Dave Reacts to Two Country Singers Try Singing Opera - "Nessun Dorma" Austin Brown and Rob Lundquist
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Thank you for tuning in! I hope you like my reaction videos. This is titled 'Dave Reacts to Two Country Singers Try Singing Opera - "Nessun Dorma" Austin Brown and Rob Lundquist. I've heard several versions of this aria, but wasn't expecting this coming from these two. Come on...let's admit it already. We all know they just aren't country, but I think Austin wanted to make a statement with this title LOL...This was amazingly sung by both Austin and Rob.
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Hey Home Fries!Sorry I had to re-upload this video. I'm still messing with the settings to see what I can do with the YT algorithms, copyright blocks, etc. and so I tried speeding the video up which turned out to be ABSOLUTE CRAP (at least according to my taste...) so we'll try this one out and hope it's to our liking .
On an awesome note: I literally uploaded that video for less than a minute and you all were already commenting on the video telling me your suggestions! It makes me feel good you all are watching ! As always Home Fries, thanks for the feedback. It's always appreciated so I can make my videos better for you all!! Let's enjoy this new, better version (Pst...you can be honest and tell me it's crap too LOL). Don't forget to put your song suggestions in the comments and to like and subscribe! See you on my next one !
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@@minneyruth Sorry Ruth I think you commented on the original but I didn't see it before I deleted. If you want, feel free to re-add
If you haven't seen it, Austin Brown absolutely slays "Bring Him Home" from "Les Miserables" on his channel.
Ok no I haven't seen that 👀! Les mis is wonderful so that one may be worth a look! Thanks for suggesting! 🎶🍟
I'm with you in that I never really cared for opera and don't listen to it very often. But these two guys just blew my mind with their rendition. Austin I think knew that Rob had this wonderful talent that not many had experienced . So maybe he dared Rob with " if you'll do it I will" and gave Rob the opportunity to shine. I was totally surprised 😲 and impressed. ❤🥰
I can only picture this conversation of ' Hey I'll do it if you will' over a couple of 🍻 in Austin's backyard 😅. However the conversation went, I'm glad they were able to share with us! 🍟🎙️
Omg, absolutely beautiful!! My favorite Opera!!! I can't keep from playing this video over and over. Thank you!!!
Couldn't agree more! This was such a great performance! 🎙️🎶🎙️
I always suspected these guys could sing anything, but I was still surprised when they actually did this. Awesome job.
Absolutely 💯 agree! They did an awesome job! 🍟🎙️
Thank you for your full informational history of this aria and the telling of the tale. Well done to you Dave as well as Rob and Austin.
Thank you for the kind words🙌! This was so left field but I highly enjoyed it. They pulled it off 🎶😁🍟
HOLY MACARONI! Aren't they great? I listen to this over and over, and I never get tired of it. Glad you liked it.
Soo good!! They did awesome!
Wasn't that amazing? When it came out they were so nervous, this is such a departure for them. It brings me to tears every time.
Yes, they did a fantastic job! Very different then the ones I've heard but Rob and Austin pulled it off pretty well 🤠💯🍟🎙️.
Thanks for the entertainment. I think you're about the 60th reactor we've watched listening to this and being shocked, especially at Rob.
💯 blown away 🙃 Both absolutely killed it, but Rob.. holy cow 🎙️🤯🤯
Listened to this about 100 times. This us so epic! I'm so proud of the boys!!
It was very well done. Their voices together was great 🎶🙌💯
I really don't know of any other country singers that can sing Opera like this. It just doesn't happen. They did it perfectly!
Other than opera singers, I've watched Adam Lambert and Queen, Michael Bolton, and Aretha Franklin all do this song, but haven't found any country singers out there until now. They did a fantastic job 😊🍟🎶
I remember WAY back, John Denver sang an aria (I can't remember which) on a TV show of his. He said his voice had gotten better with age and he wanted to try it. I remember it was impressive.
I love their rendition of this! I'm so impressed by Rob especially.
Agree. They were pretty awesome in this! 🍟🎙️🎶
Rob was classically trained in Opera in college. Austin was a musical theater background but also studied classical music in college. This was Austin's idea and he had to convince Rob to do it. Rob had not sung opera in over 15 years. They did an absolutely amazing job. Enjoyed watching your reaction to this song.
You all were right I was definitely surprised at this video 🤯! Glad Austin talked Rob into it 🍟🎶🙌
Rob sang this for his dad, per Rob he cried.
@@dianadickerson749 that's just freaking awesome 👍. Proud dad there 🤗
Our boys did a great job. Rob studied opera in college and Austin trained in musical theater.❤️
That's what I've been told. You can tell Rob was made for this and paired with Austin, it worked out really well! 🎶🎙️🍟
Weren’t they wonderful?!! I thought I was going to be rickrolled and then this happened. Rob studied opera in college but that was years ago. He didn’t want to do it but Austin insisted. As you said, Austin wasn’t bad himself. So much fun. Good reaction Dave.😃
Yes they were awesome🙌🏽🙌🏽! Quite surprising from these two guys 🎶! I'm sure they had a blast doing this! 🍟
I’m a fan of opera & Rob kills this. Austin gives it a good try but the resonance needed is missing. But together it’s magical.
I think you're spot on🙂. Rob's voice fits this aria 🎶 and I think with Austin and Rob together it blends fantastico 💯 🤯! I feel like Austin's voice may work for an Opera buffa where it's a bit more cheerful and a high tenor may be able to work. Nevertheless, great job as a group! 🍟🎶
I believe Rob studied opera in college and had the opportunity to sing opera professionally. He chose, instead, to go with Home Free. Opera missed out on a great talent, but I'm glad he chose Home Free. His talent is a lot more accessible to people (not many people listen to opera) and he has an opportunity to introduce people who don't usually listen to opera to some of its greatest arias. I really hope he and Austin will do another aria.
Not sure what you mean by "resonance." Reactors with training and experience in opera plus wider fields have commented that Austin is a lyric tenor, but that such voices are in great demand and that as a particularly fine lyric tenor, if he wanted to, he could find work in opera or operetta, as well as the musical theatre for which he trained. Rob's voice is lovely but there isn't as much call for that heavier Italian-style tenor as there used to be. Such operatic composers as Britten, Maxwell Davis or Birtwhistle, not to mention the contemporary composers being produced now, avoid the Italian style on the whole.
People have attributed the difference in the voices to training but in fact it is inborn like height. Austin could have had any number of years of operatic training (as his tutors wanted him to ) and he would have come out as a lyric tenor. And as I said, all the more employable for it.
.Mind BLOWN ❤❤#HOMEFREE
Crazy talented 💯 !!! geeze 🍟
How great to have a reactor to this aria who actually knows something about it! and who can explain the (truly insane) plot of Turandot so clearly.
Top marks too for having realised from previous listening that Rob could deal with this. In his solos in the Sea Shanty Medley, you can hear that larynx dropped in a fully trained way.
There's been some rather ignorant reacting and commenting on this piece, mainly from people who seem to think that opera stopped and never changed around 1920 and that only the Italianate style is opera. Of course it is alive and growing, perhaps more now than before, and in fact Austin's true lyric tenor would be more useful. In the UK we love us a lyric tenor, from the great Peter Pears onward, while the Italian classics are a little unfashionable. Both guys were really nervous about how their fans would react, or if they would be seen as aiming above their abilities, but need not have worried!
A terrific reaction. Thank you.
Again thanks for the kind words 🙏!! Such nice things to say and hopefully I keep my vids to high standards 😉(Feel free to call me out if they fall short 😅). This was actually really fun researching as it threw me back to the days when I used to listen to classical and opera 📚.
I have Sea Shanty Medley on my list to do as well. I can't wait to check that one out 🎶. Rob's vocal strength was able to pull this one off perfectly since it had that dramatic resonance 🎙️. Austin's voice is bright and cheerful. I said in another comment that I think he would do really well in an opera buffa 🌞, but when they sung parts as a duo it was perfecto 🤌🍟🎶
Thought I was having a crazy case of deja vu! 😂🍟
LMAO Sorry about that. I just didn't like how the sped up version. I usually watch before I upload, but had to step out so it was scheduled. Came back and wasn't impressed. You're not losing you're mind 🤪 🍟🎶
Enjoyed your reaction very much, I was smiling the whole time !!! The guys did such a good job and I was happy to learn the story behind the aria. So glad you had joined the Home Free bandwagon, I as a Huge fan that never misses a reaction.
They killed it 👍! The comments in my previous videos said this one was going to be VERY different and they were right🤯! I highly enjoyed it though and still getting surprised at what I find down the HF rabbit hole 🕳️! Can't wait to do the next🍟🎶!
This is insane. Wow, wow and again wow. This is extremely good. Fantastic. Both are doing great. But Rob, I'm perplexed. His voice is just magical, so rich, so warm, so powerful. Chills just ran through my body. It flows into my heart. He will be able to stand with the greatest of opera singers. It's not often that I listen to songs by opera singers many times in a row. But here it is. Of course I hope that both will always continue to do Home Free, but I wouldn't think it wrong that such "trips" are made more often. Opera, country, ballads, soul etc. I think anything is possible..
Absolutely agree! This was very different from what I've heard so far but the talent can't be ignored. Rob has a fantastic range and I read from the comments that he does opera. Had to see it to believe it 👀! Austin's voice blends really well with Rob so together they hit this one out of the park! 🔥🍟🙌
In an interview with Patrol Gaming, Austin said he'd really wanted to show off "Opera Rob"; however, Rob said he wouldn't unless Austin sang it with him. Austin went on to say that he thought he'd been okay but that Rob was fantastic. I love the way they support each other. Rob had extensive opera training (but hadn't sung it in 15 years - Austin had sone but his degree is in Musical Theater).
Okay, that was them falling back on Rob's operatic training. How about checking out Austin going back to his musical training. Go to Austin Brown Bring Him Home. The song is from Les Miz and he loses his Georgia twang for this number. He's accompanied by his friend Sebastien Douyon and it's filmed in a room in his home. Sebbie also plays piano for Austin's What a Wonderful World (Animal Take), with wonderful special appearances by Titus (pit bull), Koda (little one), and Dawg (cat).
Very cool! I believe I have 'Bring Him Home' on my list 🙌 I'll check 'What A Wonderful World' out as well. Seems like an awesome vid 🐶🐱👶😂
Great reaction! That was beautiful! Thanks for the background on this song! About the time you think you know what to expect… Yet another beautiful surprise!
Absolutely! This was a big surprise 🤯. Rob was absolutely wonderful. Austin was able to pull it off as well. Did not expect that 🍟🎶
It’s actually Austin city with Rob… Five guys in a group and three of their name start with a Adam Adam Austin and then Rob & Tim!
@@jankreps5115 oh shoot! I just realized that. Haha just corrected!!! Thanks 😂 lol
THANK YOU for the story I'm 70 and only just found this out. They were great. Nana Karen UK
Glad you liked it. I'll be doing more of them in the future!
Great Reaction! I have never been a big 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.
💯 agree!! -- definitely not bad for those 'country boys' 🤠 and I was definitely impressed by the range! Ive heard the Three Tenors do this and was absolutely blown away 🎶🎙️. Also with just Pavarotti as a solo. I think this was actually made for him. Bocelli's version was also great. 🍟🎙️🎶
I wondered what happened! I just assumed YT was being mean. Personally, I prefer to not listen to opera, but I made an exception in this case. Incredible. I'll never look at Rob the same again after this performance!
Apologies for that 😅! Yes Rob was absolutely great on this one again! Austin surprised 😯 me too. I didn't know he had that range 🍟🎙️
@@DaveReactsTV all 5 of those boys have a ridiculous amount of talent!
@@brendasorenson6186 couldn't agree more!! 🙂
Frigging AMAZING. Is there anything the boys cant do?
Soooo much talent in one group 🤩🤩🤩
Austin also has originals on his channel.. Please, check out "If I Met You Now".. It's hauntingly beautiful... Thanks for the reaction Dave.. I think we all dropped our jaw's... lol
Yea that was unexpected for sure 🤯! Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check his originals out as well! 🙌🍟🎶
Dave, the uniqueness and production of your videos is simply the best I've ever seen anywhere on You Tube. I'm subscribing for that reason aline. I can't wait to see some of your reactions to songs I've seen on other channels.
Wow! Thanks for the wonderful comments 👍 I took some time off but am getting back into now 😁
Cool! Thanks for re-releasing the video with the speed fixed! 👍😉💕 Great reaction to 2 beautiful singers. These guys (all of the HF guys, actually!) keep us on our toes and keep surprising us! 😳🤯
You're welcome! I like this version better. The song felt a little off on the first one 🙃🙂. Yea this was a great suggestion by you all. Definitely can't wait for my next HF 🍟 video!
I have seen many reactors view this and review this video and you are the only one that actually did any kind of research to explain the story, where it came from and give some context to the music, much less to pronounce it properly. Rob actually put me in tears when I first heard this because he reminded me of one of the greats, Luciano Pavarotti with his depth and resonant voice. It's too bad that not many of these operas are performed in this day and age. People are electing for more modern operas and musicals. Great reaction and great story. I subscribed!!!!
Awesome! Thank you for the support and the kind words 😃! I found this opera got better the more I researched it myself so it was worth it and glad you enjoyed it too. Rob's voice was fantastic and perfect for this aria. I know this is probably one of Pavarotti's iconic arias he's performed so I compared it to that myself. Crazy how well they did on this 💯🍟🙌
Loved you doing this one! It's so incredible and so different than what we usually get to hear. Hearing their full talent they trained in school for is special. They both were encouraged to go further into the classics and opera, but chose to instead do the stuff we love hearing them do!!! Thank goodness. I love this tho'. And hey, have you had a chance to watch Austin's incredible solo of Bring Him Home. Not the one with Home Free on stage live. The solo is just unbelievable! Tear-jerker type too. He also does Tears in Heaven and oh man, wow! So thanks again.
They killed this! This was so awesome! Love your reaction!
Absolutely agreed 💯! Together they knocked this out of the park 🎶🎙️
When I first listened to this video, my chin was on the floor! I couldn’t decide if Rob was lip syncing and it was some kind of joke! Not trying to put them down, of course!! I heard Austin’s voice when he sang, but Rob’s voice definitely sounded different! It is so amazing what all of these guys can do!❤🔥🔥I really think they are angels from heaven or aliens from another planet! 😆 Glad you are enjoying them as much as we are!!👏👏
Yes an absolute surprise 🤯😂. Rob showed off his talent on this one and I think Austin pulled it off as well. A super treat to listen to. 🎶💯
In fact if you listen to Rob's leads in the Sea Shanty medley, you'll hear that dropping of the larynx.
The neat thing about this is Rob's style was more traditional opera while Austin went for a crossover style. Rob blew everyone away on this! Rumor has it Austin re-recorded his part after hearing Rob's.
Yes! Definitely heard that 🎙️! Rob sung more in a modern classical style and I think Austin's was slightly on the laid back side of it. I think Rob's voice was well suited for this aria, Austin's was a bit of a push but TOGETHER it was awesome! 🎶💯🍟
@@DaveReactsTV That was my thought the first time as well. But listening to other reviews I found out Austin's choice is a fairly new accepted style of opera. Who knew?
Thank you for sharing the story Turandot tells. I've never known what it was about and you're the first reactor I've heard who took the time to explain it. They've translated the song,, but never discussed the opera itself, so I appreciate it.
Awesome! Thanks for the kind words 🙌 they definitely did a great job with their version. Glad you enjoyed it 🍟🎶
Rob is trained in opera and has that space that lets him sing lower/darker. Austin is a higher register and does not have that kind of space so he is a lyric tenor.
Ditto 👍 I expected Rob to do really well with this from my understanding of his opera background in college. Austin is a high tenor so I expected the longer resonance required for opera may have been a little tough for him but I think he pulled it off for being a 'country' guy 🤠. As a duo though, it was fantastic 🍟🎶
If anyone is interested in opera, a great book is Milton's Stories of the Great Operas. Frankly, almost all operas have a convoluted (rather inane) story to them though. I hope that hearing this duet will interest more people in actually listening to some of it rather than dismissing it out of hand.
Absolutely 💯 agree! It's part of the reason why I wanted to talk about the background of the 'Turandot' opera and not just how other people have sung 'Nessun Dorma' (Pavarotti, etc). I once heard in a video that an opera is a full course meal and have absolutely stuck with me ever since. Opera/classical 🎶 carried me through my college day study sessions so I have a place for it in the old ticker ❤️😁
Amazing
Well said!! 🔥🎶
Just WOW 🤩
Right! 🤯💥🍟🎙️🎶
Great reaction
Appreciate it 🙌🎶🍟🙌
It was a nice crossover with Rob singing opera and Austin singing musical theater . Austin is far too nasal but still works within the confines of a crossover. Rob would have had a wonderful opera career if he had chosen that path. I'm glad they chose a capella.
Rob went absolute beast mode on this as his voice really resonates. Austin's was a good too but did lack the deeper long note required for the aria. His voice is awesome as a high tenor and I think it would fit a different aria (more cheerful)! When they sang as a duo through, it was absolutely awesome!! Both really played their parts well🍟💯
Just to remind you that although Rob is a fine singer, he did not find any work in opera when he was younger. Reactors with experience in opera have commented that Austin (who you seem to despise for an accident of birth) as a fine lyric tenor is endlessly employable. The heavier Italian-style tenor is not so much in demand these days. Contrary to what some believe, there is no technical difference between singing in opera and singing in musical theatre, so the difference which you think you hear is not down to talent or technique but the simple unchangeable inborn character of the voices and the configuration of the vocal cords.
Thank you for your great reactions. I would really like to hear your reaction to the cover of Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits. I believe that it was regarding the Faulken war. Tim is first lead, Chance is second lead. 5 part harmony ... no beat boxing. Keep on blessing us with your reactions and info that you do!!
Thank you for the kind words! Yes I think Brothers in Arms is on my list to do so I'll check that out soon 🙌🎶🍟
Robb even trimmed and groomed his beard!!!
Haha I didn't even notice that 🎙️🎶
Photograph is also a great Austin song.
Thanks! I'll check that out 🍟🎶🎙️
Great synopsis of Turandot! I'm with you--Austin and Rob slew this. I grew up hearing Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma, so to say they killed this is saying something indeed, because I go right to Pavarotti as a comparison.
Awesome! Thanks for the kind words🙏. I headed towards Pavarotti as well. Hearing it play over and over during the World Cups and also in the '94 concert (with the Three Tenors) I've always felt that this was Pavarotti's song. It was great to hear how great of a duo Rob and Austin were on this one 🤯🍟💥
They can sing anything! I’m convinced of that!
Is it time to check out what Adam Rupp can do? Check out Adam Rupp drum solo. (The one where he is wearing a red plaid flannel shirt)
Absolutely!! Yes I've been wanting to save Adam for last cause I still have Tim and Chance to do, but I may just draw out of a hat and do one 😂🍟🎶
@@DaveReactsTV Chance really surprised me when they did “Born in the USA”. You should check it out!
The red plaid shirt is good but almost every reactor used it I personally prefer this one he does a bit more in this one ua-cam.com/video/0hdarwF84h8/v-deo.html
And that is seriously one of the less ridiculous opera stories. Many of them are far more ridiculous.
I've been wanting to see Turandot live since doing this 😁
L.O.V.E. Home Free!!!!!!!!!
Ditto 💯 agree!
These two gents are both trained in opera. Love this video!
I was told Rob had opera in his bag, but didn't know Austin also had it like that 🤣 🍟🎶🎙️
@@DaveReactsTV Austin is trained in musical theatre not opera.
Only Rob has classical training. Austin has musical theatre training.
Try In the Blood, The Driver, Sea Shanty medley, American Pie with Don McLean, Brothers in Arms.
I have a couple of those on the list too! I'll check the others out as well. 🎶 Thanks again! 👍
Try LOVE TRAIN there version from the Ojays and CANT STOP THIS FEELING there version of Justin Timberlake both great
Both great songs! Nice! I'll check those out 🍟🎶💯
No other reactor that I've ever seen react to this song has actually ever summarized Turandot for me...very Rumplestiltskin-esque, n'est pas?
Hope you enjoyed my video summary 😉 and you know what I've never really thought about it that way, but yes a slight Rumplestiltskin-esque feel to it with the games and premature celebration involved. Nice angle on that! 👍💯🎶🍟
@@DaveReactsTV Lol I wasn't even really thinking of the two points you just raised! I was actually thinking more about the whole "if you can guess my name then..."
The two you offered are equally as valid though, perhaps it was supposed to be that way, i.e mirroring Rumplestiltskin?
@@texadian3392 only the mind of Puccini will know 🤯😁
You do know that Austin is a high (lyric) tenor, yes?
Hi! Yes I do know that 😀 love his voice 🎙️. I commented before that I think his high tenor would be a great fit for an opera buffa. Austin still did great on the song though!
It's called Nessum not Nessa. Thank you for showing it but wish you would not have inserted comments while they are belting.