Jeanine de bique handels hallelujah
Jeanine de bique handels hallelujah
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Soprano effortlessly sings jaw-dropping Handel ‘Messiah’ aria from church pulpit
21 December ,
Lyric soprano Jeanine de Bique sings an outrageously impressive moment of vocal virtuosity from Handel’s choral classic.
When Jeanine de Bique took to the pulpit, the Internet’s ever-scrolling thumb came to a screeching halt, to watch the magic unfold.
The Trinidadian soprano was rehearsing for a performance of Handel’s Messiah at the United States Naval Academy in Maryland, US, when fellow singer Morris Robinson, an American operatic bass, started to film.
With seemingly the greatest ease, De Bique sings a spectacularly fiendish passage from the Baroque work’s coloratura soprano aria, ‘Rejoice greatly’, accompanied by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra.
After crushing a virtuosic nine-second melisma at breakneck tempo, De Bique does a brilliant ‘happy dance’ to celebrate her vocal achievement, which culminates in a perfectly placed high F.
Just listen below.
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