When 9-year-old Amira Willighagen from Nijmegen stepped onto the "Holland's Got Talent" stage, no one was expecting such a big voice to come out of such a very little girl.


Her incredible rendition of Gianni Schicchi's "O Mio Babbino Caro" earned her a Golden Ticket from the judges that would take her straight to the live show.


It's hard to believe how young Amira is, but even more surprising to learn that she is completely self-taught, and used only YouTube tutorials to learn how to sing.


She told the judges, "My brother Vincent plays violin, and I also wanted to do something... So I thought, I'm going to sing… and then I heard opera songs, which I found very beautiful and that's when I started singing," HLNBE reports.


Brava, Amira. Brava.



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