While those limited to the provincialism of country music and rock and all its variations may not have heard of her, Jackie Evancho is taking the opera and classical music world by soft storm.
Here is Jackie singing my favorite song, Schubert’s Ave Maria. Try to imagine how great it would sound in a higher quality reproduction.
Although only 11 she sings with a depth of emotion of a mature adult. She is billed as the voice of an angel. When I first heard her sing I thought she had to be lip syncing because that sound couldn’t be coming out of that little girl.
Though extremely talented and well coached, that alone doesn’t explain it. In her own words, she says “When I start to sing I get overwhelmed by a powerful force and I feel comfortable and happy. ” Now to me that sounds like a soul that has been here before and bringing its emotional memories to the moment, memories from a lifetime, not limited to 11 years this time around.
Check out highlights of the concert she did for PBS. Hint, unless you have a heart of stone, bring Kleenex.
BTW, if someone wanted to send me a copy of her CD, I would accept it.
July 1, 2011 at 3:55 am
A powerful force indeed! I am at a loss for words…and that seldom happens.
July 1, 2011 at 11:14 am
It’s the unexpectedness of it that threw me off.
July 14, 2011 at 4:44 pm
This is not about reincarnation….a notion of such foolishness that I refuse to even address it.
Jackie Evancho is a simple child of God who has been given a gift by Him.
She, indeed, sings like an angel. And she started in the house of the Lord as so many great singers do.
She is, in my opinion, the greatest singer ever born and will go on to even greater achievements, God willing.
She has been sent to us “for such a time as this”! :O)
July 18, 2011 at 8:42 am
Matthew 17:12 NIV
New International Version
“But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”
November 6, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Not to dispute the notion that her singing ability is a gift from God, but she “discovered” her skill all at once after watching the Phantom of the Opera play one evening with her family, which, alongside the amazing level of achievement after just two years of singing is clear proof of reincarnation.
This child is at home on the stage. Note the polish and poise, every response to interviewer’s questions are the best possible. She’s a pro!
This one is a no-brainer. She was born April 9, 2000. The only remaining question is: Which great singer’s death preceded the date of her birth?
November 6, 2011 at 8:25 pm
A cursory Google search limited to opera singers who died in 1999 showed several to pick from. :-)