What blows me away is considering that while they're capable of a performance like this, they CHOOSE to sing with Home Free. Any of the members could go one to have successful careers in whatever genre they want, but they all choose to be together right where they are. Amazing!

Rob and Austin were both very nervous in the premiere chat yesterday! Especially Rob. Rob hasn't performed opera in over 15 yrs, but he did study it. Rob also went live today on IG to thank everyone including reactors for the positive feedback. They are insane!! Thanks Matt. 🖤🍟

Rob and Austin both studied opera in college. Rob said he sand this song to his father on Father's Day. No genre is off limits!

They can sing anything well. The proof is here.

I have been saying it for years now and this is proof that all of Home Free are Angels. WOW !!!!!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤😀😀😀😀

Matt Rob was actually trained in Opera. They were so afraid of how everyone would take this. Truly enjoyed watching your reaction to this song.

Beautiful isn’t it? Brings tears to my eyes every time.

And I thought Rob's whistling was impressive.........wow.

I first saw these 2 in Man Of Constant Sorrow dressed as hillbillies. What versatility!

They just jumped out of their musical pigeon-hole! Just amazing.

To me this is Austin's way of highlighting Rob's talent.

Gotta say this, when I saw the 2 Country singers doing this, it really wasn't a surprise. These 2 can SANG!!! or Sing for those of proper operatic bend.

I know, my reaction was like, Shut The Front Door! Love, love, love!!

Shooketh! It is obvious to me that neither of them have ever been "just country singers."

The members of Home Free are all so talented. Tim can sing in five octaves, Rob and sing anything including opera, which he studied, Chance can sing bass and baritone, Adam is an award winning beatboxer and beyond, Austin has a beautiful voice.

WOW.... that's all folks... goodnight. Be blessed

Rob finally cut loose and showed the world what he could do. Of course Austin was amazing too.

I loved this! So it turns out that Rob studied opera in college and Austin is classically trained so I expected their performance to as good as any Home Free song always is - but not this good! I thought it was beautiful, wonderful, and incredible!

I have never been a fan of opera except maybe some Andrea Bocelli & a few others. But I have always appreciated the talent it takes to sing opera. I was pretty impressed with Rob & Austin's version of Nessun Dorma. I have heard this famous song done by Pavarotti. I think I was more surprised by Rob's range & powerful delivery than even Austin's. Pretty good for a couple of country boys! Nice to see them dressed up in suits & looking classy.

Always loved Rob's voice. But here it is so rich and full. Very impressive!

Just. Wow. No words!

Rob is a miracle. Who else can sing Sir Mixalot AND Puccini???

Austin studied Musical Theater in college. He had to work to subdue his accent. Lol. They both sing like angels.

Oh Lordy, these guys are AMAZINGLY AWESOME….How BEAUTIFUL & TALENTED ….What a lovely surprise 🙃😵‍💫💥❤️‼️🔥

God Bless a milk cow!!! This was perfect!!! Austin was amazing, but Rob, y'all!!! 😳 He's not just "gospel Rob" anymore... He's GOSPERA ROB!!!! ❤️

Should be 2 Opera Singers sing Country!!

Spectacular!!!

We had every reason to believe Austin could do this since he's done "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserable so wonderfully several times. Why not Rob as well! Never doubted you guys. I'm sure the snobby opera critics are saying (insert weenie voice here) "He did this wrong." "He didn't do that right." But I thought it was excellent, and I'm the one buying your music, not them.

Sometimes it just hurts to listen to music this beautiful. I actually shed a tear watching this and I am so happy I did! Thank you for this gift!

They blow ya away! And give you chills.

Just WOW 🤩

Thank you God Bless

Holy cow is right!

who knew a couple of country bumpkins could pull this off NOT surprised cause they can sing anything only thing I noticed was Austin singing in Italian with a country accent diction was good tho

Rob studied Opera in College but it's been years since he sang it. Austin studied musical theater. They both have the talent to do anything they want. You need to listen to Austin's version of Bring Him Home from Les Miserables

You know, I see people comment that Austin sings this with a country accent. This is not true. You hear Austin's voice and think 'country accent'. But not one word had twang.

They blew this out of the canals of Venice. (I know, Venice is in Austria...) but still. I'm not surprised, because they are both musicians through and through - but you can be "not surprised" and still be blown away. Pavarotti smiles benevolently from his rest and says, "keep trying, lads..."

I love the way Austin featured Rob on his channel and gave Rob a place to shine.

Bravo to the guys!! They can absolutely do anything!! I'm so proud

I saw this for the first time yesterday and was blown away. I have a layman’s limited knowledge of opera. I know who Pavarotti is and have listened to him sing some amazing music. While this isn’t of his caliber, this is an amazing performance by guys who don’t sing this way every day. Spectacular talents, both of them! Enjoyed your reaction, as you obviously knew the song. It gave me a different perspective.

I believe Rob has a fuller sound, but they both killed it! Recommend VoicePlay’s new video, Hall Of The Mountain King.

Thank you for doing this one! My jaw dropped listening to it this morning. So good it gives me full body chills each time I hear it.

Austin's leads are always angelic :)))))

This is so amazing. Surprising, but not. Knew they could do it, didn't think they ever really would. You are absolutely right about the variety of music they can do - and actually do do. Think of the continuum from Butts Remix to this. All the delights in between. How lucky we all are to be around to experience their (and the rest of the group's) talent. Love that you were singing along. I wasn't singing, but I sure was conducting. And taking that big last breath right along with them. And you are special and loved, too. Have a fabulous week.

Binge watching your HF playlist (again). Years ago Rob's vocal coach said he could have a HUGE career in Opera. Thank God he joined HF. I've never been a fan of opera but I love this video. One Italian reactor said that she not only forgot they weren't opera singers, she forgot they weren't Italian.

GREAT REACTION 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Your joy was beautiful to behold! I've watched this sooooo many times already and this is proof that music is the universal language! I don't have a clue what the words are and I don't care! They still had me with layers of goosebumps, chills chasing up and down my spine, and tears rolling down my face. I can't remember which reactors chat it was in, but there was someone from Italy that said that their pronunciation was right on! I thought that was a wonderful compliment! ❤

They are both so incredibly talented. I knew that Austin could sing like that, I've heard it before, but Rob, WOW. That just blew my mind and yet it didn't at the same time. I knew he had it in him. If you want to see another time for Austin, look up his video of him singing "Bring him home" from "Les Miserable". He will bring a tear to your eye.

Saw this right after it dropped and my jaw dropped with it. This is EPIC!

I don't think I could sit through an actual opera, but I do love hearing some of the arias. I've listened to IL Volo for many years and don't understand what they are singing about, but I just love the music and now to hear Rob and Austin singing Nessun Dorma what a joy and to see reactors gobsmacked is just brilliant. Loving your reactions Matt especially Home Free x

I knew Rob could project more than Austin after hearing them 'How Great Thou Art' in a tent in Kearney, mo. Look it up, you'll hear. Thanks for joining us in collectively dropping our jaws.

Still in awe of the difference when Rob sings opera instead of the lovely sweet high tenor voice with Home Free, my fav. But still, this is wonderful. He dug out his training from 15 years ago he said! Wow. And then, of course, Austin does what he just does without trying, emotion pours out of Austin when he sings. I love it. Have you heard Austin singing Bring Him Home (not with HF), just him and friend Sebbie on the piano. Incredible!!! Thanks for your reactions, really enjoying them. Take care.

Rob and Austin made me happy and nailed it perfectly ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 you’ll shock me with your abilities to sing all types of music ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you for reacting to this. This is breathtaking. It is hard to imagine they can sing anything better then they already have done in all of their past performances. Words can not adequately describe my feelings.

They are Angelic Beings. This is beautiful!!!!!

Michael Bolton went operatic late in hus caree. These 2 ,OMG! BRAVO! BRAVO! 👏👏👏👏

These guys are so talented!!!!! Beyond excellent!!!! Just absolutely beautiful!!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜

My thoughts EXACTLY! 😱🤷‍♀️🤣🤣🤣🤣✌️❤️🎶🎶😁

Watched this during the premiere and then along with a few YT reactors. After Rob did a tiny tease of his fancy duds and the setting, was anxiously looking forward to this so questioned why I wasn't particularly impressed, initially. Realized the visuals were taking away from the experience. Being a visual person, some aspects of the video didn't click with me and Rob looks very similar to my cousin (albeit 30 years ago!) who is an opera singer, therefore, I wasn't really seeing Rob. Once I gave my full attention to just listening, I was fully able to embrace the experience. Knew Rob had previously sung opera many years ago, so while not all that surprised, was impressed by how comfortably he stepped back into this role after so long showing us how much more he's capable of. But even more, was beyond pleasantly surprised by Austin (love the hair!) taking on this challenge given how well his voice complemented Rob's. This is pretty darn amazing and I wholeheartedly applaud both Rob and Austin for continuing to spread their wings by trying new ventures beyond what we already knew of their musical capabilities. I see a lot of potential in these 'two country a cappella guys.' ;)

Stunning...they never cease to amaze me 💖🥰

Great reaction. Being blown away is to be expected. We are all somewhat nerdy who watch music reactions. What a singer's musical training is can be very different from what they end up doing professionally. Case in point, Avi Kaplan is a formally opera trained basso profundo who sang pop acapella in Pentatonix and now sings his own compositions in folk rock. So go figure 🙂 Rob is an opera trained tenor. Austin is also formally classically trained but sings in more of a musical theater and pop classics direction. He developed his channel as did Tim Foust as their income sources during the pandemic quarantine with no touring for live shows and they just used it for this performance.

I was delighted by their rendition - but not completely surprised. The vocal skills they're using are evident in many of their Home Free songs as well -- 'Mayday' springs to mind, as does 'How Great Thou Art.' They both have beautiful, clear tone and resonance in all their performances, and it's just a matter of adding power and mastering the diction and accent of the words they're singing into that mix.

I commented on the live that I felt Rob=Pavarotti and Austin is Boccelli

No worries!!! They never cease to amaze me. Their rendition was beautifully done & Rob's clear rich tones rang through my soul.

After pizza, Italian is lost to me. How do these two men send send shivers through me, not having any clue what they are singing about? I know that , somehow, I am inspired to learn Italian while listening to this!

Fantastic 💯❤️❤️❤️❤️

Box of Kleenex and a lot of kudos to Rob and Austin. Love to hear Pavarotti sing Country this well.

Beautiful

My goosebumps have goosebumps!😲

I think Adam Lambert got this thing started-he’s been singing Nessun Dorma at Queen concerts! (And he’s really good, too.). Anyway, I’m loving this. Soooo cool to hear these guys get out of their lane a bit, and who knew they could sound like this? Great reaction!

Loved your reaction, Matts!💖 We all know how incredibly talented they ALL are, but this is truly a magnificent masterpiece! This is one of the few opera songs I love & Pavarotti would either be proud or jealous! They could be 2 of the new 3 tenors! It brought me to tears the first two times I watched this. Lyle, the Aussie reactor from Patrol Nation, played it 3 times & had tears in his eyes every time. Thank you for reacting to this one! 🤗😘

No ojne can match Pavarotti's performance, but this is a very close 2nd !!! And to those that think that Home Free guys are just "country bumpkins" (I'm talking to a lot of Pentaholics) just kiss my behind....they are just as sophisticated as anyone else. I agree, Rob shone through on this !!!

Rob should sing this, with the rest of the group singing there version in English as a counter melody . It would be awesome.

so beautifully done. brought tears to my eyes and goose bumps on my arms

Wonderful reaction to an amazing performance!!

It's worth watching these reactions just to see the looks of shock on their faces....lol. But I could watch it many times anyway as it's definitly the most enjoyable rendition of this song I've ever heard, and I've heard a lot! I understand that Rob had operatic training some years ago and I have to assume the Austin has trained also but Rob truly has the voice for this.

Just, WOW!

Holy crap!! That's all I've got.

this might break the internet it’s amazing ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Well, I guess Home Free can sing anything. Someone in their group can find a way to make it unreal.

This is one of my favorite reactions to this phenomenal performance!! Great job!

well - it’s not “I Like Big Butts”, or “End of the Road” from Rob ….but it’s not too shabby, eh? Both have classical training like so many of the a cappella artists … but to hear it is amazing. I think they like cowboy boots and blue jeans actually. Would you rather wear that - or a coat and tie???

Holy Cow was the first words out of my mouth as well.

Thank the heavens they do.

Home Free used country acapella as their niche to get on to Sing Off. They are a very talented group one and all. Rob studied opera and jazz in university but has not sung opera in 15 years. If you ask the guys who is the best singer they all point to Rob. Nessun Dorma is the aria that can break tenors, especially at places like La Scala in Milan. They did very well indeed, imagine what they could achieve going on.

Be still my heart! This is so awesome! Love your reaction!

Love love love it

Turn-a-doe (Turnadot). I got to act in a few Operas. Not Turnadot however. (PS not sing as no one would have stayed in the theatre ). They did a good job. What lends itself well for them is that, while they use microphones, a cappella is built around singing with out microphones. Opera started before microphones, so the singers needed to learn to project and be able to sing over an orchestra.

I’m shook! Hope you are feeling better!

Dang, just one thing to say: BRAVA!!!

WHAT...WHAT..WJAT IS HAPPENING! I saw you guys in Colorado, and I had absolutely Nooooo, clue . This made me cry. One of my Mum's favorites. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 🧡🤒 so beautiful .

BOTH OF THESE NEN WERE TRAINED IN CLASSIC OPERA IN THEIR UNIVERSITY DAYS LOL THEY FOOLED A LOT OF PEOPLE LO

Im a HUGE Pavarotti fan..& his version of this song..is probably his most famous song..& I was a bit nervous in watching them try this..Not that I didnt they couldnt...These guys/group can sing friggn thing..I was just nervous 4 som reasn in hearng them do it..But what an incredible job by both..If he could..Im quite sure the late Pavarotti wouldve reachd down from Heaven to shake their hands..

Love this rendition and your reaction. But what really impresses me is that you knew the words.

Absolutely beautiful!!

Not bad at all! Shocked, but in a very good way.

Adam Lambert sang Nessun Dorma at the Queen shows in Bologna Italy and then again recently at The Harris Reed fashion show in London. I think there's better Italian pronunciation in this video but all of them are killing it. It shows that there are some really great trained vocal talent still out there.

Literally stunning.

My 14th view and I'm still getting chills. Beautiful.

Just lovely! thank you ^_^