otherworldly beautiful. I just came upon this "Holland's Got Talent" video, and ….

[BlancheSplanchnik]

I'm weeping just from the sheer beauty……I HAD to share this with you guys.


don't hurry through and just have a glance, though. Seriously, if you're in a meditative mood……….just watch…..…the judges too, one in particular.

[NYC_SKP]

1. I'm 43 seconds into this and I know that this is going to make me cry.

BlancheSplanchnik, I thank for posting this!

True genius, such talent, and most impressively to me is that such a young person can dedicate such attention to anything, much less a classic as O Mio Babbino Caro.

Wow.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

2. I'm also stunned by the beauty of that judge's reaction…..

I just find it incredibly deep, mystical even. At least for me, believing in reincarnation and all….

Ohhhh shoot, I'm not even gonna try to explain!!! It's just goosebumps time. That's all I can say!!!!!!!

[NYC_SKP]

3. Ya know, any time a 9 year old child even knows what the word "opera" means...

never mind their understanding of the history or of any particular operatic work.

Nine years old!

Nine Years Old!

I'm surrounded by people in their 40s 50s 60s, most of whom would give me a funny look, like, "opera? what is that? another one of your liberal schemes???"



and:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. Wow!! In my next life…...

I wanna be an Old Soul!!

[IrishAyes]

5. This week on the news I also heard a clip of a 7-yr-old girl singing exactly like

Billie Holliday, too.

And even though he's in his 20's now, my friend JD Simo was a blues wonder kid by the same age.

I saw YouTube videos by a kid named Downtown Danny Donato singing great blues.

My favorite, however, was Michael Junior who had a special singing light opera and classics on PBS when he was about 8 or 9. He's using his Dutch last name now but I can't find his latest work. He had the voice of an angel.

On the other side of the age bracket, I never tired of hearing Johnny Cash either. And Leonard Cohen has about the most mesmerizing voice I ever heard.

[marzipanni]

6. She does have an amazing voice for anyone, but at nine years old...

¡ !

It was April 2009 when we heard Susan Boyle sing on Britain's Got Talent, and there was a discussion here of beautiful female voices. Samantha added Eva Cassidy, and I, too, always think of her as one of my absolute favorites.

[damnedifIknow]

7. I'm stunned

Amazing!