Lara Fabian ‘Caruso’ Opera Singer First EVER Reaction

Grammy-nominated opera singer William hears Lara for the very time in a classic Italian song he knows well.

WILLIAM MORRIS
Grammy-nominated Voice Coach for classical, crossover, pop, folk & all genres. Multi-linguist. Pianist. Performance Coach. Stage Director.

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[nadiap.]

Lara’s version of Caruso is my favorite, she’s simply divine ❤

[nedthumberland]

I love her so much..the way she tells the story of the song.
And her humility....to give the pianist the credit he

Love her soooo soooo much.

[jesuanmartinparodi]

lara me emociona. nunca escuché y vi a alguien cantar e interpretar así. es increible

[alexandermadrigal]

Exelente reaccion!Saludos desde Costa Rica!Hermosa cancion e interpretación increíble de Lara Fabían, la mejor cantante e interprete del mundo!Por favor reaccíone a Adagio, Je suis malade, You're not from here, To love again, Perdere L'amore, Love by Grace!Gracías!

[lindabull]

Hello William, I hope you are feeling a little better after Dimash video? I could have cried for you♡♡
I have been listening to Lara for over 25 years now, living in France 🇫🇷 10yrs ++ pre millennium! Gawd, I feel old.
She has always been supportive of up & coming stars which included Dimash. Mr Krutoy arranged the songs for her about 2000 for her album in Russia so a future relationship seemed inevitable with DQ. Lara wrote Adagio in 99 as you know successfully sung by Dimash.
I would like to put you in a pleasant place for you to listen to:-
Dimash 20191103 Moscow Igor birthday concert on ice. Ti amo Cosi sung by
DQ, Aida Garifullina & L.Fabian. I promise you will never let yourself fall down that low again.
After in your spare time, watch the whole concert, it is a real spectacular.
Please keep smiling, love watching videos with you.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💖🌹🌹

[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 4 languages fluently (french, italian, english, spanish), can speak a bit of sicilian, russian and dutch, and 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 thru her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years.
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.

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 (that she performed originally ; she also wrote some of these).
Out of my mind I can list:
○ Adagio,
○ Mademoiselle Hyde,
○ Know/Vocalise/Ascolta La voce
○ Love of tired swans
She also wrote the lyrics of his song « Your Love ».
And she covered « Love is like a dream » before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva).
They also performed Ti Amo Cosi together with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitriy Hvorostovsky and Alina Yaroyava then again later with Dmitriy and Sumi Jo, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida.
Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: I was told Lara did connect Igor to Dimash after his Adagio cover ; Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it.

Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs:
○ Floor Jansen (Adagio),
○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime),
○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie),
○ 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),
○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you),
○ Julie Anne san Jose (Broken Vow),
○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ 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),
○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow),
○ Amir (Je t’aime),
○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio),
○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade),
○ Forestella (Je suis Malade),
○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you)
○ ....

Today, she 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 started the europe tour late september and I attended a concert a few days later. She was again spectacular.

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

[onka]

Hi Lara"s "Je suis malade" from the 1999 Paris concert is a one in a lifetime performance. Together with "Adagio". She's a true 👸 👑.
I've just seen today a fancam from the Igor Krutoy's concert where she sang with Aida Garifulina and Dimash... he couldn't help protecting her with his hand. He was so happy a dream came true

[lavandeterre]

I love Lara's voice, to me she's the most beautiful female voice I've heard. And her emotional delivery is incredible!❤️

[ericsicard]

I loved your reaction and your comments.
It should be no surprise to you that Lara has been classically trained during 10 years at the Brussels Royal Conservatory and she still continues to receive classic vocal training lessons 2 hours a day.

She is a vocal queen, covering many genres, and known to have the most resonant voice in the world (hence her nickname The Ring).
But her emotions conveying skills and acting skills are really wthat set her apart from the other great vocalists. She sings in 12 languages and write songs in 4, speaks a few more, so I guess you were also on point on her intelligence 😅

I really encourage you dig down in her catalog and you should be more than pleasantly surprised.
I will post a separate comment with more details on her background, career and the influence she has on the new generation of vocalists

[pamscarr]

From the first time he heard her, she has made the heart of Dimash go pitter patter.

[ditemesh]

Lara Fabian wrote beautiful lyrics to Dimashs song “Your Love” which is amazing! ❤️

[dirkvoorspoels]

The beautiful strong velvet voice of Lara Fabian is on the best whit a piano or a guitar
Her performances can be called minimalistic. Fabian does not have backup dancers . She wears a strict dress code, light makeup, and a minimum number or usually no of pieces of jewelry, no flashy fingernails on stage. Her unique 4.1-octave voice (lyric soprano) is the only thing that the audience receives.

[PBWaWa]

She is the real beast live. Her performances from the same concert as this song are insane!

[JohnnyVegas]

Lara lives here in the province of Québec! I truly had the pleasure of meeting her in person before the pandemic! She's a remarkable and very kind person!

[petercutler]

It is easy to see why our boy Dimash holds Lara in such high regard. They both put their heart and soul into their performances. I don't think you have reacted to Dimash singing Adagio, and as expected Dimash does it justice, but I feel Dimash would be the first to praise Lara in her rendition.
Reggards Peter.

[roimerlopez]

Thank you William for follow my suggestion and FINALLY meet the incomparable, the Dimash's idol, the unique, The Goddess Lara Fabian!!....I know I sent you like 100 messages for this, Lol, but she deserves to be analyzed by an expert like you...She is wonderful!!

[OAA]

Lara's voice is amazing. My favorite song is "Je suis malade" his interpretation of such a hard song is sublime.
Dimash has always been a big fan of Lara so when he sang "Ti amo cosi" with her it was like a dream for him.
By the way today you did not put subtitles

[billbrown]

William Dimash and Laura sing together Ti amo cosi along with Aida Garifullina. At a big convert for Igor. WOW.

[amorea]

Listen her sing with Dimash in Ti amo cosi

[davidscroggins]

Thank you for reacting to the most Exquisite female voice on planet earth, Lara Fabian. More please. Until next time, stay well