Julian Ovenden sings 'Younger than Springtime' with the John Wilson Orchestra 

Saw Julian in the Lincoln Center production of "Showboat" a few years back. FIRST ROW! He was so wonderful. I adore him in everything he does. There's a RU-vid clip from the Proms of Julian and Sierra Boggess doing West Side Story and other selections. Just terrific. I'd love to see him in South Pacific; perhaps my long wished for trip across the pond will happen!

Next we could talk about melody. Songwriting.

Julian oven den is a beautiful tenor with smashing good looks love his music

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Hi margaret louise, i so agree with you,love his voice!i i heard him sing a Jerry Herman song. Song of the sand at a concert in chelsea recently. Sheer magic.

It's says a lot about his range and versatility that he can take on the music of both Emile de Beque and Lt Cable.

I saw the same show and was blown away by Julian's voice and acting. I too was surprised that I had never heard of him. I also get goose bumps when I hear him sing.

You made a good decision. Love that musical. My brother is a c130 pilot and has been stationed there twice and once in Milton. He even got to fly Fat Albert. I would fly in to Pensacola for events I was interested in ( and stay with my brother and his wife ). The very last event was Andre Rieu and his JSO. But he is retired from the USMC now, and is an attorney.

I no longer live in Pensacola, but have family there and go back often. It is always a time of consolation for me.

@@bro8974 What a beautiful decision.

Agreed...

Agreed

Hahahahaha

I could have kicked her for turning him down. And I’m not a violent person.

He sure is handsome

Keep searching my channel and you'll find several more videos of Julian!

The fact that he's beautiful does not hurt either.

I agree and have uploaded several of Julian's appearances on here. Tap his name and my screen name in the ' search' field at the top ... Julian Ovenden adam28xx ... and you'll get "If I Loved You," "Oh What a Beautiful Morning," "Maria" and several others!

@@adam28xx Thanks, Adam, but I already found those sites in the area on the right side of my screen, and I already listened to several of them and bookmarked them for my future enjoyment!

I played a a version I really liked from a 1957 production (film) of south Pacific. It's close but this is slightly better. It simply may be the recording technique and environment in the decades of difference. What a voice! In the 1957 production actor John Kerr (playing Lt. Cable) appears to sing the song but it is actually performed by Bill Lee. The setting and scene are so emotional that one has to listen to just the voice and music. Young Lt. Cable falls in love with a dark skinned island girl. He is from the wealthy Philadelphia family of Cable and Cable. Our young Lt.is a Navy pilot. The family will disown him if he pursues the relationship - which he does. He will give up the meaningless lure of wealth for love. Not a happy ending when he is killed in action. A powerful song when attached to the South Pacific story. How often in life is this message played out.

He can really act a song as well as sing beautifully, They don't always go together.

Check him out in the Soliloquy from 'Carousel' which he acts equally as well as he sings ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Sb-6UH4nxCg.html

Snap I am surprised he's not more well known

I wonder if that was "After the Funeral" where Julian played an actor and very good he was too. Michael Fassbender was also in the cast and he was very good too!

+Chuck Cissel Easliy one of the greatest tenors of our time. Sheer magnificence.

Agree, agree, agree about Julian O, but a quibble with that darn microphone. What a distraction. Maybe not to an audience in the auditorium, but to us watching on tv? Hasn't technology gotten to the point where the mic can be a little less intrusive?

I noticed his tie was crocked.

ITV3 (Channel 10) is currently re-running early episodes of "Foyle's War" late at night. Julian pops up in a few of them as Andrew Foyle, the pilot son of the detective (played by Michael Kitchen). Julian doesn't sing but he's just as good as an actor!

I adore south Pacific..my children did the french...dites moi

Yes.

lol, I've only known Julian Ovenden as a singer - so for me it was "cool that he could act" :)

I know. Andrew Foyle was a great character he played so well. And on top of it all he sings in his gorgeous and powerful tenor voice.

Hugh is British! I was at school in South London with his father and uncle.

​@@chrisausten9803Hugh grew up in Australia.

Perhaps you should buy new batteries for your hearing aid.

Who says he was on Broadway? You can't have read the caption properly; this concert was in London at the Royal Albert Hall, & is just a Broadway segment. You might not need a hearing aid, but maybe glasses!

You are speaking aspirationally. Or... You better be. If so, agreed but now it's even better; you'll have to find your own voice, stop being a consumer and be a giver.

@@erickborling1302 Were you commenting to me? Your comment makes no sense if it's replying to me.

@@cheril8891 I think it does. DESTROYED, you say.

Yes this covet thing is a scam which should be obvious if you think about it.Why is money free of the virus but nothing else.

AND... JFK on "Smash!"

And Baron von Trapp in "Sound of Music" (Live and Televised)..

Joan Allen he made my heart skip a beat in Foyle’s War. I knew he sang and is married to an opera singer but WOW!

I wonder if he'll be on Downton Abbey for very long as he's taken off and won't be back for maybe a year, I don't think he's really one of Lady Mary's suitors. Julian's got I think more interest in pursuing a movie career now, he left Foyle's War after only a few years and I missed him back then and now he makes very short and rare appearances on Season 5.

Beautiful voice!

Damn he is just so handsome

Or man's

He would of been a great suitor for Lady Mary on Downton Abbey. Too bad he wasnt given a chance.

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Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much 😀

Paul K , I'm not sure some would appreciate it. They miss the time of the greatest generation. That includes the large quantity of quality talent in both Great Britain and the states. If you ask them who was Ezio Pinza or Mario Lanza, who both had the popular recording, they say, who ?

I too enjoyed Foyle's war. What a surprise to discover what a fantastic singer he was.

He also stars in “The Royal” series.

He is great

Sounds like he has a clothespin on his nose.

Glad you liked it!

Emmanuel Viala What has Hollywood to do w the BBC Proms? mckavitt from Lyon, France

That is what amazed me , just discovering him now, is the projection is so effortless...a joy to watch him sing!

Aled Rees I love his rendition of the song especially at the end when he sings the ending very softly, it's so beautiful to me, don't know if this was the way Richard Rodgers wrote the song this way as I don't really hear it sung this way even in the original 1949 Broadway cast version, but Jason Danieley in the Lincoln Centre production, sings it in this way as well.

To think my mum brought me up listening to this then finding myself on stage and in other musicals sound of music oklahoma west side story carousel a must av been blessed when music realy was music when cinema ruled the air waves

​@@davidbarber4709 I love the Musicals I can't think of anything better than South Pacific dancing and cleaning the flat This granny even likes Radioheads Creep still play it on Electric guitar 🎸 🙄 Jenny Guernsey 🇬🇬 ♥

@@jenny4204 A know am blessed not only as a young boy to listen to this music but to go on and perform on stage A wonderful time of my life but now at 67 all a have are memories good ones great ones oh eck wonderful just wonderful ones Dave England

If you wanna see him act, check out Knightfall on the History channel.

Julian was scheduled to appear in South Pacific this summer at the Chichester Festival Theatre. However because of the current situation, it has been postponed until next year 2021!