Luciano Pavarotti/Licia Albanese - O soave fanciulla - Live 1973

[UncleLouie867]

I love reading all the comments. To me, they're all fullashit. This one was "louder on the second note", "the other farted" - ah, ain't nuttin' like these opera queens. Personally i like the Boheme' with Margaret Truman and Caruso. That's my favourite!!

[MariaCallasLegend]

DO YOU HAVE MORE OF THIS CONCERT?AMAZING!!

[johnb340]

Stop sending me comments about my comment. If you don't like my comment, cry into your wine and ignore it. I am not comparing the quality of Pave's voice, whose golden composition is undeniable. It was a comment comparing the color of the soprano's voice to the color of the tenor's voice. I don't care if you don't agree...

[johnb340]

Domingo has a lower voice, this is a fact and I think he has more power; that's my opinion and as far as being deaf, why dont you go screw yourself.

[johnb340]

@ nockturnmortem: Yes, Domingo's latest roles were in baritone parts. in Parsifal and Die Walkure in a baritone roles. In Verdi's Boccanegra a challenging baritone role. He is a classic example of a spinto.

[johnb340]

This is lovely. She overpowers Pavarotti though, especially on the last Amor; it would be better with a spinto Tenor like Domingo. She really is under- appreciated and was over- shadowed by Callas and Tebaldi. I love her voice.

[Nockturnmortem]

@johnb340 jajajaja Mingo a spinto?????

[ThePavafan]

@johnb340 Are you deaf. Pavarotti totally overpowers her here. He drowns her totally on the last note. And by the way Pavarotti had a much stronger voice than domingo. And this is based on hearing them live.

[ThePavafan]

And she was louder a bit on the second to last amor but that's because she was closer to the microphone. But he drowned her in every other part of this duet especially on the high C.

[sugarbist]

@johnb340 Corelli CarusoTucker Lauri Volpi Fillipeschi Merli Pertile were some spinto&spinto dramatic tenors.Domingo was l lyric spinto at best & was hardly audible when I heard him in Pagliacci around 1997.Although Pavarotti's voice is not as big as Domingo,Pavarotti's voice resonances travelled through the theatre more so than Domingo's voice.Tagiavini's voice also travelled better than Gigli's voice, but Gigli was the greater&more famous tenor,even thoughTagliavini had a similar quality voice

[Ginotti]

Do you have more items from this concert?

[VinylToVideo]

Albanese isn't bad through most of this concert if I recall; it was at Golden Gate Park. One of my favorite recordings with her is a live "Boheme" from '73 or '74 with Tucker and she is fantastic there considering you don't hear much with her past the late 50s. It's no surprise she was involved here since she worked under Merola often at San Francisco and was still making appearances at this time. When he died in 1953, Albanese and Peerce were soloists in a Verdi Requiem performed in his honor.

[GermanOperaSinger]

It's nice to hear these rare recordings even if the singers aren't in their prime state.

[halavey]

This sounds like it was outside, perhaps in the park they have? The applause sounds outside and so does the sound. I have several items from TV brdcst from the SF Golden Gate Park ,I think they call it. Oh yes I see you mention outside, well they have it Miked but I have heard her the same year sing it inside ( the entire role with Tucker and she sounded better then here)

[meltzerboy]

The sound quality of this outdoors concert is poor so it's hard to appreciate the performances. However, I heard Licia Albanese sing in c. 1976 in a benefit concert to save Town Hall (a remarkable gala featuring classical singers and popular singers, hosted by Rise Stevens and Francis Robinson, that lasted into the wee hours of the morning), and she sounded very fine with only piano accompaniment and no amplification. To this day, I remember many of the performances.

[ShawDAMAN]

Very interesting recording and story! Thanks =)

Poor Ms. Albanese....... :-| She doesn't sound that bad! :P