Pavarotti - Venti scudi

[furdiani]

Guarda comm´é divvertente!!! Che grande duo, Pavarotti & Pons! Giganti della lirica!!!

[oznob64]

what a glorious ending!

[josaphatsj]

@oznob64 Of course, the violins are great.

[slowpokecat]

It does not matter who sings what better, what matters is what the person is listening to at the time and feels the best. I have listened to same aria by different artists at different times each time its the best. This should not be a judge of the artist voice but a enjoyment and we are so lucky that we have the various copies to listen to.

[loveluciano1]

very beautiful luciano sungs here, he was so good and so beautiful, i love him.

[Yoni89]

Wow.. Listening to Caruso and De Luca singing this aria ruins all the others for me, Seriously.

Baritone is Pretty good here, but big P cannot compare to Caruso in the least.

[Yoni89]

To all the people who gave me thumbs down, listen to the Caruso/De Luca version and honestly tell me Pavarotti is better.

[Mooorhe]

He can if you listen to his 1969 Nemorino in San Francisco; he compares most favourably.

[Agorante]

@Mooorhe

I heard him at that performance. The voice was indeed exceptional but what you fail to mention is that he didn't know the music. He replaced Alfredo Kraus in that production - a less lucious voice but a better actor and he knew the part.

[Mooorhe]

The broadcast of it suggests otherwise.

[Agorante]

@Mooorhe

Pavarotti sounded tentative all night until he got to the aria which he knew. This is a common phenomenon when singers are doing a role the first time, especially those who have trouble learning music.

I'm sure you've read "The King and I" by Breslin. Pavarotti was famous for learning his music late. Often the better the vocal equipment the worse the muscianship. 

[Mooorhe]

I can't say I've listened to the entire broadcast all the way through, but I've listened to both of his arias, the duets with Adina, Dulcamara and Belcore and I didn't detect tentativeness.

It wasn't his first Nemorino, as he did the role in Australia in 1965.

I've read 'The King and I' and know that learning music quickly was a problem for Pavarotti. As evidence of this, I'd put forth his many mistakes in his 1979 Enzo in SF (which you probably saw), not the aforementioned Nemorino.

[Agorante]

@Mooorhe I did see the 1979 Gioconda. In fact my wife and I were singing prevue shows at the Bank of America and Pavarotti himself showed up. I preferred Bonisolli in the Gioconda and Kraus in the Elisir - but neither for vocal reasons. By the time he did this performance he had the role internalized. Maybe it was the contrast with Kraus that made P sound tentative. A lot of name singers like Leontyne Price also sang roles first in SF and when they learned them went to the Met.

[Yoni89]

I can't find this recording, I'd love to be proven wrong.

[ema20anno]

Exelente performance!! tanto de Pons como del maestro pavarotti, la voz que mas brillo ya hace un año que se opacó, pero simepre estara en nuestros oidos ese incomparable timbre

[ema20anno]

Hola

[iago10z]

whatch the full opera it's beautifull, pavarotti is very funny as nemorino!!!!

R.I.P. MAESTRO!!!!

[libro07]

No one could glide through "La Vita" and "Dulcamara!" as beautifully as Pavarotti. Thrilling every time.

[airness23]

bravo bravo desde ciutadella de menorca juan bien mu bien

[jorjikia]

superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[interester]

Brillant. I've nothing else to say - what could I? Simply Brilliant

[davcos22]

Very nice performance, but I prefer Brent Ellis.