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Sorry.maggie i do my Exponation in German . Also Das was du gehört hast war der official e Sond Treck zu dem olympia spielen In Barcelona 1986 . MONCERRAT caballe wurde mal gefragt ob sie noch mal so ein Duett mit Freddy Mercury wie Barcelona machen würde ihre ANTWORT Wenn sie mir jemanden zeigen Der Besser ist als Freddy Mercury dann Ja
One interesting fact, is that Monseratt was from Barcelona. She had so much emotion in the song, because she was singing about her home town. There will never be another duet like this. Simply perfection!
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This is one of Freddie's true masterpieces, used in the Barcelona Olympic games. I just knew it would blow your mind! Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé found out that they were huge fans of each other, and this song cemented a friendship between them that lasted until Freddie's untimely death. There were a host of entries invited for the official song for the games, but once this was entered, any others were competing for 2nd place, and this became the official theme song for the games that year - and rightfully so. All the parts were written by Freddie, instrumental and vocal.
This is the period in time (88) when he'd already been diagnosed, but the world didn't know he was dying. He was starting to look very gaunt, and the press were already asking a lot of questions about his health. In any case, this is one of the rare moments in those last few years of his life where he was still sounding good. He wasn't going to make it to the 92 Olympics, and I think he kinda knew it. So he went all in on this, and made some history here. It wasn't long after this that he all but disappeared from the public spotlight.
@@Mr.Ekshin Bringing the spotlight on Barcelona in 1992 was so great. I was there in beautiful Barcelona during the Games. I saw the Montjuic fountain programmed to this song. Quite the spectacle. I witnessed "our" Dutch Ellen van Langen win the Olympic 800m, and met her later that night. It all so very inspiring and the song brings me back to those special days.
I recommends you to react to the songs both had beeing singuing in " La nit" from Barcelona celebration. Specialy "How can I go on" and "The Golden Boy™
When I watch this I cry as 68 year old man it reduces me to tears because it reminds me so much of what we lost with Freddie’s passing so young. Like Karen Carpenter Freddie a true genius had so much more joy to give us as this collaboration truly shows us apart from Queen which will never be replicated.
It is nice to see an opera singer react to this duet. Freddie Mercury was an exceptional composer, he created all of the music, that he sang with Montserrat, he sang all of her parts in falsetto, to work out exactly how it should sound. You should listen to Ensueno - Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe from the Barcelona album. That is the one song where Freddie Mercury takes a more operatic approach. I would love to see an opera singer's opinion on that song. The whole Barcelona album is amazing.
Please, let's give Mike Moran the credit he deserves here...Freddie asked his friend Mike to help him write all the duets on the Barcelona album. Tim Rice also collaborated on two songs. Thanks
I agree with you it's nice to hear from someone who is a proper opera singer and can obviously lend their perspective to the song because this helps give an idea of just how magnificent and incredible Freddie's ability truely was. Yes, he's done wonderful stuff both with Queen and some solo tracks but obviously this is something that is completely different and it's one thing to be passionate and enjoy opera music but it's a different thing to get up on stage and perform it alongside someone who is already quite well established in the genre but Freddie did so and not only that he did it so well that he doesn't really look out of place. I think that without a doubt Freddie deserves his legendary status but above all he had such unbelievable courage and determination. RIP Freddie Mercury. RIP Monserrat Caballe.
Love this song, love him, love her, it's just amazing. I listened to it when it came out and have not stopped. Makes me cry that he was taken too soon. So much talent.
One of the best collaborations I’ve heard in these two completely different genres of music! These two are legendary and they truly made history not just for the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 but for the rest of the history of earth! Definitely should watch more opera/pop/rock collaborations id love to see your reactions!❤️😁
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Freddie Mercury was such a special talent and most definitely one of a kind. It's so fitting that this song was used as the theme to the 1992 Olympic Games in the city. It serves as very fitting tribute to such a wonderful and lovely man. A real musical genius. Tribute also to Monserrat Caballe who has also passed away now, but even her daughter still speaks of how warmly her mother enjoyed working with Freddie and his friendship was something that she treasured.
Here's a little backstory to this song. - 1987, Freddie was at home since after finding out that he had AIDS, he stopped touring with Queen and he didn't know what to do with himself. Out of the blue he exclaimed "God, I wish I could have gone to see (Legendary opera singer) Luciano Pavarotti!" And his long term boyfriend Jim went "What's keeping you, take a plane to Italy and go watch him!" - And so Freddie began to attend opera performances left and right. But it was when he saw Montserrat Caballé live that he stood up and exclaimed "That's the best voice I ever heard!" He made a few calls to her management and met her. The two got on like a house on fire. - But when the subject of recording an album together came to be, Freddie found out how closed minded the Opera world is, NONE of the symphony orchestras he approached wanted to work with him since he was a lowly pop singer. So, Freddie went "Well, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself!" and recorded almost all of the music himself using synthesizers and samplers.. - Montserrat for her part said that she enjoyed the recording process, Freddie and Jim were perfect English gentlemen and treated her like royalty. But her fellow Opera singers weren't so accepting. Singer Ingrid Bergman condemned Montserrat for having done the album and snidely remarked after hearing about Freddie's death that he "Must have screamed himself to death." - Fast forward to the 2012, Queen's "We will rock you" musical was doing really well and the musical arranger of the show, Stuart Morley, went "Now let's record that album with a PROPER orchestration." and basically re-recorded the entire album using the London Symphony Orchestra, much like how Freddie had intended it to be.
Yes! they so loved each other and singing together - these are also my favorites -- I really love how in "how can I go on" Montsy just can't help herself lip-synching while Fred is singing...
Freddie wrote this for her, his favorite opera singer. She asked him to write a song about Barcelona. What a genius. What beautiful voices. Perfection to the ears. You can tell they adored each other. Try Freddie Mercury -Exercises in Free Love. Sensational.
Epic! Montserrat Caballé was simply the coolest. She had the courage to collaborate with a rock vocalist, but she knew he was gifted. A legendary collaboration.
Although Montserrat Caballe got many requests to sing this song with other noted male opera singers, she refused. Her reason was: they weren't Freddie. She felt that he was THE Perfect partner for this duet. I can understand this.
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Freddie wrote the whole Barcelona album for her. He absolutely loved Montserrat and she had total respect and love for Freddie. When she was in England Freddie made sure Montserrat wanted for nothing. She was the one who Freddie told first that he was dying. It broke her when Freddie died and she sang at his funeral
Freddie wrote the song without her because she was starting in an Opera. He had always loved Opera and the band was on a break. She said she had always been a singer who concentrated on singing perfectly without the emotion. She said Freddie showed her how to express herself with feeling, Barcelona is where she was born. They did play it at the Barcelona Olympics in a hologram because Freddie was already dead by then.
I love this duet so much - though it breaks me a little when he sings 'God Willing we will meet again - some day' - hope that they are enjoying a duet together again
I had 19 years when I heard them together and loved it since that day, even if I couldn´t understand what they were singing back then, their voices are mesmerizing. Hugs from Sonora, México.
I have loved this song since it came out and always gives me chills. What I loved about your reaction is that you made me listen to what the background singers were doing for the first time. Added an additional layer to my enjoyment
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What an epic masterpiece. RIP both Freddie and Montserrat. They met each other in a hotel, and Montserrat wanted Freddie to write a song that embodies the vibe and spirit of her hometown - Barcelona
I've watched many of your reactions, especially the metal ones. :) But with this one, you got me. I had tears of joy watching this and seeing how much impact Freddie still have. Thank you so much for heading up with and also thanks to the sponsoring one. Really dig this. All the best from Germany. Chris
My wife is the BIGGEST Queen fan/nerd/disciple I've ever met. Not only does she know ALL of their songs, but she knows the entire bands history, biographies, etc. She and I just rewatched Bohemian Rhapsody last night and she was crying during one of their live performances. She said she wishes she could go back in time to see Freddie perform live, just like I would do with Hendrix. I don't think the world will ever see another person and performer like Freddie Mercury.
High camp, done with great love and panache. I think they spent a lot of time together understanding each other's craft. Montserrat was famously picky about what she would and would not do, and with whom. Those ascents to floated pianissimo high notes are the calling cards of her operatic voice, and they are fully honoured in Freddie's composition. He knew how good she was. They are unlikely couple, but there was real affection there. It's hilarious and touching all at once to see this high-priestess of bel canto (and an incomparable Norma in her day) wigging-out and swapping out the 'Casta' to be a 'Rock Diva', and doing a few Freddie hand gestures that even in opera would be considered over-the-top. Lovely frock too - and another thing she could be picky about too 😲
This is one of the great duet collaborations between two equally talented vocalists delivering a knockout powerhouse performance. Brilliant stuff indeed.
🎫This is the only ticket stub it will let me use. Beautiful song by Freddie and Montserrat! Absolutely love the two of them together. She's amazing. And I loved the parts where Freddie brought out his True Freddie Mercury style while they were singing. Beautiful!
the thing that made this so great is the huge amount of mutual respect they gave and showed eachother... you should check live version infront of the huge crowd.
Catch any of her interviews about him, years after his death...the love will touch you. Asked if she would ever do another cross over duet she said it would be difficult because with Freddie, it was so special. He shared with her about his illness - as he did not believe he could depend on his strength to carry this live...and for him to say that you know it must have been crushing.
You should listen to Exercises in Free Love (by Freddie). The story I heard is he wrote it with Monsterrat in mind because he was a big fan of hers and he mentioned this in an interview, and that's what led to the two of them teaming up. She wrote words to it and it became Ensueno on the Barcelona album. Also, this song was used as the big theme for the Olympics when they were in Barcelona. :)
Freddie Mercury was indeed a musical genius. Especially when you describe the fine intricacies required in a great duet, Maggie. It just goes to show how well he wrote it and that he really knew exactly what he was doing. Such a sweet guy, who is sorely missed. RIP Freddie Mercury x
I admittedly thought it would be the official video as I didn't know this existed. Nice review. As soon as I saw you review this I thought you would enjoy it.
This was written by Freddie and Monstserrat for the Barcelona Olympics opening ceremony accompanied by massive illuminated dancing waters at the foot of Juic where the olympic stadium stood proudly on top
It's the best reaction to this duet I've ever seen! You watch and feel by all your heart it's so so beautiful and it's precious because an opera singer knows music well I suggest you to watch the golden boy too stay safe
Bless Freddie, he loved Monserrat. They wrote these songs together or should i say he wrote them for her voice with her help. The song opened the Barcelona Olympics. Its heavenly.
There was an interview done by the BBC in Montserrat's home several years after Freddie had passed away and the interviewer asked Montserrat what the biggest difference was between singing with Freddie and singing normal opera songs. She immediately replied "freedom" and then went on to explain that as an opera singer she had very little freedom with how she sang. The conductor was responsible not only for the orchestra but also for how she sang the song and to be a successful opera singer you had to follow how and what the conductor wanted. Freddie on the other hand left a lot of how she sang her parts up to her. Of course there are the parts in harmony and that requires they blend together which they did beautifully but there were other parts (especially in the song "The Golden Boy") where Freddie was singing the main vocal and she did not have an obvious vocal part. She asked Freddie what she should be doing at those parts and he told her to ad-lib. That was something very foreign to her and it took her awhile to get comfortable doing so but she said it was the most wonderful freeing feeling she ever had while singing. You can see the joy on her face in the video of "The Golden Boy". She is having the time of her life in that video and the respect and love the two of them had developed for one another really comes through in that video. Since you have already reacted to this version of "Barcelona" on your channel, you might also want to privately watch the live version of "Barcelona performed at La Nit in 1988. They had a much larger choir and orchestra in that version and that version is live (you can hear the audience, fountains and fireworks in the background). Just search La Nit in RU-vid's search box and the first video in the results should be the remastered version. Don't miss out on reacting to "The Golden Boy" which is a wonderful song but is worth the reaction just because of how much fun Montserrat is having.
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I am sooo upset that I can only give you 1 like!!!! You deserve a million for this awesome reaction. Freddy was one of my favorites growing up (yes, I'm ancient). I would love to hear you Opera out with someone like Peter Hollens. His voice is so reminiscent of Freddy's.
I love Queen, and Freddie, but THIS brings me to tears every time I hear it and to see you reacting to one of my all time favorite songs is amazing! ❤ 😍 💖 You must watch her performance at the Barcelona Olympics!
Freddie is here litterally fanboying..impressed by her pressence, nervous for the singing, deeply respecting, overwhelmed... not afraid to sing for thousands of people, but Montserrat... he adored her, and they became close friends
Broken Maggie is right up there with Extra Maggie and False Start Maggie as my favorites. Always love your reactions and über happy to see this one as I did not see this in the live. Awesome! A perfect cross genre blend that just made sense. Loved this song in 1988. Loved it again in 1992. You’ve helped me rediscover it and love it again in 2021. ❤️
This was Freddie Mercury's great desire to sing with his diva, I recommend you listen to the whole album because it's fantastic. Also I believe that at minute 7:23 of your video Freddie Mercury has surpassed his diva in power.
The funny thing is back in the day there was so much talent we kind of took it for granted... I appreciate it more now for a multitude of reasons one if them being watching the younger generation react to RAW TALENT ... I'm pretty sure this was the opening of the OLYMPIC games in Barcelona... pretty sure it was live... great reaction videos young lady!