Amira Willighagen was born on March 27, 2004,
in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and became well-known by demonstrating her
talent as a singer of opera arias and other classical music at the age
of 9, without ever having taken a single music or singing lesson.
In October 2013, Willighagen took part in the auditions for the talent
show Holland's Got Talent and wowed the jury with her interpretation of
the aria "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi. The
video of this performance rapidly became a YouTube hit and has been
viewed by more than 20 million viewers worldwide. In the semi-finals
Willighagen sang Gounod's "Ave Maria". On December 28, 2013, Willighagen
won the finals of the talent show with her interpretation "Nessun
dorma", an aria for tenor from Puccini's opera Turandot. By then she was
so popular that she received over 50% of the votes from the TV
viewers... Source: Wikipedia
