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Britain’s Got Talent opera singer performs ‘Caruso’ and moves audience to tears

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  24 May 2022, 16:42 | Updated: 25 May 2022, 14:06  By Savannah Roberts, ClassicFM London   Here's the moment a young opera singer delivered a 1986 Italian love song famously performed by the likes of  Luciano Pavarotti  and  Andrea Bocelli . Maxwell Thorpe gave a hair-raising performance during his  Britain’s Got Talent  audition, surprising the crowd with the challenging number written by Lucio Dalla and dedicated to the prolific operatic tenor, Enrico Caruso. Introducing his performance, the 32-year-old  opera  singer told the judging panel that he was “very nervous”. “I’ll have to sing them [my nerves] out,” the northern singer announced to the audience. Maxwell revealed that he had been busking in Sheffield for 10 years, and that in his experience he is “sometimes singing to people that aren’t listening.” Read more:  Incredible moment when ‘The X Factor’ vocalist sang both parts in soprano and tenor duet Maxwell Thorpe performe...

Violinist Joshua Bell marries opera singer Larisa Martínez...

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... in New York home ceremony Joshua Bell and Larisa Martínez.  Picture: IG: Larisa Martinez By Helena Asprou, ClassicFM 0 Classical music power couple, Joshua Bell and Larisa Martínez, have just tied the knot – here’s everything you need to know. It has just been announced that violinist and  conductor ,  Joshua Bell , and opera singer, Larisa Martínez, were married in their New York home last Saturday. officiated by  New York Times  columnist David Brooks, the ceremony is a happy milestone for the classical music power couple – who over the years, have won multiple awards between them. Born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, Bell fell in love with music at an early age after hearing his mother play the  piano  and he soon developed an interest in the  violin . IndyStar ✔ @indystar Indiana violin icon Joshua Bell and opera singer Larisa Martinez tie the knot ht...