CLASSICAL SOPRANO surprises audience with STAR TREK | Conductor Rainer Hersch

Spanish Soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal performs a hilarious STAR TREK warmup. Comedy and classical music LIVE. A Trekkie treat. Conductor Rainer Hersch.

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Thanks to all those people who have posted lyrics. Laura Ruhí Vidal either didn't know them or preferred not to sing them. They probably mean even less to a Spanish-speaker than they do if you are an English-speaking native. Anyway, for the record, they are:

Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star-flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.

According to the web: "Without Courage's knowledge, Gene Roddenberry, who created the original Star Trek TV series, wrote these lyrics to Courage's tune, not in the expectation that they would ever be performed but in order to claim a 50% share of the music's performance royalties. Although there was never any litigation, Courage later commented that he considered Roddenberry's conduct unethical. Roddenberry was quoted as responding, "Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I'm sure not gonna get it out of the profits of Star Trek." Well, he got that wrong.

ABOUT LAURA RUHÍ VIDAL
Soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal graduated from the Opera Masters at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama of London, after she completed her BMus (Hons) and being awarded an Artist Fellowship. She has sung opera roles such as Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor with Pop-Up Opera, Papagena in The Magic Flute with Mid Wales Opera, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera Project, Barena in Jenufa at the Longborough Opera Festival, etc. Besides, she also has sung in various concert venues (Barbican, St Martin in the Fields, Purcell Room), and festivals across the UK and Spain.

ABOUT RAINER HERSCH

[keltoi]

What an outstanding performance! I got goosebumps all over!
Red T is right: Nerd-Brain's and Music Brain's excitement at the same time. Even better than that star-Wars-Flashmob in Cologne, which was my :)
Thank you so much for your fabulous work!

[legionaireb]

I love that the orchestra plays the first three notes and you immediately hear about 5% of the audience understand exactly what's going to happen.

[CraigH]

That's an homage, not a parody. Live long, and prosper.

[jacquelinea]

The laughter was from instant recognition of that famous theme song...not because her singing it was a "joke." I smiled along with the audience. She did a fabulous job bringing that little soprano solo to life, again.

[deanscapolo]

That's NOT a parody, that's a bloody brilliant interpretation. A Parody makes fun of something.

[ChrisPage]

She's givin' it all she's got, Captain!

[tubularfrog]

Holy Moly! As a Star Trek fan that performance by Spanish Soprano Laura Ruhí Vidal was beyond Antares. Bravo!

[MissPickles]

Spot the Trekkies in the audience who go it from the first four notes (while the rest of them got it when she started to sing - bravo to her for her performance too!)

[huntonpeck]

All stand for the Trekkie national anthem.

[PrecogDE]

I'm a Trekkie for 45 years... Thanks so much for sharing this with us. Spock, Bones, Scotty and Gene would smile now while watching this. And look at her Vulcan greeting at 2:44. :)

[davegreenlaw]

She may not speak English, but we *ALL* understood her perfectly. No need for a universal translator for that iconic opening.

[moonbear]

I love how she did the Vulcan Salute at the end. I see some people here also noticed that. 🖖

[zenmama]

She's the real deal! OMG! This takes me back to my childhood and watching every episode. What an angelic ethereal voice. What a gift! My day is now complete. :)

[hjstd]

Dammit, Jim. I'm a soprano, not a doctor.

[MrUndersolo]

She boldly went where no one has gone before.

[ginamarie]

When they said Star Trek and classical soprano I knew it had to be from the old series. And yes, she did a brilliant job! Encore!

[radrickdavis]

Wow she nailed it. This song is so emblematic of not just Star Trek, but the entire television era of that time.

[InformationIsTheEdge]

I've heard those 4 chimes and 3 horn notes literally thousands of times. This version put a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat.

[sweetmantis]

No parody! She just preformed one of the most iconic Sci-fi television music pieces in history; and did it Beautifully I think.
She made the geek in me happy!
🖖🤓💖🎶

[todd]

I was expecting William Shatner come on stage and say: "Space....the final are the Voyages of the Starship Enterprise...."