>> ROLANDO VILLAZN: THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE TABERNACLE CHOIR WAS IN A RECORDING THAT THEY DID WITH MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, BRYN TERFEL. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL RECORDING, BUT I WAS IMMEDIATELY AMAZED BY THE SOUND AND THE QUALITY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CHOIR. AND THEN, WHEN I -- WHEN I PERFORMED "HANDEL'S MESSIAH", AND I RECEIVED THE MUSIC, AGAIN I WAS SO EXCITED TO HEAR THIS BEAUTIFUL SOUND. ALHOUGH AN INFANT NOW WE VIEW HIM >> I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THIS CONCERT IS GOING TO BE BROADCAST IN PBS. MY FIRST APPEARANCE IN TV AS AN OPERA PERFORMER WAS IN PBS. IT WAS IN THE -- A PERFORMANCE OF THE LINCOLN CENTER, "LA BOHEME". SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT MEMORY TO BE PART OF IT AGAIN. OUR FIRST REHEARSAL, I WAS TOLD WAS GOING TO BE A PIANO REHEARSAL. AND SO I WAS EXPECTING TO COME INTO A LITTLE ROOM. CHOSE SINGERS WITH MACK, AND SING THE SONG. BUT THE FIRST REHEARSAL WAS ACTUALLY IN THE HALL. AND I COME IN AND I SEE THIS WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE, WITH THIS ORGAN AND THESE TUBES. AND IT'S QUITE SPECTACULAR. AND I HAVE TO SAY, PERFORMING HERE, YES, IT'S GREAT, BUT IT ALSO HAS A SENSE OF INTIMACY. IT'S ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE THAT THERE'S MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. YOU FEEL THAT YOU CONNECT VERY, VERY CLOSELY TO THEM, AND THAT YOU ARE IN A VERY INTIMATE SPACE. SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE, AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. I HAVE KNOWN ANGELA BROWER FOR MANY YEARS NOW. WE ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. AND WHEN I WAS INVITED TO PERFORM WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR IN THIS WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS EVENT, KNOWING THAT SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE MORMON CHURCH, AND THAT IT -- IT IS -- IT WAS A DREAM OF HERS TO PERFORM WITH THEM, I JUST HAD TO MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE. SO I ASKED EVERYBODY. I ASKED MACK AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZERS, RON, AND I SAID, "LISTEN. I HAVE THIS SPECIAL REQUEST." AND THEY WERE, OF COURSE, DELIGHTED TO ALSO MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE. WHEN SHE WAS INTRODUCED DURING REHEARSALS, AND PEOPLE WERE CLAPPING, I MEAN, I -- I THOUGHT HOW IS SHE NOW GOING TO SING? SHE HAD TO SING IMMEDIATELY. SHE WAS CRYING WITH HAPPINESS. IT WAS VERY SPECIAL, SO... HER FAMILY IS HERE, AND I'M SURE IT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR ALL HER FAMILY TO SEE THIS WONDERFUL PERFORMER, WHO'S DOING AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESSFUL CAREER, ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT WAS, I'M SURE, NOT ONLY A DREAM FOR ANGELA, BUT ALSO A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ALL OF ANGELA'S FAMILY. CHANTONS TOUS SON AVENEMENT IL EST NE LE DIVIN ENFANT

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BELEN CAMPANAS DE BELEN QUE LOS ANGELES TOCAN >> AMONG THE MANY SONGS THAT WE SING IN THE MEXICAN TRADITION IS "CAMPANA SOBRE CAMPANA". A VILLANCICOS THAT IS PERFORMED THAT EVERYBODY IN LATIN AMERICA KNOWS VERY WELL. AND THAT WE ARE PERFORMING IN THIS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. THERE IS A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT, VERY LATIN AMERICAN ARRANGEMENT, AND THE CHOIR IS PERFORMING. THE BELLS FROM THE TEMPLE SQUARE ARE PERFORMING, OF COURSE, WITH US. "CAMPANA SOBRE CAMPANA" IS BELLS OVER BELLS. SO WE HAVE REALLY FANTASTIC BELL PLAYERS JOINING IN. AND THEN, ONE OF MY REALLY VERY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONGS IS A SONG BY JOSE LUIS PERALES, "CANCION PARA NAVIDAD", SONG FOR CHRISTMAS. THIS SONG, I INCLUDED IN A LIST OF MANY SONGS THAT I PROPOSED, THAT COULD BE IN THE PROGRAM. AND TO BE HONEST, I WAS NOT SURE WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO -- TO CHOOSE IT BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER CLASSIC VILLANCICOS. AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY WHEN MACK CALLED ME AND SAID, "NO, THIS IS THE ONE WE WANT." AND HE DID THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS SONG. AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL SONG THAT SPEAKS ABOUT -- ABOUT CONNECTING TO OTHERS. ABOUT GIVING SHELTER TO THE WANDERER OR TO THE HOMELESS, TO THE IMMIGRANT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT TAKING A CHANCE IN THIS TIME OF THE SEASON, TO REFLECT IN WHAT MAKES US HUMAN, IN WHAT SHOULD MAKE US ALL COME TOGETHER. O SOUVERAIN >> "O SOUVERAIN" FROM MASSENET'S "LE CID" IS AN ARIA THAT, EVER SINCE I HEARD IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WITH THE VOICE OF THE GREAT PLACIDO DOMINGO, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. AND IT'S AN ARIA THAT I LOVE TO PERFORM. I THINK IT'S A VERY -- IT'S A VERY DEEP AND MOVING ARIA. A VERY MOVING MOMENT OF THE CHARACTER. IT'S A PRAYER, AND IT'S GATHERING HIS FORCE AND HIS FAITH SO THAT HE CAN GO ON. AND IT'S EXACTLY THIS, THE SPIRIT OF THIS MUSIC THAT MAKES THE CHARACTER GO ON IN THE WORDS THAT HE'S SAYING. SO IT'S A SPECIAL ARIA THAT I LOVE TO PERFORM.

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>> THE LITTLE GIRL FELT WARMTH FLOW INTO HER FEET AND HANDS, AND THE TWO ROSE SILENTLY INTO THE NIGHT. TO NARRATE THE STORY OF THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL, I FELT SO INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC, BY THE CHORUS SINGING, BY THE ACTING. AND IT WAS JUST SO EASY AND -- TO NARRATE IT. DURING THE CONCERT, I GUESS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS WAS WHEN WE ARE ALL SINGING TOGETHER. WHEN THE SPECIAL SURPRISE ANGELA WAS ALSO ON STAGE. WHEN THE BELLS FROM THE TEMPLE SQUARE WERE THERE. AND THE CHOIR. AND THE ORCHESTRA. I HAVE TO SAY, THE ENDING IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. IT GIVES YOU GOOSEBUMPS. GLORIA.

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>> I ALWAYS LIKED TO SING. I SANG EVER SINCE I HAVE MEMORY. AND I SANG IN THE SHOWER, I SANG EVERYWHERE. THEN SOMEBODY GAVE ME, AS A PRESENT, THE "MAN OF LA MANCHA". AND, I MEAN, IT WAS AN LP OF "MAN OF LA MANCHA". I LOVE THIS MUSIC. DON QUIXOTE WAS ALSO PERFORMING IN MY ROOM. AND THE PILLOW BECAME DULCINEA. AND THE OTHER PILLOW BECAME THE WINDMILLS THAT I HAD TO FIGHT AGAINST, ET CETERA. SO THE PERFORMING WAS ALWAYS IN ME. AND, BECAUSE I LOVED TO SING ALL THE TIME, THE SHOWER IS A GREAT PLACE TO SING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SPLASHING AND THERE'S ECHO. AND SO WHEN YOU GO, I AM I IT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. SOMEBODY HAD GIVEN ME AN LP OF PLACIDO DOMINGO. AND I LOVED THAT VOICE. IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS TOUCHING. AND THE SOUND WAS VERY SPECIAL. SO I TRIED TO IMITATE THAT SOUND. I WAS 12. AND ONE NIGHT I WAS SINGING, TRYING TO SING LIKE PLACIDO DOMINGO IN THE SHOWER. MY NEIGHBORS HAD A PARTY, AND ONE OF THE GUESTS WAS THE DIRECTOR OF A PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL. AND WHEN HE WAS COMING INTO THE HOUSE, HE HEARD A VOICE IN THE OTHER HOUSE, COMING FROM THE SHOWER. AND HE WENT THERE AND KNOCKED AT THE DOOR. MY MOTHER OPENED. AND HE SAID, "EXCUSE ME, THERE IS SOMEBODY SINGING THERE IN THE SHOWER." IT WAS THE EVENING. AND MY MOTHER SAID, "YES, I WILL TELL HIM TO SHUT UP. I'M SORRY." AND HE SAID, "NO, NO. YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED. IF HE IS YOUNG, WE ARE HOLDING AUDITIONS NEXT WEEK. WOULD HE BE INTERESTED TO COME?" AND SO IT ALL BEGAN THERE. I MEAN, I SANG IN THE SHOWER. I WENT TO THE AUDITIONS, THEY TOOK ME IN. AND FROM THERE, MY LOVE FOR THE STAGE AND THE MUSIC WENT ON. I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT, SINGING PLACIDO -- THE MUSIC OF PLACIDO DOMINGO, I USED TO DREAM THAT I WAS GOING TO SING ONE DAY WITH HIM. BUT JUST AS ONE -- JUST AS ANGELA DREAMED THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD SING WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR -- AND, WELL, DREAMS COME TRUE. MANY YEARS LATER. IN '99, I SANG THE COMPETITION OF PLACIDO DOMINGO, AND I PERFORMED WITH HIM. AND EVER SINCE, WE BECAME REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. I HAVE PERFORMED MANY TIMES WITH HIM. I HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY HIM. AND ACTUALLY, MY CAREER REALLY, MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, WENT BIG OUT OF THIS WONDERFUL COMPETITION. SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELDS ABIDING WATCHING O'ER YOUR FLOCKS BY NIGHT >> WHEN I KNEW I WAS COMING TO DO THIS SPECIAL CONCERT, I -- I HAD TO BRING MY FAMILY. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL. I WROTE A LETTER AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, "IT'S FOR THIS OCCASION." THE SCHOOL ANSWERED, "OF COURSE, I MEAN, THEY CANNOT MISS THAT." IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL FOR ME THAT WE SHARE THIS MOMENT TOGETHER, AS WE HAVE SHARED SO MANY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. BUT THIS IS A REALLYVERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE EVENT THAT THEY HAD TO BE PART OF IT. AND IT'S AWESOME THAT THEY WERE THERE. WHEN, AT THE END OF THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE, I WAS ASKED TO TURN AND LOOK AT THE ORCHESTRA AND THE CHOIR BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO SING A GOOD-BYE SONG TO ME, AND TO MY FAMILY, IT WAS VERY TOUCHING. I HAVE TO SAY. IT WAS ALSO TOUCHING TO SEE THAT THE ORCHESTRA WAS NOT PLAYING, BUT WAS SINGING. AND I TRIED REALLY TO LOOK AT EACH OF THEM IN A WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU. I WAS VERY TOUCHED. I WAS VERY MOVED. BUT IT WAS -- IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE I FELT THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS SINGING TO ME. IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THEY WERE JUST SINGING AS A TRADITION THAT THEY ALWAYS DO. I COULD SEE IN THEIR EYES, IN THEIR EXPRESSIONS, HOW THEY WERE REALLY TELLING ME, EVERY SINGLE WORD. AND THEY WERE GIVEN ME A WONDERFUL FAREWELL AND WISHING ME THIS WONDERFUL MESSAGE AND ALL THE FUTURE. AND YES, I HOPE THAT WE WILL MEET AGAIN. AND SOMEHOW I AM SURE THAT WE WILL MEET AGAIN. IT WAS -- IT WAS A VERY TOUCHING AND BEAUTIFUL MOMENT, AND I'M -- I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT. GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN. >> I COME OUT OF THIS CONCERT VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY INSPIRED BY -- BY EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS PART OF IT. I HAVE BEEN VERY TOUCHED BY THE LOVE THAT EVERYBODY GIVES TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THE LOVE THEY HAVE GIVEN ME PARTICULARLY. I REALLY FELT VERY WE WELCOMED. THIS WAS NOT AN EVENT WHERE THERE WAS A CHORUS AND AN ORCHESTRA AND A SOLOIST THAT JOINS AND SINGS THE PARTS AND THEN EVERYBODY GOES HOME AND "THANK YOU VERY MUCH". NO, THIS WAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND I GO OUT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE FEELING THAT HUGE HUG FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN MAKING IT THE WONDERFUL, EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE THAT IT IS.