Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert get the crowd going with a stunning operatic duet
What happens when you put two vocal powers in the same room? They bring the crowd to their feet. On October 19, the audience of the "Jennifer Hudson Show" was treated to an exceptional performance by Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert. After Lambert finishes telling a story about when he and Queen guitarist Brian May performed an impromptu cover of "Nessun Dorma" ("Let No One Sleep") from Giacomo Puccini's classic opera "Turandot" , Hudson suggested they put their own vocal skills to the test. "Can we do some now?" Hudson asked before Lambert replied, "Yeah, let's do it!"
"It's almost impossible to sing the song in the same key. But the way you got up there, you're the only one who can do something like that."
With pianist Michael Orland at the piano, the "American Idol" alumni took to their mics and delivered a stunning performance, demonstrating incredible vocal control as they belted out verses in old-school Italian of several decades. "Guardi le stelle / Che tremano d'amore / E di speranza. / Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me / Il nome mio nessun saprá!" they sang, which translates to "Look at the stars / That tremble with love / And with hope / But my mystery is closed within me / No one will know my name!"
"Did you all like it? Did we do well?" Hudson asked at the end of the performance to the sound of roaring applause. "That man [Lambert]'s range is insane. You know, when you do opera songs - any song - you have two ranges. You have a male singer and a female singer. It's almost impossible to sing the song in the same key. But the way you got up there, only you could do something like that. Y'all gotta give that man credit."
Since its rise to popularity in the 90s, "Nessun Dorma" has been considered by the opera community as one of the most difficult arias to perform on stage. The technical requirements to nail the song involve holding elongated notes at a high pitch and volume. "If you overload your woofer it will make it difficult, that's where you need vocal technique to not give too much away," opera star Yonghoon Lee said in a 2015 interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. He added: “If you have good technique, good stance and good breath control, the note comes automatically, you just have to trust it. If you don't trust it, you won't get a nice sound with a lot of resonance. "
The song itself is meant to be emotional, dramatic, and sung with confidence, which is exactly what Hudson and Lambert delivered. Watch their stunning performance above.
What happens when you put two vocal powers in the same room? They bring the crowd to their feet. On October 19, the audience of the "Jennifer Hudson Show" was treated to an exceptional performance by Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert. After Lambert finishes telling a story about when he and Queen guitarist Brian May performed an impromptu cover of "Nessun Dorma" ("Let No One Sleep") from Giacomo Puccini's classic opera "Turandot" , Hudson suggested they put their own vocal skills to the test. "Can we do some now?" Hudson asked before Lambert replied, "Yeah, let's do it!"
"It's almost impossible to sing the song in the same key. But the way you got up there, you're the only one who can do something like that."
With pianist Michael Orland at the piano, the "American Idol" alumni took to their mics and delivered a stunning performance, demonstrating incredible vocal control as they belted out verses in old-school Italian of several decades. "Guardi le stelle / Che tremano d'amore / E di speranza. / Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me / Il nome mio nessun saprá!" they sang, which translates to "Look at the stars / That tremble with love / And with hope / But my mystery is closed within me / No one will know my name!"
"Did you all like it? Did we do well?" Hudson asked at the end of the performance to the sound of roaring applause. "That man [Lambert]'s range is insane. You know, when you do opera songs - any song - you have two ranges. You have a male singer and a female singer. It's almost impossible to sing the song in the same key. But the way you got up there, only you could do something like that. Y'all gotta give that man credit."
Since its rise to popularity in the 90s, "Nessun Dorma" has been considered by the opera community as one of the most difficult arias to perform on stage. The technical requirements to nail the song involve holding elongated notes at a high pitch and volume. "If you overload your woofer it will make it difficult, that's where you need vocal technique to not give too much away," opera star Yonghoon Lee said in a 2015 interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. He added: “If you have good technique, good stance and good breath control, the note comes automatically, you just have to trust it. If you don't trust it, you won't get a nice sound with a lot of resonance. "
The song itself is meant to be emotional, dramatic, and sung with confidence, which is exactly what Hudson and Lambert delivered. Watch their stunning performance above.
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