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[bonnetnoirparisien]

Best singer female in the word, best singer emotional in the world

[justingamble]

Wow. Thanks. I was soooo pisssed when I found Lara 2 years ago. How on earth could a talent this gargantuan have escaped me for 30 years. Lara is the best of the last 30 years. She is the original gangster, OG, the CEO, The holy trinity reports to the Queen, Lara, long may she reign. Thanks for the reaction. I can tell you are hooked now. Good luck.

[michaelsayed]

From a guy that listens to sepultura, lake of tears, and iron maiden, her voice is so angelic that she became my favorite singer of all time.

[Paul-ks]

Great reaction, She is off the charts. She is now my favorite female singer.

[ericsicard]

More information on Lara Fabian:

Lara is recognized as one of the best vocalist ever seen on earth and all professionals list her in the top vocalist tier with Barbra, Whitney, Mariah, Celine, Lisa Fischer, ....
In my personal opinion, she is even the best.

There are a few vocal characteristics that are her signature: her famous resonance for instance that allows her to sing acapella without mic in venues with 8, 000 attendees. Her nickname in the singing world is "the ring" due to this. I would also list her amazing phrasing, breath management and her pleasant tone even when belting in her upper register.

So she is one of the best vocalist ever, but on top of that, she adds a few things that make her an absolute package with no equivalence:

• she speaks 2 languages natively (french, italian), and 2 others fluently (english, spanish), can speak a bit of dutch (and sicilian), and understand quite well russian and portuguese. She has sung in 12 languages in total

• she is an amazing songwriter and wrote lyrics for most her songs, in the 4 languages she speaks fluently. She often co-composes the music with the composer.

• she acts and performs on stage as nobody else, she colors and reveals the meaning of every single word in the songs, and her ability to emote, to draw you in is second to none

• she is the sweetest soul on earth, very humble, down to earth and benevolent. She likes to meet others, and her fans are always pleasantly surprised when this happens.

A quick background on her and her career:

She is belgian, her father is flemish, but also has italian roots (her mother is from sicilia) and American roots ( her grandfather is from Detroit). She was raised in sicilia first then in Belgium so she speaks both french and italian as native languages.
She has been classically trained on vocal, piano and songs composition for 10 years ( from 8 to 18) in the Brussels Royal Conservatory.
She is still having vocal lessons and training several times a week today.

She started her career in Canada in the early 90s, more precisely in Quebec, the french-speaking part of Canada.
She now lives in Montreal and has also Canadian citizenship

She became very famous there and then conquered France in 1996/1997 (she topped charts there and some of her songs such as "Je t'aime" or "Tout" became classics of the french music).

In 2000, she was about to penetrate the US Market, with a lot of media initial interest. Her first english song (I will love again), a pop dance song, stayed number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for 58 weeks in a row and number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Her Album ("Lara Fabian") was about to become a massive hit, and the concert "From Lara With Love" was recorded to be broadcasted everywhere in the US.
This concert is legendary and the song you just reviewed is from this concert.

But a dispute with Sony on artistry directions, and the will from Celine Dion's staff to block her progress in the US, completely broke this plan.

She thus refocused back on Europe and made huge success there, extending her reach to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where she became an absolute superstar through her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years. She is absolutely massive in Russia for instance.
She is also a star in Brazil as her song "Love By Grace", used as the soundtrack for a very famous soap opera, topped the charts for months and become a recurrent in the local singing contests since then.

Many of her songs became classics and were covered by the other singing legends: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban, …

With her success in Europe, Brazil and part of Asia, she is the inspiration of the new generation of vocalists: most of them are coming from there.
Thru their covers of Lara Fabian songs, USA and many other countries are now rediscovering her.

She is Dimash's idol:
I’ve read somewhere that, when he was a child, he was listening her songs every night to get asleep.
He covered many of her songs, most of these were composed by Igor Krutoy and written by by Lara.
Out of my mind I can list:
○ Adagio (She wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Mademoiselle Hyde (she wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Love of Tired Swans (she wrote the song in French under the title "Je t'aime encore" and was the original performer of the french then the russian versions, Dimash covered the russian version)
○ Ascolta La Voce / Vocalize (this was a pure vocalization and she was the original performer, then lyrics were added for Dimash and it was rebranded as "Know")

She also wrote the lyrics of Dimash's song "Your Love".
And she covered "Love is like a dream" before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva).
Finally, they also performed "Ti Amo Cosi" together, in trio with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sumi Jo then again later with Dmitri and Alina Yarovaya, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida.

Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: Igor and Dimash connected after his Adagio cover, also endorsed by Lara.
Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it.

Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs, some have Lara as a role model and big inspiration:
○ Floor Jansen (Adagio),
○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime),
○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie, Ascolta la Voce),
○ Morissette Amon (Broken Vow),
○ Gabriel Henrique (Love by Grace),
○ Cakra Khan (Broken Vow),
○ Katrina Velarde (Broken Vow),
○ Regine Velasquez (Broken Vow),
○ Giulia Falcone (Adagio, Caruso, Je suis malade, Je t'aime),
○ Forestella (Je suis Malade),
○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow),
○ Julie Anne san Jose (Broken Vow),
○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow, Know),
○ Il Divo (Adagio)
○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you),
○ Sarah Geronimo (Broken Vow)
○ Laura Bretan ( Adagio, Caruso),
○ Jackie Evancho (Je t’aime, Caruso and Broken Vow, BV rewritten as « Imaginer » by Lara for Jackie),
○ Amir (Je t’aime),
○ Vitas (Adagio)
○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio),
○ Evgenia Fanfara (Adagio),
○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade),
○ Majda Roumi (Adagio),
○ Harrison Craig (Broken Vow),
○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you)
○ ....
NB: Lara did cover Caruso, Je suis malade, and Love by grace, these are not her originals, but I mention these here as the related artists were attracted to cover it again after listening to Lara’s version.


Today, Lara still has an amazing voice and tone and can still reach the 5th octave with resonance ; she still offers these emotive renditions that are her unique signature.
In June 2022, she kicked off a WW tour and stunned her fans once again with 5 magical concerts in Canada. She completed the europe part in September/October and I attended a concert from this tour. It was packed and she was again spectacular.

Sorry if I was long, but I hope this gives some context on Lara.

[MissV]

You MUST listen to Lara's "You're Not From Here." Absolutely mind-blowing. The best voice on the planet.

[rosemariediamond]

She is not a performer. She is an experience

[orrmeli]

Amazing reaction! Laura Fabian is amazing.

[jaimetodd]

Je Suis Malade is absolutely the the next one from the same concert.
Caruso and the Italian version of Adagio are amazing as well

[rudideghelt]

I speak French, same country of Lara. I believe that our little Friend Céline was a little Jaleous of Lara who was the new "Diva" in US. But if you want, try to see "Je suis Malade" ( same concert ), with english subtitle. You'll see why Celine was afraid :) :)

[ericsicard]

Adagio is an italian word, that means "Slowly".
This is also used in music to define the pace of a music (a bit slow, between lento and andante) and also as a name of a piece of a sonate, concerto or symphony that is using that specific pace.

The music from this song of Lara Fabian is a pop translation of an italian classic piece called "Albinoni's Adagio". It was written in 1958 by Remo Giazotto who was an admirer of Albinoni, a musician from the 17th/18th century. He claimed it was from him and give his music this name but there is consensus today that he most probably has composed it himself.

The classic music piece is globally famous and there were many different translations into different songs, with different music composition and different lyrics (Daniele Licari, Sarah Brightman and Sissel Kyrkjebo for instance).
But the most famous version, by far, is Lara’s version: it was translated into a pop song for her, she wrote lyrics in english and italian for it and is the original performer of this new version.
She kept the title Adagio and wrote a story with a double meaning: a woman that is awaiting to find her love / an artist that is awaiting the god of inspiration.

This song has become a classic and has been covered by many : Shirley Bassey (!!), Dimash (Lara is his absolute idol and he covered several of her songs), Floor Jansen, Polina Gagarina, Giulia Falcone, Laura Bretan, Il Divo, Rimar, Vitas, Anastasia Luna, Evgenia Fanfara, , …
They made great covers but none of these match the amazing storytelling performance of Lara, or her ability to use vocal subtleties to be in sync with the music, exposed in her live from the concert From Lara with Love.


Her italian version is also amazing.
You can check her recent rendition in Paris early october 2022

[timothyblack]

Lara, Is a worldwide Star ⭐️ that some how escaped the attention of the American Music Industry. Today 1/6/2024 she sings in 12 different languages & speaks 7. Born in Belgium, moved to Italy (Sicily), and now living in Quebec. Lara has gained Canadian Citizenship. She considers Italian her mother tongue. In an interview where she would go in & out various languages. To me I found that astounding, she went on a late night show. She was asked to sing something in all 12 languages in a relative short time. She did that like it was nothing. Across the pond she was on the “EuroPop Rock Chart”.

[yeshuabride-sherry]

FINALLY . . . so thrilled you finally reacted to her. She is without doubt EXCEPTIONAL! Thank you

[douglaspensack]

Has to be your biggest understatement: "we have a vocalist here". 😃

[ronaldpampanini]

My first time on your channel. I found Laura a year ago while I was viewing song reactions. I've listened to many of her songs mainly in French, but also in Italian, Spanish and English. I understand that she sings in 12 or 13 languages and speaks fluently in 4, French, Italian, Spanish, and English. She has an amazing voice and in my humble opinion, she is by far the best vocalist ever. I suggest you play Caruso, Broken Vow, Perdere L"Amore. She never made it big in the USA because of pressure from Celine Dion's management who felt threatened that she would surpass their artist.

[denshong]

This is what music should be. Great vocals, passionate lyrics and spectacular orchestral arrangement.

[fredericvieu]

Hello, merci beaucoup pour ton analyse, très bonne analyse.
Sache que lara fabian est l'idole de dimash et une inspiration à beaucoup d'artiste.
Elle est unique, elle chante avec son cœur et son âme, elle est toujours très expressive avec son corps et son visage.
Sache que lara a 52ans et elle chante encore et fais toujours des concerts.
Continue à réagir à ce même concert .
Écoute absolument la chansons, je suis malade, tu va être sous le choc de ca performance, les paroles de la chanson sont très dure et très émouvante et lara avec son expression corporelle rajoute de l'émotion, tu peu préparer une boîte de mouchoir .

[lutdesimpelaere]

Dimash, who is a huge fan of hers, sings a cover of this song. Also, Adagio in G minor is a classical piece, Lara wrote the lyrics. Her diction is a little like Celine Dion because just like Celine Lara is French speaking. She also lives in Canada but is originally from Belgium. “Je suis malade” is a must.

[LestestsdeNico]

In case you haven't found out yet where you heard this song before, it's called Adagio because Lara made this wondeful song based on the classical piece of Albinoni's Adagio

[michaellahoud]

Lara is The Queen of Resonance and vowel coordination. She is The Ring. The perfect singer.