Opera Singer Reacts to Marcelito Pomoy (The Prayer) 

I am only 75 years old and have heard many singers. I could care less about his breathing. His voice and presentation is truly beautiful. FYI he has had no training in his singing and is a natural wonder. You might check out his presentation of Never Enough.

He is totally untrained, he was homeless and lived on the streets from about 7 years old till he was 21. This is a god given talent.

It doesn't matter if he technically sings it the wrong way or what ever, it is in the ear of the beholder that counts.

It is not about perfection,it is about talent.You may have all the breath support you that can have,but you can not have a dual voice.

He's not other kinda guy that have someone to train bout his voice, he truly owns that voice without a couch, he is homeless, just sleeping in sidewalk, and everytime he has problem he just sing, and thats how he learn ALL BY HIMSELF his voice and it's range❤️

He's impressive and entertaining. It's a special talent he has and has served him well. It's a job that earns him enough to have a family of his own. He was abandoned as a child, but he didn't give up. I respect him a lot.

I am a Filipino and I have no problem with your critiques/reactions. Judging from your comments, I believe you are a professional singer and can sing well. Having said that, I wish you could do a song/cover of your choice and upload it so you can show us your singing prowess. Thank you.

the fact that he can sing both 2 parts and switch effortless is already out of this world.. i havent seen someone doing what he does...

He has no formal training or undergone voice lesson like you... Imagine him how he perform if someone trained him .

He has recorded this on an album & the full effect of both voices with out the necessary cut offs for breathing, is stupendous. He is gifted. His talent for humanitarian works is amazing in his country, on the scale of Sean Penn in the US. If you can find his albums I encourage you to check them out.

Okay, okay, you’re a pro. We get that. Now it’s your turn let’s see your version of two voices of one song LIVE!!!

Amazing voices both male and female. Such a great talent. The way u perform the Prayer was really far better than the original song. Marcelito for me you're one of d great voices of the world. ❤️❤️❤️

for a self-taught singer like marcelito pomoy, he is undeniably superb. Filipinos are music lovers and could really sing . Take note, only few have got a chance to undergo voice lessons and pomoy wasn't one of them but was able to prove himself to the world that God has given him a unique talent in singing as a way of helping him not to forever wallow in the quagmire of poverty and living alone struggling on the streets due to the absence of his immediate family at a very young age. We are so proud of pomoy!

I think one thing to take into account with Marcelito is that he never had even 1 voice lesson. He has never been trained in any way and I am sure he would do many of the things with the air support if he had any training at all. He grew up homeless from the age of 8 and helped raise his younger sibling along the way. He was talked into singing on The Philippines Got Talent and won it. (He only did the show, because he hoped it would help him find his family again -- and it did.) I imagine that he is getting vocal training now, but what he developed of his voice without any training is amazing.

If he did it the way you want. He’d be like every other singer out there. His performance makes him special and unique. At least that’s what I think

you can't accept the fact that he sings so amazing. it's so difficult to do that especially he is a male.

You have to understand that Marcelito is not a professional opera singer. He is very impressive just like that and does not need any of your negative feedback. You cannot compare him to any professional opera singer, you have to give him a break..

I fell in love with Marcelito's voice,' been searching all over the internet since I saw him sing 3 months ago. Just can't get over of his dual voice. Actually, it's multiple voices coming out of his body. You are the only reactor who mentioned about breathing technique and cutting out in a middle of a phrase. That is informative from a voice coach like you. Since he can amazingly sing like that without proper training of breathing technique, the more I see it more spectacular. He can flip back and forth with his voice in the remote control challenge at GGV when he sang endless love. It's incredible. The more I get amazed with Marcelito

Lol, it's easy to be critical when you don't have any songs posted. Look forward to hearing your perfect voice.

Welcome again to the Philippines home of great singers..actually he has no proper training but self taught his talent is God given..and react to his cover of conte partiro /time to say goodbye

Many people here is overwhelmed by Marcelito´s beautiful talent , me too. I´m also! You are an opera singer and you react in a more analytic way to his singing compared to other singer reactors and there is nothing wrong with that. It gives a good insight, but most people here just love the way he is and sings so good. I hope technique will not take away something of what we love about him, so it gets too systematic and too perfect, if you know what i mean. the song, as you say, is not written for one person, so there is not inserted time to make the shifts in the way you wish for, but Im sure he will do it beautiful with another version or another song that is written for two people. I love his version of Power of love by the way

Yes you're right with his breathing when he's transitioning in one voice to another but if u want to see someone who's better than him singing in dual voices i think maybe u can find her/him not in world

Nice reaction ma'am,but for the record....he never have a voice teacher in his life,,,,PURE TALENT as we say....thanks for the reaction....

You missed the whole point. He is mimicking Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. Celine sings pop and Andrea opera. He even has copied their very different vowel sounds. Go online and find him singing the Power of Love and close your eyes and hear Celine. Also the Andrea part is not his own singing voice. Schmaltzy? So is O Mio Babbino C aro. C'mon!

You're missing the forest for the trees. Its actually how he jumps from voice to voice. How easy it is to flip back and forth. Breathing?

This is one of the reasons why the sayings "You cannot please everybody" is true. And It's alright. People will enjoy this, will be amazed by this, will be shocked by this but there will also be nitpicky about this. And its alright. I believe she enjoyed the performance but just not that how we expect or how we used to. don't fret. It's really refreshing to watch a Marcelito Pomoy Video with different view/reaction. I think it is more constructive than anything. PS. just don't throw the word "envy" around because the more that you say "I'm not envy", the more that it looks like you are. you are the only singer that reacted to Marcelito Pomoy that used that word. arrivederci.

"The Power Of Love " . He sang with one voice .

“I just wanted to hear him without interrupting himself” - but there were two big parts without those interruptions, I sure heard them. And yeah, as you can tell by the end of the video, he did it for fun.

Yes, he breath in the middle of the word, but he is sitting down and lose 30 to 50 procent of the Support, it's not easy to do, after this, he's a great imitator and have a beautiful voice. God bless you, Marcelito 👏🙏🤝👂

I had goosebumps from the beginning of the song, especially when he sang Andrea Bocelli part. 😍

Marcelito is now making long green and making many people smile. That is all that counts.When in doubt let Marcelito duet.

Marcelito Pomoy is most viewed here in RU-vid, millions & millions of views. So many reaction videos for him around the world and ALL OF THEM ARE SHOCK always. He is one of a kind and multi talented singer with many voices. Take note, he has no formal training just plain gifted. He is the real deal!

Really ? OMG he is breathing ? Damn him for breathing

Okay, aside from stopping the song every 2 seconds, you have to judge and critique Marcelito on a different scale than you normally use because 1) He is sitting down. 2) He is a man singing a woman's part. 3) English is not his first language. 4) He's had no vocal instructions of any kind -- self taught.

I have two words reaction of this girl...i feel her heart having deep envy and jealous to my kababayan marcelito...mabuhay peace ✌️

Look him up him singing, The power of love. I dont know any songs from him, but I'm sure he will have a album sometime soon.

Ill take emotion over perfection any day of the week.

You received Thumbs Up for Marcelito and you received Thumb Down for your comments. Just telling the Truth.

I see your reaction as just listening to find fault, stopping at every moment for your negativity and not to appreciate and take the consideration of what talent he's got. I mean, if you can't do what he can, there's no justice in your criticism. Just because you're a trained opera singer doesn't mean you're right in everything you're saying. I think most people don't need to be a trained musical artist to appreciate talent. It's strange that you have to say "I don't envy him singing sitting down".......why do you have to say that if you're not and how many times have you got to say it??????duh!!!!!!

I'll pay you Ms. Opera $100 if you can sing exactly like him, but if not you have to pay me back $200 !DEAL.

Give the guy credit for his his god gift talent which you do not possess....!!!

I agree that she critisized too much without any motivation. How do you expect for Pomoy not to breath switching from male to femaile voice so quiclkly over an over? Why don’t you show us how you can do that please. grazie mille

analogy: when a book sells a lot of copies, the author gets to be called a 'best-selling' author, not 'best-writing' author. Knowing all of the rules about grammar, syntax, and semantics doesn't guarantee a good story. While Pomoy's technique is raw, his entertainment value and passion are what draw people to him. You actually are right when commenting on his intonation and breathing errors, but in the big picture of things, he doesn't need to be technically perfect...

i love this guy! He's so talented and underrated!

I love how critical this reaction is. Haha 💖💖💖💯

A thing everybody forgot to tell you Angel is that he never had prior coaching or vocal studies, he just discovered his talent while he was a homeless kid on Manila streets

I get it how you systematically broke down how the song is supposed to be sang. However you missed some points. He was trying ti mimic Celine and Andrea's voice instead of expounding ans projecting his own. With jumping back and forth with least effort, breathing while if you close your eyes he would like you to imagine both Celine and Andrea was singing instead of one guy singing. He has done this with no training like you and your friends have. Imagine he was homeless all he could think growing up is how to eat, sleep through the night basic survival at a very young age. So no training or someone guiding him or teaching him, he speaks tagalog some crude english and definitely no italian. He was just given a mic and mostly mimicked what he heard, this is just talent. And we appreciate this talent and hope his family would never has to go through his hardship. Oh and Celine Dion herself appreciates Marcelito and wanted to meet him.

I agree with you, if you can pick up on those little things, if your ear tells you this doesn't sound right even if the story is nice, even if people love it, even if it impresses everyone, your ear is screaming this is not the way it is supposed to be. It is what fans can't get, yes, you can like it, but don't excuse the mistakes when someone points them out not even with a nice story the ear hears what the ear hears.

Now you have critisized lets see you do it, but remember he is Filipino so English and Italian are not his mother tongue and also he as had no formal training.

It is a Duet !!! AND he’s never had Voice lesson ... is self taught. This is the worse critique I’ve heard.

There are no other person sing like him. He also self-taught .l think he did a great job.

AB+CD=MP ( Andrea Bocelli + Celine Dion = Marcelito Pomoy ) He is like Sen. Manny Pacquiao.., One of a Kind in the World & Universe.., Proud to be Pinoy, To GOD be the Glory! 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

Can you post your best solo recording or you can make a cover of the prayer and let us react to it. You sound like your a good singer so that wouldnt be a hustle for you i guess. We look forward to your video.

Ovela must watch her reaction on Marcelito, she is too much criticizing about the performance of my brother hahaha brother by nation😅

Thanks for your appreciation Mam we're so glad for Marcelito Pomoy

Such a mean spirited reaction

Check his performance of Con Te Partiro on America's Got Talent The Champions.

Actually since you mentioned the fact the duet didn’t allow him to reach his full potential, he recorded a studio version with harmonies you should check it out!

To ALL the "VOICE COACHES", Singer's, performers, please stop with the "overthetop" analysis, and just recognize a musical talent you've never seen before....and be in awe! He's not trying to sing the song the way the conductor created it.... he's trying to showcase a very unique, unusual ability! Especially for those who.... interrupt incessantly, trying to sing themselves! Just still, be quiet, listen with your ears and your heart, and marvel at his talent; like the rest of us!

I think you just need to react an opera singing artist like you!

Kenny H. I think he is great and i just ignore all the so called experts tech B S.

Please watch him sing "not enough" and "despacito" as he performs at the "one night magical concert". Because his other duet performances at the America's Got Talent are not probably your preference.

Wow lovely , beautiful voice! The Prayer song. Bravo!

Play Situation has left the channel.

He does the power of love all in the celine voice sound .. it will show his breathing technique

"I don't know how the harmony will go on" Marcelito: Just watch it

Girl, for heavensake!!! Just enjoy this brilliant singer.

Funny thing is I belong to the old school. When I listen to music I listen with my ears and not with my eyes. I don't really care of his posture whether he's sitting down or standing up, I don't care whether he's not opening his mouth wide enough or not. What is important is the quality of sound registering in my ears. If it's pleasant then I appreciate it, if not I stop right away. What is amazing about these singers are they are self-taught.... No voice training or professional teaching as majority of them can not afford a voice coach. Nobody to tell them when or when not to breath, how to open their mouth, and what's the proper stance. The fact that he can do both voices in two different spectrums, in two different genres, two different languages not his own (Neither can he speak English fluently nor speak a word of Italian} alternatingly at a fast phase and still sound nice is definitely a God-given talent.

Perfect notes is not his quality , he didn't had a vocal vocal coach. He can switch form high to low , from male to female in a blink of an eye, even in a middle of phrases , is quite unique . I never seen somebody do that , switching so fast , i didn't think is even possible. That is his quality.

Ok let me preface this by saying I am a Filipino, born and raised in the 🇵🇭. What I don't understand is why do most Filipinos commenting here felt the need to defend Marcelito? Why do you guys act like she is criticizing him? Maybe her critiques were just lost in translation, but these were her points: 1. Marcelito's head voice sounds beautiful, albeit too controlled. Where she then said it made sense when she found out that he is singing in 2 different voices. 2. His chest voice sounds very good as well. 3. The song is restricting Marcelito from showing us more of his vocal range because the way it was written makes it impossible to be sang by one person. YET, she thinks marcelito has done it masterfully. And she's excited to hear him showcase more of his voice while singing a song where he doesn't have to switch voices. She knows that the talent is there. I never heard her criticize Marcelito, not even once. As a matter of fact, I did appreciate how she broke down the techniques and vocal hoops that marcelito had to jump thru to make this song sound really good it actually made me appreciate marcelito's vocal prowess more! Lesson: We have to be more objective when listening to people speaking and not get caught up with our emotions and jump into conclusions. Peace mga kababayan!✌

I'm so sorry to see all these hate comments from fanatics when all you said was the truth. I just hope you are able to handle it well. You are the most objective non biased vocal coach I've seen on youtube, continue being authentic and honest in your reviews.🙏✌️

This should be labeled "Opera Singer Over Commenting on Marcelito Pomoy". The opera singer has been trained and has worked on her hobby. Marcelito was given his gift from God and has little training in what he does. I find his talent inspirational, as well as his back story. It was quite sad that this opera singer could not just appreciate the immense talent and God's gift that she was just presented with. I do not know this opera singer, nor have I heard her. I have heard Marcelito and have fallen in love with his wonderful skill and professionalism throughout his recent found fame.

I really appreciate your reaction. At the recording of this song, he had been homeless since age seven. His mother had left when he was five and his father was in prison. A prison guard took him home but abused and neglected him. He walked away to live on the streets. He sang to himself for comfort, but didn't realize that he could sing both parts until he was 18. He had a second grade education at this point. So, he was completely self taught and does have limits that a voice coach could have helped him with had his life not been so hard. Just sharing background information. After winning Filipino's Got Talent, he has gone back to school, gotten married, and had a child.

Let’s react to her singing 👀👀

The power of love by Marcelito Pomoy the Greatest singer in the world...no voice lesson, purely talented and gifted... More resonance ! The power of love...

So many hurt feelings in here lmao! It was a legit breakdown, no sugarcoating bs. Keep up the honest work young lady (:

Please React To Marcelito Pomoy Performs "Never Enough" At One Magical Night Concert.

Dear Angel, you have to know that Marcelito NEVER had any vocal training. He listens to a song and duplicates it so he doesn't know the breathing techniques that people with training knows. You mentioned Morissette so I want you to know that the Wish 107.5 music awards marcelito Morissette Secret Love Song is a great duet to react to.

Fellow filipinos the reactor had not said any negative thing about marcelito she's only reacting to the technicalities and it's not her cup of tea to hear a unique talent but rather on the purity of how the song is written...calm down people✌✌✌

try this and lets see just how good you are!!!

you’re being bothered by his breathing. but of course. it is a duet song and should be sung by two singers. do you expect him not to breathe while doing both? oh my.

The fact that your vocal coach you should know switching from 1 vocal to another is very difficult.

I don't know to you girl but he sounds perfect for me and i bet you cannot do what his capable of doing to be honest.

when one criticizes the way you have done - your talent is in question for I have never heard of you, I would pay to hear Pomoy and probably not you - for I am sure your name does not run off anyones lips

Please do react on marcelito pomoy singing power of love :)

I appreciate your analysis and honesty. I enjoyed your critique more than many others because you took the time to make your valid points, but still praised the overall performance. Very balanced.

Some will Like him and others will dislike him And that’s OK. She was just being honest with his breathing and technique. She also didn’t mention that she didn’t like him. But I feel that it’s more impressive that someone like Marcelito has never had any vocal training whatsoever. Everything was self taught. He couldn’t afford the lessons if he wanted to back then. It was just something to appreciate for WHAT IT WAS. Even if vocally trained, could anyone else have done what he did?

Just enter in the search bar of You Tube his name, and I am sure you will find many other songs he does.

Yeah, he might lack some of the techniques, but his voice is beautiful. His English pronunciation is awesome, considering he doesn't speak the language. Like, at all. He's got his wife as a translator.

i've been teaching music for almost 30 years... unless someone pays me for a lesson (and asks for constructive criticism), I try not to find fault 'first'... I listen and watch for positive, and build a lesson around that. as you said, it is what it is - at least in this video, you seemed to be looking for a moment to say something critical, which makes the vibe of the reaction uncomfortable to watch.

It's easier said than done. The difficulty of creating a rich male tenor voice and a beautiful female soprano voice, and switching between them at will, is well understood by music experts. If you're a music expert, I think you should obediently evaluate that point.

Guys, some of you may be looking at this in the wrong way, I feel. If you just want to watch a reaction, then a vocal coach or highly trained singer's channel is probably not where you want to go. Her job isn't to protect our fee fees. It's to critique and give her expert opinion about singers from a standpoint of skill. She's not obligated to give anyone praise but she gave Marcellito a lot of it. And here's the thing. From the viewpoint of those of us who have been trained and/or have a calling to do, well, anything... we want and NEED critique to be able to improve. If someone only ever says good things about what you do, you never get better. Does anyone here honestly believe that Dimash got as phenomenal as he is without regular critique from his coach? Does anyone with any brains actually believe his coach doesn't STILL give him critique? And D has said more than once that it's what he WANTS. I guarantee you someone like Pomoy wanted it, too. And honestly, her critique is very helpful to those of us who are singers and I think that's her purpose here in doing these reactions. We all yearn to continue to improve. So don't take it negatively. ☺️💜🧡

the power of love. is a good song to listen to.

OMG.....stop interrupting every 2 seconds. This is why I will never follow you...

It's so mind boggling to me how so many people get so infatuated with someone famous, that they'd literally be willing to kill to defend said famous person's honor, when they neither personally know said person nor do they have any expertise on said matter! This happens with every famous person, be they singers, musicians, actor, RU-vidrs, Pro Sport Athletes, etc! Here we have a professional classically trained opera soprano & Voice Teacher analyzing a video of Marcelito singing a song. As a professional with many years of experience & expertise in your craft, you're able to notice when a singer has excellent technique or not, & you're able to point it out & explain it, so that those who do watch your videos & are aspiring singers themselves, can try to learn from your analysis & with practice be able to learn to sing beautifully with excellent techniques! Yet you'll get all of these fans whose only knowledge on singing is that of listening to RU-vid Vevo Music Videos or their favorite songs on Spotify or SoundCloud, yet they get so offended of your critique & analysis, insulting you & attacking your character, telling you to NEVER REACT to their favorite singer anymore! Despite not having any knowledge & expertise, they try to prove your analysis wrong by telling a sob story about how he never had any training & that he self taught himself singing while he was homeless & panhandling for pocketchange on the mean streets of Downtown Manila, & then he won Got Talent show & now is the most amazing Filipino to ever live, or some sort of irrelevant sob story like that, as if it magically makes his poor techniques become obsolete?! This doesn't just happen with Marcelito. This happens with ANYONE who's famous enough to amount a decent following of loyal fans, as there will always be these overly defensive loyal fans! Similar happened to another wonderful RU-vidr Voice Teacher named Sam Johnson, the other day. He put out a reaction video to Dimash's Your Love video. During the midpoint of the video, Sam paused the video & said as politely as possible that something seems off between the shape of Dimash's mouth & the sound he's singing & that it may very well be that this performance was Lip Synced by Dimash for whatever reason, which by no means takes away from his amazing skill & technique, but sometimes artists have to Lip Sync their performances. Well just as you could imagine, all of these similar types of overly defensive fanatics began flooding his video with Dislikes & very mean spirited, insultive hate comments, which is completely uncalled for & NO Artist i.e. Dimash or Marcelito would ever approve of & endorse such actions & such fans! Well because of this, Sam Johnson ended up pinning his own comment in the comment section of that video, telling everyone that the actions of those overly sensitive & defensive Dimash Fanatics is completely disgusting & that because of that, sadly, he will no longer make any future Reaction/Analysis video on Dimash! For someone who both loves Dimash & Sam Johnson, I am very saddened by that decision, but I completely understand where he's coming from & respect his decision! It's people like these who ruin everything good for the rest of us sane people & it's honestly very messed up! NOW I'm not a Singer nor a Vocal Coach, so I couldn't tell you good techniques from bad techniques or small nuances of the mouth that can make a professional notice something being off, thus leading him to believe the performance was Lip Synced. I know that Dimash is more than capable of performance his songs live without having to Lip Sync, but I've also learned from all the thousands of videos I've watched that it's not always a singer's choice & that sometimes the tv producers require that the Singer Lip Syncs or at the very most, sings but into nonfunctional microphone, & then the audio post team sync up a digital recording of him singing, but sometimes everything matches up 99.9999% except for that 0.0001% , which causes a professional Voice Teacher to notice it! I also know that when RU-vidrs edit, render, & upload their videos, in which they use a 3rd party video in their video, to which they're obviously reacting, the video & audio is slightly off, so not only does the video of the performance slightly off balanced with it's audio, but then the video & even audio of the reaction is off balance with the 3rd party video being reacted to, so you end up with a reaction video where not only the performance seems Lip Synced, but then the reactor will make his or her shocked reactions a split second too early before the performer like Dimash does some kind of amazing vocal technique & or hits an incredible note! Another thing is that I've heard that Dimash's videos on Gloria Wu's channel are slightly slowed down between video & audio, a minor tweak that allows for RU-vid's Copyright Infringement Bots to get tricked, thus avoiding for the videos to be flagged & taken down for Copyright Infringement, Especially since I think that she only adds English subtitles to his performance videos! That might be wrong, but it could account for why sometimes what seems like the same video feels slightly off in one reaction video but not in another channel's reaction video! I know I just went on a huge tangent, but it still ties into my main point & that's that people make mistakes all the time & we all share opinions, even though some opinions hold more weight than others. It's ok to disagree, & it's fine to state that you disagree & then state your points & reasoning, allowing for a healthy discussion & or debate! But to be so overly sensitive & defensive, nay, so passively aggressive towards someone else just because that person, who is an expert in their field, analyzed & critiqued their favorite singer's inadequate singing techniques, not to hate but to teach & help people learn? That's not right! Those of you who're guilty of this, just know that you're not doing your favorite singer any justice, & if they were to be in the comments section & read all of your nasty comments, they wouldn't say thank you for defending my honor & give you a hug & kiss & ask you to be their best friend forever! They wouldn't condone your actions, nor do any of the rest of us! So please take a deep breath, calm your pulse, & think before you post your hate for the world to read!

There's a video of him doing this live at an outdoor dinner event in Spain. At first no one really pays attention, some even chuckle. By the end there were old men getting on their feet in awe.

I think he should continue the duetting thing, but give himself longer phrases to sink into and breathe properly as well. That's all.

I have heard you singing ,come on ,how the hell can you kit-pick like that, and your singing voice is way below par . If your that good at singing Opera put up a video of you singing ,and show us how it`s should be done?

it’s one thing to sing properly..but to sing and sound like celine is a feat in itself

So after seeing the video, I understand why some in the comments are displeased, but I found your criticism quite informative. You did mention the fact that what he was doing was impressive, but you also pointed out all the costs and sacrifices made as a result. That may come across as rude or ignorant to some people, but you’re a vocal coach so of course it’s your job and purpose here to point out where improvements can be made. Thank you for your time and expertise, and please continue what you are doing.