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  • I would like to hear him sing this now--since he has matured and his voice has darkened abit. I'm sure hoping that Pava was correct about Grigolo's career.. For my preference, one just cannot beat an Italian tenor singing Italian opera! Something about that voice and those Italian good looks and sensuality. Grigolo has that same round, bell quality as Pava---not quite the same projection but spot on pitch! here's hoping!

  • loved it, many thanks!

  • oh and on top of that is youve seen him do any other song or in concert he doesnt have popped out veins. special Olympics when he sang this song there were no popped out veins.

  • i love how ppl are saying his technique is bad and that hes only heard because of some machine when Pavarotti was his mentor, and said himself that vittorio was the next great tenor, also look at a lot of other professional tenors who have been doing it for years and youll see there veins pop out as well occasionally. vittorios great and anyone who doesnt agree probably have never song in front of a lot of people or opera

  • Un vero bluff!!! Ma dico, tutti sordi???

  • Mäcker stimme. Schlagersänger. Der Arme. Schöne Zähne.

  • Mäcker stimme. Schlagersänger. Der Arme.

  • Vittorio is fantastic. Heard him sing Romeo in LA last week. Surely Placido had a few tips. Vittorios voice was spine-tingling. Not a great opera. Building was packed to the ceiling. Everybody wants to hear it.

    Want to hear him sing in Italian. L'Elisir." He's got it. He knows he's got it. Let's set back the time machine..

  • ésta musica consegue -me sempre arrepiar

  • I saw him sing Romeo in LA Nov 9, 2011 and somehow, he was brilliant.

    It's not a great opera. We all know this. His acting was spot on.

    I'd love to hear him do Mozart or "L'Elisir D'amore".

    He's got the chops.

  • ahahahahahahahahah

  • In sala di registrazione si sa è un'altra cosa,i tecnici del suono fanno miracoli,anche se qui un aiutino dal microfono l'ha avuto.Dallo sforzo compiuto per una romanza di tre minuti,mi chiedo se ce la può fare,e con quali esiti, a cantare l'intera Turandot in teatro;dalla scena degli enigmi e tutto il resto.Mah!

  • beautiful

  • I disagree curmudgeon. Domingo's technique is excellent and he's endured for decades. He's sung more tenor roles than any other in the history of opera. His middle register is excellent and his voice in that arena is fuller than Pav's. He doesn't have the true high C but neither did Caruso. Domingo is an all-time great and perhaps the most versatile tenor within the operatic genre, even though not my all-time favorite. But I prefer him to Pav, whose voice was undersized.

  • I respect the man but I don't think he has sufficient pipes for any operatic career. Not a bad try though. Would be good for a change of pace in a concert but nothing more.

  • my god.. can't people wait 10 more seconds, before bursting into those ridiculous cries? "wooo!! woooo!!". Do you ever listen to yourself?

  • Luciano Pavarotti, dessen Arie er jetzt singt, würde Beifall klatschen und er hat ihn ja auch schon gehört und für phantastisch befunden. Ich kann mich dem nur anschließen. Er ist erst 34 Jahre alt und singt schon so grandios! Wir werden noch viel von ihm hören. Einfach super!!! Und wie er aussieht!!! Ebenso!

  • I love Vittorio, I think he has a beautiful voice and a great technique but this aria (and this role obviously) is not for him... at least not now.

  • Just heard him sing "Faust" at Covent Garden today... He was very good... He looked very young next to Angela Gheorghiu... who was supposed to be a young "Marguerite" but looked more like a "cougar"... ;-)

  • @Fundamentalkonstante

    What you fail to wrap your head around is this: ANY IDIOT CAN SING WITH EMOTION. You have no respect for the 500 year old tradition of opera singing, something which most singers will work for a lifetime to perfect. But no. We are satisfied by the faux-operatic posturing of this toolbag, whose microphoned voice still sounds strained. And for what? The juvenile "emotions" of his waving his arms around a bit? He doesn't even understand the context of this aria.

  • He will never sing the complete role. We can understand that, as many other tenors, he can't resist to the temptation to sing this sublime aria in recital. Operasinger91, I hope that you are wrong; so many singers break their voice in a short time ( Rolando Villazon...) . But in this case, you can notice, he began as first solist in productions at the age of 18, fifteen years ago, and the voice remains beautiful; the top notes are still there. Of course, he is at his better in the bel canto.

  • You are not able to sing like him so shut the fuck up!

  • Yelling!

  • The reason he turns purple and seems to constantly strain is simple. This aria is at least two sizes too heavy for him. The part of Calaf is too heavy for Pavarotti too. Alas it's a hit tune and gets programmed for all tenors these days.

    Grigolo can be heard elsewhere on YouTube singing an excellent Una Furtiva. That's his fach, not dramatic tenor roles like Calaf. In order to get something like the correct sound poor Vittorio has to push.

    I'd like to hear him sing Dalla Sua Pace.

  • @Agorante He turns purple and strains because he has an excess of tension where there shouldn't be any. I'm not downplaying the difficulty of the song, but he shouldn't be attempting it with such faulty technique

  • @Agorante ...his Rodolfo is fabulous though! Saw/Heard him in Berlin weeks ago!

  • @FlosWeisheiten I'm glad to hear it. I'm ot surprised.

  • un ammmmmmmm0jfimj fmkfokfákfpaigjkmaiaIGJGAITOPA­KKMDIOHEUI

  • Quel timbre !!!!!!!

  • jajajjajajajjajajjajajjajajjaj­ajajajjajajaajaj si vede benissimo che sa come fare le fellatio.... ingrossa la voce tutta nell aprima ottava e poi l'acuto diventa così piccolino... ajjajajjaaj dovrebbe essere il contrario no? e poi l amega amplificazione bocelliana fa il resto.... madooooo come siamo caduti in basso....

  • Una presa per i fondelli al teatro lirico, ma chi è sta checca isterica? Claudio Villa l'avrebbe cantata con più voce e meno fatica, va beh, deve ringraziare il fatto che è pieno d'incompetenti ignoranti, questo, all'epoca d'oro l'avrebbero aspettato all'uscita per menarlo

  • SIMPLY BAD ....

  • @NemanjaFan Yes. He needs to learn to sing properly. His entire technique is about constriction and gird.

  • Nice sound, but it is real? Listen to his second low "Nessun Dorma", he barely croaks it out. And his vibrato sounds constructed and unnatural at times. But he is young, give him a half decade or so before we pull out the Pavarotti comparisons.

  • Nice sound, but it is real? Listen to his second low "Nessun Dorma", he barely croaks it out. And his vibrato sounds constructed and unnatural at times. But he is young, give him a half decade or so before we pull out the Pavarotti comparisons.

  • Very short...

  • Bravo bravo bravissimo!

  • I have never been really a fan of this sort of singing, but ONCE I have found Vittorio ... I melt down like butter hearing him. I can cry, I can smile, I can break ... his voice inspires you to FEEL ... To really FEEL ... Wow ... this guy is a miracle. His voice is magical! And powerful! Vittorio, Vittorio! :O)

  • estradaa ra

    

  • Bravo Grigolo!!!! a lovely lyric tenor with a gret look and musicality is always greeted by us!!! He sure resembles in his voice the warm color of italian lycal tenors. He is very musical and expresive.Bravo!!!!

  • Vittorio was a student of pavarotti's. Do you really think that he would have took the time to teach him if he didn't have the potential to be great. Pav was known for his tecnique and passed it on to him. He will be great, he knew it. Other should know it too!

  • Bow down to Vittorio.

    He's utterly amazing.

    May he live a long time to sing for the world.

  • ¡Fatal! No acompasa nada.

  • Ugly and stinky bold head blocking the camera!

    Grigolo's shirt is missing one button. Looks vulgar.

  • Er singt mit jeder Zelle seines Körpers - ein großartiger Tenor...

  • Very nice job. Gorgeous voice but I feel the text is too choppy here and there. He's straining on his top and he looks like he's in pain. I don't think that's very good.

  • If you sing with technique, your veins won't pop out and face won't turn into a cherry. He's heard because of the mic aka not good for any opera singer. He'll be ruined in a few years.

  • @Operasinger91 I'm inclined to agree with you about being heard. The voice does sound free, though. Veins popping out and stuff it does look like he's straining, but he is known for being absurdly emotional - I wonder if that's where this comes from? The A after the high B sounds strained (but it's hard, coming back into the passaggio) but other than that it sounds like a free tone, if not one that would be heard without a mic.

  • Prénom:Vittorio.

    Nom:Gromikro!

  • Very nice voice, very musical. Of course, he knows and we all know this opera isn´t for him, but why is everyone criticizing him like if this was part of his repertoire?. Anyway, I like his voice. Only thing I think he could improves is his breathing. It´s too high. The rest is beautiful. Bravo!

  • @ezayi Yes, too much chest heaving and veins sticking out in the neck. I think he could make a true opera stage tenor, although in the lyric repertoir, not spinto. I like the sound a lot, just think it still needs some work...

  • nessuno mistero,il tuo nome e Nemorino.

  • @bodiloto Hahaha! Un prodotto commerciale insopportabile.

  • There are some buttons missing on his shirt. Arghh.

    However, I am convinced. He sings brilliantly. Very, very good.

  • This is a perfect example of how to make someone a dishonorable opera-star. Overrated and exploited for sex and money. It's just a business. Nothing more.

  • Wow. So many critics on here. I have a feeling that, regardless of what anyone thinks, Vittorio will continue to sing for as long as he wants. Why? Because he loves it. Whether it's opera or whether it's pop - who cares? (@JockamoGoon: I also saw him at the Met, and thought his sound was beautifully focused - all throughout his range...AND he acted the heck out of the part!)

  • i dunno, i saw his boheme at the met and honestly it was a bit too brassy for me. definitely not a pav...i think his lack of lower partials gives for an unbalanced sound for that rep. it just sounds like he's a leggiero trying to sing more lyric rep. I'd rather hear vargas as rodolpho

  • Well done! (tell that guy to move his ear the next time, hehe)

  • He's a popera singer, not an opera one, period.

  • @mannail888 you know what, who cares? does it REALLY matter? Whichever---its great, so let it go, okay?......no one cares

  • @InNairn4ever Opera is an art form, not a circus. Look at what happened to that Mexican clown: what he and those so called critics who had showered him unreserved praises did to the classical music is sacrilegious. The whole industry, inclduing those so called critics, are now firing all cylinders to manufacture this poster boy/man into the next Mexican clown.

  • ridicolous

  • A Hollywood Tenor ...

  • He is wearing a piece allright. His voice is allright too and he might have the potential to become a great tenor, but he is a long way off before he can step into Pavarotti's shoes. Frankly i don't think he is gonna make it.

  • Wow. What is this guy singing Nessun Dorma? He sounds that he is about to die.

    He is completely out of style. Really terrible

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  • The most underwhelming tenor Metdebut in sometime. There are tenors that are more intelligent about rep and who are more dramatically and musically arresting and capable.

  • Tone quality A+; but get a coach-- much refinement needed, also too stressy-- should not look that hard; and what about tempo: I want to push it a bit.

  • I LOVE THIS VOICE AND THE HALF DOZEN OR SO OTHER FRESH YOUNG BEAUTIFUL STRONG HEALTHY INTELLIGENT TENORS ON THE SCENE TODAY. I AM HAPPY FOR US !

  • An audience of uneducated bufoons!!! Start clapping before he's finished and dopey women screaming like they are at a football game. What a fabulous voice he has. Truly an example of casting pearls before swine.

  • Is it true he walks on water besides sing?

  • A fine voice. Great to see and hear such talent. With more grounding, physical support his tone will only get richer, and the phrasing easier (as long as he avoids going too ‘Hollywood’ - forcing - thus tightening up). In such a delicate art, one must continue to study carefully and build slowly... Best of luck.

  • There is extraordinary talent here I think. I agree that he has trouble phrasing and sustaining phrases and that he lacks the kind of physical economy that made Domingo and Carreras and Pavarotti so compelling to watch. The great artists make their art look effortless, and that deception is what often makes art accessible.

  • @mr39jeffy Agreed on the physical economy with Pavarotti, but not with Carreras (later in his career, anyway, sometimes very effortful to watch) and I won't mention Domingo. I think this guy has a lot of potential, but needs to work on the technique to avoid doing a Villazon....

  • I wonder . . . been around opera since the 1950's, the Met on Saturday afternoon radio was a religion in my childhood. When Pavarotti first burst on the scene, I was into road racing, I likened his performance to that of a great race driver, seemingly always on the edge of ohysical limts, courting disaster, but always coming out on top. Well, that excitement made for a shorter career than, as my idol, Domingo.

    Just listened to Domingo's Nessun dorma. A richness. He endures. Still the best.

  • @curmudgeonNOT CANNOT agree!!! Pavarotti always appeared to be singing more within his capability than Domingo, was a true tenor voice, and never had the amount of public cracking that Domingo did. Also sang a lot more, and for longer, in original keys. By contrast, Domingo, to me, sounds hooty and manipulated to get his upper register out. Somewhat a matter of opinion, but also read some of Richard Miller and look at acoutical analysis of the two voices.

  • Well, he is good looking but the voice needs a lot of work. He is unable to sustain long passages, for a Italian his Italian is unimpressive and this is far to dramatic for him. I listened to some of his samples from his CD and he seems to croon a lot. In "Donna non vidi mai" his chords slam together on the last B flat. He needs to be careful and find a good teacher. His voice is too pretty to blow this early.

    Emmanuel di Villarosa sings this so well. I saw him live. One word, "Wow"!

  • Could easily give Cura, Villazon and Alagna a run for their money.

  • For what it's worth, I was a critic, for many years, for Opera News, long before Vittorio Grigorio came along. I am also the author of a fairly new book on Puccini. Until now, in spite of having heard word about him, I had not heard Grigorio. I have only one thing to say: He has it. Whatever *it* ultimately may be -- a certain purity of tone, affective intensity, or some transcendental communicative quality, or all of these - he has *it*, alright, in spades. It's overwhelming. Bravissimo!

  • @banaliltes Vittorio has just last week released in the US an album of tenor arias, titled The Italian Tenor. I first found him by his pop album, In the Hands of Love, a very beautiful album indeed. He has his debut at The Metropolitan Opera on October 16, this Saturday.

    Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @banaliltes Agree but he needs to z his 'sses' a bit

  • Yes, of course, that's basic, and thanks for pointing that out. ON the tiny, tinny and wholly insufficient speakers on my little lap top, I was unable to discern such detail. Listening again with my ear to the speaker, I think you're absolutely right.

  • @banaliltes

    he gained 40 min applause in Berlin, Deutsche Oper, for his performance of Alfredo in La Traviata.

    The woman was great, too.

  • @banaliltes I totally agree! I just hope that he follows the footsteps of his mentor, Pava and waits on these heaver roles until the voice is fully mature and then has the good sense to not try to force his voice into the dramatic, heaver sound but sings the aria with his own lighter style and voice.

    He does indeed have "it" tho!

  • @appeace1 I have exactly the same opinion (although I personally think Pav also went for the heavier roles too early (and maybe even some roles he shouldn't have taken at all, but his incredible squillo and formants made it possible to hear him even with big orchestras). It's appropriate to have Grigolo sing this aria here for posterity, but in general, on his album with Donizetti, Verdi, and Puccini, as the repertoire gets heavier, he sounds worse and less likely to be heard live.

  • @8x8MaVerick8x8 I agree with most of your comment. However, I believe that Pava did wait until the right time for his voice and did not remain in the heavy Verdi roles for very long--smart move. Mostly, I find that he did not try to "push or darken" the voice to fit the heavy roles but instead sang them in his lyric, spinto style. This perhaps took away abit of the drama, al la Domingo, intended for the roles but I very much enjoy the lighter, more flexible take on the heavy drama.

  • @appeace1 Yeah it *may* be that Pav didn't damage his voice singing the roles but I just don't see him as appropriate for some of them compared to other singers. Still, I sometimes wonder if it contributed in any way to his vocal decline (he did sing, and do so reasonably well, quite late into his life, however) or whether it was just the instrument and the number of performances period. In any case, my understanding of Grigolo right now is that much Verdi and Puccini is too heavy right now.

  • @8x8MaVerick8x8 Damaged Pava's voice? I can't go along with that. Pava had a magnificent voice well into the 90's and a very nice one even longer. However, I do grant that there were 3 distinct changes in the voice thru the years and he even said so. I believe, as you said, it was just the instrument, and perhaps, the toll of ill health. Yes, I do strongly agree that Mr Grigolo needs avoid the heavy Verdi roles for abit. Tho even now, I can detect some darkening, maturing of the voice.

  • Oh, oh! Look at those veins popping in his neck after the first climax... I listened but didn't watch after that for fear.... Lovely, natural sound. Nice focus. Great potential. I suspect he's a lyric tenor, not a spinto, and this aria is on the edge of What He Should Do. He'd better watch out or he'll blow a gasket, like Villazon. (I also heard that blowout coming! A singer senses these things.)

  • I agree; his voice strikes me, too, as something more on the order of a lyric than spinto. But it's a wholly different sound and approach than that of Villazon, whose vocal problems may well have origins in other, perhaps psychological issues. Even so, it's true enough that, like every young singer, he has to be careful about choosing his roles and not imagine himself a Heldentenor or something of that sort just yet, if ever. He strikes me as a smart guy who will take care of his voice.

  • Bravo. This is the first time I heard of Vittorio Grigolo and he passed my goosebumps test. Great voice to my ears.

  • bravo someone who can sing with emotion and make us all part of it is an incredible thing.bravo, a star is born.

  • Bravo, indeed! This guy is the next tenor Su[perstar.....

  • Doesn't have the power of the great 3. Maybe it's the acoustics.

  • i think it is a plane flying but his voice verry great!!!!!!!!!!!with his heart and feeling!!!!

  • This was beautiful...Sounds like a young Pavarotti...wonderful. He will only get better from here he could've held the last note a bit longer...but just beautiful

  • This was beautiful...Sounds like a young Pavarotti...wonderful. He will only get better from here

  • scusatemi,apparte il si naturale, che lasciamo stare ma sembrava impiccato....allora che abbia una bella presenza va bene,HA UN BEL timbro di voce....ma turandot non è il suo repertorio....e OK siamo all aperto!ma questi MICROFONI saranno la fine delle voci!!!!!!!!!ma dal momento che siamo abituati a berci di tutto da spettatori....impareremo ad adattarci PURTROPPO anche a questo!poveri spettatori e profani dell arte..........NON HO NIENTE CONTRO VITTORIO!!!!!MA QUESTO SISTEMA COSI NON VA!

  • His voice sounds amazingly powerful without too much pressure, he brings the pure unaltered tone out of his mouth like only an extremely talented Italian could do!

  • E un bel ragazzo, ancora un pochino verde, ma sa cantare, e la voce e bella. Vedremo.......

  • @joanabanyeres il nuovo cd appena uscito è molto interessante. Il timbro è proprio gradevole, e ci sono belle idee, molto fresche.

  • una voz que logra expresar la idea de triunfar a toda costa y se entrega con total impetu BRAVO

  • He makes his debut at the Met in October in "La Boheme" has tremendous

    chest tones and his teacher was Pavarotti.

  • It is official he will make his Metropolitan Opera debut in October 2010 in

    the opera "La Boheme."

  • Was that a helicopter in the background at a certain point? I do confirm he must have been not well, he seems very tired and upset. I know him (we went to the same school) and he was never like that while singing when I saw him. It must have been a very hard day for him that one.

  • Love the quality of his voice and I hear he is headed for the Metropolitan Opera

    House in New York City.

  • @Fegen

    Thanks fegen for this sharing too...a really great voice....enjoyable....indeed a remarkable talent!

    Hugs my friend....Judie:))

  • @Fegen he is singing in La Boheme in Met in season 2010 -2011. Rodolfo.

  • perdonatemi ma non sa usare il diaframma

  • @kingstontry secondo me stava male, basta che vedi le espressioni del viso.

  • Very Good.

  • Great technique! Very sensible singing throught the passagio, great pacing!!!

  • One of the best voices I've heard!

  • nessun dorme se continui a strillare cosi'!!!!!!

  • WHAT A GREAT VOICE this man has!

  • Schlagersänger mit mäckervibrato.

  • Bravo, tutti frutti, cornetto

  • Il est sympa mais un peu juste pour Nessun Dorma...

  • Che pubblico di burini! Subito ad applaudire (ancor prima della fine del brano)... E gli schiamazzi?! Roba da matti. Certa gente neanche dovrebbe entrare in un auditorium.

  • OMG!!! This is feel...

  • I think he is amazing! When he sings it gives me goosebumps! He is awesome and inspiring!

  • beh.. mi sembra che sforzi troppo.. al limite dell' infarto...

  • What a lot of negative comments about Vittorio, if his voice was not that good he would have not been chosen for the Sistine Chapel Choir in Rome as a soloist. He was also the youngest man to perform in La Scala in Milan. So that must mean something.

  • Belissimo!!!!

  • Vittorio's voice is definitely awesome! I think it's sheer opinion anyway.

  • It's very interesting; his voice seems to be a potpourri of many great tenors.

    He sounds like Pavarotti in the upper notes (except for the B) but a Carreras down lower. It's pretty funny.

    But that was great,

  • @bboymasochist a mixture of Carreras and Pavarotti would seem very promising:-)

  • @bboymasochist What upper notes? Maybe it's the forum, but I hear only an incredibly weak upper register that doesn't come anywhere close to a Carreras or a Pavarotti.

  • @elpiconeroinabsentio I don't judge him by the same standard as I do those two; I'm hinting at a certain vocal quality he has.

  • He is no Pavrotti or Domingo but rather more of a Fritz Wunderlich....if he didn't push the voice. Would like to hear him try more Mozart. His top is just not for Puccini.

  • Vittorio ti stai bruciando...

  • concordo, mi sa che hai ragione....

  • La Voix de son maître... Pavarotti.

  • What model microphone is this? It is the 3 Tenor Microphone, I have seen it over and over--he is all veins in the neck, natural tech, but looks great --and sounds good---like franco nero/terrence hill with a voice. better than 95% out there right now---he smokes Bocelli for sure.

  • They are totally different. He smoked nobody and above all not Andrea BOCELLI.

  • Se questo è un tenore io sono Michael Jackson.

  • aaauuuuuuuuuu...aaaauuuuuuuuuu­uu...auuuuuuuu...aaauuuuuuuuuu­uu the lady yelling

  • What does (c) Laurene mean? Not copyright surely? Don't, I'll laugh out loud. How cute; to sit in the audience making illicit videos of a performance and then post it with a copyright notice.

    Some quite ridiculous comments here - the guy's got a stunning voice. What are people ON about? Mind you its never going to sound brilliant recorded like this, but you can still hear his voice is great.

  • He's wonderful!

  • Vittorio, wonderful! as always.....a joy to hear! xxxx

  • Unlike all the other posters here who don't think his performance here is that great, the only thing I can personally criticise is his eyes. He squints too much.

    Why? It's completely unnecessary. And as amazing as you MIGHT look, if you want to be taken seriously in this genre of music, button up your freakin' shirt!!!

  • before degrading an artist work..state who you are and what is your academic knowledge of music..

    we will Google your name and when we are sure about your qualification, learn from your criticisms

    Otherwise, shut the fuck up !!

  • What I can see here is very great passion and full Emotion.

  • in all honesty though, he has a very nice voice.

  • Boy was he having trouble here! Just watch the blood rushing into his cheeks on the first set of A naturals...And what's with raising the shoulders? That's a huge no-no for singers as it cuts the air supply off. Perhaps he was ill. if it's always that much effort for his then he's not a true tenor...

  • LOL you are so right about those high notes, he looked like he was going to burst for a moment.

  • to be honest what a foolish comment, ok the raise in the shoulders is a no no, but each singer has their own natural way of anchoring, and maybe he has a natural curve to his back when he sings. this is an unbelievable performance, can you do any better??

  • So right englishtenor. Tiny voice, poor technique and not a real tenor. That's why there are 8 and a half thousands views of this video alone! I guess if he was a bit more talented he'd be sitting at home looking at youtube and criticising other singers!

  • Can you explain what you mean when you say he's not a true tenor?

    What voice type would you say he is?

  • I would say a light lyrico or straight lyrico. Any other opinion? There's a mix between Carreras and Pavarotti in his timbre. He makes a good Alfredo.

  • Why is it that so may ignorant people are given a voice to critique others on YouTube. Pavarotti himself bequeathed honors on Vittorio, hence his nickname in Italy of the "Little Pavarotti". He has a fantastic voice and is a true tenor. Denying THAT just shows abject, unadulterated ignorance on the subject. As for his "demeanor" while singing, there is not ONE opera star (past, present, or future) who doesn't have some quirkiness in expression or posture.

  • I totally agree with you, and who the heck cares what his face is doing when he sounds that terrific. There are not many people in the world who can do what he does!

  • Wonderful voice.

    But - shoot the conductor!

  • he has a nice voice but i felt that his facial expressions were a bit too much(but it's just my personal opinion though:)

    i don't think his technique is poor at all. unlike many contemporary 'popera'or 'classical crossover' singers, he CAN sing opera.

  • Fa meno fatica quando fa al bagno.....

    il canto deve essere la cosa piu' naturale possibile,,, lui era a rischio d'infarto.

  • Ma che si applaudono......

  • Has anyone heard the version by Gianluca Paganelli? Now he is a great Italian tenor.

    Avete sentito parlare del tenore Gianluca Paganelli? Ecco il tenore del futuro

  • In looks he looks a lot like Mario Lanza here I think. However - I think he is ten times the singer than Lanza of course.

    And I'm not really liking his haircut here either. The end note of course was beautiful!

  • what a powerful voice he has!!! breathtaking...

  • He's got a tiny voice! it's a little concert hall and he's miked up IN FRONT of the orchestra!!!

  • @Englishtenor2 You're an idiot. On behalf of myself and all my fellow professional singers I wish to apologise to the sensible posters here who have to put up with this drivel.

    He is a very good singer-his voice was big enough to sing Manon at the garden recently. Maybe he's not a Calaf but this is a CONCERT!

    Some people just love to criticise without thought. Hope you enjoyed pushing your ego up a little.

  • In my first commentar I forgot to note. Ten Points.

  • This is the best Nessun Dorma I ever saw.You Ì would like to see in the Telecom Spot instead Paul potts.And the Tears on the End were your

    greatest thing.Like Diamonds they came from your Eyes.I wish, more singers would show their

    emotions on stage.Bravissimo.Go on Vittorio.

  • This guy really sings with heart and soul. The haters will always exist, so I just laugh about them.

  • wow. can't believe he took a high breath at the end. it was soooooo obvious.

    that is all i have to say.

  • It is just to painful to watch. NO SINGER should ever have that much force on their face. It is all due to a lack of good technique.

  • Sicuramente non è paragonabile a Luciano Pavarotti.

    La voce però, a mio modesto parere, è buona. La posizione è corretta e lo squillo c'è. Forse, e dico forse, ingrossa un poco la voce sulle note centrali. Acuto sbagliato secondo me: schiacciato e stretto.