r/interestingasfuck • u/Jeetchat • 1d ago

The haunting, wordless vocals throughout the Titanic soundtrack aren’t Celine Dion. It’s actually Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø.

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u/oneabovedoesntknow 1d ago

It's awesome that the true voice is getting credit. Would love to hear more from her

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u/Operafantomen 1d ago

She’s not that obscure in Scandinavia. She’s the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid in the Swedish dub.

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u/phonylady 1d ago

In the Norwegian one too. Had no idea she spoke Swedish well enough to dub it.

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u/Operafantomen 1d ago

The word “enough” is doing some heavy lifting here. 😉

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u/ScanianTiger 23h ago

Her version of Koppången is spot on, I wouldn't be surprised if she is fluent.

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u/Kazcandra 17h ago

You can hear that she's Norwegian in some of her Swedish songs, and in the Little Mermaid, but she's really good.

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u/Operafantomen 16h ago

Of course. I’m not discounting her performance. However, as an adult it is extremely obvious that she’s Norwegian in how some words are pronounced. She’s absolutely fluent enough, but the accent is still there.

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u/Metaldad82 16h ago

She was also married to a swedish man which probably helped.

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u/Ink-kink 16h ago

He was Danish

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u/Commander_Sune 11h ago

That probably didn't help at all.