The most STUNNING vocal performance I have ever heard

[Manifestor_of_Light]

This is the MOST STUNNING vocal performance I have ever heard. Yes there are a few notes that are slightly out of tune but this GIRL is TWELVE YEARS OLD.


JULIE ANDREWS (Yes, Mary Poppins and the original Eliza Doolittle on Broadway in "my Fair Lady") singing the Polonaise from the opera "Mignon" by Ambroise Thomas:

Recorded October 22, 1947. She was 12 years and 22 days old:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2-YGGn0y4

I thought there was no such thing as a 12 year old coloratura, but Julie Andrews WAS one.



She makes Charlotte Church sound like a very very rank amateur.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Pretty amazing! But then, Julie Andrews is a goddess.

And you're right, she makes Charlotte Church and the rest of the pissy little wannabe-diva wankers look like the crap that they are.

[wildhorses]

2. i love julie andrews --

bookmarking to listen when i get home this afternoon. thanks for the link. :hi:

[BlueJazz]

3. Wow!..Even with the Lousy Sound system..(especially those primitive mikes)..

....Her beautiful voice shines through..
Thanks for posting.

[Callalily]

4. What amazing

voice control for one so young.

[Patiod]

5. I didn't know they had youtube back then

Kidding

[supernova]

6. Wow! just reminds me all over again

why that woman is one of my role models. :loveya: Julie! :D

[Felix Mala]

7. Youtube has clips of her stage performance as Eliza Doolittle.

Those are worth checking out. Too bad she wasn't in the film.

[Sequoia]

8. Thanks, I'm watching them all.

What a voice and a pretty child. Great lady.

[ceile]

9. Thank you for posting that.

That really brightened my day! Absolutely wonderful.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. Kick for the evening crowd.

[Beaverhausen]

11. Wow. I have been a fan of hers since I was 5 years old

Mary Poppins, then Sound of Music did it for me!

[applegrove]

12. I loved KD Lang singing "Crying" at the grammies just after Roy Orbison

passed away. She rocked the house.