Floor's sister Irene told that Floor at 8 years old was such a great fan of Henk Poort (the male singer) when he played the Dutch Phantom of the Opera that she ran around the house singing the song and had a photo of Henk Poort over her bed. Floor agreed to come to this 10 week long show only after whe heard that Henk would be participating. This was a great, great moment in her life. Henk surprised her with his gift of a gritty voice in this song, something he never had done before this show. And after that, the energy exploded in this song. They would not give each other an inch! (as you rightly say). I thought I'd give you a bit of background info.
Henk was THE Dutch Phantom, and I've heard one of ALW's favorites. She's loved this song and Henk as the Phantom for years so this program, and this performance she was so totally fan-girling to be singing with Henk. She asked him to do this for the duet episode of Beste Zangers and he agreed on one condition, that the next time that Nightwish came through the Netherlands that he got to perform this song with them on stage. There are so many excellent performances on this season of the program, her solo version of shallow...amazing, Floor and Tim did Shallow in this episode, Emma Hesters (lady in red dress on the couch) and Henk do a Duet of Vivo Por Lei, Emma did a song Floor wrote for her mother, that she admitted to never being able to get through without crying called Strong, amazing. You will find so many good performances in Beste Zangers 2019 that it's insane.
The back story of how much of a fan Floor is of Henk, and the chemistry between them, brings this to another level. Thank you for reacting to this. More please. ;-)
He's been her idol from way back when she saw him as the phantom on stage and he's learned distortion for her in a week... He's known as 'uncle henk' during this show to the other singers on the couches.
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice This show is not a competition, it's a celebration of great singing. Each singer spends a week in the spotlight where the other singers prepare a song for them (one of their own, or something else with a lot of meaning to them) Henk Poort sang the disturbed version of 'sound of silence' where he practiced singing distortion for Floor. As an opera (and musical) singer, he's never stepped out of his comfort zone like that, all for Floor. The whole show is amazing (Beste Zangers 2019)
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice She's gone from idolising to working with him, and now they are friends. She's done the same with another legendary Dutch singer, Anneke Van Giersbergen, former lead singer with Dutch Progressive rock band The, Gathering. Floor saw her sing at Graspop, a Dutch music festival, and knew that was what she wanted to do. Check out "The Gathering - Strange Machines live at Graspop Metal Meeting 1996 (remastered)".
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice you should hear Tarja and Marko same song End of an Era and Tarja's cover of Muse's Supremacy at Woodstock 2016, that is holding a damn note. I don't think Tarja and Floor are human lol.
"Seduction's a mind game, and I'm quite a player." Floor Jansen 2010 (ReVamp, "Wild Card") I don't think the traditional Christine character gels well with Floor. Whether consciously or subconsciously, she maybe thought, "Let's make a statement here." Also, Henk Poort is someone she has looked up from teenage years, he played the phantom in the Dutch stage version. I think she felt safe that she would not be intimidating/upstaging him. That moment when he used "rock grit" was a nod to her metal singing, a bit of acknowledgement/respect. He became a guest in Floor's solo shows afterwards and has promised to sing this with Floor and Nightwish in Amsterdam.
Please do "How's the heart" , the acoustic version with Floor and Troy from Nightwish, It is soo amazingly intricate and beautifully expressive and I would love to see you react to it.
Well.. Queen to D6 for 8 seconds!! => Checkmate.. Try the "extreme" opposite from our valkyrie goddess and listen very closefully => "Yours Is An Empty Hope" (Live at Wembley ´15 / Live at Mexico ´15).. Greetz from Germany.
Nightwish did a wonderful live version with their previous singer Tarja of the phantom of the opera. It's a massive favourite of reactors and vocal coaches and it would be great if you could do that too. As for Floor you need to react to Everdream from Wacken 2013 - her voice and energy is so intense!!! It's unbelievable.
I would say that they did the "nigthwish" version with this peformance. Henke port sounda great when he adds a bit of grit. But i think i prefer the grittier marco.
@@andersstromqvist2211 Yes it was musically the nightwish version, but I think it's very different to how Tarja and Marko performed. Different enough to warrant a separate reaction I would think.
This was also Tuomas (Nightwish) Holopainen's arrangement of ALW's piece - transposed for a better mix of Floor and Henk. Henk learned "the Marko variation" for Floor!
@@PPfilmemacher Though on stage with Nightwish she wears tall boots that push her to 1.95m or so. That's why, at the end of the Tampere show, you can clearly see her standing taller even than Marko and Tuomas.
"Floor, can you ?.. "Hold my beer".... next *Vilja Lied* same show and *Yours is an Empty Hope*. Wembley Arena !. Floor has a little suprice for you !! Stay safe.
If you do you need to know that Vilja Lied was the very first performance of the whole season. Its so fun to see the others just collectivly drop their jaws to the floor thinking "Damn this metal chic can SING!"
The same evening that Henk Poort did this duet with Floor, he also did another duet with the girl in the red dress, Emma Heesters. The song was Vivo per lei and it was also amazing. I like to watch those two performances back to back, to see the range of Henk. I would like to see your reaction to that one. I don't know if it is vocal gymnastics, but it is definitely wonderful. You will be smiling.
I love that "Vivo per Lei" duet! Aside from how great both of them sing, there's just something super heartwarming about the performance. Beste Zangers had a lot of moments like that for me. What an absolute blessing that show is!
I actually rank Vivo Por Lei with Henk and Emma as better than this! By only a notch, and more for the incredible potential of Emma and how Henk brought her extreme warmth out.
I think this was the most spot on perfect reaction for this duet I’ve seen! The challenge they bought, the stepping up to the plate and the building and final exhuming of brash passion of skill, beautiful!
I saw an interview with Floor's sister a while back, and I believe this is an accurate paraphrase of what she said. When Floor was a little 8-year-old girl, she had a poster in her room of Henk as the Phantom, and would run around the house singing the songs.
Greetings from "The Netherlands" Land of Henk and Floor 😍😍😍 You might like "Vilja Lied" by Floor on the same show 🎶👍👀 Baritone Henk Poort (1956) began his music and vocal studies at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, his birth place. During his studies he had already impressed by winning the very first edition of the Cristina Deutekom Concours, a prestigous classical music competition in The Netherlands. After graduating in 1988 he began studying with the Italian singing coach Ettore Campogagliani and Dutch educator Margreet Honig Henk Poort has performed with several opera houses throughout Europe and has built up an extensive repertoire. His first engagement started at the Ulm and Krefeld Opera House (Germany) where for the first time he was offered the chance to perform leading roles in Verdí’s famous operas: Macbeth, Rigoletto, Nabucco and Germont (Traviata). But also Escamillo (‘Carmen’), André Thorel (Massenets ‘Thérèse’) and the title roles in ‘Eugen Onegin’ and ‘Guillaume Tell’. Henk Poort has also appeared as guest performer at The Dutch Opera, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, The Hessen State Theatre in Wiesbaden, de Nationale Reisopera (Dutch touring company), de VARA (Opera-matinee in het Amsterdamse Concertgebouw) and the Bern Opera. During this period he added ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’, Sharpless in ‘Madame Butterfly’, Luna in ‘Il Trovatore’, Renato in ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ and Gérard in ‘Andrea Chenier’ to his repertoire. In the sections Oratorium and Vocal Symphonic Music Henk Poort’s name is often found in Brahms’ Requiem and Fauré’s Requiem, The Creation (Die Schöpfung) by Haydn and Carmina Burana by Orff. His role as Jean Valjean in ‘Les Miserables’ and his title role in ‘The Phantom op the Opera’ increased his popularity among a wider audience. After his performance as the Jewish milkman Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ he was approached on numerous occasions by directors such as Harold Prince and producers such as Cameron Mackintosh. Still the baritone preferred to combine his work as a musical actor with his love for the opera and to continue working with conductors such as Edo de Waart, Lawrence Renes, Yakov Kreitzberg, Gabriele Bellini, Miguel-Angel Gomez Martinez and Alexander Rahbari As an actor Henk Poort also has many credits to his name and is frequently asked to appear on TV shows and soaps (e.g. ‘Russen’). In 2006 the movie Nachtrit came out and Kicks is expected to be released in February 2007. Both films starring Henk Poort
Just FYI, for whatever reason the audio from the performance video seemed to be pitched down a bit. But indeed Floor was a whole-step lower than originally written by ALW. I'm glad you enjoyed the performance. It was incredible to see when the episode first aired. P.S. Henk Poort is one of Floor's favorite vocalists, so this was a dream come true for her to sing this song with him since he is the original Dutch 'Phantom'.
This was basically a rearrangement of the Nightwish arrangement of this song. And that version was just a whole note lower, so that's probably why they kept it like this. I've heard Floor hitting the E6, so I know she can do it. But if she couldn't, who cares? The most important thing is the way she sings it, not how high she sings it. 😊
@@mariodriessen9740 Maybe. But it seems to happen quite often when people try to upload something after up-converting it from low-res to 1080p or 4k or something of that nature. Its usually accompanied with what seems to be a slower tempo of the song, but it's actually the entire video having been slowed for whatever reason. It's REALLY noticeable in a couple versions of GLS from 2013 Wacken that have been up-converted by different third parties. That's one of the reasons a lot of people reccomend reactors carefully choose which version they react to.
@@Mountain_Mutt : True, I’m familiar with the Wacken videos you’re referring to (luckily there are also the right versions online as well), but the slower versions aren’t perfectly pitched a whole step below what they should be. If I remember correctly, it’s just a little flat. Not even half a step down. What’s more annoying to me, when it comes to that concert, is the speed. I could be wrong about the pitch. I’d have check it to be absolutely sure, but I don’t think there’s something wrong with this video.
@@mariodriessen9740 I very well could be wrong too. But it just felt off as I listened/watched. As long as I have a known good version to go to, I'm happy. And for those days when I'm moving slow too, pitched-down Floor is still Floor. 😉
You've gotta check out Nightwish's performance of The Greatest Show On Earth at Tempere - Floor gives a master class in vocals in that one performance in a very different way from Ghost Love Score. Love your reactions - keep 'em coming!
Although Floor is huge in Nightwish, she was unknown in the Netherlands before this show. If you do some more of this show, use the JennieZelf UA-cam channel version, because they contain more (subtitled) context of the songs.
Ohhh man I've been waiting on this. I just knew you'd give us a great, informative reaction. I also know you're being pestered for more Floor. Consider this another plea lol
Great reaction and analysis video lovely lady! Floor is very intimidating. She is tall and very strong. She also is very confident in her singing ability. She refers to herself as a vocal technique nerd. In addition, Floor was enamored to be able to sing for and with Henk Poort. As a young girl she saw Henk play the part of the Phantom in the Dutch production. On the show she stated that Henk was one of her vocal idols growing up and was very happy to find out that Henk was part of this show. Henk actually added the distortion to his voice in honor of Floor. He had little to no experience with vocal distortion. BTW, Floor can sing higher, but D is a very comfortable and powerful key for her. Loved your video. Hope to see more from you. Peace.
You bring so much class to the community of UA-cam reactors. In what you say (obviously knowing what you talk about and bringing a fresh perspective also) and how you present and look. This reaction just made my day and it is early morning for me :)
This is an excellent performance. Great singing and great acting from these experienced professionals. It's my favorite "Phantom" of all time. And great analysis from you. Thank you! ⛄👍
great reaction; very entertaining and profound at the same time. now that you have seen Floor Jansen with Nightwish and the Phantom of the Opera you really need to hear her performing 'Shallow' from Lady Gaga; you will be surprised how she interpreted this song; many say way better than the original; you sure will love it from a vocal point of view. Stay Safe. 💖💥💥💥
Greetings from Finland. Yes, the highest live note that Floor has so far reached is F6 while performing "Romanticide" at Ilosaarirock in Finland in 2013.
The entire show Beste Zangers is fun. Having each episode be about one of the singers, and the others performing songs that are connected to or related to that singer is just fun. It is more about exploring what music means to people and collaborating instead of competing to be the "best".
As much as Floor owned that big performance, on the same show her solo of Shallow was at the opposite end of big which again demonstrates the control she has over her instrument. Plus those smaller performances (more than one - Villa Lied in German) brought members of the audience to tears. She's the best.
I think Floor's height plays into that feeling that she's bordering on overpowering Henk, but Henk is a boss himself so he balances it out. Also, the pull out piano drawer is awesome. I'm sure other people will offer these suggestions, but I'd suggest Floor's rendition of "Shallow" from this same show. Yes, everyone has a version of Shallow, but when you consider what Floor can do, and then the artistic choices she makes with the song, it makes it very special. Also, if you want to other end of her spectrum, try Nightwish "Yours is an Empty Hope" Live from Wembley Arena.
I’d actually go for the newly released official version of YIAEH, Mexico 2015. The mix is a bit more balanced and you can hear Floor more clearly underneath Marko for the chorus.
Wonderful reaction. Floor is a commanding presence on stage. You might enjoy her doing O Mio Babbino Cara. Even her singing with Epica singing Santa Terra live. Keep up the greatness.
Very interesting and enjoyable reaction. And very detailed analysis too. I like that!! Keep going and do it with all the other appearances of Floor in the "Beste Zangers 2019" show. You will not get disappointed. Promised! :)
Love the reaction... i’ve watched quite a few of these reactions and it’s always interesting to see what little things different people pick up. It just shows that music is different things to different people. I would recommend floor’s cover of Shallow as a contrast she makes it so small yet still so powerful
De zanger, Henk Poort , heeft jarenlang de Nederlandse versie van the Phantom of the opera gezongen en gespeeld. Ik ben als Nederlander trots op dit duo. In mijn ogen was een sterke chemie tussen Floor en Henk, en duwden zij elkaar verder en verder. Eigenlijk een rekensom, 1+1=3
Hello Madeleine! I hope you see and read that one day! At first i would say i like your 2 reactions from "Ghost Love Score" and "The Phantom of the opera" with Floor Jansen from Nightwish very very much! I love Floor so much, specially as singer but also as person, she's so a nice person, she works for kids i think, she loves her horses, she's a singin teacher (or she was), she loves singing, she's wonderful as Person and a beautiful woman to and many other things, and she's a big lady to, yes, she's a ~1,83m tall beautiful lady, but on stage with some of her high shoes she's nearly 2m tall! She lookes like an Northern Valkyrien Godess! I am an old Nightwish fan, i hear them since 1997, i see them 3 times live, but only with her first singer Tarja Turunen. (She was a great singer with an more operetic stile, and 2 songs i think you should see/hear with Taja, if you want, are the songs "Sleeping sun", the video wher she stands in a battlefield with flag and with knights who fighted, i hope you found them, if not the officially version, and "Beaty OF the Beast" the live Version from 2002) Tarja leafed the band, i think in 2005. The 2nd singer from Nightwish, Anette Olzon, i don't liked her much, not her singin for Nightwish. She's a good singer maybe, and i wish her only the best, but she wasn't good enough for singing for Nightwish like Tarja or Floor, her range, abilitys, skills and much more wasn't good enough. But how i sayd, i wish her only the best, and she sings good in her new band. (3 songs with Annette you could looked, because this 3 was written for her, are "Amaranth", "Bye Bye Beautuful" and Stotytime, but that are only offucial studio music videos, but for me her best) But when i heard Floor Jansen first time singing for Nightwish, i start crying, got so much goosebumps, but i knowed the song for years, but it was for my if i would hear them for the first time! I was speechless! I hear her singing first "Ghost love score" She's sooo good, whatever she sing If you would like see singing her in Spanish look "Que se siente" from the same show Beste Zangers. Every song she sang there is great! Here some more Nightwish songs i think you would like them. Storytime (Wacken 2013), The Poet and the Pendulum (Wembly 2015), Weak Fantasy, Slleing sun, My Walden (this three ftom Tampere 2015), Ever Dream (Wacken 2013), I want my tears back(Buenos Aires 2019), Dark chest of wonders (at Wembly or Wacken, i'm not sure) and finally after all that you are ready for The greatest show on earth! I hope i see one day this reactions from you about this songs or some of them. The Poet and the Pendulum is the most emotional song for Thoumas, the keyborder and mastermind from the band, he wrote about 95% of all songs, read about them bevore you look them (from wembly 2015) and also read about The greatest show on earth bevore you look, it's about evolution and look it from Tampere 2015, still to the end! For me Floor is the best female singer in the world, because she's so skilled, her abilitys, her range and much more are great and she can sing everything. And Nigjtwish spcially with her is the best band for me. Only the best wishes from me to you from Vienna/Austria! Stay safe! (I'm sorry, it's a little bit long and i'm also sorry if i wrote some mistakes, my english isn't the best, shame on me!)
Had goosebumps in my arms exactly where you rubbed yours during the video. Like your shirt and thanks for this amazing video. Followed your channel from one of your videos about the lovely Irish lilt. Cheers!
Wonderful deconstruction. One of the best I have seen. One does have to ask, how one could not be intimidated by a magnificent 183cm powerful symphonic metal singer?
Not only the vocal skill and capacity is made clear instantly but the Astonishingly beautiful contrast between the 2 amplified it to another level. Floor who is the more light but still dramatic and emotional, she paints a outside the canvas with various colors like a real opera singer, which Henk poort probably taught her, but also mixes in a little of her own rougher and deeper style. Doing so with vibratos, controlled and beautiful little voice cracks, a little distortion, putting emphasis on certain words, switching and transitioning between a very round voice and a direct and powerful one, having a little hoarse and a extremely wide vocal range. All of which do not only make it more interesting, harder, uniek and emotional but also ads a lot of character. Meanwhile Henk lays a beautiful warm, touching, strong and very powerful base/background to the painting. Which he later roughs up a little by making it slightly more metal, which Floors probably taught him. You can truly hear he is a veteran master of his craft. His control and power is not just talent and you can hear all those decades of refinement. And as Henk does, he made some small adjustments to fit floors voice, just like he did with Emma. And the way floor goes from light and high to low and dramatic to really draw you in, and then pass you over to hank who really sets power behind the emotional ride. Meanwhile they are both really bringing these characters to life, radiation emotions and passion through facial expressions, body language and hand gestures. You can also see how proud they are at each other. Floor has been a fan of Henk for such a long time and it’s been a dream come true for her. And when he did the growl he just looked so honored. Just like when floor hit those high notes you can see he wonder in henks eyes. And then in a masterful climax Henk keeps yelling for her to sing -powerful and passionate, almost angry- as she proceeds to go higher and higher with more and more intensity, passion and emotion.
You would love all of Floor's songs on this show, different genres in different languages!!! Each was a emotional wrecking ball week in and week out. Well worth doing Vilja Lied (Floor sang in German as she didn't like the sound of it in Dutch), Lady GaGa's Shallow (English) or Que se Sente (Spanish) or any of the others. Great reaction and analysis BTW and this show really showed off all of Floor's abilities even to the shock of many of her fans, me included.
Thank you Madeleine for doing this review. I really enjoyed your commentary, especially your discussion of the interactions between the two singers. For recommendations, remember that as most of us are not professional singers what performances contain elements that you would really find interesting with complexity and finesse as another singer vs. performances that we really enjoy listening to as an audience may not always be the same thing. For me as a listener, I find the Wacken Nightwish performance of "Everdream" to be one of my favorites overall for Floor's power and range; Floor's performance of "Que Se Siente" in Beste Zangers as my most favorite for belting, and her solo contribution to the child welfare charity "WarChild" of "De Beelden Blijven" for softness and tone, along of course with the popular classic of "Shallow" for softness and tone, from Beste Zangers. Any of those would be great!
Have you ever imagined singing this song with Michael Crawford? Ultimate wish fulfillment going on with this one, as she got to sing with "her" Phantom, the one from the Dutch production.. you can tell how uber-comfortable he is in those shoes, even when throwing in that distorted section, to fit the rock-ier version they were doing....
They did the arrangement from Nightwish, which is written with the end on a lower note than the original. Check the End of an Era version for the previous singer Tarja and Marko, the bass player. Henk Port was theo original Phantom in the Dutch arrangement .
You should treact to Henk Poort's cover of the disturbed version of Sound of Silencd. It was part of this show, and he sang the Disturbed version out of respect for Floor's being a metal singer. It is Awesome. They are fans of eachother
🤘🇫🇮 one of Nightwish army Finland. Thank You for this tiny tutorial! Pro's give some a small touch to this music and you analysized both - their stage performance AND their vocal abilities... Stay safe and Take care...
Another great nightwish song is When Marco and Floor performed romanticide right near the end they hits some high notes the highest I've heard Floor hit worth a look.
Floor is so good she makes every duet perfect. She balances her power and tone to EXACTLY fit whomever she is singing with. Watch the duets on Beste Zingers 2019 and see what I mean. Phenomenal!
Challange accepted. You will now have to do Henk, the Phantom, doing his version of Disturbed´s The Sound of Silence from this same show Beste Zangers. He sings it to Floor Jansen. You will not be disappointed.
Very much enjoyed your reaction. A lot has already been said. Probably in for some more Floor from the unique dutch show Beste Zangers 2019? Been at Floor's solo show (january 2019) where she sang all her songs from Beste Zangers, some After Forever and Revamp. She blew me away with her power, versatility and ability to convey emotions. Was accompaied by Hek Poort and he helped her with some songs. Closure was this one and they blew the roof of!
Yes all of her songs here on that show were great Shallow has 2 appearances by her solo and duet both are good plus her working with other male singers. Her Spanish song as well as her opera songs are just as good. I think 7 or so in total.
Your positive energy and genuine love is much needed in this world. Your reactions are authentic and full of truth and wisdom, and your voice is masterful. This was splendid. Can you do react to love of the tired swans by dimas. It is his best song in my opinion with the least reaction videos. It needs your love, if you have time. Stay singing and sharing you are such a great role model for the next generation.
How's the heart acoustic is one of their most complex sounds vocally speaking, hopefully you will get to read this comment, it really deserves a great breakdown like you do on your videos. Greetings!
Tuomas seems to enjoy writing complex lyrical structures for Floor specifically as he feels she can handle them; and she immensely enjoys the challenges Tuomas throws her way.
I do like Floor's Christine. I'm most familiar with the book, and Christine is no wilting innocent. She is an ambitious woman willing to make a deal with the devil to get ahead of her rivals. She may not know what all she signed up for, but at the end of the day, she's not the good guy. I like that about this rendition. They are using each other, challenging each other for control, working together for their own reasons.
I would be willing to bet that maybe 1% of the people who have listened to the musical, or this performance, have actually read the book. Good on ya'. I haven't read it, either (though I've been through the Opera Garnier...it would suit Floor).
As a casual watcher of her do this MANY, MANY times over. I just realized how wonderfully she moved her body but kept the microphone distance in relation to her vocals throughout. Especially in the belts she adjusted the mic distance exactly where she needed it to keep a constant volume throughout the performance. Just wanted to touch on that since I thought about it. She’s my number one all time female singer! Great reaction and thank you!
Love your analysis as always! I also think their dynamic worked really well together, the build up toward the end was crazy. I also like that you get into the technical/ physical aspects of the performance, it gives a whole new perspective to the experience. I highly recommend the song Gone by Scardust- they have an amazingly talented singer called Noa Gruman, AND they have a new album coming out in 3 days! So lots of good surprises to expect from there :)
Careful. Henk was the Phantom. One of Andrew Lloyd Webber's favorites. He was the European Phantom. She worshipped Henk from the time she was a little girl. This was a dream shot for her. I think she did well.
For me this performance isn't about Floor, its Henk that suprised me the most. With Floor i knew she could do this. It was sung at her terms with a metal rock tone in it, she used to sing that at Nightwish. But i knew that Henk Poort is a musical singer even a bit opera singer a bit. And you know that grunching your voice like that is normally a no go for a opera singer or a musical singer. Its unknown territory, very risky, almost impossible. So the second i hear his changing voice, i was stumbled or stunned on my chair because i never witnessed this before. ( sorry English is not my native language )
Floor's sister Irene told that Floor at 8 years old was such a great fan of Henk Poort (the male singer) when he played the Dutch Phantom of the Opera that she ran around the house singing the song and had a photo of Henk Poort over her bed. Floor agreed to come to this 10 week long show only after whe heard that Henk would be participating. This was a great, great moment in her life. Henk surprised her with his gift of a gritty voice in this song, something he never had done before this show. And after that, the energy exploded in this song. They would not give each other an inch! (as you rightly say). I thought I'd give you a bit of background info.
Henk was THE Dutch Phantom, and I've heard one of ALW's favorites. She's loved this song and Henk as the Phantom for years so this program, and this performance she was so totally fan-girling to be singing with Henk. She asked him to do this for the duet episode of Beste Zangers and he agreed on one condition, that the next time that Nightwish came through the Netherlands that he got to perform this song with them on stage.
There are so many excellent performances on this season of the program, her solo version of shallow...amazing, Floor and Tim did Shallow in this episode, Emma Hesters (lady in red dress on the couch) and Henk do a Duet of Vivo Por Lei, Emma did a song Floor wrote for her mother, that she admitted to never being able to get through without crying called Strong, amazing. You will find so many good performances in Beste Zangers 2019 that it's insane.
It also is Tuomas's arrangement.
@@bernhardrohrer9593 more like Marcel Fisser band's rearrangement of Nightwish arrangement
The back story of how much of a fan Floor is of Henk, and the chemistry between them, brings this to another level. Thank you for reacting to this. More please. ;-)
He's been her idol from way back when she saw him as the phantom on stage and he's learned distortion for her in a week... He's known as 'uncle henk' during this show to the other singers on the couches.
That’s amazing!
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice This show is not a competition, it's a celebration of great singing. Each singer spends a week in the spotlight where the other singers prepare a song for them (one of their own, or something else with a lot of meaning to them) Henk Poort sang the disturbed version of 'sound of silence' where he practiced singing distortion for Floor. As an opera (and musical) singer, he's never stepped out of his comfort zone like that, all for Floor. The whole show is amazing (Beste Zangers 2019)
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice She's gone from idolising to working with him, and now they are friends. She's done the same with another legendary Dutch singer, Anneke Van Giersbergen, former lead singer with Dutch Progressive rock band The, Gathering. Floor saw her sing at Graspop, a Dutch music festival, and knew that was what she wanted to do. Check out "The Gathering - Strange Machines live at Graspop Metal Meeting 1996 (remastered)".
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice you should hear Tarja and Marko same song End of an Era and Tarja's cover of Muse's Supremacy at Woodstock 2016, that is holding a damn note. I don't think Tarja and Floor are human lol.
@@MadeleineHarveyVoice Hi Madeleine can you send me sole more new vocal warm ups and music too so I can learn more with you
"Seduction's a mind game, and I'm quite a player." Floor Jansen 2010 (ReVamp, "Wild Card")
I don't think the traditional Christine character gels well with Floor. Whether consciously or subconsciously, she maybe thought, "Let's make a statement here." Also, Henk Poort is someone she has looked up from teenage years, he played the phantom in the Dutch stage version. I think she felt safe that she would not be intimidating/upstaging him.
That moment when he used "rock grit" was a nod to her metal singing, a bit of acknowledgement/respect. He became a guest in Floor's solo shows afterwards and has promised to sing this with Floor and Nightwish in Amsterdam.
Please do "How's the heart" , the acoustic version with Floor and Troy from Nightwish, It is soo amazingly intricate and beautifully expressive and I would love to see you react to it.
Yes! I can only agree.
I agree too!!
Yes please
Oh yes please. It is amazing
Yes!!!
Look at Ever Dream by Nightwish from Wacken! The power she has!
Look at Wacken 2013 in general.
Well.. Queen to D6 for 8 seconds!! => Checkmate..
Try the "extreme" opposite from our valkyrie goddess and listen very closefully => "Yours Is An Empty Hope" (Live at Wembley ´15 / Live at Mexico ´15)..
Greetz from Germany.
Nightwish did a wonderful live version with their previous singer Tarja of the phantom of the opera. It's a massive favourite of reactors and vocal coaches and it would be great if you could do that too. As for Floor you need to react to Everdream from Wacken 2013 - her voice and energy is so intense!!! It's unbelievable.
I would say that they did the "nigthwish" version with this peformance. Henke port sounda great when he adds a bit of grit. But i think i prefer the grittier marco.
@@andersstromqvist2211 Yes it was musically the nightwish version, but I think it's very different to how Tarja and Marko performed. Different enough to warrant a separate reaction I would think.
I am NW fan for 15 years and still every time Floor opens her mouth I am amazed
This was also Tuomas (Nightwish) Holopainen's arrangement of ALW's piece - transposed for a better mix of Floor and Henk. Henk learned "the Marko variation" for Floor!
Floor has so much stage presence! Of course it helps that she’s literally about 6’1.
i hate to be that guy, but she's 6'
1,83 m
@@PPfilmemacher and Emppu is 1m60 !
@@PPfilmemacher Though on stage with Nightwish she wears tall boots that push her to 1.95m or so.
That's why, at the end of the Tampere show, you can clearly see her standing taller even than Marko and Tuomas.
@@Stan_S_Stanman im that guy too 🤣🤣💪🏻👍🏻
"Floor, can you ?.. "Hold my beer".... next *Vilja Lied* same show and *Yours is an Empty Hope*. Wembley Arena !. Floor has a little suprice for you !! Stay safe.
Gave it a like before the video started.
me too
join the club
Just to be done with that already, lol.
Unless you got ads, that’s practically impossible...
Interesting reaction!
Try Floor's version of "Vilja Lied" from the same show next time!
If you do you need to know that Vilja Lied was the very first performance of the whole season. Its so fun to see the others just collectivly drop their jaws to the floor thinking "Damn this metal chic can SING!"
@@MatsGarage and then you're the professional singer, next in line, to do your song..... I pitty them ......
thats true lml
Give "About Love I Don't Know A Thing" from this same show. Oh, and Shallow as well
Winner 😍
@@inkubuzz Forgot about that one
The same evening that Henk Poort did this duet with Floor, he also did another duet with the girl in the red dress, Emma Heesters. The song was Vivo per lei and it was also amazing. I like to watch those two performances back to back, to see the range of Henk. I would like to see your reaction to that one. I don't know if it is vocal gymnastics, but it is definitely wonderful. You will be smiling.
I love that "Vivo per Lei" duet! Aside from how great both of them sing, there's just something super heartwarming about the performance. Beste Zangers had a lot of moments like that for me. What an absolute blessing that show is!
I actually rank Vivo Por Lei with Henk and Emma as better than this! By only a notch, and more for the incredible potential of Emma and how Henk brought her extreme warmth out.
For the opposite Floor, soft, breathy, sublime, try her solo cover of Shallow from the same show. It'll give you an entirely new take on the song. :)
I think this was the most spot on perfect reaction for this duet I’ve seen! The challenge they bought, the stepping up to the plate and the building and final exhuming of brash passion of skill, beautiful!
I saw an interview with Floor's sister a while back, and I believe this is an accurate paraphrase of what she said. When Floor was a little 8-year-old girl, she had a poster in her room of Henk as the Phantom, and would run around the house singing the songs.
Greetings from "The Netherlands" Land of Henk and Floor 😍😍😍 You might like "Vilja Lied" by Floor on the same show 🎶👍👀
Baritone Henk Poort (1956) began his music and vocal studies at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, his birth place.
During his studies he had already impressed by winning the very first edition of the Cristina Deutekom Concours, a prestigous classical music competition in The Netherlands.
After graduating in 1988 he began studying with the Italian singing coach Ettore Campogagliani and Dutch educator Margreet Honig
Henk Poort has performed with several opera houses throughout Europe and has built up an extensive repertoire. His first engagement started at the Ulm and Krefeld Opera House (Germany) where for the first time he was offered the chance to perform leading roles in Verdí’s famous operas: Macbeth, Rigoletto, Nabucco and Germont (Traviata). But also Escamillo (‘Carmen’), André Thorel (Massenets ‘Thérèse’) and the title roles in ‘Eugen Onegin’ and ‘Guillaume Tell’.
Henk Poort has also appeared as guest performer at The Dutch Opera, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, The Hessen State Theatre in Wiesbaden, de Nationale Reisopera (Dutch touring company), de VARA (Opera-matinee in het Amsterdamse Concertgebouw) and the Bern Opera.
During this period he added ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’, Sharpless in ‘Madame Butterfly’, Luna in ‘Il Trovatore’, Renato in ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ and Gérard in ‘Andrea Chenier’ to his repertoire.
In the sections Oratorium and Vocal Symphonic Music Henk Poort’s name is often found in Brahms’ Requiem and Fauré’s Requiem, The Creation (Die Schöpfung) by Haydn and Carmina Burana by Orff.
His role as Jean Valjean in ‘Les Miserables’ and his title role in ‘The Phantom op the Opera’ increased his popularity among a wider audience.
After his performance as the Jewish milkman Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ he was approached on numerous occasions by directors such as Harold Prince and producers such as Cameron Mackintosh. Still the baritone preferred to combine his work as a musical actor with his love for the opera and to continue working with conductors such as Edo de Waart, Lawrence Renes, Yakov Kreitzberg, Gabriele Bellini, Miguel-Angel Gomez Martinez and Alexander Rahbari
As an actor Henk Poort also has many credits to his name and is frequently asked to appear on TV shows and soaps (e.g. ‘Russen’). In 2006 the movie Nachtrit came out and Kicks is expected to be released in February 2007. Both films starring Henk Poort
"My heart is a-fluttering"...
That, my friend, is what we call a Floorgasm!
Just FYI, for whatever reason the audio from the performance video seemed to be pitched down a bit. But indeed Floor was a whole-step lower than originally written by ALW.
I'm glad you enjoyed the performance. It was incredible to see when the episode first aired.
P.S. Henk Poort is one of Floor's favorite vocalists, so this was a dream come true for her to sing this song with him since he is the original Dutch 'Phantom'.
I was wondering what was off in my earphones then I read your comment... indeed the audio seems a note lower!🤔
This was basically a rearrangement of the Nightwish arrangement of this song. And that version was just a whole note lower, so that's probably why they kept it like this.
I've heard Floor hitting the E6, so I know she can do it. But if she couldn't, who cares? The most important thing is the way she sings it, not how high she sings it. 😊
@@mariodriessen9740 Maybe. But it seems to happen quite often when people try to upload something after up-converting it from low-res to 1080p or 4k or something of that nature. Its usually accompanied with what seems to be a slower tempo of the song, but it's actually the entire video having been slowed for whatever reason.
It's REALLY noticeable in a couple versions of GLS from 2013 Wacken that have been up-converted by different third parties. That's one of the reasons a lot of people reccomend reactors carefully choose which version they react to.
@@Mountain_Mutt : True, I’m familiar with the Wacken videos you’re referring to (luckily there are also the right versions online as well), but the slower versions aren’t perfectly pitched a whole step below what they should be. If I remember correctly, it’s just a little flat. Not even half a step down. What’s more annoying to me, when it comes to that concert, is the speed.
I could be wrong about the pitch. I’d have check it to be absolutely sure, but I don’t think there’s something wrong with this video.
@@mariodriessen9740 I very well could be wrong too. But it just felt off as I listened/watched. As long as I have a known good version to go to, I'm happy. And for those days when I'm moving slow too, pitched-down Floor is still Floor. 😉
You've gotta check out Nightwish's performance of The Greatest Show On Earth at Tempere - Floor gives a master class in vocals in that one performance in a very different way from Ghost Love Score. Love your reactions - keep 'em coming!
Floor is a world star.
Thank you for your beautiful response.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
TY great reaction , now one you will love is Storytime live at Wacken 2013 (Operatic part in the middle)
Fun reaction! Thank you, Madeleine. 🤘
For more Nightwish, Ghost River (Wacken 2013); for more Floor @ Beste Zangers, Vilja Lied (sung for Henk Poort.)
Although Floor is huge in Nightwish, she was unknown in the Netherlands before this show. If you do some more of this show, use the JennieZelf UA-cam channel version, because they contain more (subtitled) context of the songs.
oh yeah the vilja lied is one of the episodes i LOVE and way to few people give it the credit it deserved over the phantom episode
I tried to click this so fast I missed it 3 times. It was like Homer trying to dial the phone number to QVC.
D'oh!
Ohhh man I've been waiting on this. I just knew you'd give us a great, informative reaction. I also know you're being pestered for more Floor. Consider this another plea lol
Great reaction and analysis video lovely lady! Floor is very intimidating. She is tall and very strong. She also is very confident in her singing ability. She refers to herself as a vocal technique nerd. In addition, Floor was enamored to be able to sing for and with Henk Poort. As a young girl she saw Henk play the part of the Phantom in the Dutch production. On the show she stated that Henk was one of her vocal idols growing up and was very happy to find out that Henk was part of this show. Henk actually added the distortion to his voice in honor of Floor. He had little to no experience with vocal distortion. BTW, Floor can sing higher, but D is a very comfortable and powerful key for her. Loved your video. Hope to see more from you. Peace.
You bring so much class to the community of UA-cam reactors. In what you say (obviously knowing what you talk about and bringing a fresh perspective also) and how you present and look. This reaction just made my day and it is early morning for me :)
This is an excellent performance. Great singing and great acting from these experienced professionals. It's my favorite "Phantom" of all time. And great analysis from you. Thank you! ⛄👍
great reaction; very entertaining and profound at the same time. now that you have seen Floor Jansen with Nightwish and the Phantom of the Opera you really need to hear her performing 'Shallow' from Lady Gaga; you will be surprised how she interpreted this song; many say way better than the original; you sure will love it from a vocal point of view. Stay Safe. 💖💥💥💥
Greetings from Finland. Yes, the highest live note that Floor has so far reached is F6 while performing "Romanticide" at Ilosaarirock in Finland in 2013.
The entire show Beste Zangers is fun. Having each episode be about one of the singers, and the others performing songs that are connected to or related to that singer is just fun. It is more about exploring what music means to people and collaborating instead of competing to be the "best".
Henk IS the Phantom - As in mister's Andrew Loyd vision - he is the perfect voice - And also about 1993 - Hank sings it for the national opera.
Henk poort actually played the phantom for years in the Netherlands. And I beleave in Germany as well
As much as Floor owned that big performance, on the same show her solo of Shallow was at the opposite end of big which again demonstrates the control she has over her instrument. Plus those smaller performances (more than one - Villa Lied in German) brought members of the audience to tears. She's the best.
Great reaction! Just gotta say, you slide out piano 🎹... Sooo darn cool! 👍😎👍😎👍
She hits a sustained E at the end of Greatest Show on Earth (20 min song) at the end of a concert in Tempere.
That's a mixed belt E5, not E6 in head voice (which she can do but not there)
I think Floor's height plays into that feeling that she's bordering on overpowering Henk, but Henk is a boss himself so he balances it out. Also, the pull out piano drawer is awesome.
I'm sure other people will offer these suggestions, but I'd suggest Floor's rendition of "Shallow" from this same show. Yes, everyone has a version of Shallow, but when you consider what Floor can do, and then the artistic choices she makes with the song, it makes it very special. Also, if you want to other end of her spectrum, try Nightwish "Yours is an Empty Hope" Live from Wembley Arena.
I’d actually go for the newly released official version of YIAEH, Mexico 2015. The mix is a bit more balanced and you can hear Floor more clearly underneath Marko for the chorus.
What a really awesome take on that piece. You have such a way with words, thank you Madeline.
Wonderful reaction. Floor is a commanding presence on stage. You might enjoy her doing O Mio Babbino Cara. Even her singing with Epica singing Santa Terra live. Keep up the greatness.
You are THE BEST.... I am sure you know that but I felt the need to tell you personally. No other coach exist for me.... ❤️❤️❤️
Recommendations? Well that would be Floor singing her version of the Lady Gaga song 'Shallow' - also on the Beste Zangers show. So lovely!
Very interesting and enjoyable reaction. And very detailed analysis too. I like that!!
Keep going and do it with all the other appearances of Floor in the "Beste Zangers 2019" show. You will not get disappointed. Promised! :)
henk poort was her idol and rollmodel when she was young
You might like Floor Jansen doing Lady Gaga's "Shallow" in the same show. And/or Floor Jansen with Epica doing "Sancta Terra" :)
Love the reaction... i’ve watched quite a few of these reactions and it’s always interesting to see what little things different people pick up. It just shows that music is different things to different people. I would recommend floor’s cover of Shallow as a contrast she makes it so small yet still so powerful
So nice to hear your analysis and see your reaction! Both Floor Jansen & Henk Poort nailed it.
De zanger, Henk Poort , heeft jarenlang de Nederlandse versie van the Phantom of the opera gezongen en gespeeld.
Ik ben als Nederlander trots op dit duo.
In mijn ogen was een sterke chemie tussen Floor en Henk, en duwden zij elkaar verder en verder.
Eigenlijk een rekensom, 1+1=3
That was a good review. You read the song very well. Well done
Love your reaction. Thank you
Hello Madeleine! I hope you see and read that one day! At first i would say i like your 2 reactions from "Ghost Love Score" and "The Phantom of the opera" with Floor Jansen from Nightwish very very much! I love Floor so much, specially as singer but also as person, she's so a nice person, she works for kids i think, she loves her horses, she's a singin teacher (or she was), she loves singing, she's wonderful as Person and a beautiful woman to and many other things, and she's a big lady to, yes, she's a ~1,83m tall beautiful lady, but on stage with some of her high shoes she's nearly 2m tall! She lookes like an Northern Valkyrien Godess!
I am an old Nightwish fan, i hear them since 1997, i see them 3 times live, but only with her first singer Tarja Turunen. (She was a great singer with an more operetic stile, and 2 songs i think you should see/hear with Taja, if you want, are the songs "Sleeping sun", the video wher she stands in a battlefield with flag and with knights who fighted, i hope you found them, if not the officially version, and "Beaty OF the Beast" the live Version from 2002) Tarja leafed the band, i think in 2005. The 2nd singer from Nightwish, Anette Olzon, i don't liked her much, not her singin for Nightwish. She's a good singer maybe, and i wish her only the best, but she wasn't good enough for singing for Nightwish like Tarja or Floor, her range, abilitys, skills and much more wasn't good enough. But how i sayd, i wish her only the best, and she sings good in her new band. (3 songs with Annette you could looked, because this 3 was written for her, are "Amaranth", "Bye Bye Beautuful" and
Stotytime, but that are only offucial studio music videos, but for me her best) But when i heard Floor Jansen first time singing for Nightwish, i start crying, got so much goosebumps, but i knowed the song for years, but it was for my if i would hear them for the first time! I was speechless! I hear her singing first "Ghost love score" She's sooo good, whatever she sing If you would like see singing her in Spanish look "Que se siente" from the same show Beste Zangers. Every song she sang there is great! Here some more Nightwish songs i think you would like them. Storytime (Wacken 2013), The Poet and the Pendulum (Wembly 2015), Weak Fantasy, Slleing sun, My Walden (this three ftom Tampere 2015), Ever Dream (Wacken 2013), I want my tears back(Buenos Aires 2019), Dark chest of wonders (at Wembly or Wacken, i'm not sure) and finally after all that you are ready for The greatest show on earth! I hope i see one day this reactions from you about this songs or some of them. The Poet and the Pendulum is the most emotional song for Thoumas, the keyborder and mastermind from the band, he wrote about 95% of all songs, read about them bevore you look them (from wembly 2015) and also read about The greatest show on earth bevore you look, it's about evolution and look it from Tampere 2015, still to the end! For me Floor is the best female singer in the world, because she's so skilled, her abilitys, her range and much more are great and she can sing everything. And Nigjtwish spcially with her is the best band for me.
Only the best wishes from me to you from Vienna/Austria! Stay safe! (I'm sorry, it's a little bit long and i'm also sorry if i wrote some mistakes, my english isn't the best, shame on me!)
I so love your insight and description of this performance it is spot on and I can see the intensity even more....Thank You ❤
Had goosebumps in my arms exactly where you rubbed yours during the video. Like your shirt and thanks for this amazing video. Followed your channel from one of your videos about the lovely Irish lilt. Cheers!
You broke my phones speaker when you sang that high note at 8:27. 😅👌Great voice.
Wonderful deconstruction. One of the best I have seen. One does have to ask, how one could not be intimidated by a magnificent 183cm powerful symphonic metal singer?
Not only the vocal skill and capacity is made clear instantly but the Astonishingly beautiful contrast between the 2 amplified it to another level. Floor who is the more light but still dramatic and emotional, she paints a outside the canvas with various colors like a real opera singer, which Henk poort probably taught her, but also mixes in a little of her own rougher and deeper style. Doing so with vibratos, controlled and beautiful little voice cracks, a little distortion, putting emphasis on certain words, switching and transitioning between a very round voice and a direct and powerful one, having a little hoarse and a extremely wide vocal range. All of which do not only make it more interesting, harder, uniek and emotional but also ads a lot of character. Meanwhile Henk lays a beautiful warm, touching, strong and very powerful base/background to the painting. Which he later roughs up a little by making it slightly more metal, which Floors probably taught him. You can truly hear he is a veteran master of his craft. His control and power is not just talent and you can hear all those decades of refinement. And as Henk does, he made some small adjustments to fit floors voice, just like he did with Emma. And the way floor goes from light and high to low and dramatic to really draw you in, and then pass you over to hank who really sets power behind the emotional ride. Meanwhile they are both really bringing these characters to life, radiation emotions and passion through facial expressions, body language and hand gestures. You can also see how proud they are at each other. Floor has been a fan of Henk for such a long time and it’s been a dream come true for her. And when he did the growl he just looked so honored. Just like when floor hit those high notes you can see he wonder in henks eyes. And then in a masterful climax Henk keeps yelling for her to sing -powerful and passionate, almost angry- as she proceeds to go higher and higher with more and more intensity, passion and emotion.
You would love all of Floor's songs on this show, different genres in different languages!!! Each was a emotional wrecking ball week in and week out. Well worth doing Vilja Lied (Floor sang in German as she didn't like the sound of it in Dutch), Lady GaGa's Shallow (English) or Que se Sente (Spanish) or any of the others. Great reaction and analysis BTW and this show really showed off all of Floor's abilities even to the shock of many of her fans, me included.
Cannot get enough of these reviews. Chills all the time!! If it ain’t Dutch it ain’t much!! Tnx. 🇳🇱👍🏻
thank you for great, informative, observant and passionate reaction. greetings from germany.
Thank you Madeleine for doing this review. I really enjoyed your commentary, especially your discussion of the interactions between the two singers. For recommendations, remember that as most of us are not professional singers what performances contain elements that you would really find interesting with complexity and finesse as another singer vs. performances that we really enjoy listening to as an audience may not always be the same thing. For me as a listener, I find the Wacken Nightwish performance of "Everdream" to be one of my favorites overall for Floor's power and range; Floor's performance of "Que Se Siente" in Beste Zangers as my most favorite for belting, and her solo contribution to the child welfare charity "WarChild" of "De Beelden Blijven" for softness and tone, along of course with the popular classic of "Shallow" for softness and tone, from Beste Zangers. Any of those would be great!
Have you ever imagined singing this song with Michael Crawford? Ultimate wish fulfillment going on with this one, as she got to sing with "her" Phantom, the one from the Dutch production.. you can tell how uber-comfortable he is in those shoes, even when throwing in that distorted section, to fit the rock-ier version they were doing....
The band is playing the Nightwish arrangement for Phantom of the Opera
Excellent review!! Best I've seen.
What an amazing reaction video 🤩
Been waiting for this and you sure lived up to expectations! More Nightwish please!
wen you were explaining and singing on a high note, my speaker glitch for half a second. Wow... your good.
They did the arrangement from Nightwish, which is written with the end on a lower note than the original. Check the End of an Era version for the previous singer Tarja and Marko, the bass player.
Henk Port was theo original Phantom in the Dutch arrangement .
You ARE the best at what you do Madeline 🏆OMG keep up the good work so so informative & entertaining 🌟
You should treact to Henk Poort's cover of the disturbed version of Sound of Silencd. It was part of this show, and he sang the Disturbed version out of respect for Floor's being a metal singer. It is Awesome. They are fans of eachother
🤘🇫🇮 one of Nightwish army Finland. Thank You for this tiny tutorial! Pro's give some a small touch to this music and you analysized both - their stage performance AND their vocal abilities... Stay safe and Take care...
Another great nightwish song is When Marco and Floor performed romanticide right near the end they hits some high notes the highest I've heard Floor hit worth a look.
I love this TV show! Floor has said how she always has had a crush on Henk so this was so good
Floor is so good she makes every duet perfect. She balances her power and tone to EXACTLY fit whomever she is singing with. Watch the duets on Beste Zingers 2019 and see what I mean. Phenomenal!
This was literally on her bucket list to sing this with Henke.i think both of them enjoyed that moment.
Challange accepted. You will now have to do Henk, the Phantom, doing his version of Disturbed´s The Sound of Silence from this same show Beste Zangers. He sings it to Floor Jansen. You will not be disappointed.
You've just experienced a Floorgasm! 😉👍👍❤❤
Your intro is one of the best I've ever seen
If you want to see more of him. Watch him perform "the sound of silence" in the same show
Very much enjoyed your reaction. A lot has already been said.
Probably in for some more Floor from the unique dutch show Beste Zangers 2019?
Been at Floor's solo show (january 2019) where she sang all her songs from Beste Zangers, some After Forever and Revamp.
She blew me away with her power, versatility and ability to convey emotions.
Was accompaied by Hek Poort and he helped her with some songs.
Closure was this one and they blew the roof of!
Yes all of her songs here on that show were great Shallow has 2 appearances by her solo and duet both are good plus her working with other male singers. Her Spanish song as well as her opera songs are just as good. I think 7 or so in total.
Your positive energy and genuine love is much needed in this world. Your reactions are authentic and full of truth and wisdom, and your voice is masterful. This was splendid. Can you do react to love of the tired swans by dimas. It is his best song in my opinion with the least reaction videos. It needs your love, if you have time. Stay singing and sharing you are such a great role model for the next generation.
Great reaction and narrative !! Keep it up !!
How's the heart acoustic is one of their most complex sounds vocally speaking, hopefully you will get to read this comment, it really deserves a great breakdown like you do on your videos. Greetings!
Tuomas seems to enjoy writing complex lyrical structures for Floor specifically as he feels she can handle them; and she immensely enjoys the challenges Tuomas throws her way.
I do like Floor's Christine. I'm most familiar with the book, and Christine is no wilting innocent. She is an ambitious woman willing to make a deal with the devil to get ahead of her rivals. She may not know what all she signed up for, but at the end of the day, she's not the good guy. I like that about this rendition. They are using each other, challenging each other for control, working together for their own reasons.
I would be willing to bet that maybe 1% of the people who have listened to the musical, or this performance, have actually read the book. Good on ya'. I haven't read it, either (though I've been through the Opera Garnier...it would suit Floor).
Great reaction, thanks
As a casual watcher of her do this MANY, MANY times over. I just realized how wonderfully she moved her body but kept the microphone distance in relation to her vocals throughout. Especially in the belts she adjusted the mic distance exactly where she needed it to keep a constant volume throughout the performance. Just wanted to touch on that since I thought about it. She’s my number one all time female singer! Great reaction and thank you!
Love your analysis as always! I also think their dynamic worked really well together, the build up toward the end was crazy. I also like that you get into the technical/ physical aspects of the performance, it gives a whole new perspective to the experience.
I highly recommend the song Gone by Scardust- they have an amazingly talented singer called Noa Gruman, AND they have a new album coming out in 3 days! So lots of good surprises to expect from there :)
Ok that on the spot belt of yours without a warm up was just showing off which I absolutely loved 👌🏽
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Careful. Henk was the Phantom. One of Andrew Lloyd Webber's favorites. He was the European Phantom. She worshipped Henk from the time she was a little girl. This was a dream shot for her. I think she did well.
Ahhhh...the queen!!! You should do some more of Floor. There are soooo many dimensions to her.
Great reaction and technical insight
I think her use of her opera skills in Shoemaker is the best i "ve heard of her.
Anything Floor sung on "Beste Zangers" is worth reacting to :D
For me this performance isn't about Floor, its Henk that suprised me the most. With Floor i knew she could do this. It was sung at her terms with a metal rock tone in it, she used to sing that at Nightwish. But i knew that Henk Poort is a musical singer even a bit opera singer a bit. And you know that grunching your voice like that is normally a no go for a opera singer or a musical singer. Its unknown territory, very risky, almost impossible. So the second i hear his changing voice, i was stumbled or stunned on my chair because i never witnessed this before. ( sorry English is not my native language )
Henk is a trained opera singer who also did musicals...
While Henk was long my favourite Phantom, these days my favourite Phantom is Marko Hietala.
Floorgazm... 😍🤗🤩 Nightwish 🤘
sleeping sun! one of the most beautiful songs from Nightwish and of course with Floor