Ana Maria Morton Laura, your voice is absolutely perfect. Don’t let anyone try to change it. Stay with opera, that is what your voice is created for. You are truly great. I have heard many of the well known opera voices, your is beyond great. You were truly given a gift.

Could not agree more. A real challenger to Maria Callas. Derived from our father in heaven. God bless you Laura.

Terry Beatus and you must know that she is from Romania

No, Laura is from the USA (Chicago IL) her family is of Romanian ancestry. No matter where she is from, her talent shines bright! A heavenly gift indeed for all the world. :)

Joel, I just watched this incredible performance by Laura, then I just listen to the same song from 3 years later at Domingo jr concert. Let me tell you, she’s beyond amazing! Laura is moving in a different direction that no one has seen before. Imagine in 1,2 or 5 years from now. WOW!

Mark Henry She is Romanian girl..so beautiful and full of talent

Burt Reisenbach I hope so!

Burt Reisenbach could not agree more. She is absolutely fantastic. I hope other professionals start Messi g with her voice.

Coming from an operatic family, I have heard many terrific voices and areas, but I must say that Laura being so young outshines them all. She knows her voice and how to use it. Let her be herself, please don’t try to change anything. All I can say is WOW!!!!!!

Yes. It's straight to the great opera houses with her and Patricia Janechkova. Period. Everyone else, take a back seat.

I disagree. Their voices are quite different and depending on your personal likes or dislikes, one voice is perhaps more suited to particular songs than the other. For my taste, the clear tone full voice of Jackie thrills me far more than Laura's heavy vibrato operatic voice. Jackie has power along with her pure tones. Laura has power with full body operatic vibrato. I can listen to Jackie pretty much all day but I would get tired of Laura after a short while. That is my opinion, my taste in music tone quality, etc.

I agree...much more powerful, equally melodic, but Laura can sing in multiple genres. Jackie is good, but, arguably, does not hold a candle to this young woman.

Rex Cluff Laura's voice is incredible but often when she sings an operatic aria her vibrato is over done and out of control. More is not better. listen to professional opera singers to hear correct usage. I am sure with correct professional training and correct breath control she can become one of the future greats. Its not unusual for young potential opera singer to employ too much power, too much vibtato, and too little breath control. You really hear the quality of her voice better in her non operatic performances. She has it all she just needs more seasoning that will come with age and better training. really one to watch.

Stuart Schwartz I wish everyone would stop calling Jackie an opera singer. She's not. She never claimed to be and will tell you herself she isn't and never wanted to be. She loves what she is doing and is extremely successful. These continued references to Jackie as an opera singer by people trying to defend or especially attack her as a poorer opera singer as compared to Laura, Amira or Sterre or any other young talent is more a reflection of the character of the commenter than the talented young performers ability. We all should just stop it, and enjoy these incredible youngsters. No one and I mean no one knows where this young super talents will end up. 10 to 15 more years of very intensive and difficult training lay ahead before the become opera singers as opposed to singers of some arias. Pavrotte himself said drive desire and intense focus are as important if not more important than talent.To keep that level of effort for so many years leads many "talents " to drop out of opera which is by the way a very limited, highly competitive musical genre. So watch listen and enjoy all these delightful young talents and cheer on and encourage all of them their road will be difficult enough without a lot of untalented adults sniping at them because another adult says something negative about their singer or say they prefer another singer over the one the feel obligated to defend. Opinions when dealing with vulnerable children should always be offered very carefully if at all. I am not excluding myself from my own comments. I have often found myself kicking my own behind over things I have commented. I am just trying very hard to guard against letting it happen. Thanks, sorry for preaching at everyone but I've seen how damaging this can be to child talents.

Another jelous! To keep such long hight note in the end of "Nessun Dorma" aria,this means to have a fanatastic vocal control and tehnique!!! It was an example! Than,a native talent involves also to feel the tehnique..and find that she has a belcanto teacher,Nicoleta Roman. And OMG, she sings with such great passion...others,hm... sing very corect,academic,but there is a great lack of emotion! This is the reason for which she is really formidable and so much loved!

Agreed - whomever recorded this sucks big time. And despite this her voice shines through.

The recording and audio here is very, very bad. It would be quite unfair to judge Laura listening to this crappy recording! The 'OMBC' is very distorted, not by Laura, but by the crappy audio.

I refer you back to my original comment

She has a beautiful voice - but compared to the PACED training of Amira I don't agree with what is being done to Laura.

Clark Kent, You deserve a huge 'ignore' from everybody. Go and do some good deeds to sense life.

Both songs are Italian O Mio Babbino Caro means "Oh My Dear Father/Papa" Nessun Dorma means "None shall sleep"

Chuck Raymond Désolé de vous contredire l'ami, mais laura bretan a une tessiture autrement plus musclée que Jackie evancho et son interprétation de nessun dorma rappelle le souffle de feu pavarotti. Salutation

LOL...to compare JE with Laura is the same thing if i'd try to compare an eagle with a butterfly,or a tree with a flower. Laura has force,nerve,passion,great ambitus!This means to be at the gretest class in opera! JE is another storry.

PS Chuck, that's your opinion. I think Laura hit out of the park.