Considering she's just ten, this is an amazing voice, but please keep it real. Compare her performance of "O mio Bambino caro" to that of a seasoned opera singer on a pure technical basis and its crap. And nobody in their right mind would expect it to be different. This takes years and years of training. Not just talent.

Just compare a seasoned opera singer like Angela Gheorghiu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9OTShQ_rc

or even the absolute top of opera singers Maria Callas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxy4qrnKwVo

Sorry, but the word opera star get's thrown around a lot, Eropeans might remmeber the Paul Potts, who, like this girl sings better than I ever could but is far from a professional opera singer.

BTW: Common wisdom among professional singer is that if you start to early with difficult parts like this, it will ruin your voice for life.

gun related homicides in total / per 100.000
(small arms report 2004, most reliable source i know of)

USA 10,310 / 3.45
Canada 170 / 0.54
Germany 155 / 0.19

As you might have guessed i'm living in Germany. Possession and even more so carrying is highly restricted. Although there still are around 20-30 mio "civilian" guns over here (Canada: 7 mio, US: 250 mio). Mostly in possession of traditional shooting associations (gun clubs or however you might call them). No carrying in assembled state, must be kept in a safe at home, ammunition must be kept away from gun in a seperate safe etc.

Because of those restrictions chances that you'll ever encounter a gun-armed criminal on german streets trying to mug you or whatever are EXTREMLY low. Don't get me wrong, this isn't heaven. You still might get mugged ;-) But you most probably won't get shot. As long as you're not a high caliber criminal chances are that you never even see a gun "on the street" in Germany (except cops etc.). That's because of those restrictions. And they do influence the black market because of sentences [correct word? fines?] being draconic, especially for certain types of guns (everything fully automatic, assault rifles, machine guns etc) which are called "Kriegswaffen", i.e. 'war guns'. There is no legal way to possess them anyway and if found with you you'll never see the sunlight again ;-), even more so if you're trying to sell.

I don't feel the need to have a gun.


>> ^QuadraPixel:

[...] because in countries/states that restrict firearms ownership only the criminals have guns. BECAUSE THEY ARE CRIMINALS!
Keep in mind, I'm talking about 1st world countries Conan. What country do you live in? [...]

Such a beautiful place and such a complete tourist trap. I'm sure someone is developing a conveyer-belt to shove more fat-assed Americans through at one time.

...'O Sole Mio!

Muchos gracias, mi amigo
Merci beaucoup, mon ami
Danke schön, mein freund
Mille grazie, mio amico
вы, мой друг

In reply to this comment by EDD:
*promote

You are the champion, my friend. And you'll keep on fighting til the end.

Congratulazioni, mio amico.

De rie - *ahem*, de nada, senora. El gusto es mio!

In reply to this comment by persephone:
Gracias amigo!

In reply to this comment by rembar:
This deserves a second chance, I'll *save it.

This has to be older than late 80/early90... my children television memory is from the mid-late 70's, so I'm guessing at least 10 years older than submitter suggests

Google provides me this link, which suggests late 70's as well:
http://kolormebadd.blogspot.com/2007/03/mio-mao-laraignee.html

On topic: fond memories

Am I the only one thinking that this was a terrible delivery? I was frowning the whole time I was watching this clip. Ugh!

I've seen better talents in this show than this guy, and they get sent off. Why is everyone cheering? Oh yea, for an amateur, it's amazing. And yes, Opera is refreshing apart from whatever the hell they're singing about. But tears? TEARS? Those hicks MOCK OPERA SINGERS!!!!

I'm no 'expert' on classical music or anything, but at least I can call myself a dilettante. And I must say, if you think that was 'moving', you guys should CLEAN OUT YOUR EARS, and really learn to appreciate opera with the REAL stuff.

Sumi Jo - The Magic Flute - Queen of the Night - Hell's vengeance boils in my heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qn5PH7MC4g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njgzI0T7hBI

Luciano Pavarotti - Caruso from DallAmeriCaruso by Lucio Dalla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8A61eY1Efg

Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partiro (Time to say goodbye)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhh8MaRnzMc

Angela Gheorgheiu - Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axvhEUyVfX0

Te Kanawa & Cotrubas - Marriage of Figaro - Duettino - Sull'Aria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaVIwwNhocg

Te Kanawa - O mio Babbiono caro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUE2zG3R-hc


Yes, it's good to see people appreciating opera for a change. But it also seems like the audience is so ignorant when it comes to arias, serenade and operas that they seem to love anything that sounds remotely 'opera-like'.

It really disgusts me how some people were 'moved' by this mediocre performance. It really does.

ma prima devo aderire a un collective, vero?
mica posso mettere il tag di 1 collective se non ne faccio parte, vero?
mh..mi sembra tutto troppo complicato x la mia mente semplice, e tremendamente gerarchico...bo, magari provo con un collective, si aderisco prima?

In reply to your comment:
“sì (che carina).

deve arrivare a 3 voti in 24 ore, e poi a 10 voti in 4 giorni, altrimenti viene scartato.

se vuoi posso salvarlo (ovvero farlo tornare in coda per altri 4 giorni), ma dato che aveva solamente 3 voti anche se lo faccio ci sono scarse possibilità che passi.

anche perché senza collective prendono molti meno voti, in genere, dunque ti conviene postare qualcosa che possa associare a un collective

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In reply to your comment:
“ah! ma il mio video dei dEUS é sparito..??? boh? forse se sta tanti gg con pochi voti si autodistrugge?
”

sì (che carina).

deve arrivare a 3 voti in 24 ore, e poi a 10 voti in 4 giorni, altrimenti viene scartato.

se vuoi posso salvarlo (ovvero farlo tornare in coda per altri 4 giorni), ma dato che aveva solamente 3 voti anche se lo faccio ci sono scarse possibilità che passi.

anche perché senza collective prendono molti meno voti, in genere, dunque ti conviene postare qualcosa che possa associare a un collective

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In reply to your comment:
“ah! ma il mio video dei dEUS é sparito..??? boh? forse se sta tanti gg con pochi voti si autodistrugge?

ah! ma il mio video dei dEUS é sparito..??? boh? forse se sta tanti gg con pochi voti si autodistrugge?

In reply to your comment:
“le foto sono una menata, vanno messe su flickr e poi linkate qua. due palle, io son stato molto senza, poi l'ho messa solo perché l'avevo già caricata su flickr per altri motivi.

per i collective devi fare richiesta all'owner di invitarti, poi accetti l'invito, e i NUOVI video che posti li puoi associare a UN collective.

non so che genere musicale facciano i deus, ma forse avrebbe potuto inserirsi nel "rock&roll"? altrimenti non c'era altro collective adatto dunque amen.

ultimamente mi sto un po' scocciando di postare nuovi video perché spesso non passano senza motivo, dunque bo.

In reply to your comment:
“mh..vero..non ci avevo fatto caso, ma mi sembrava ridicolo scriverti in inglese, si. bo, i commenti li faccio in inglese cmq. non riesco a caricare la foto:(
i collective..ah..

In reply to your comment:
“ah poi ti spiego i collective, che ti permettono di aver molti più voti”””

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