Epic one man opera singer beautifully covers Handel's 'Messiah'
This opera singer only needs himself to sing the classic 'Messiah' by Handel in this amazing music video. Enjoy!
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One man trio beautifully sings Mozart's opera
Enjoy this amazing performance as one man sings 'Soave sia il vento' from Mozarts opera 'Cossi fan tutte'. Bravo!
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One man band sings Handel's 'Messiah' in this amazing video
Only one man sings Handel's 'Messiah' Part 25. So cool!
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One man opera singing quartet beautifully covers Handel's 'Messiah'
A one man quartet sings Handel's Messiah (Part 41: Let us break their bonds asunder) in his incredible opera voice. Enjoy!
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One-man opera singer covers Handel's 'Messiah' all by himself
A one-man quartet sings Handel's Messiah Part 44: Hallelujah. Enjoy!
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One man quartet opera singer covers Handel's 'Messiah'
Check it out as this one-man quartet beautifully covers Handel's Messiah Part 39. Enjoy!
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One man Messiah - His yoke is easy - Handel
One man sings Handel's Messiah part 21: His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light.
Lyrics:
His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.
(Matthew 11: 30)
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One man quartet magnificently covers classic opera tune
A one-man opera singer covers Handel's 'Messiah' Part 34 and 35. So awesome!
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One man vocal quartet performs classic Johannes Brahms song
Aaron Holmes performs this incredible one-man vocal quartet of Johannes Brahms' "Liebeslieder Waltzes". So cool!
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One-man quartet magnificently performs incredible opera movement
Brahms Liebeslieder seventh and eighth movements are covered by one man in this amazing clip. Enjoy!
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Watch this one-man opera quartet sing Handel's 'Messiah'
Only one talented singer is needed to cover Handel's Messiah in this epic music video. Enjoy!
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Opera singer performs incredible one-man quartet
This talented opera singer performs a one-man quartet of Handel's Messiah Part 53: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain. Enjoy!
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One man artist sings Handel's 'Messiah: Behold The Lamb Of God'
Check out this incredible one-man cover of 'Messiah: Behold The Lamb Of God' by Handel in this amazing video. Enjoy!
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One man Messiah - O death, where is thy sting? - But thanks be to God - Handel
One man sings Handel's Messiah part 49: Then shall be bought to pass, part 50: O death, where is thy sting? & part 51: But thanks be to God.
Lyrics:
Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
(I Corinthians 15: 54)
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
(I Corinthians 15: 55-56)
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
(I Corinthians 15: 57)
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One man opera singer incredibly covers six different parts
It only takes one man to sing all six parts of the sextet from Act 2 of Rossini's Opera La Cenerentola. How cool is that?!
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Bella siccome un angelo - Don Pasquale - Donizetti
Bella siccome un angelo from Don Pasquale by Donizetti.
Lyrics:
MALATESTA
Bella siccome un angelo
in terra pellegrino,
fresca siccome il giglio
che s'apre sul mattino,
occhio che parla e ride,
sguardo che i cor conquide,
chioma che vince l'ebano,
sorriso incantator.
DON PASQUALE
Sposa simile! Oh, giubilo!
Non cape in petto il cor.
MALATESTA
Alma innocente, ingenua,
che sè medesma ignora;
modestia impareggiabile,
bontà che v'innamora.
Ai miseri pietosa,
gentil, dolce, amorosa,
il cel l'ha fatta nascere
per far beato un cor.
DON PASQUALE
Oh giubilo! Famiglia?
MALATESTA
Agiata, onesta.
DON PASQUALE
Il nome?
MALATESTA
Malatesta.
DON PASQUALE
Sarà vostra parente?
MALATESTA
Alla lontana un po'... È mia sorella.
DON PASQUALE
Oh gioia!
English translation:
MALATESTA
Beautiful as an angel
in pilgrim land,
fresh as the lily
that opens in the morning,
eye that speaks and laughs,
look that the cores conquer,
crown that wins the ebony,
smile incantator.
DON PASQUALE
Similar bride! Oh, rejoicing!
Do not head in the chest.
MALATESTA
Alma innocent, naive,
that he himself ignores;
unparalleled modesty,
goodness that falls in love with you.
To the pitiful pitiful,
gentle, sweet, loving,
the cel gave birth to it
to make a heart happy.
DON PASQUALE
Oh jubilation! Family?
MALATESTA
Honest.
DON PASQUALE
The name?
MALATESTA
Malatesta.
DON PASQUALE
Will you be your relative?
MALATESTA
Far away a little ... It's my sister.
DON PASQUALE
Oh joy!
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One man Opera - Pearl Fishers duet - Bizet
One man sings the Pearl Fishers Duet 'Au fond du temple saint' by Bizet.
Lyrics:
NADIR
Au fond du temple saint
Paré de fleurs et d'or,
Une femme apparaît!
Je crois la voir encore!
ZURGA
Une femme apparaît!
Je crois la voir encore!
NADIR
La foule prosternée
La regarde, etonnée,
Et murmure tous bas:
Voyez, c'est la déesse!
Qui dans l'ombre se dresse
Et vers nous tend les bras!
ZURGA
Son voile se soulève!
Ô vision! ô rêve!
La foule est à genoux!
NADIR et ZURGA
Oui, c'est elle!
C'est la déesse plus charmante et plus belle!
Oui, c'est elle!
C'est la déesse qui descend parmi nous!
Son voile se soulève et la foule est à genoux!
NADIR
Mais à travers la foule
Elle s'ouvre un passage!
ZURGA
Son long voile déjà
Nous cache son visage!
NADIR
Mon regard, hélas!
La cherche en vain!
ZURGA
Elle fuit!
NADIR
Elle fuit!
Mais dans mon âme soudain
Quelle étrange ardeur s'allume!
ZURGA
Quel feu nouveau me consume!
NADIR
Ta main repousse ma main!
ZURGA
Ta main repousse ma main!
NADIR
De nos cœurs l'amour s'empare
Et nous change en ennemis!
ZURGA
Non, que rien ne nous sépare!
NADIR
Non, rien!
ZURGA et NADIR
Jurons de rester amis!
Oh oui, jurons de rester amis!
Oui, c'est elle! C'est la déesse!
En ce jour qui vient nous unir,
Et fidèle à ma promesse,
Comme un frère je veux te chérir!
C'est elle, c'est la déesse
Qui vient en ce jour nous unir!
Oui, partageons le même sort,
Soyons unis jusqu'à la mort!
English translation:
NADIR
At the back of the holy temple,
decorated with flowers and gold,
a woman appears...
I can still see her.
ZURGA
A woman appears...
I can still see her.
NADIR
The prostrate crowd
looks at her amazed
and murmurs under its breath:
look, this is the goddess
looming up out of the shadow
and holding out her arms to us.
ZURGA
Her veil parts slightly;
what a vision, what a dream!
The crowd is kneeling.
TOGETHER
Yes, it is she, it is the goddess,
more charming and more beautiful;
yes, it is she, it is the goddess,
who has come down among us.
Her veil has parted,
and the crowd is kneeling.
NADIR
But through the crowd
she makes her way.
ZURGA
Already, her long veil
hides her face from us.
NADIR
My eyes, alas, seek her in vain.
ZURGA
She flees!
NADIR
She flees!
But what is this strange flame
which is suddenly kindled within my soul!
ZURGA
What unknown fire is destroying me!
NADIR
Your hand pushes mine away.
ZURGA
Your hand pushes mine away.
NADIR
Love takes our hearts by storm
and turns us into enemies.
ZURGA
No, let nothing part us!
NADIR
No, nothing!
ZURGA
Let us swear to remain friends!
NADIR
Let us swear to remain friends!
TOGETHER
Oh yes! Let us swear to remain friends!
We have seen her, she is the Godness
who today led you to me,
and from now I'll keep you my promise,
close as brothers we shall be!
Great Godness, Heaven descended,
she today has led you to me!
Now we shall tread one single path,
never again to part till death!
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One man concert: Amazing Grace arranged Aaron Holmes
Amazing Grace Arranged by Aaron Holmes.
We need to understand that there's evil in the world
and it seems each day that more and more is unfurled
and when it comes to good we all fall short
now that is a challenging thought
but this doesn't mean all hope is gone
when Jesus died on the cross the battle was already won
and then he rose again and conquered death
so that we can one day have everlasting breath
we need to show love but in God's way
it doesn't matter what you think it doesn't matter what you say
we are all created equal the whole human race
and we can have hope because of God's amazing grace.
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Who is Silvia? - Let us garlands bring - Finzi
Who is Silvia? from Finzi's song cycle 'Let us garlands bring'.
Lyrics:
Who is Silvia? what is she,
That all our Swains commend her?
Holy, fair, and wise is she.
The heaven such grace did lend her,
That she might admired be.
Is she kind as she is fair?
For beauty lives with kindness:
Love doth to her eyes repair,
To help him of his blindness:
And being helped, inhabits there.
Then to Silvia, let us sing,
That Silvia is excelling;
She excels each mortal thing
Upon the dull earth dwelling.
To her let us garlands bring.
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One man Messiah - Surely he hath borne our griefs - Handel
One man sings Handel's Messiah part 24: Surely he hath borne our griefs.
Lyrics:
Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows!
He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
(Isaiah 53: 4-5)
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One man opera - Don Giovanni finale - Mozart
Don Giovanni Act 2 finale from Don Giovanni by Mozart.
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Die alten bösen Lieder - Dichterliebe - Robert Schumann
Die alten bösen Lieder from Schumann's song cycle 'Dichterliebe'.
Lyrics:
Die alten bösen Lieder
Die Träume schlimm und arg,
Die laßt uns jetzt begraben,
Holt einen großen Sarg.
Hinein leg ich gar Manches,
Doch sag ich noch nicht was;
Der Sarg muß sein noch größer
Wies Heidelberger Faß.
Und holt eine Totenbahre,
Von Brettern fest und dick:
Auch muß sie sein noch länger
Als wie zu Mainz die Brück.
Und holt mir auch zwölf Riesen,
Die müssen noch stärker sein
Als wie der heilige Christoph
Im Dom zu Köln am Rhein.
Die sollen den Sarg forttragen
Und senken ins Meer hinab,
Denn solchem großen Sarge
Gebührt ein großes Grab.
Wißt ihr, warum der Sarg wohl
So groß und schwer mag sein?
Ich legt auch meine Liebe
und meinen Schmerz hinein.
English translation:
The old songs filled with anger,
The bad dreams filled with woe,
Let’s bury them now – get hold of
A mighty coffin, ho!
Many the things I lay in it,
But what, I’ll tell to none;
The coffin must be still greater
Than Heidelberg’s great tun.
And bring a bier as sturdy,
Of planks hewn thick and strong;
It must be even longer
Than the bridge at Mainz is long.
And bring twelve giants also –
They must be brawnier
Than in his Rhine cathedral
Cologne’s St. Christopher.
Bear it out and sink it
Beneath the deepest wave, –
For such a mighty coffin
Befits a mighty grave.
Do you know why it’s so heavy,
So great and long and wide?
I put my love and sorrow
And all my pain inside.
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Judge sleeps his way to power - One Man Opera - Trial by Jury
One man sings 'All hail. great Judge' and 'When I, good friends, was called to the bar' from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera 'Trial by Jury'.
Lyrics:
USHER.
Silence in Court!
Silence in Court, and all attention lend.
Behold your Judge! In due submission bend!
CHORUS.
All hail, great Judge!
To your bright rays
We never grudge
Ecstatic praise.
All hail!
May each decree
As statute rank
And never be
Reversed in banc.
All hail!
JUDGE.
For these kind words accept my thanks, I pray.
A Breach of Promise we’ve to try to-day.
But firstly, if the time you’ll not begrudge,
I’ll tell you how I came to be a Judge.
CHORUS.
He’ll tell us how he came to be a Judge!
JUDGE.
Let me speak!
CHORUS.
Let him speak.
JUDGE.
Let me speak!
CHORUS.
Yes, let him speak, etc.
Hush! hush! He speaks.
USHER.
Silence in Court!
JUDGE.
When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
I’d an appetite fresh and hearty,
But I was, as many young barristers are,
An impecunious party.
I’d a swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue –
A brief which I bought of a booby –
A couple of shirts and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!
CHORUS.
He’d a couple of shirts and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!
JUDGE.
In Westminster Hall I danced a dance,
Like a semi-despondent fury;
For I thought I never should hit on a chance
Of addressing a British jury –
But I soon got tired of third-class journeys,
And dinners of bread and water;
So I fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
CHORUS.
So he fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
JUDGE.
The rich attorney, he jumped with joy,
And replied to my fond professions:
“You shall reap the reward of your pluck, my boy,
“At the Bailey and Middlesex Sessions.
“You’ll soon get used to her looks,” said he,
“And a very nice girl you’ll find her!
“She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”
CHORUS.
“She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”
JUDGE.
The rich attorney was good as his word;
The briefs came trooping gaily,
And every day my voice was heard
At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey.
All thieves who could my fees afford
Relied on my orations,
And many a burglar I’ve restored
To his friends and his relations.
CHORUS.
And many a burglar He's restored
To his friends and his relations.
JUDGE.
At length I became as rich as the Gurneys –
An incubus then I thought her,
So I threw over that rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
The rich attorney my character high
Tried vainly to disparage -
And now, if you please, I’m ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!
CHORUS.
And now if you please, He's ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!
JUDGE.
For now I’m a Judge!
CHORUS.
And a good Judge too!
JUDGE.
Yes, now I’m a Judge!
CHORUS.
And a good Judge too!
JUDGE.
Though all my law be fudge,
Yet I’ll never, never budge,
But I’ll live and die a Judge!
CHORUS.
And a good Judge too!
JUDGE.
It was managed by a job –
CHORUS.
And a good job too!
JUDGE.
It was managed by a job!
CHORUS.
And a good job too!
JUDGE.
It is patent to the mob,
That my being made a nob
Was effected by a job.
ALL.
And a good job too!
One man sings 'All hail. great Judge' and 'When I, good friends, was called to the bar' from Gilbert and Sullivan's opera 'Trial by Jury'.
Lyrics:
USHER.
Silence in Court!
Silence in Court, and all attention lend.
Behold your Judge! In due submission bend!
CHORUS.
All hail, great Judge!
To your bright rays
We never grudge
Ecstatic praise.
All hail!
May each decree
As statute rank
And never be
Reversed in banc.
All hail!
JUDGE.
For these kind words accept my thanks, I pray.
A Breach of Promise we’ve to try to-day.
But firstly, if the time you’ll not begrudge,
I’ll tell you how I came to be a Judge.
CHORUS.
He’ll tell us how he came to be a Judge!
JUDGE.
Let me speak!
CHORUS.
Let him speak.
JUDGE.
Let me speak!
CHORUS.
Yes, let him speak, etc.
Hush! hush! He speaks.
USHER.
Silence in Court!
JUDGE.
When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
I’d an appetite fresh and hearty,
But I was, as many young barristers are,
An impecunious party.
I’d a swallow-tail coat of a beautiful blue –
A brief which I bought of a booby –
A couple of shirts and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!
CHORUS.
He’d a couple of shirts and a collar or two,
And a ring that looked like a ruby!
JUDGE.
In Westminster Hall I danced a dance,
Like a semi-despondent fury;
For I thought I never should hit on a chance
Of addressing a British jury –
But I soon got tired of third-class journeys,
And dinners of bread and water;
So I fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
CHORUS.
So he fell in love with a rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
JUDGE.
The rich attorney, he jumped with joy,
And replied to my fond professions:
“You shall reap the reward of your pluck, my boy,
“At the Bailey and Middlesex Sessions.
“You’ll soon get used to her looks,” said he,
“And a very nice girl you’ll find her!
“She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”
CHORUS.
“She may very well pass for forty-three
In the dusk, with a light behind her!”
JUDGE.
The rich attorney was good as his word;
The briefs came trooping gaily,
And every day my voice was heard
At the Sessions or Ancient Bailey.
All thieves who could my fees afford
Relied on my orations,
And many a burglar I’ve restored
To his friends and his relations.
CHORUS.
And many a burglar He's restored
To his friends and his relations.
JUDGE.
At length I became as rich as the Gurneys –
An incubus then I thought her,
So I threw over that rich attorney’s
Elderly, ugly daughter.
The rich attorney my character high
Tried vainly to disparage -
And now, if you please, I’m ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!
CHORUS.
And now if you please, He's ready to try
This Breach of Promise of Marriage!
JUDGE.
For now I’m a Judge!
CHORUS.
And a good Judge too!
JUDGE.
Yes, now I’m a Judge!
CHORUS.
And a good Judge too!
JUDGE.
Though all my law be fudge,
Yet I’ll never, never budge,
But I’ll live and die a Judge!
CHORUS.
And a good Judge too!
JUDGE.
It was managed by a job –
CHORUS.
And a good job too!
JUDGE.
It was managed by a job!
CHORUS.
And a good job too!
JUDGE.
It is patent to the mob,
That my being made a nob
Was effected by a job.
ALL.
And a good job too!
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Deh, vieni alla finestra - Don Giovanni - Mozart
Deh, vieni alla finestra from Don Giovanni by Mozart.
Lyrics:
Deh, vieni alla finestra, o mio tesoro,
Deh, vieni a consolar il pianto mio.
Se neghi a me di dar qualche ristoro,
Davanti agli occhi tuoi morir vogl'io!
Tu ch'hai la bocca dolce più del miele,
Tu che il zucchero porti in mezzo al core!
Non esser, gioia mia, con me crudele!
Lasciati almen veder, mio bell'amore!
English translation:
Come to the window, my treasure,
come to console my lament.
If you deny me some relief,
I want to die before your eyes!
You whose mouth is sweeter than honey,
you whose heart cradles sweet desires!
Do not, my beloved, be cruel to me!
At least let me see you, my loved one!
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One man Messiah - Overture - Handel
One man sings Handel's Messiah part 1: Overture (a cappella)
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