![]() ![]() Not knowing the identity of the poet, she falls in love with the words and sets them to music. Meanwhile, the prince writes a love poem that ends up in Cinderella’s hands. The two stepsisters are divas with little talent and much vile.Ĭinderella, with a natural talent for composing, is not allowed to perform. The tale is set in an opera production company run by the evil stepmother. Rather than being matched with her true love by the way of a lost glass slipper of a particularly minute size - an idea Alma found to be “quite silly” - Cinderella is a talented composer and the pining prince is a poet. Many were also wowed by her creative reinvention of the classical tale of Cinderella. The 2.5-hour long opera, with a musical score running 237 pages, received standing ovations.Ĭinderella Reinvented by 11-Year-Old Prodigy Alma, who wrote the score for every single instrument, and the lyrics, was 11 years old. In December last year, her full-length opera, “Cinderella,” premiered at the Casino Baumgarten Theatre in Vienna, 2 the city of music, performed by the Viennese opera group, Oh!pera - an unattainable dream even for many adult composers who’ve spent a lifetime perfecting their craft. This was followed by a violin and orchestra concerto at 9. By the age of 4, she’d already begun composing her own melodies, and by 6 she’d written her first piano sonata. She’s now considered a virtuoso of both instruments. Within a year of tutoring, she was playing Handel sonatas on the violin. ![]() She was able to name notes on the piano at age 2 and began playing piano and violin at the tender age of 3. ![]() There are a number of musical prodigies out there, but Alma has most of them beat. Alma Deutscher, from Basingstoke, England, is a perfect example of the latter. ![]() Their gift is so profound, and comes from God-only-knows-where. And then, there’s the true prodigies people with seemingly unnatural talent. Most of us are gifted with some degree of natural talent - something we do better, or with greater ease, than the average person. For some of you, it may be the only time you see these commercials so let them entertain you. My only regret is that there is no way to post this without exposing you to a minutelong drug commercial, which I’m sure you realize I don’t endorse. It is beyond extraordinary to have a glimpse into someone as exceptionally talented as 12-year-old Alma. I am so pleased to post this video and I hope it gives you as much joy as it did me when I first viewed it on 60 Minutes.
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