60 opera singers raise the roof of shopping centre with chorus from Verdi's Aida

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5 жыл бұрын

Finale from Act II of Verdi's Aida performed live by the Chorus of Opera North and trumpets of the Orchestra of Opera North under conductor Oliver Rundell in Trinity Leeds, UK, May 2019.
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@user-dv2ew4et9t 6 ай бұрын

This is wonderful. I now live near Leeds and one day hope to see and hear an Opera North flash mob! 🙂

@miAimTIL 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing performance. Note how everyone appreciates quality music from educated and classically trained musicians. TOP STUFF ! !

@beatricescroggin3406 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not everyone

@peterjohnson617 3 жыл бұрын

100% agree with you about an amazing performance...Disagree about everyone enjoying......instead of "living" the moment they must take that dopey phone out of the pocket and live life through that...so sad.....their lost......Oh, by the way ,if Verdi were american he would be plain old " Joe Green"

@garyguyton7373 3 жыл бұрын

@@peterjohnson617 Too true...I notice how many people didn't even slow down....just kept walking, and didn't skip a beat. Sad.

@bridgercedric5525 3 жыл бұрын

InstaBlaster...

@pameladowe5330 3 жыл бұрын

You sing and play with passion - never stop creating magical moments in mundane places, bravo!

@Paul-td8qs 3 жыл бұрын

There is another video from Opera North in the same shopping centre - tenor Rafael Rojas singing 'Nessun dorma' with the ladies of the Chorus of Opera North. Equally glorious and making me envious of the people who live up there. Stunning stuff.

@chrismoffitt 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful. Wish I could have been there !!!!!

@alanatolstad4824 3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts as well!!! What fun!

@carolyntrahan9751 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone striving for same purpose to bring wonder music to those who can’t attend how Grand it was . Thank you for sharing the talents Beautifully done .

@passqualecaiazza7728 3 жыл бұрын

Great performance. I have always loved Aida

@Rosangela161 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent!!! So beautiful performance. Thank you for sharing this treasure.

@carolkristian1146 3 жыл бұрын

Glorious! Amazing how many folks love opera if only they are exposed to it!

@kayejohnson8163 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! Makes me feel so proud of our Opera North! Thank you👍

@brendahayter4638 4 жыл бұрын

Stunning! Fantastic idea. Lucky shoppers.

@lindafox1948 3 жыл бұрын

That’s my ringtone! They’re singing my ringtone! 😍

@beckysnyder4591 3 жыл бұрын

Growing up my Mom would play what We called Long Hair music on Sunday morning to get us up for Church. Orchestra music. Later in life I heard Opera on the radio & loved it. I myself can see the beauty in all music.

@jack60091 3 жыл бұрын

I am an Opera fan! Thanks

@Hypnobunny1 3 жыл бұрын

I love this its one of my favourite opera’s and a local company 🤩🤩🤩🤩😍

@jimbojimbog1598 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning performance from you all well done and you are very good what a wonderful surprise for all the shoppers in Leeds congratulations to you. Thankyou for posting these videos i love to get them.

@JensRandolff 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful performance. It is beyond me how people can just continue walking as if nothing was going on. They must have hearts of stone.

@arnoldamaral7406 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS OPERA !!! 💙🌎🌍🌏🍷🇫🇷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

@janeray7793 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it might draw in some converts to opera! I wish I'd be in Leeds that day.

@mariatischler3476 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo, thanks

@Penwood2508 3 жыл бұрын

Don't you just feel sorry for the people who walk by without even looking? What on earth does it take to interest those people?

@atheodorasurname6936 3 жыл бұрын

Pageantry, as in "Aida", marching along in colorful exotic costumes along with the glorious singing and instruments -- that would likely get their attention.

@merciasmuts8510 Жыл бұрын

Luvit

@peterridding4874 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 100% correct . What is wrong with these guys!? , I would be in tears at the sheer talent of these artists . To walk on by is an insult to be honest

@joshsmom6662 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful music is beautiful music 🥰 Thank you!

@bobkurland186 3 жыл бұрын

A glorious reminder of life and community pre-covid.

@pipper70 11 ай бұрын

Wow, simply wow. Loved it.

@tonylamberti9623 2 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful to see what a grand sound of aida..better then being inside of a opera house..I wish they could come to ct..what a treat it would be...thank you

@christinedale3323 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic

@chrisk8187 3 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! THANK YOU! I was fortunate to sing in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Chorus for thirty years including three different sold-out concerts in Carnegie Hall NYC. We also were asked to augment Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus along with soloists from the New York Metropolitan Opera on three different Rivinia summer season openers. Quite a "rush".............

@giuseppinascapparone5912 3 жыл бұрын

Bellissima idea, braviiiiii!!!!!!!

@colinnaylor126 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificent

@captainharris8980 3 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see the full opera performed in a shopping mall.

@garyguyton7373 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, yes. Successful, I'm not so sure. But maybe a short concert of four or five of the best of Opera and musical theater of movie scores. Things like Un Bel di Vedremo, O MIo Babbino Caro, May It Be, Nella Fantasia, the New Arirang. I'd pay Money to see something like that.

@christinehooper2078 3 жыл бұрын

I once saw the opera performed at Xanthen in the Roman amphitheatre in Germany. A perfect clear night with the crescent moon shining right over the most moving scene. Amazing! I also saw Carmen there in the rain. An altogether different experience as no umbrellas were allowed! 😬

@dawnevans169 3 жыл бұрын

Magnificently fabulous.

@samhartford8677 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Opera North do things. I remember the first time I went to this old theater in Newcastle to listen to them, with only a hundred grey haired English on top of me and my Finnish friend. The Sage Gateshead was an improvement, but still not half the cultural service in a town of 200.000 people in Finland. Well, now, after Brexit, the British can listen to their own, so maybe that will help. Although I doubt it.

@markwell4720 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@Thetruuuuuth 3 жыл бұрын

AMAZING!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💥

@annnasr3327 2 жыл бұрын

My whole body got goosebumps..

@camillemcintosh7765 Жыл бұрын

Love these pop up events.

@joshaynes4326 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@priscilla-pilgrimgirl7105 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Sure wish I lived near that mall! Priscilla

@maddalenaalesse8091 3 жыл бұрын

Bellissima, la musica è bella!!!!

@chana2417 Жыл бұрын

Children in school will also enjoy this singing together it's nice it would build up their self esteem would them good 👍😊

@Turandot29 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to shop there

@erinmcmurtry5640 3 жыл бұрын

God I love opera. ❤️🔥

@archiepuff9085 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful experience at the mall.

@bossteamentertainment6836 5 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏BRAVO

@user-jl1uk4bm1m 3 жыл бұрын

어우 대박!!👍🏻

@veroniqueefournier8192 3 жыл бұрын

Magique !!

@marliesyanke4580 2 жыл бұрын

Wish i could see this,

@arturodelada9570 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! They were not distracted singing the opera in unison in a busy mall... Very unusual and awesome!

@jlb9368 3 жыл бұрын

In mainstream movies and shows, classical music, especially opera, is either derided or ridiculed or used as background music for creepy serial killers. It’s so heartwarming to watch these videos and see people absolutely getting into it! Bravissimi!

@arturodelada9570 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@csean 3 жыл бұрын

Where is this mall!!!! I need to shop here....

@johnalison2444 3 жыл бұрын

Yorkshire, lad

@csean 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnalison2444 thank you! Will visit once this pandemic is over...

@mickbachner 3 жыл бұрын

Leeds!

@jackthelad5366 Жыл бұрын

@@johnalison2444leeds 👊

@keridane9381 2 жыл бұрын

♥ ♥ ♥

@annekeown2289 3 жыл бұрын

The brass are on the balcony but where is the rest of the orchestra?

@oldenweery7510 5 жыл бұрын

Funny, this doesn't _look_ like Egypt! Superb. I wonder if people go to this mall hoping for music? (It would never go over with the Philistines in my home town!)

@Rosangela161 3 жыл бұрын

*\0/*

@ronnieince4568 3 жыл бұрын

Oldenweery -your Phikistibes would like Samson and Delilah even less as they would bring the house down after a haircut !!!

@oldenweery7510 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronnieince4568 This hit home, as I finally was able to get a haircut a couple of days ago. (Last one was summer of 2019---with an awful lot of "water under the bridge" in between!) Stay safe.

@GpD79 3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I guess you're right. It doesn't really _sound_ like Egypt either.

@ronnieince4568 3 жыл бұрын

Oldenweery -if they are doing Samson and Delilah I would stay well clear -they could bring the roof down on those Philistines! !!

@phillgood1812 Жыл бұрын

This is not music, this is GIUSEPPE VERDI.

@briciola.bixiofabrizio5935 Жыл бұрын

🥀🥀🥀🥀

@34jared Жыл бұрын

Is it really a flash mob if you have a conductor who insists on being there ?

@HomoErectusSum 3 жыл бұрын

One snarky malcontent asks what happened to the elephants. Some people you just cannot please. On the other hand, at least a nice camel would not have gone wrong.

@anniemay4547 3 жыл бұрын

Is this old cos I don5 see any social distancing at all..

@metacarple 3 жыл бұрын

It says in the intro ‘May 2019’. Who had heard of social distancing then?

@peterdarnell9183 8 ай бұрын

Philistines?

@sylviebasyl2835 3 ай бұрын

Why philistines ? No, Egyptians. Triumphal march, Gloria all'egito from Aida

@jameshewitt9341 3 жыл бұрын

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@mzmiller52 3 жыл бұрын

But wasn’t cardi b’s Grammy performance as great as this?? Please look up the original title and lyrics of her masterpiece.

@jb5music 3 жыл бұрын

The orchestra/brass sound exceptionally profesional and clear. I couldn't barely exctract any musical frequencies/ notes from the quire. Sounded like a bunch of graveyard ghosts "hooing"

@atheodorasurname6936 3 жыл бұрын

I think that if the singers were marching along and wearing the opera attire of Egyptian costumes, many of the people ignoring them would pay attention.

@howellwong11 3 жыл бұрын

Only in the UK. I used to go to Convent Gardens to listen to opera arias. I don't think that they were professional singers, just good amateur singers.

@zapbranigan5099 2 жыл бұрын

Music overpowered the voices

@jackthelad5366 Жыл бұрын

Miserable get

@seamusoluasigh9296 3 жыл бұрын

I love these but the reverb kills this one....echo if you like.

@juneseghni 3 жыл бұрын

yup, terrible accoustics

@chana2417 Жыл бұрын

Why can't prisoners make a choirs opera singing to make quality time

@ichabodon 3 жыл бұрын

The plebs will not go to an opera, so you have to make it easy for them.

@claudiofoiadelli8721 Жыл бұрын

bella esibizione, acustica pessima purtoppo

@calvinjonesyoutube 3 жыл бұрын

I dont know why classical music is MORE powerful when performed in normal spaces? It seems odd that an orchestra, choir or opera singer are so much less engaging when in their usual setting (for me at least). I think a grand setting makes performers to remote and their skill seem inhuman. A more natural setting makes more emotional connection as you can see they are actually very talented PEOPLE.

@sinpi314 3 жыл бұрын

Because normal places are usually not acoustically treated, this produces a lot of reverb which makes sound a lot more powerful.