Scotto & Pavarotti at their best. (private film)

[thomassmile]

and as you can hear Pavarotti had not a tiny voice lyke a lot of people thinks, far from tiny actually and with a mindblowing resonance what a voice what a man ! I miss him so much

[thomassmile]

@thomassmile like*

[MrINVECE]

WOWW HE BESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[edmanetti]

Absolutely W O N D E R F U L !

[assindiastignani]

Oh My God is this beautiful! ...and Pavarotti...! What is there to say? This is why Luciano is Luciano. There will never be another.

[madisonelectronic]

I guess this was before they started to hate each other in San Francisco.

[rogeretto]

Wonderful ... what a lesson!

What to say about this? Negative coments come from who doesn't understand the nature of singing, music and art!!!

[deutschefach]

Lovely and quite different from Corelli and Crespin. A lot of flexibility in the long slow duet so the farewell sails along. This was Pavarotti's first long Verdi role and he sang it often after rolling out Rigoletto. The recording sounds just like they did in the house: Brilliantly clear without being wall busters. Really great singing from both. Brings back memories of seeing them together.

[me3775]

Scotto, to this day, has the absolute, definitive performance of "Suor Angelica" on the Columbia recording from the 1980's. With nuanced inflection and rubato, it chills your spine and breaks your heart! (Bonus on the recording: Marilyn Horne sings the role of her aunt.)

[pkunzip501]

@me3775 Just an fyi. Her Suor Angelica recording was from around 76/77 not the 80's. She was in much fresher voice in the 70's.

[johnnybouhaha]

I think that Scotto in one or two points sings lower than written. Her C however, together with Pavarotti's, is superb...

[johnnybouhaha]

I think that Scotto in one or two points sings lower than written.

[mezzomanUK]

Gosh how fascinating! She doesn`t even mention him by name in her autobiography, but I think they made their peace before he died. Perhaps their SFO Gioconda will be issued on dvd? Great singing here. Thanks for sharing.

[65willows]

@mezzomanUK Interesting that she was interviewed in "My Life In 7 Arias", but Freni, Horne and Sutherland (although Bonygny was) were not.

[Joeleole]

What year is this?

[yensid100]

Comparisons with other singers are irrelvant when Pavarotti and Scotto are at their estimable best in this wonderful performance.

[OperaBohemian]

Who's the pianist? Leone Magiera?

[yes4albert]

Bravi, bravi, bravi!!!

[sopranosd]

Gosh is he in good voice in this concert! How nice to hear what he sounded like in another context, instead of the opera house, recording studio or professionally recorded recital. Here in this amateur (very naughty illegal but thank you for doing it) concert recording, he sounds marvelous. The proof of the greatness of his voice comes through even in this raw footage.

Sorry to give short shrift to Scotto. I don't adore her voice, but she clearly is a very fine singer.

[MrsHighbrow]

LUCIANO FOREVER

[ciociosan]

BRAAAAAAAAAAAVI!

[billyguns2]

This is wonderful, and wonderfully played by the shamefully unidentified pianist; is it Richard Woitach?

[musicdrew24]

This is wonderful!!! so sensitive and romantic! and agreed

this sounds like you are actually sitting in the audience!!

it's truly the first time my ear has head pavarotti like this

[MUSICALLAN]

Oh, i'm sure this is from the October 1976 (First) Richard Tucker Gala. I was there. It was after this performance that People Magazine (yes, People!) snapped a pic of the two of them together with Luciano licking Renata's shoulder.

[celioguim]

This recording makes you feel like you are sited right there, the sound is so live. This is close as I could get to hear Pavarotti live I think. Wonderful voices, both of them! Pavarotti sounds incredible...I love Scotto anytime. Celio

[leonardovittori1]

The maestro.. Pavarotti is fabulous .. this is a role made for him.. This is not so good for Scotto.. she is pushing.. But thanks for making this rare appearance available for the rest of us.

[Arambon]

Grande Maestro ( Luciano Pavarotti )

I love Very very .....Much Big Tenor Luciano

[dermotafan]

The singing is superb, but no chemistry, and real ivolvement

[metropolitan1966]

Magnificent! Luciano was THEE great Italian tenor of the second half of the 20th Century, in my estimate, with Caruso being the best of the first half.

Scotto is thrilling to hear in her prime.

[RVP57]

Wow! Fabulous!

[divaesq]

This must be from very late 70s or early 80s as she had lost the weight after she saw herself on the PBS Boheme telecast of '77 and decided to drop the weight.

They both sound incredible - fresh voices, artistry you do not hear anymore on the opera stages of the world

[michonnetsu]

Unbelievable!! It IS in key, and the vocal level they both reach here is what we remember- how wonderful to discover that memory did not embroider, and these two artists were every bit as wonderful as my teenage ears told me they were. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[baritenore00]

stupendo!!!

[pkunzip501]

This is incredible! I have a tape of Scotto and Pavarotti singing this opera in '75 from Hamburg and they are superb. By the time they sang it again in the early 80's in Chicago (their last opera performance together due to their feud over the Gioconda telecast), Scotto was not in this kind of voice. This is a treasure to see her in such complete command, esp. the top. Can anyone tell us what year and where this is from? They never gave a joint concert in the States that I am aware of.

[leonardovittori1]

@pkunzip501 What kind of feud did they have? I am curious.. On the face of it, neither this role or Gioconda were really good for Scotto.. She had a light coloratura voice.. not a dramatic voice.. It was pushing her voice that ruined it.

[pkunzip501]

I do not agree with you that she is pushing. You are saying that after the fact because she had vocal problems. She was not a soprano leggerio.She always sang Butterfly, Faust, Traviata...even Lisa in Pique Dam. Why do you think she was a coloratura?Because she sang Lucia and Amina?What other roles? She could sing coloratura at a certain point in her career, but it was pure technique. When the voice got darker and heavier,she dropped them.Their feud is legendary.Read her book: More Than A Diva.

[ezayi]

@leonardovittori1 What an IGNORANT YOU ARE!!!

[kgarmaker123]

@ezayi I think you are ignorant. What he said is correct.

[ezayi]

@kgarmaker123 Yeah right, like the best directors of the world were wrong and you are right?... yeah right!

[leonardovittori1]

@pkunzip501 The voice she sang with for most of the fifties, well into the sixties, was a coloratura voice.. She sang Puritani, Amina, Glauce in Medea( a coloratura role).. Lucia, Traviata, with interpolated di's and e flats.. She also did Berthe.. In that French opera I forget, . ( I even have a recording of it.. . She was not a full lyric.. she had an upper register that turned white..not suitable for most of Verdi.. But I do like her nonetheless in the right roles.

[pkunzip501]

@leonardovittori1You are mistaken:Traviata IS NOT A COLORATURA operaThe fact that Berthe inProphete has coloratura to sing does not make it a coloratura part.Muzio sang it at the MET!FamousViolettas:Tebaldi,St­ella,Tucci,Caniglia,delosAngel­es.Where they coloraturas>YesTucci had a highEb.GlauceIN NOT a coloratura part:Lorengar and Tucci sang it!Gencer sang all these roles with high notes!So what?Ricciarelli sang these parts.WHERE YOU THERE to say she was not a full lyric?What COULDyou like her in?

[pkunzip501]

@pkunzip501Lastly,she sang only Amina in the fifities, amigo.Recorded Lucia in '59, sang it on stage in '60.She sang those bel canto roles in the sixties primarily.ThenStraniera,Vestal­e,Anna Bolena,Norma,etc.Cigna & Cabale sang Straniera.

She is well known as the last great verista: Adriana,Maddelena, Angelica,Butterfly,Santuzza were extraordinary.If she is not a full lyric &she is not a coloratura, what was she?I know:YOU KNOW:& far more than Serafin,deSabata,Abbado,Muti,M­aazel,Karajan,Levine.

[kgarmaker123]

@pkunzip501 Sigh... I hated Tebaldi Stell Tucci etc as Violetta.. If you do not have a solid coloaratura technique yofu cannot get through The first act aria... and it is SO important.. I cannot stand Violetta's who sound like they are relieved when sempre Libera is over.. E flats not withstanding. For instance Fleming, does not take E flat all the time, but all her fiorture before sounds like she is working really hard. Berthe is a coloratura part. Listen to it.

[lyside1]

il duetto mi smbra non essere in tono ..è abbassato

[XPRT10R]

@lyside1 : Non lo è. E' assolutamente in tono. Garantisco ;)

[loveluciano1]

This is beautiful, pavarotti sound here very fresh and young indeed. thank you for posting this.

[oden60]

Grandissimi!!!!

[Klytemnest]

I suspect this is from around 1976-77. Maybe from the time they were both singing Boheme at the Met?

[Mooorhe]

This is so fabulous! Thank you so so much!

[pavadomingo]

Is i really from 1973? He was not so fat at that year

[xiaotao216]

A rare gem! Brilliant!

[xiaotao216]

How did you get this footage? Thanks so much for sharing it with us!

[aaronsande]

Great singing, especially from Scotto (of course!). I didn't realize Pav was already big back in '73! He's only 38 here...thought he stayed "thin" longer!