fdberg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

diese FRau hat eine einmalige unvergleiche Stimme und sieht auch entsprechend aus.

Sqid101 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

But Glyn has gotten in first, I'm afraid. Still, you are right to love her (platonically of course). It cannot be denied that she has remarkable natural talent. This is definitely one of my favourite versions of this song. A russophile friend of mine thinks Yulia's "Russian Soul" comes through in her songs. He may have a point.

kumiak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thankyou! Well said my friend! However, I am happy to let people have their say - whether I like what they say or not. As long as they don' t get personal or stupid. Me? I love the girl

Sqid101 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

People complain about Vittorio Grigolo's English. So he has an accent, and his pronunciation is a bit rough at times (very rough on occasions), but as a native English speaker it doesn't bother me in the least. With a lot of sopranos and in a lot of opera the words are difficult to make out anyway. Yulia sings this very well and it would make no difference whether she sung it in good English, bad French, or Upper Eastern demotic Etrusian.

kumiak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well, that is cool, littledagny - you don't have to like Yulia. I go by my insides, and this girl hit me hard. I have no doubt you have had the same results with artists you like. Teraa - Kevin

robaries (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm not even a great Westenra fan, but if she sings through the nose that must be the best way of doing it, since she has about 20 times the volume of Yulia and much more than most other popsters. Bic Runga is the only singer to have won NZ singer of the year twice, btw. It has always gone to someone who's seen to have a chance of hitting the big time, but hasn't quite done so. Westenra has received speacial awards from the PM and so on, and is scarcely eligible, anyway.

littledagny (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Agreed. It's not awful, but it's not good. I'm not sure if it's the recording or just the tone of her voice, but all of her vowels sound like "euuuuuu".... that doesn't make it French. LOL

kumiak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hola Natalli! ¡I muy orgulloso haber presentadole a ella! Alegre usted gozó de ella.

kumiak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hi there! No, I put the video together out of bits and pieces - she has never sung it on video. But yes, the pictures/video is all Yulia.

eternaly8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Lovely alto performance! I was also taken aback by the video, if it is of the singer .. the voice doesn't seem to match the pictures ... I'm not familiar with her .. correct me if I'm wrong