Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma (Yes Giorgio)

[nuzzarea]

IMPRESIONANTE, UNA VOZ ÚNICA QUE DIOS TIENE EL PRIVILEGIO DE TENERLO A SU LADO.

[mariadelpilarsalcedo]

Me gusta el sostenido en la segunda interpretación, es la versión de nessun dorma que mas me gusta, es una de mis arias favoritas junto con la de radamés en aida. Verdi es de mis compositores favoritos, y pavarotti es mi tenor lirico favorito, su voz te hace estremecer, percibes la impotencia de calaf... simplemente maravilloso.

[ROLLCOLLIN]

Opera should alwayes be sung in Italish..!! A victory for musica!

[joepod]

I bet only 1 in 10,000 people who've heard this song have also watched the entire performance of Turandot.

[joepod]

Did he lip synch this performance too?

[MsPhoneMonkey]

@joepod Considering it was for a movie, not a filiming of a live opera, he probably did lip synch himself.

[cooliegirlej]

If I had seen this in person or something I honestly think I would've cried because of the amount of emotion in it...TOTALLY amazing listened to him in my music appreciation class today :)

[MrPasqualinho]

Try to do that Potts!

[robertdamico1]

Puccini and Pavarotti. A great combo!

[TheMovieJohn]

Amazing performance

[N4bpp1]

I can not find the word or words to discribe the emotional feeling I get when I hear this man sing this opera. My emotions are drained and how envious I am of those who were able to see and hear this great genius of music. I never tire of listening to him sing.

[Seattlelol1955]

Utterly astonishing and wondrous. If possible, the encore was greater than the premier. Lordy, I miss that man!

[mauriciomille]

22 amazing seconds could last at the last vinceró!

[ufleku]

@ Bullz4eva93:

he sings it twice only in the movie (yes giorgio).

[Bullz4eva93]

I absolutley love Pavarotti and of course his specific aria -- but by not trying to sound Naive -- why does he sing it twice?

[izacska09]

i like techno music but this absolutly fantastic

[jeffdrown]

this recording (yes, giorgio) is my favorite recording of this piece.  i have it on cassette!!! but CD is not available. how did you find this? it doesn't sound stereo.

[121719691]

my god

[PalakikaK]

I remember this movie! Thank you so very much for posting this! Such an amazing voice... He is incredibly missed.

[markmichaelwong]

One of the most if not the most spectacular clip i have seen on youtube :)

[mariadelpilarsalcedo]

he escuchado esta aria para turandot de varios tenores, entre ellos de corelli, mario lanza, carreras y placido domingo, y ninguno (tal vez corelli en esta unica pieza, en el año 1.958) me transmitió tanta pasión, y la interpretó con tanta magistralidad. Pavarotti siempre será el mejor tenor conocido.

[smringrose]

Some of you are debating about how long Pavarotti held that highest note at the end and I can tell you I have seen him live and he has held that note that long before. Also, some of you neglect the fact that he holds the last TWO notes in one breath and holds the very last note much longer than anyone else. Besides the song is more than those final seconds and Pavarotti sings it better than anyone ever has. He has better tone, control, pitch, phrasing....not to mention his passion and charisma.

[acitipo]

Fantastico!!!!!sosotiene esa nota hasta el infinito, con un color unico, ningun tenor expresa tan bellamante el si y el do natural como Luciano, con razon tenores celebres como Corelli, Alva, Gigli, Domingo, Carreras, Volpi, y sopranos celebres como Caballe, Scoto, Sutherland, De los Angeles, etc han dicho que Luciano tiene el mas bello timbre coocido en el mundo de la Opera.

[oscarh23]

@acitipo Creo que tienes razon, yo de opera conozco muy poco o casi nada, llegue a verlo con Carreras y Domingo en TV, y lo hice porque a pesar de no saber nada de musica de este genero, me impresiono en una pelicula que pasaron en tv (canal 5 de televisa un domingo hace mas de 15 años por la mañana) y la verdad la pelicula me gusto mucho (era subtitulada y se llamaba "yes giorgio" ) y esta es la escena maxima de esa pelicula, quede tan encantado que nunca lo olvide. saludos

[zackinator007]

amazing

[moledora]

No one sings Nessun Dorma like Pavarotti.

[mauriciomille]

best pav's nessun dorma ever!

[chickichar89]

anybody who says Luciano was overrated needs to have a reality slap

[Redboy4]

@chickichar89 Or punch :)

[tenorvoice50]

It just doens't get any better then that!

[Milordvega]

The greatest part of this otherwise forgettable movie. The presentation of TURANDOT highlights at the end. The best tenor singing to be heard in any mainstream Hollywood movie. (Though I'm also partial to Mario Lanza).

RIP, Luciano.

[ikkako1989]

to comment this is already sin..)

[whity72]

Know what? At 5:36 his voice has a small "gap", to me it seems like a studio-cheat to lengthen the final note. Maybe I am wrong but if not, it is a nice PR gag to underline his brilliancy. :)

[eghissoni]

I agree

[ericmf120]

Fuck you! With a red hot poker! Your unremarkable life leads you to blatant pettiness. You can't resolve your lust for your mother so you take it out on the greatest voice of our generation. I pity you.

[tenorvoice50]

@whity72 check your asshole,i am sure you have a large gap

[kriklun]

this was the best final Vincero that he has ever given....:D...ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC....

THE BEST TENOR OF ALL TIME...:D

[Emil2112]

I tracked down a copy of this movie just for this version of Nessun Dorma. Flawless performance.

[whity72]

Did I mention he holds the addition NINETEEN seconds??

[davilacm]

i have seen him performe this MANY TIMES!!! BUT THIS PERFORMANCE IS HIS BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TKS!!

[whity72]

Indeed, my friend! He holds that final note INCREDIBLE 16 SECONDS! Noone even comes close to this!!!!!!!!

[chickichar89]

is this scene in the movie

[madisonelectronic]

He is referred to in the movie as "ton of fun". hahahahahaha

[ttirovapa]

Que se puede decir de el maestro, simplemente difrutar de su gran e inugualable vos.

[VovkaPetrov2009]

А теперь задайте себе вопрос: "Можно ли поставить в один ряд голос Паваротти и Баскова?" Я думаю, ответ очевиден: "Нет!!!" (Олег Ромащенков).

[pavlova1959]

Fabulous - what else can be said? I have this movie and found it very entertaining despite the critics' assessment of it. Luciano's rendering of Cielo e Mar is also wonderful and I enjoy listening to If We Were in Love which he sings in English during a hot air balloon flight in the movie.

[newscaster13]

In the sports world, this music was awesome.

I personally liked that song sang alongside Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras in 1990 with Zubin Mehta conducting (Three Tenors)

Vicero - I will win!!!

How about using that song to help the Denver Broncos celebrate its 50th Anniversary, and a Super Bowl title to top it off?

[Mouthpart1]

When was Nessun Dorma written / By who / and who performed it originally?

[ufleku]

Nessun dorma (English: No one shall sleep) is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's (December 22, 1858 November 29, 1924) opera Turandot and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera.

[revivaljesus]

The first to sing it was Miguel Fleta.

[AZo9jojo]

No it was Alessandro Valente.

[revivaljesus]

Valente was one of the first record it, but Fleta played Calaf in the world premier, thus being the first to sing Nessun dorma. Sadly he didn't record it.

[AZo9jojo]

I stand corrected.

[Slayerplsko]

@ufleku Just adding that it was the great Spanish tenor Miguel Fleta, who performed it originally.

[tenorvoice50]

@Slayerplsko Oh really,So What

[mauriciomille]

@ufleku it wasnt on the second act?...

[truvianni]

@Mouthpart1 It was written by Puccini (music) and Adami (words) for the opera Turandot and it was originally performed by Miguel Fleta when Turadot first premiered

[Orsee1989]

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[tdeane34]

Don't you guys realize that he didn't actually hold the note that long it was a studio trick. It was looped.

[AZo9jojo]

really how do you know?

[tdeane34]

Because I can hear it and it's just common sense. I don't think even Corelli could have held it for that long and certainly Pav couldn't. It's fun though!

[PecsMstr]

And if you note on the Corelli recording - it originally had looped his high note - and you can here it too!

[tdeane34]

Ridiculous! You are hearing a cut not a loop. Big difference.

[PecsMstr]

You are wrong. The recording has been printed in news articles of the time mentioning the "loop" and it has been since cut. You rellay should learn before you speak.

[tdeane34]

Oh, give me a break.

[hiyadroogs]

tdeane, yes, you are right. He is miming here.

[vincitor]

yes he's miming here, but there are actual LIVE recordings of him holding the notes that long...

[tdeane34]

No, there are not.

[bornfromashes2008]

there realy are

[tdeane34]

I've heard them all, and NO there are not.

[ShawDAMAN]

Excellent of course but it's a studio rec, not live.

[KRLSGARAL]

IT´S A FILM...NOT A RECITAL !!! lol !!!

[ShawDAMAN]

I'm aware of that, lol. Some people are not though.

[Salslafman]

Nessun Dorma is his signature song. He sings it at his very best here. He holds that last note extra long which I have not seen him do in his other renditions. He is younger but continues to be more handsome. As handsome as he was at his last performance. This aria is one of the hardest to sing by an accomplished tenor. I hope someone will let me know where one can rent or even buy a copy of this movie. I would treasure it.

[shaunlavery735]

who is the lady? and your right - this is fantastic?

[AZo9jojo]

kathryn harrold

[fbbar]

If this is not the greatest final note you will ever hear it goes close especially the duration and controlled power. If the experts out there can point me in the direction of something better I will be well pleased.

[AZo9jojo]

he held his voice for 17 seconds in the vincero part.i just cant believe how talented he was.

[AZo9jojo]

He sings powerfully and yet he shows no effort, I have never seen a better nessun dorma.

[operadave1407]

This is the greatest version of nessun dorma ever to be recorded

[markeli613]

the best nessun dorma ever..

[loveluciano1]

this is wonderful, just wonderful, and besides that. luciano pavarotti is so beautiful here, just to die for him.

[pbogdanovic]

This is playback, but the performance is great of course. However, not near the ones from NY in 1979 and 1980.

[jenni4claire]

Yes, I think the 1979 NY one, posted here on youtube just before his death, is the finest version of Nessun dorma I have ever heard, better even than the one on the Decca recording of Turandot, and seeing him do it almost without effort, clearly enjoying himself, is fantastic.

[NKWIAM]

Pavarotti did not die in 1979 he died on September 6, 2007.

[djwizzpixel]

Totally agree, though, differ slightly with jenni4claire, I think the 1980 version is the best I've heard from him. The best I've heard ever is the video entitled 'Jussi Bjorling's Best Nessun Dorma', posted here. I know he's not Latin, but he's just incredible.

[jenni4claire]

Ooops.

I am mistaking the 1979 and 1980 Lincoln Centre ones - you are quite right, the 1980 one is actually better, but they are both excellent, in my opinion.

[fn2004]

I respect your opinion but I disagree. I listened to a couple of renditions of Bjorling. Yes he is very good, but one is far too slow in tempo and the other which was digitally remastered just does not move you like Pavarotti. Pavarotti's rendition moves people like no other tenor. His control of the low ranges as well as the highs is fantastic. Holding the final Vincero for 17-18seconds with little effort is just amazing. I have timed others and no one matches or surpasses. He owns this aria.

[uhra]

The Best performance i ever seen