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A group of friends at a karaoke bar in Estonia were elated when a stranger took to the stage to absolutely crush Nessun Dorma, a well-known aria from the final act of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot. This footage, captured by Sam Stride, shows the stag party excitedly swaying and singing in anticipation as the man begins the aria. "It was my stag do. We traveled to Estonia and on the last night we, as a bunch of Brits, went into a karaoke bar," Stride told Storyful. "We were there for a while and noticed the next song was Nessun Dorma, we all looked at each other puzzled, thinking who had the nerve to even try this." Arms wide open, the rest of the room attempts to theatrically hit all the notes as the man nails his performance. Stride said that they learned the man was https://opera.ee/en/person/timothy-richards/ Timothy Richards , a Welsh lyric/spinto tenor based in Berlin who https://www.instagram.com/p/C6y1qU2ICLA/?hl=en sometimes performs at the Estonia National Opera. "This legend steps up and history was made. He went note-for-note and people who were outside came flooding in. The video speaks for itself," Stride remarked. "Not on camera was after we all went crazy the DJ then played PitBull 'Don't stop the Party' and the bar erupted further. Beer flying in the air. Class." In response to Stride's viral post of him, Richards remarked to Stride, "What an incredible coincidence... I've never sung karaoke before in my life." (Footage by Sam Stride/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)