Opera singer reacts to Diana Ankudinova 

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Hi Linor, i really enjoyed this reaction. A quick history about this song: This is an old Russian folk song about an orphan bride who has no parents to give blessings to her marriage, so she goes to the river, which represents the border between the living and the dead to ask for a blessing from her mother. The part about the horses in the yard just means that there are a lot of people gathered at the celebration, but nobody who can "give her away" in the traditional sense. That creepy whisper was the voice of her deceased mother, and the yodeling part was her weeping. The girl did not receive the blessing of her mother and In the end, spirits of the river were taking her away in that boat to join the world of the dead. Implying that she have drowned. Please like this comment so people can know about its mysterious history

The best female vocalist in the world full stop, just come across her the past week, she is stunning,

I treat myself to a Diana evening twice a week. I'm almost 70 years old and have always been a tough guy, but Diana has a voice like from another planet. Plus the charisma. I have to cry every time, the tears just come. She probably captivates every person with empathy, no matter what song she sings. In addition, she is beautiful.

She is totally on another level. It's like I'm listenting to the soul of her soul singing. Very very very UNIQUE!!! Peace from Malaysia ✌🏻😊🇲🇾

Good Morning from Poland !!! About the song "Rechenka": This is an old ritual song about an orphan bride. The girl has no parents. The river was considered the boundary between the world of the living and the dead. She goes to the river and asks for the blessing of marriage. She says that there are many people at home, but there is no father and mother. You hear Diana singing in a whisper. These are the words of the deceased mother of the bride. Then the girl is crying. In Russia, at weddings they sang sad songs to scare away evil and the marriage of a young couple was to be happy. Such songs were called “weeping.” The figures behind Diana are spirits of water and forest...

She was one surving kid of 8 from an alcoholic mother. At age 3 she was found thrown out with broken shoulder in snowy street. She was picked up by strangers and given to asylum. The massage therapist there adopted her. Diana struggled with speech till age 5 and her adopted mother took her to singing lessons to develop speech. She is really God's child. God bless this beautiful being on her path, wherever it takes her.

Here she is still a school girl.... amazing voice for one so young !!

Real Slavic notes, so magical, magnificent. Young lady blessed with tons of talent.

The song is much more than the sum of the words, it generally takes someone to explain it, or someone who understands Russian folk tales to fully understand it. In fact, it is a young bride-to-be who comes to the mystical river that divides the living and the dead so that she can communicate with her deceased parents to get their blessing. The whimps and wails, or incantations, at the beginning are for accessing the underworld. The ghostly voice is her mother answering. Once she has the blessing, she marches to the end of the pier to shout for joy to her friends on the other side that all is well, she has the blessing, hence the change in mood to happiness. She is then placed back into the boat by the spirits and repeats her various spells for the return journey as the spirit pushes her back to the land of the living. At least that's my interpretation of what's going on. Personal note: As for Diana? Well what can you say, except that this really was a world class bravado performance, and by the way I'm almost convinced that she won the match then and there in the semifinal, it was that exceptional. Although, of course, everything she sang before and after certainly helped in the final decision. Source: Me, and some awesome RU-vidrs and ...Wikipedia 😇

I think Diana is not human! This unique, beautiful voice...

At 14 she astonishes the world with her magnificent performance. Diana we love you.

Diana Ankudinova was only 14 when this was recorded and already you can tell she is well on her way into developing into a full contralto. She has outstanding tone quality, timbre, and such a full and deep chest sound for such a young performer. Also here stage performance is outstanding. She has no fear at all. You are correct, Diana Ankudinova is a total stage animal!

"The River" talks of an orphan bride who is recently married and feels so alone w/ this new groom and family. It is a Russian folk song and she goes to the river to speak to her dead mother (they believed the river is where the spirits stayed- the voice is suppose to be her dead mother speaking to her) Diana started singing at a very young age and yes- started with yodeling.

В этом видео Диане 14лет. Просто волшебное исполнение

Her range is out of this world..

i think she sings exactly the frequencies that touch our heart!

You are beautiful and your reaction is beautiful. And Diana will still surprise you

The more I hear this song of Diana the more chills I get... This performance is just insanely good! Diana is a master of transporting emotions and telling a story with the way she sings. You really feel that she sings with all of her heart and that makes it so easy to connect to her songs and to dive into the atmosphere even if you don't understand the language.

I'm so happy I got to see your 'deer in the headlights' moment! The first time I heard her sing I couldn't believe my senses either. 🤣

Dear Linor. we are truly surprised that your words did not express your reaction according to the emotions in your face. You are an opera singer and you know as we do, there is no way you or anyone in this world so far can reach the limits this little girl has done. You must admit that she is a phenomena.

Truly a voice that can make you cry. Strange, no. Unique, definitely. Maybe one in every million voices is this good.

Привет из Казахстана!Диана супер! Я поражён её голосом. Хочу пожелать ей всего наилучшего и успехов во всех начинаниях!!!

If the earth had a voice, it would sound like Diana. You can literally feel both the pain and joy.

Так красиво,так высокопрофессионально,что остаётся,только восхищаться этим неземным существом Дианой Анкудиновой.

Она настоящая! Она играет на струнах вашей души, заставляет плакать😭🙏🏻

You should read the lyrics and compare it to her life story. She breaks my heart every time. Also, the judges did not take long to turn around. It was her third or fourth performance, they knew her, they simply forgot what they were there for. They almost forgot to push the buttons…

Diana is incredible. she is pure energy and mystery. an unbelievable voice, unique timbre. and this rendition of Реченка is absofvckinglutely out of this world. shamanic, mystic, hypnotizing

Beautiful reaction from a beautiful woman

...speechless...goosebumps! Thanks for a great reaction!

Diana is a phenomenon on the Russian stage. She has an extremely extraordinary voice, a peculiar manner of performance and stage charm. And this in 15 -16 years. In this case, Diana took the tragic meaning of an old woman's song and sang it as a forest or river nymph. She doesn't do covers in the usual sense. Once you listen to it again, you will understand how unusual it is. Any song she remakes, and it turns out great.

Incredibile, magica, ipnotica, arriva direttamente al cuore

По другому и не скажешь: Она повелительница мурашек!))))) Автору видео большое спасибо!! адекватная реакция, класс!

Thank you very much! Diana is a miracle of new era! 14-years-old in this performance! 14! 14! 14!

Thank you for reaction! Thank you very much!

Me too!! A one-off voice? Loved your reaction. God Bless

Linor your face expression are priceless great reaction to this great young lady Diana

Diana Ankudinova - Реченька [Rechenka] (My sweet river) The river It is my sweet river It flow but not quiver Oh, baby, my little baby, why are you sitting here? And not smiling? Oh, friends [only female], my dear girls Oh, I have nothing to rejoice about [wedding] Oh, I have nothing to smile about We have a yard full of horses And our upper room is full with the guests With the guests With the guests I have not father and mother I have not Blessing [of parents for the wedding] It is the river It is my sweet river It flow but not quiver

She has a rare God-given gift.

Thank you for reaction from Belgium. Diana's voice is unique and fantastic. For Diana all the time like. 👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹

Impressive her techniques and askills and so young! Love her

Thank you so much for your reaction to Diana Ankudinova. Diana actually turned 16 on 31st May 2019, but was indeed 14 at the time of this performance. The show she is on here is Ты супер! (translated as "You are Super") and it is for children who have found themselves without parental care at some point in life. According to the programme, Diana was abused by her biological mother until around the age of 3 years, and ended up in an orphanage. While there, a massage nurse named Irina Ponik took care of her, and a strong bond was formed, to the extent that a year afterward Diana was adopted by Irina, and Irina has been her "Mom" ever since. It seems that for the first year or so Diana would hardly speak, and singing lessons were recommended, and the rest is history. Diana is now with a loving family, and her music training goes from strength to strength. Since winning the show, she has received much support from Igor Krutoy, the bald guy on the judges panel, and who is one of Russia's foremost composers and song writers. You may have seen him play piano for Dimash sometimes. Diana's cover of "Wicked Game" on the same show - by which time she had turned 15 - in 2018 is also very much worth watching. I have included the link here if you wish to react to it. Many thanks. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7jv-DQnf2UY.html

One of the best reactions ever ❤️

I love your honest reactions, like you don't care if others like it or not, it's just the truth as you see it. I respect that. You did look like a deer in the headlights, which is perfectly normal. I did the same.

You're one of the first people I've heard pronounce her name right. Congratulations!!

Эту драматическую композицию Дианка исполняет как отличная актриса, как лучшая вокалистка мира. Никто не способен так спеть эту песню, как эта девчонка, у которой высокий уровень артистичности, эмоциональности,которая сильно воздействует на сердце чоловека, на его психическую систем. Спасибо, Дианка!

OMG! Linor, Thanks! I adore this young girl! She is something special about singing, performance, soulful lyrics, creator world in songs!

OMG 🤣 "MY PRECIOUS!" had me rolling.

Awesome reaction .Looks like she got you by surprise. The judges were so Mesmerized by her performance that they almost forgot to hit their buttons !!!

Объяснение песни: Марина Толстоусова This is an old russian ritual song about an orphan bride. The girl has no parents. The river was considered the boundary between the world of the living and the dead. She goes to the river and asks for the blessing of marriage, she says that there are many people at home, but there is no father and mother. You hear Diana singing in a whisper, these are the words of the deceased mother of the bride. Then the girl is crying. In Russia, weddings sang sad songs to scare away evil, and the marriage of a young couple was happy. Such songs were called “weeping.” The figures behind Diana are spirits of water and forest. Это старая ритуальная песня о невесте-сироте. У девочки нет родителей. Река считалась границей между миром живых и мертвых. Она идет к реке и просит благословения на брак, она говорит, что дома много людей, но нет отца и матери. Вы слышите, как Диана поет шепотом, это слова покойной матери невесты. Тогда девушка плачет. В России на свадьбы пели грустные песни, чтобы отпугнуть зло, и брак молодой пары был счастливым. Такие песни назывались «плач». Фигуры за Дианой - это духи воды и леса.

Восхительное выступления, замечательная реакция!!!😊

Спасибо за оценку Дианочки но и вы Красавица и с добрыми словом и с душой🌺🙏🏻

Thanks, Linor, for this reaction. Like you, I find Diana Ankudinova's voice to be incredibly interesting, almost transfixing, in fact. Hope the kiddo's doing well. Cheers.

За Дианочку нашу, всегда лайк!!!Спасибо!!!)))

DEUTSCHLAND . ДИАНА ТЫ ПРЕЛЕСТЬ И ЛУЧШАЯ В МИРЕ , МЫ ТЕБЯ ВСЕ ЛЮБИМ . ЖИВИ ДОЛГО И РАДУЙ ВСЕХ .🇩🇪🇷🇺🇧🇾🇰🇿

Years of Diana and i always return to this -- amazing bit of artistry - and yes laughter is a valid expression for surprise and wonder

For me it is absolutely clear, there were two talents, two sides of the same coin, Space-Dimash and Earth-Diana. Magnificent, unique singers. Thanks you for reaction.

Woow!! It is incredible how it makes you feel connected with nature!! It seems to be a Na'vi from Avatar singing !!!

Diana does have an incredible voice and as you mentioned, not something you'd expect just by looking at her. I believe at the time, she was 16 when singing this which again shows her voice to be something quite unique. This piece feels quite haunting and i love it. The range of her singing blows me away every time. I've also heard her sing other songs too and she will sing them not only wonderfully but in her own unique way which seems to work very well. I really hope someone worthwhile takes her to great things because she could be something we will not see again for a very long time. I also hope that the industry doesn't mess her up as they can do with young singers or take advantage of her as some do others. She really needs someone to check contracts etc so they don't rip her off. She's special and i wish her so much for the future. A great reaction. Have a fantastic day, take care!

I subscribed to watch more Diana reactions. I love your reaction. I could tell you were touched & moves. I’m the same. Very spiritual & tribal.

Диана передала звуки реки ,такое ощущение что действительно находишься на реке где никого нет только ты и ее течение,как уединение соединение с природой

Большая благодарность Вам за правильно выговоренную фамилию Дианы! Спасибо за достойную реакцию! Хотелось бы еще услышать и другие реакции на её исполнения.

Русское чудо! А в гнесинку не взяли, а чему они научат готовую артистку мирового уровня! Держись Дианочка ты особенная, народ тебя любит!!!

О О Огромное спасибо за реакцию!!!!! Самая красивая , и в прямом и в переносном , реакция!

Замечательная Диана - Артистка, Красавица, Шаманка, Принцесса сцены!!! Большое спасибо за положительный отзыв!!! С любовью из Минска, Беларусь! Wonderful Diana - Artist, Beauty, Shaman, Princess of the stage !!! Thank you very much for the positive feedback !!! With love from Minsk, Belarus!

Stunning isn't it ? Love how she performes every song please react to her rendition of Wicked games and deniere danse.

Best professional reaction to "Rechen'ka"!👏🔝🎉

There is no doubt that Diana is a world class singer and performer. i love her and I hope God will bless her for fgorever. Dennis As for you, Linor, you are an amazingly beautiful woman and I wish you all the very best in life.

This is an unforgettable performance! Thanks for the reaction.

You may find her backstory compelling, too. And the song, itself, has a fascinating tale. Thanks for the reaction.

She was 14 here, so a child indeed, and a true contralto, a rare gift to the world. She is phenomenal. Her performance of Dernier Danse is wonderful, please check it out ❤

Diana Ankudinova-Light Princess of the Stage.

Most respectfully taking my eyes off for a little while from my previous experience of listening to music and singers from all over the world and just saying I am convinced that the young Russian singer Diana Ankudivona is not just a singer on the stage performing but a mesmerizing spirit from intergalactic musical theater landing and personifying as Diana Ankudinova and begins singing through human species.

Unique voice and absolutely beautiful for a 16 year old. Never heard anything more haunting and memorable. Since hearing her for the first time last week, I have been obsessed. I can't get enough of that beautiful voice, or should I say 'voices'!?

Incredible, phenomenal, fantastic, something like iv never heard before, Diana is Unique and I love it!!! ❤️ I wish I could sing like her.

Incredible. Feels like we’re lucky to hear her.

this must be an amazing adventure for you in all the different voices and talent you've come across.

That was fun to watch your reaction, Thank you Linor..

she is an absolute soulful magician - vocal - artist ! thank you for your video and many greetings from Germany :-)

Very good reaction to the best female voice of the history!

She is amazing.....Like no other🙏❤

I just have to say that I’ve seen several people react to this song and it’s amazing singer . But seeing you and your truly honest and real feelings to what you were listening to was so pleasant to see . So thoughtful and genuine . Thank you

Класс,когда не хватает слов описать услышанное 👍👏🌹

Shalom Linor. Only one reaction to Diana? For the purity of All our Souls we NEED More of Diana's "Krechtzen". She is bringing to us this incomparable and quite Forgotten by World Dimension of Purity of Soul and Modesty of Spirit... Thank You, waiting for another reaction for Diana's Art😍

This is an epic genius performance, and i almost never say that in 60+ years. This performance is burnt into my brain along with her performance of "Wicked Games" on the same talent show. I learned about the song lyrics, meaning, folklore, and history from comments. Now she has so much love from around the world, I hope she always feels it in her bones.

Thanks for reaction on Diana Ankudinova! You finally did it :)

МИЛАЯ ____ СУДЯ ПО ВАШЕЙ РЕАКЦИИ ВЫ ДУШЕВНЫЙ НЕЖНЫЙ ЧЕЛОВЕК !!!! ЯЗЫК НЕ ПОНИМАЮ ___ НО СЛОВО ФАНТАСТИКА ПОНЯЛ !! УДАЧИ ВАМ И СЧАСТЬЯ !

I love your reaction! I didn’t know if she was singing or casting a spell!

U R so beatifull honey! so proud!

Thank you for your reaction! I've been waiting for you to find her! Hair raising performance, wasn't it? When I first saw her perform, I was mesmerized and spent an unhealthy amount of time watching her reaction videos. I'm better now! And, that song is just a drop in the bucket of her talent and portfolio of work. She's amazing! Thanks again. Also, you looked very pretty during that filming.

One of my favorite vocal coaches getting "kretzed" (?) by Diana, for the first time--couldn't click on the thumbnail fast enough; perfect first exposure performance choice! Your facial expressions and startled reactions, plus your attempt to analyze this "strange, in the best sense" young performer, were so enjoyable! I was giggling from the first moment your face registered your first surprise, then your brain tried to shift back into analytical mode. And, you were able to nail, and briefly demonstrate the timbre effect you were hearing, which has stumped a number of other vocal coaches, who've reviewed this (which shouldn't be a surprise--you're usually spot on). Obviously, she's a teenage contralto, who has adopted the artificial (but healthily done, it appears) "tongue clench" technique (tongue swallowed, pulled way back and down, soft palate lowered for nasal outflow) as her timbre effect (similar to Shakira, Tony Braxton and Cher--also utilized by the voice actors who have voiced the puppet, Kermit the Frog). Being an audio engineer, I could hear some of the "airiness" was added by the show's audio engineer, routing her vocals through a "vocal exciter" (never used in recording opera, of course) which adds a hint of rasp/breathiness, for a thicker texture.--many of her attacks are actually healthily glottal, with gentler onset "h"s, as well. But, isn't this ingenious? Imagine, a teenager adopting an effect that she knew would probably be foreign to Russian audiences and drive them nuts, either into confusion, or just plain shock and awe (as evidenced by the faces of the judges--such a hoot)! Not to mention her control of the yodels (a staple of old Russian folk music, I'm told, which this song is, but rearranged). Anyway, thanks for a thoroughly entertaining (and informative) 10 minutes, dear Linor. Try her performance of "Human", next, if you're sufficiently intrigued. Regards from a USA fan.

At 07:55 - that was definitely supposed to be some kind of eagle call. So awesome!

I hope you react to Diana's rendition of 'Wicked Game' soon. It's goosebump city with that one. Her voice is so special and unique.

As Ive read some where this girl won every single "musical" tournament there is in russia... She also did some well known songs as "Wicked Game", "Human"

6:58 Diana just total mesmerized all the judges. They were not able to move from their seats until Diana let them go. This was 3d time when these judjes saw her (1st - Derniere Danse, french, 2nd - It's a man's world, english).

Милая Линор! Ваша реакция на пение Дианы - потрясает искренностью. Вы очень красивы. Спасибо Вам.

The singing of Diana is always magic, shamanism! Ancient as this russian ritual song of the orphan bride. Everything is in the house, but there is no mother and father. No one will bless the bride. Only the river-time flows and stands at the same time. You are a river, my river. You flow, not splashing. You are a child, yes my child, You sit, but not smile. Oh, my girlfriends, yes, my lovely, Oh, Nothing pleases me. Oh, nothing smiled at me. Many horses in the yard, Many guests in our house. I have no father, mother, No one will bless me ... You are a river, my river. You flow, not splashing.

Linor thanks for the reaction to Diana. You are right in everything you said. This is not a song; this is a theatrical performance. Diana has a very powerful and low voice and she masterfully owns it, despite her youthful age. She is bright, talented and unique! I really love this hardworking girl and I hope that she will receive world fame. I recommend you making a reaction to Human, Blizzard, Wicked Game, Feeling good, Derniere Danse, It’s a Man’s Man’s World, Me Voy in her performance at an even younger age.

Thank you Linor! She is Incredible!!!

Аж до нервного смеха. Она и правда не ожидала такого.