L. Price & L. Pavarotti "Tomb Scene" Aida SFO 1981

[Baritanist]

He is worse than Bocelli.

[metropolitan1966]

Two of the greatest SINGERS to ever grace the operatic stage. They are from the same school of vocal production and sound magnificent together!  Bravo!

[geiger]

Love it~! Sounds like you can hear the person making the recording sigh/cry right at 8:52-55. I like to imagine that is what I hear there! Thank you Onegin65!

[dubonetducon]

Price! .. THE Aida of the 20th Century ... BRAVA!!

[Tenorbravo]

This is just PERFECT. wHAT a nice interpretation of The Tomb Scene from Aida by Verdi. Wonderful combination of the two voices.

[Lovelytenor1]

The lady was divine. She owned this role for her generation- perhaps for several. As we all know this was not LP's best role but he still sings well. His light touch on the final 2 B-flats could NOT have been done by some of the tenors you mentioned.

[PoeticAdaptation]

@Lovelytenor1

true that, i love the restraint, most tenors belt these b flats

[paulostroff99]

geortg2-Not even close. Aside from his own idol di Stefano there were others like Caruso,Gigli,Bjoerling,Cortis,­Lazaro Fleta,and Pertile to name but a few better tenors than Pav.

[paulostroff99]

Second only to Ponselle and Martinelli on this awesome aria. Brava! Bravo!

[kmillard]

Its not an aria. I would certainly consider Ponselle to be a truly GREAT singer, but hardly so with with Martinelli. I think there were at least 7 of his contemporaries who were better tenors including Miguel Fleta, Francesco Merli, Massini, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, and Gigli.

[kmillard]

Oh.... I forgot Pertile. How thoughtless of me to overlook this truly magnificent tenor.

[paulostroff99]

kmiliard-How could you overlook him. While you are wallowing in your sanctimonious state for no good reason-you might include Aragall,Cortis,di Stefano,Bjoerling,and Lazaro. These are but a few of the other greats that you apparently forgot to add. There are others not yet named. This does not diminish the abilities of the great Martinelli.

[kmillard]

Aragall, Bjoerling, and DiStefano were not contemporaries of Martinelli.

[paulostroff99]

,kmillard-Were Cortis and Lazaro not his contemporaries. If that is not an aria then what is it-a recitation?.

[kmillard]

The final act of Aida would technically be called a "Scena employing 2 or more singers where an "Aria" is a set piece for principally one singer (Although another singer may have a line such as the Sacristan in "Recondita armonia." Antonio Cortis born 1891 and Hipolito Lazaro born 1887 would be contemporaries of Martinelli since much of their careers overlapped.

[Timurunfili]

This is the best Pavarotti I have ever heard..RIP..

[VivaLucia]

This is great! Who is Amneris?

[silvr94]

@VivaLucia Probably Stefania Toczyska

[Tsaravitch]

An evening with the Gods. Ditto with every other comment. Thank God for Onegin.

[benderpm]

Of course with two of the "best" singers ever this would be great, as it is!

[vicdomi]

Good Lord, what splendid they are here!

[marcherst]

Beaautiful. Thanks for uploading.  Pavarotti is magnificent.