curtain ever built was opened to reveal him on the stage, Pavarotti, wearing a black cape embroidered with silver Olympic rings, ended the ceremony by singing Nessun dorma, which ends with the victorious line "At dawn, I shall win!"

His performance caused NBC Olympic commentator Brian Williams to proclaim "And the master brings the house down." The tenor's performance received the longest and loudest ovation of the evening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessun_dorma

The Prince:
No one shall sleep! ... No one shall sleep!
Even you, O Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know ...
No! ... No!... On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine! ...

The Chorus of women:
No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.

The Prince:
Vanish, O night! Set, stars! Set, stars!
At dawn, I will win!
I will win! I will win!


*sniff*

Listen to Pavarotti sing the same piece. He does a longer version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTBml4oOZ8&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oxTy7KIAaA&mode=related&search=
*sniff*
*Sunny handing out the tissues at the tuck shop.*
I saw him on TV - he is very moving.

you can feel it but opera isnt my forte...I saw the "3 mo tenors" live, admire the accomplishments of marian anderson, leotyne price, jessye norman, kathleen battle...el divo and their youth appeal is worth mentioning also...but it isnt me and that's fine.

this wintley phipps guy is amazing and he's caribbean too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMF_24cQqT0

WOW this guy is awesome!!!!!!!!
:heartbeat :heartbeat *Proud can't stop sniffing* and I don't like OPERA...

Listen to Pavarotti sing the same piece. He does a longer version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdTBml4oOZ8&mode=related&search=

ok well that's the opera I really don't like ...
Paul have it going on .....

........this wintley phipps guy is amazing and he's caribbean too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMF_24cQqT0

Good stuff! I have never heard it sung as well before. I liked the history behind it too.

ok well that's the opera I really don't like ...
Paul have it going on .....

Well, I an not a big fan of Opera myself. But there are some bits and pieces, here and there, that I enjoy.

Paul Potts is amazing...I downloaded some of his songs from iTunes just this morning. Wintley Phipps has a wonderful voice! He is also on iTunes.