She had about a week to learn this aria, that is bloody impressive!

@mabel8179

8 жыл бұрын

It was seriously impressive given that opera singers spend YEARS to get to even try to sing this!

This is a very very very hard aria. Massive respect to her.

Why oh why is it this girl is not making an album of opera? I want to buy one and I am sure I am not alone. Thumbs up for a Claire Richards opera album!

What I love most is that her high notes don't sound forced at all! They are effortless. It's such a shame she didn't pursue classical training. She could have had an opera career, even if it was just as a chorus member!

@yogajedi3337

4 жыл бұрын

We are happy she didn't pursue any operatic sleeping pill career. Singing in a simple choir, you must be kidding..

@ChristopherPettersen

4 жыл бұрын

@@yogajedi3337 Please, there's more room for opera singers in this world than as a fake million dollar career. I'm talking more at the amateur level, she could easily do chorus parts or small roles in amateur productions if she had the interest and went through a bit more training. Opera is for everyone and there are opportunities for everyone to get involved. Working her on some simpler arias, some easier mozart (Maybe Despinas arias, Cherubinos arias) and art songs, theres no limit to what she could do.

@yogajedi3337

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherPettersen An opera voice isn't something talented youngsters usually are interested in. It's an unnatural way of singing and the obscure repertoire has no relevance in contemporary contexts. Opera perhaps is a good choice for those who can't make it elsewhere. Simon Cowell called them big voices.

I'm impressed by her attempt. although not a trained operatic singer, I give her props for doing it well given her amount of practice.

@niahabeeb-ullah3218

8 жыл бұрын

agreed

I think it is exceptional to see this! to have a pop artist sing Opera is such a great idea..OMG I wish the US could have such an amazing show. It would weed out sooooooo many singers and leave the best! LMBO

A real singer can sing anything!!!👏👏👏👏 Claire’s voice is fantastic 😍😍💕

@yogajedi3337

4 жыл бұрын

That means few opera house singers are real singers with real talent..

@smileyraw

3 жыл бұрын

No dear lol doesn't work like that.

Even years later on and I am still listening to it !!

Claire is soo normal, shes an inspiration to alot of popstars :)

What Also is Commendable is Claire's work ethic. She really worked hard to get the sound she has.

A week to learn one of the hardest roles from Mozart. She did bloody marvellous. I know seasoned soprano's that will not take this on. Well done. Absolutely well done.

Who cares if the key was a little lower she did an exceptional job in a small space of time!! Well done Claire!!

Claire was hands down the best contestant of series 2 :)

@lexxit5860

Жыл бұрын

i agree, was totally robbed

@KayleighNatasha

6 ай бұрын

​@@lexxit5860She definitely was

Impressive... She never failed to amaze me. Thanks CLAIRE ❤️ You'll always be my fav one

Still one of the best moments of her career. 2020

her voice is like a nicole scherzinger voice, i think its good if they can battle with voice opera..i love both of them. they have amazing voice

Claire's performance 'blew me away' it was AWESOME, and wasn't it fabulous to see Alfie Boe there too... I adore Rolando he makes me laugh, but is was cracking of Alfie to step into the 'mentor's role whilst Rolando was singing in Italy... LOVED the whole series... :0)x

@goawayleavemealone2880

6 жыл бұрын

She did do an amazing job, especially since the timbre of her voice is a little too light for this aria, this is balanced out because her voice is so wonderfully full and rich, I think if she'd had more time she could have sung this aria in the correct key. I think she's only one key below the correct key here.

Considering the circumstances that was damned impressive - and it showed a huge amount of courage to even try it.

Forgot how much I enjoyed this programme. Would be fun to bring it back, we need something like this. So much better than The Masked Singer

some of these negative comments on her breathing and not in the right key etc lol - the key might have been lowered however, to do this aria and for someone who does not come from a classical background is really impressive. I thought Claire was amazing on popstar to operastar You can tell when she sings her own songs and in steps her technique has improved. She is very talented I have always admired her voice

Coming here to make sure I’m right about nitting 😭😭🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💙💙💙💙

THIS should have taken Claire to the final. No question. Hope she makes an album now!!

What a beautiful voice Clarie

It's transposed one step lower, but she did a great job if that's her first time singing opera!

@goawayleavemealone2880

6 жыл бұрын

I think if she'd had more than a week she could have done it in full voice, without belt, in the correct key.

I was searching steps songs and claire solo then I come up here.. I never been this happy seeing claire sung this difficult piece and she nailed it. :D

Still to this day I can’t believe she didn’t win this

bloody hell. she nailed it

i really love Claire even before, way back late 90's!

This arrangement transposed the aria by a whole step lower. In the original key, the highest note is F6. This version's highest note is E-flat6.

Unbelievable.Claire Richards.💯💯💯💫💫💞

That blew me away last night, fabulous!!!

I'm astonished she sang this piece and got knocked out. I suspect the viewing public had no idea how difficult that aria is. I bet she could easily pack many an Opera house and probably convert some of her fans to Opera lovers in the process. I think I heard that she is back in Steps again, so the opera will have to wait though !

shes sooo good

Fantastic !

Love Claire. Her voice is always amazing 🤩

Glad that she actually incorporated her skills into Steps

That was amazing Claire!!!!!!!!!!

Claire to WIN!. Thumbs up is u agree...x

Well done Claire!! Was singing along! I'm only 16 and can hit the high notes!!! :) YESSSS! :D

WOW, that is AMAZING!!!!!!

Incredible!!!

I would LOVE to hear her sing "Vedrai Carino" from Don Giovanni.

Awesome awesome awesome

So wonderful! Wish she could win! x

I Can't Imagine Lisa Scott-lee doing this! LOL! xD

@zakariashartley

3 жыл бұрын

She'd still be crying over being given that letter in then MEN

Terrific. The tempo is SLIGHTLY slow, but it's really amazing to learn this in one week.

Yeah, I agree with the others.......This is a very hard song to sing. Most will lower the key for their comfort.

@mariastrikwerda3074

10 жыл бұрын

Actually...the key is lowered. The original is in d-Minor/F-Major. She sings it in c-Minor/E-flat-Major. That is a whole tone down. But, still very impressive :-) Actually, in 'the old days' it was perfectly normal for singers to transpose things to a key more comfortable. Since recordings have become 'the standard' and people have access to 'how it ought to be sung' opera singers can't get away with transposing. Also the art of embellishment has suffered a great deal from recordings, cause people want it to sound the way they hear it at home on their cd...and not some variation on that...they would get all irritated. The great Joan Sutherland was probably one of the last (if not THE last) Queen of Nights to have the courage to transpose. She also sang this aria a whole tone down.

Great job!

Claire was a winner in my eyes

goosebumps every time :)

my god amazing

Love u Claire. Amazing voice 😘😘👏🏻

LOVED IT :) Bravo Claire :)

im feeling it, great attempt

Her teacher is Rolando Villazon!

@6735212

8 жыл бұрын

+Estefania D. amin to that :3

WOW

Amazing ❤

I seen it on TV since I'm studying in the High School.

I’ve just booked to see Steps. And I ended up here. Crikey.

Claire has always had an amazing voice, those hooks on Steps songs a really difficult too.

I think some of the song was left out because the passagio toward the end of the song would be way too difficult for an amateur to try. But still, this is a really good effort. If only she she were more experienced, I'd like to hear her try the high F's.

@seankennedy6147

10 жыл бұрын

The point of the show is teaching popstars to sing an Opera song in a week.

@bdman4645

4 жыл бұрын

She said on her first day of training that she had no musical background/ training and she’d been winging it all her career...... pretty good for that

Just one thing - it's Rolando Villazon and not Villzon as you wrote it twice in the description. I believe it was difficult enough for her, even here in the lower key, but I really expected worse. She did it pretty good as for a pop singer. Shame she didn't sing it to an end.

This is as everyone has said the most difficult aria for a soprano...Mozart certainly doesn't make it easy...But compared to Marcella's offering last year...this was in a different league...She sounded proffesional and like a trained singer...There were a few short falls...But OMG to do this in such little time is daunting...I agree with one other...Claire should go on and pursue classical trainning...It's such a waste if she doesn't

What!?!?! That. is. NICE!

yah agree!!!! claire is awesome!!!

yeah remember that she isn't professional, she had like a week to put this together where as professionals get like months

♥

I think this if fantastic claire

A Steps member, wow you go Claire!

Astounding giving the time she had to learn it. She'd have a good opera career with training!

Please can anyone tell me what was her highest note here in this performance

Not bad given the circumstances, of course there's lot that to be improved upon, but still impressive nonetheless!

you are right, the key is lowed

Not perfect but that's a bloody hard aria and for someone who's not a trained opera singer this is awesome. And a voice like that was wasted doing shit like 5, 6, 7, 8. O___O

How dare that person say claire was not good people would not vote her

@Avalonmusicpress If you are an amateur opera singer, it's best to sing this aria lower key down, until you practice it on higher notes, little by little.

it was a f6

No this is technically more difficult than casta diva it is all breath support. The most difficult aria ever is Cadro ma qual si Mira.

Thank you LaBartollilover..Casta Diva is very difficult.....But I agree....This is just silly....Mozart was having fun with the Soprano...The girl did good...

why are popstars singng only half of this song???:/

i watched this prog for the first time on the night that Claire sang this quite difficult aria to say that i was amazed that she did not go through is putting it mildly. even van gough with one bloody lug ,ole would have voted for her instead of that goddam awful dog Cheryl Baker whoes claim to fame is a tv commercial with the line "get on the blowa naa"

@FootlooseDiva It does sound pretty difficult especially when she does the really high notes....why did she lose?!?!

Alcune delle vere astrifiammanti della storia si rivoltano nella tomba! La fine dell’opera!

mes oreilles saignent ! au secours

The aria is difficult and this girl surely has some potential, I agree she should take classical training. Anyway, this is far from being the most difficult aria for a soprano. Casta Diva, for example, is way harder.

@TheUntamedVixen Me too :P

claire reach the highest notes

gosh, the breathing...

The notes are obviously lowered.

With a swine flu....i had 3 injections this week and i got the tammy fluuu

is Katherine Jenkins teaching her to sing opera.....?

@georgiosz.9493

8 жыл бұрын

She was problably good at the theoretical part of opera, but in practice.... I don't think so sorry. Sorry Kathy

@baritonebynight

8 жыл бұрын

I think one should have sung opera to teach others.......Jenkins has never sung in an opera in her life and her attempts at singing operatic arias have had mixed reviewed at best.

is alfie boe the man with hair on his face in the vidto ?

@jasonjoe4206

8 жыл бұрын

*video

@commentaccount9763

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is Alfie Boe.

She cannot sing like this I'm the final wtf fuck Claire got a stunning voice and pulls off opera the lungs on her

@Aero1000able i think lisa scott-lee could do this very well might not be as well as claire but she could do it so dont diss lisa

Has anyone else noticed this arrangement is several notes lower than in the original score?

sadly she sung only the first hald? but with the time she had it was so fucking impressive and amazin

She's a dramatic soprano, she's not a coloratura soprano. But she still dos it better than Marcella Detroit!

@detoditofree5454

7 жыл бұрын

Georgia Bowring1 yes, she's dramatic soprano

@snowwhitebeautyful

5 жыл бұрын

She's no soprano at all. This is a typical mezzo, proper soprano sings this almost 2 octaves higher.

@davidmuller9938

5 жыл бұрын

@@snowwhitebeautyful 2 octaves higher???? looooool. mezzo? :DDD loooool. you better look these terms up

@snowwhitebeautyful

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidmuller9938 i was refering to marcela detroit. She isn't even close to a soprano.

She does it well (just well), you rather buy some opera album made by professionals.

I prefer Diana Damrau version she has a higher and more controlled voice.

@georgiabowring1985

6 жыл бұрын

Cindy A Diana sang it too fast and messed the words up in a version I saw on here recently.

@snowwhitebeautyful

5 жыл бұрын

@@georgiabowring1985 diana is a coloratura soprano, and it has to be sung fast. That's tje right way. This is a cheap copy by some "pop soprano" who in fact isnt even a soprano.

@rosscaw82

3 жыл бұрын

The difference is Claire is not a trained opera singer like Diana think it’s a bit unreasonable trying to compare the two… Claire was amazing and to do this in a short amount of time is impressive. Claire only had like a week to prepare for this and yes the key was lower but so what? It was really impressive. This aria is really hard especially for an opera singer to do never mind a pop-star.

She tries, she does it well (but not fantastic) but in opera micros are not used.