truly one of life's musical treasures. the hi c at 2:45 is as good as it gets in the tenor range. while i've enjoyed many great singers, for me, there will only be one "maestro".
Pavarotti could still hit the Hi-C sharp then. For an even more impressive version look for his live rendition in Catania in 1968. Also the one in his first "solo album" from 1969 where he holds the note forever...!
SI VAMOS A HABLAR DE LA PODEROSA Y ESCALOFRIANTE VOZ DE LA SUTHERLAND....EN 1959....60...61...62...ETC.ETCE..........ESO ES OTRO TEMA......Y LE RECUERDO QUERIDO AMIGO QUE EN EL MUNDO DE LA OPERA,,,CUANDO SUTHERLAND EMPEZO A DESTACAR....QUE SE PUSO A TEMBLAR LA MISMISIMA CALLAS......SU VOZ FUE CRITICADA DE HIELO......FULMINANTE......Y ENVIDIADA HASTA LA SACIEDAD....Y HOY POR HOY SIGUE SIENDO ASI........LA HISTORIA NO OLVIDA QUE SUTHERLAND.....ROMPIO TODOS LOS ESQUEMAS....
SUTHERLAND ESTABA EN UNO DE SUS MEJORES MOMENTOS...SIENTO DISCERNIR ....Y ERA PAVAROTTI EL QUE TENIA QUE ESFORZARSE EN ESTAR A SU ALTURA.......POR OTRO LADO YA SUTHERLAND...CANTABA LAS OPERAS CON UNA SEGURIDAD ESPELUZNANTE.....
PARA SER LA GRABACIÓN DEL AÑO 1973 ,JOAN SUTHERLAND ESTÁ EN DECLIVE VOCAL.LAS NOTAS ALTAS LE SUENAN DURAS Y CON VIBRATOY SU VOZ GENERAL,SUENA YA GASTADA.ABIERTO(AL ESTILO CALLAS).YO CREO QUE, O ESTABA PASANDO UNA CRISIS VOCAL O ESTÁ EQUIVOCADA LA FECHA DE LA GRABACIÓN.
Glorious..I had the old vinyl, wept the first time I heard it. One of the most sublimely beautiful pieces of recording ever accomplished. His "prendi l'anel ti dono" from I Puritaini is also on the old vunyl, sublime also.
Pavarotti, Sutherland, Cappuccilli, and Ghiaurov?! A dream team if there ever was one! This is truly an incredible recording, I would love to have the entire opera on vinyl.
Ese re bemol es bellisimo!!!! claro y diafano como el mas puro cristal, redondo y bien puesto en la mascara, el unico que se puede comparar pero a lo lejos es JDF.
This is my dream team quartet - my absolute favorite bass, soprano, baritone and of course my ONLY tenor. The song itself is enough to make me cry, but when performed by these four, I cry tears of joy.
Pavarotti not only had an exquisite voice, he also developed great technique - from Joan Sutherland... her husband said he always placed his hands on her to study her breathing
One has to respect how wonderful these singers are. A very difficult song and yet they did it so beautifully. Now, both of them are gone. Surely we'll miss them.
No doubt, Pavarotti is the great Italian Tenor and is very good in this performance. Neverthelles, I would like you to check Salvatore Fisichella with Gruberova (In Bregenz Festival, 1985) in the same performance - Don Salvatore sings much better!
Non ci sono parole per descrivere la magnificenza luminosa e l' emozione che la sua ineguagliata arte regalano. Inarrivabile Luciano, ci manchi immensamente!!!
Check out Joan in the early sixties live in concert with Nicolai Gedda....noone has ever floated...and with extraordinary breath control and vocal beauty in this duet(even though the rec. quality is NOT good)...From Philadelphia,I think.,1963.Wish she and L. had sung together then...
Sono perfettamente d'accordo sulla grandezza degli acuti di Filippeschi, ma, a mio avviso, le interpretazioni del giovane Pavarotti e del più longevo Kraus erano inarrivabili. In ogni caso parliamo sempre di grandi interpreti. Carissimi saluti.
I highly recomended this album, among other great arias it has Arturo's mind blowing aria from Rossini's 'Tell' and the one I especially like is 'E la solita storia' (I'm not saying this because he is my favorite tenor but I sincerely think it's the best performance of this aria ever and the best contra-proof for those who doubt Pavarotti's musicality and emotion).
Castorp278, I totally agree with you about 'E la solita storia del pastore' (If it is his recording with the Vienna Opera Orchestra, Dir Nicola Rescigno). It's seering, soaring and flawless stuff.
This is probably the second best deliverance of this aria ; the first is, what a surprise, again Pavarotti's on his early 70's studio album ''Luciano Pavarotti Sings Tenor Arias from William Tell, I Puritani, Don Pasquale and Others''.
Let me get this straight. "Ventiscudi" is telling Pavarotti to "listen to Bonci's 1906 recording"! Indeed, the most pompous and insipid comments in the YouTube Universe are found among the opera videos. "Listen to Bonci's 1906 recording." Haw! Haw!
He sings his heart out , all right, but this is a Wedding song, not a bloody contest. Much more moderation, please,- listen to Bonci's 1906 recording and hear what alittle taste and Interpretative sensitivity can do.
I was at the debut of Cesar Antonio Suarez in this role with Sills, SFO 1977. His high note cracked like a bleating screech. Sills head snapped back and her wig went askew.
Awful as it was, I'm grateful I heard a real spectacularly cracked note. The ones on YT don't compare!
wow - that must have been funny (though not for him, poor guy). I was at the dedication of a new music theater in Erie PA in 1996, and the guest of honor was Kathleen Battle. I tried to stifle a sneeze during Caro Mio Ben, but failed - and it came out like a loud squeak. She immediately STOPPED - looked away - and restarted the piece. By then I was half dead laughing my butt off - and had to leave the theater. I didn't mean to do it!
listen, you can get the idea first of speech and then a slight nasal sound as it rises in pitch or lowers
the term mask' placement can mean the forward almost nasal sound that is a byproduct of his proper vocal placement
i work towards getting my voice into a natural position to limit pressure on my vocal chords and create singing ease. I have notice this place is behind my nose and eyes. I think that sensation is where the mask idea comes from. Anyone else have any ideas to input?
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LetIt-Last time I checked Pava was very selective in chosing a repertoire and sung 35-40 roles the most. What are you talking about? Some of us were listening o him live well before your daddy shagged your mommy while she was ovulating you know!
Although I admire Kraus I must say no way he can get close to Pav. Besides his vocal skills, Pav gives here a master class on phrasing and characterization. Krauss voice sounds in the same aria quite constructed and do not reflect the meaning and intention of the text, a man in front of his beloved one. Pavs voice projects emotions! Just compare „or mi guidda a te daccanto tra la gioia e lessultar. or se rammento il mio tormento While Pav is singing phrases Kraus is singing aligned words.
Non essendo un supertecnico come Nemorino11 e Alebro83, mia affido al mio modesto orecchio che mi porta, pure ammirando tanto Lucianone, a preferirgli, nel repertorio belcantista, Alfredo, l'unico che, come classe e stile, mi ricorda Schipa.
we know he did sustain early in his career piano notes and when you are wrong like with the high C you go on to something else trying so hard and winning, yes at making a bigger fool out of yourself. I will not be drawn into your kids game of talking about Corelli in Forza as IMO Tucker was best at that and I have a right to my opinion, shared with others. God Bless you for yours which means zero to me.
I just now listened to Corelli. for those who think I don't listen to another tenor sometimes, but only sometimes. anyway he far away from the Great Luciano Pavarotti. No body is like my beautiful Luciano.
E' in opere come questa, cioè nel belcanto, che Lucianone ha dato il meglio di sè e dove rasenta la perfezione. Quì siamo molto vicini al sommo Alfredo.
Scusa, rispondo anche a questo tuo commento: "I Puritani" era più adatta ad Alfredo Kraus, che a Pavarotti, quindi secondo me, Kraus la cantava meglio. A prova di ciò, Pavarotti, l'ha cantata solo in giovane età e oltretutto, non eseguiva i due "re" sovracuti, del duetto "Vieni fra queste braccia..." (eseguiva due "do diesis").
l'ha cantata solo in giovane età perchè la voce era molto + leggera, pavarotti è un lirico puro Kraus un leggero che va sul lirico, e normale che il registro acuto sia + esteso ( non è sempre cosi) .. ma la romanza non è solo l'acuto finale, forse per una persona non competente l'acuto fa la differenza, ma per chi studia o perlomeno è un intenditore deve considerare ben altro... non sono d'accordo con Te ma rispetto il tuo punto di vista...grazie per il confronto...a presto..
E' ovvio che non dipende solo dall'acuto finale (il fatto è che pensavo di parlare con una persona di una certa cultura musicale e di una certa umiltà: errore mio); ripeto, questo era solo a prova del fatto che era più adatta a Kraus: mi spiego, se Bellini ha scritto due "re", tu li devi eseguire, altrimenti cambi a tuo piacimento l'opera e non mi sembra giusto. Se vuoi ti spiego tecnicamente e dettagliatamente perchè era più adatta a Kraus, ma qui non c'è lo spazio
...e ho anche il dubbio che tu capiresti. Sull'altra questione, no, non è sempre così: ci sono "lirici" che hanno registri più estesi (o uguali) di alcuni "leggeri". Concludendo: forse ho capito perchè ti sei alterato (dandomi dell' incompetente), probabilmente sei uno di quei "fanatici" a cui accennavo nel primo commento...
Nemorino nn fare il presuntuoso, mi piacerebbe parlare di persona perchè cosi è difficile sostenere un confronto..se spieg tranquillo ti capisco ma nn usare quesi toni, parliamo di LIRICA..ti ripeto gneralmente una voce leggera è più portata agli acuti intendevo questo, poi ci sono casi e casi ad esempio CORELLI un'estensione pazzesca...
By the way, you all might want to the check out the young Spanish tenor Celso Albelo. He's got a lovely voice, very nice vocal expression, and an impressive vocal range. He reminds me of the young Pavarotti.
THE TRUEST HIGH C# EVER SUNG....the note is nailed right at its heart....absolute perfection.......there will never be another Pavarotti....others may try but onlu in vain.......
Corelli better at A te o cara?? I can't stand such nonsense!! In his rec. Corelli has not deep enough breath and roars in spite of singing elegantly... Not his repertoire nor his best at all!!
you should not go where others know better and I mean other fans of Corelli who wouldn't dare to say what you have, because it is not true. Not even a question of taste, here just fact. Give Corelli Di Quella Pira and Nessun Dorma and he and Pav are equally brilliant, here PA V RULES!
Ho cercato nei commenti a chi stavo rispondendo, non ho trovato, forse rispondevo a qualche fanatico di Pavarotti (sai uno di quelli per cui esiste solo un cantante...). Cmq Luciano è stato sicuramente uno dei più grandi, ci mancherebbe !!!!
Indeed. Kraus sounded nasal, and he's gotten worse in his later years. But his singing was as excellent as it can get. Hence, his place among the Greats is well deserved. He was a top notch tenor.
For tenors who sound nasal, check out Richard Tauber, Jan Peerce, Joseph Schmidt, and Helge Roswaenge. Nasal tenors tend to be German or from Central or Eastern Europe. I think it is a Germanic rather than Italian sound.
????? pavarotti has a germanic soud??? ahahahaahahhahh but are u drunk?? his voice, even if you don't like, is the perfect voice of an italian.... it's the italian sound!!!
1) You're dutch. 2)Fisichella is Sicilian. Most Italian do not take Sicilians and the draw with which they speak Italian seriously -it's considered low level Italian. 3) Pavarotti is from the north -Modena (look it on the map). Fisichella commenting on Pava's drawl is like someone from Texas (yucky drawl) commenting on someone from the Northeast's drawl and alleging that it sounds British. You and Fisichella needs a clue.
Of course Pavarotti's diction is different than anyone else to whom you have listened. His diction in singing arias from the Italian repertoire very impeccable. His was second to none.
Wouldn't call it impeccable. I love pav but he's as self indulgent when it comes to diction as any other Italian Divo. He and Corelli were the worst. They are my 2 favorite tenors but they were not known for their diction
actually pavarotti was known for his diction. any liberties he makes with the exact pronunciation of the word were purely for technical reasons which is why his tone quality is better throughout and his notes are cleaner and clearer than anyone elses. corelli was just sloppy. Pavarotti enunciates everysyllable. if you have ever seen how a speech pathologist chews their words and enunciates everything clear as crystal you would be able to hear it in pavarotti. few other tenors have his diction.
Pavarotti's diction had alot in common with Caruso's, listen to the way they sing an 'eh' sound, both employ very forward placement and produce bright beautiful sound and connect them to the rest of the word. There was much alignment in this sense, their diction was similar.
well...here it is - an amazing recording of luciano and his out-of-this-world voice.where is his break?...his tessitura(and not from Gypsy) is just a third higher than all other tenors!!!
La voz central de Pavarotti en esta grabación está dentro de la máscara, redonda y serena. Sólo que veo que la orquesta no danza junto al conjunto de voces. Yo le quitaría tanto volumen en esa parte para que el piano sea más claro. LA e del Do de Luciano, fue limpia, no empujada por la "j". Bravo!
Hay muchos tenores increibles y yo creo que es algo de gustos. No hay que desmerecer a ninguno y creo que es una aberración comparar y decir que uno es mejor que otro. Mi favorito es Pavarotti, es increible... el Do# aqui le sale perfecto y con una fuerza, claridad y brillo magnificos.
impresionante !!! pavarotti en su mejor momento !! la forma en que redondea y obscure su voz sin perder el brillo ni la colocacion haciendo un sonido completamente hermoso con todos los armonicos completamente libres y al frente sinonimo de completa relajacion de la garganta...!! impresionante!! el mejor !! tal vez kraus fue mas constante y lo interpreto mas veces en vivo... pero en belleza vocal, potencia y por lo menos en esta grabacion no hay nadie mejor que Luciano Bendito seas maestro!!!
hola, siendo un completo inculto en este tema, me gustaría decir algo, creo que la magia de la opera es conseguir que un aria dificilisima, parezca al publico algo bello y facil, y estos dos genios lo conseguían. Para mi pavarotti y sutherlan, la mejor pareja de todos los tiempos, ambos completísimos
I love Libro07's review! "Insanely musical" - SO well put! He WAS this, in addition to all the other unbelievable & great attributes of Luciano's & the others' performances here. Just fabulous!! Thank U, Strawmonkey (:
moorhe what kind of research you did to say that Pavarotti was the best Arturo in Puritani?
I am pretty sure he never sung the score as it is written and sung many notes in Falsetone.
I am a Pavarotti fan, but Kraus was able to sing Puritani without transpose it and other Spanish tenor with the Ds and F was Hipolito Lazaro, in chest!!
I simply listened to Pavarotti's Arturo to conclude his was better than the others'. He transposed it to miss the Ds in act III, there's much more to the role than just the high notes you know... doesn't bother me in the slightest that he transposed to miss the Ds.
Kraus also sounded as nasal as he always was, especially in that role while producing the high notes. It was flawless all right but not excessively pleasant with that nasality.
He was never nasal,he had a masky resonance.There is a certain dryness in the tone in his studio recordings that was not present in the house,not even in pirate recordings.
That's ridiculous.The masky resonance has nothing to do with nasality.Have you ever heard Schmidt or Fleta or even Gedda?They also had masky resonance, it's a part of Garcia's technique.
I did not say Kraus' technique alone made him sound nasal, but said he sounded as such. Clearly, he never sounded sound as crystal clear and as resonant as Pavarotti, although his singing was virtually picture perfect.
Well Kraus was in a class of his own.He didn't have the most beautiful voice but it doesn't matter since he sang with such artisty and elegance.Besides,beauty is highly subjective.Personaly, I prefer round and velvety voices like the voice of young di Stefano and Bergonzi than trumpet and metallic voices like the one of Pavarotti. Kraus didn't sound nasal at all in the theater,recordings do not do him justice.
Yet I am convinced that the nasal sound as such, has nothing to do with the "mask or no mask" but is a sound where the sinuses are closed. Even children when they want to make a joke of a nasal sound they close their nose sinuses with their hand.
None of the singers mentioned here were ever nasal or they would instantly lose their gigantic career. Everybody sings in the Mask. It is what you do with the air-flow on your vocal cords that makes the difference!
Nemorino-I cannot help if you are you're tone deaf. Kraus sung picture perfect but he sounded nasal and it has gotten worse as he got older. Now go to your corner and stop barking.
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It is you who is tone deaf and stupid not I. I probably knew about Kraus well before you daddy shagged your poor excuse of a mother while she was ovulating. Go get your ears checked and talk to a few knowledgeable people in the opera world if you know any which I highly doubt. Kraus' nasality got even worse, his vibrato (which wasn't very impressive but still good) got even slower as his age progressed.
Oh, Thelnquisitive4ever, ok, you defined yourself, you need to insult and this is the proof that you don't understand nothing about singing; I shouldn't even answer to you, poor man! And I'm not answering to you at all and please don't take up this page with your stupid things !!!
Insult? I was citing mere facts the way I see it. Read the utter nonsense you have been posting before your further comment. Go get your ears checked.
Actually the masking technique he use can hardly be considered the best technique for vocal production. Where on earth are you getting your education I wonder?
Singing in the mask is always something every tenor wants to do... for at least some instances, and in this I think your wrong. But mask technique, as it is taught by many teachers is not always the best approach. There are a lot of ways to place the voice in the mask that use very flawed technique, so teaching mask placement as the end-all-be-all is likely to produce poor technique in a beginner. Many fundamental placement issues must be addressed before the voice naturally moves into the mask.
The idea is to sound very pleasant. And the C# you hear here is excellent; masterfully produced, superbly held. I'd take it over a "thin" D any day. Try to listen to the entire opera and you will see that Moorhe is correct with his assessment. Pavarotti's voice is pure, expressive, piercing, and crystal clear.
This is Pavarotti in one of the groundbreaking Bonynge/Sutherland collaborations (with a strong Ghiaurov in the background), caught in absolutely fabulous voice - this was recored between May and July 1973, and there is little, if anything, that can rival the Pavarotti of the early 1970s. Unbelievably disciplined, insanely musical, supernaturally beautiful, sustained, and entirely unforced singing. Perfection. He brought out the best in Sutherland too - a dream couple of opera indeed.
Pavarotti is so beautiful, will there ever be another to equal him? The fantastic voice, the wonderful personality and showmanship. Generous to a fault, always ready and willing to help others especially young singers......Takes a BIG heart to be Pavarotti.
After such singing there is no reason for anyone to ever sing again....perfection was achieved...it has all been done and done to perfection....this cannot be ever done better. Absolute perfection....any other attempts are in vain and are destined to be inferior....
thank you very much for posting this beautiful clip, this is wonderful, the combination of the voices, especially of luciano pavarotti and joan sutherland, amazing. and the high c, is unbelievable, so beautiful. i love you luciano.
increible ... asombroso... hermoso... es impresionante el sonido tan brillante que tenia pavarotti el legato, los agudos, la forma tan armonica en la que cubre el sonido... woww.... para mi el mejor tenor del siglo xx
bravo il maestro
luwaig1 1 month ago
Simply divine and out of this world! Luciano forever!
ESO529 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Luciano Pavarotti
i have no idea how anyone could dislike this performance. reality is stranger than i can obviously imagine
bordaz1 1 month ago
truly one of life's musical treasures. the hi c at 2:45 is as good as it gets in the tenor range. while i've enjoyed many great singers, for me, there will only be one "maestro".
God bless you luciano and God speed.
up2my 1 month ago
2:45 incredible!!!!
boyswatc 3 months ago
Pavarotti could still hit the Hi-C sharp then. For an even more impressive version look for his live rendition in Catania in 1968. Also the one in his first "solo album" from 1969 where he holds the note forever...!
victicious1 3 months ago
OMG how beautiful
USoeyadi 3 months ago
SI VAMOS A HABLAR DE LA PODEROSA Y ESCALOFRIANTE VOZ DE LA SUTHERLAND....EN 1959....60...61...62...ETC.ETCE..........ESO ES OTRO TEMA......Y LE RECUERDO QUERIDO AMIGO QUE EN EL MUNDO DE LA OPERA,,,CUANDO SUTHERLAND EMPEZO A DESTACAR....QUE SE PUSO A TEMBLAR LA MISMISIMA CALLAS......SU VOZ FUE CRITICADA DE HIELO......FULMINANTE......Y ENVIDIADA HASTA LA SACIEDAD....Y HOY POR HOY SIGUE SIENDO ASI........LA HISTORIA NO OLVIDA QUE SUTHERLAND.....ROMPIO TODOS LOS ESQUEMAS....
bellini7verdi 4 months ago
SUTHERLAND ESTABA EN UNO DE SUS MEJORES MOMENTOS...SIENTO DISCERNIR ....Y ERA PAVAROTTI EL QUE TENIA QUE ESFORZARSE EN ESTAR A SU ALTURA.......POR OTRO LADO YA SUTHERLAND...CANTABA LAS OPERAS CON UNA SEGURIDAD ESPELUZNANTE.....
bellini7verdi 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Luciano Pavarotti
PARA SER LA GRABACIÓN DEL AÑO 1973 ,JOAN SUTHERLAND ESTÁ EN DECLIVE VOCAL.LAS NOTAS ALTAS LE SUENAN DURAS Y CON VIBRATOY SU VOZ GENERAL,SUENA YA GASTADA.ABIERTO(AL ESTILO CALLAS).YO CREO QUE, O ESTABA PASANDO UNA CRISIS VOCAL O ESTÁ EQUIVOCADA LA FECHA DE LA GRABACIÓN.
faricallas 5 months ago
Glorious..I had the old vinyl, wept the first time I heard it. One of the most sublimely beautiful pieces of recording ever accomplished. His "prendi l'anel ti dono" from I Puritaini is also on the old vunyl, sublime also.
vorspiel1023 5 months ago
What can you say........a voice we will probably never hear again in our lifetime. Bravo Luciano! And.Dame Joan?...please
arcot9 7 months ago 2
What can you say........a voice we will probably never hear again in our lifetime. Bravo Luciano!
arcot9 7 months ago
Pavarotti, Sutherland, Cappuccilli, and Ghiaurov?! A dream team if there ever was one! This is truly an incredible recording, I would love to have the entire opera on vinyl.
CarmenMirandasHat 7 months ago
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Luciano, tu demeures le plus grand parmi les plus grands. Tu ne nous a jamais quittés, et tu resteras toujours parmi nous, puisque tu es immortel.
micheltennil 7 months ago
Luciano, tu demeures le plus grand parmi les plus grands. Tu ne nous a jamais quitté, et tu resteras toujours pami nous, puisque tu es immortel.
micheltennil 7 months ago
WHOA that C
KingVego 8 months ago
@KingVego It is a c sharp, not a C :)
ToscaCavaradossi 7 months ago 2
This is one of the greatest things my ears, mind and heart has ever heard.
hwkasper 9 months ago
Ese re bemol es bellisimo!!!! claro y diafano como el mas puro cristal, redondo y bien puesto en la mascara, el unico que se puede comparar pero a lo lejos es JDF.
acitipo 9 months ago
Six people have no ears. This is so cool!
amigowasd 10 months ago
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mgrant7209 10 months ago
This is my dream team quartet - my absolute favorite bass, soprano, baritone and of course my ONLY tenor. The song itself is enough to make me cry, but when performed by these four, I cry tears of joy.
mgrant7209 10 months ago
une petite merveille! merci luciano!
filou878 1 year ago
une petite merveille!
filou878 1 year ago
Pavarotti not only had an exquisite voice, he also developed great technique - from Joan Sutherland... her husband said he always placed his hands on her to study her breathing
seattleladt 1 year ago 3
@seattleladt On her tummy - he put his hands on her tummy. You make it sound like he had his hands all over her! LOL
mgrant7209 11 months ago
Wonderful angel voice!!! Bravoooo!!!!
tenorschofield 1 year ago
Ellos juntos son perfectos, celestial!!!
laletraalreves 1 year ago
Certified *Sonar Missile! Bellini 'A Te, O Cara' - Pavarotti Class **IGBM
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**IGBM - Inter-Galactic Ballistic Missile
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
One has to respect how wonderful these singers are. A very difficult song and yet they did it so beautifully. Now, both of them are gone. Surely we'll miss them.
peterwdeng 1 year ago
Wonderful!
heigei1 1 year ago
CHE MERAVIGLIA!!!!!!!!!!! Grazie di essere esistito Luciano. Grazie davvero!
SiViSaraVendetta 1 year ago
one of my favorite operas.....thank you so much for posting!
susiebfree 1 year ago
Meraviglioso!!!!!!!!!! A true gem. Bel Canto vituosity un regalo di Dio!
JumpJohnny 1 year ago
lyde ti amo con tutto il cuore, non voglio perdere
diechuzitos 1 year ago
este gordo es la ostia de bueno, mis respetos me quito el sombrero ante este grande entre grandes
mannullll 1 year ago
non è un RE naturale ma un DO diesis
sciorgiodark79 1 year ago
No doubt, Pavarotti is the great Italian Tenor and is very good in this performance. Neverthelles, I would like you to check Salvatore Fisichella with Gruberova (In Bregenz Festival, 1985) in the same performance - Don Salvatore sings much better!
Levange2001 1 year ago
@Levange2001 Fisichella owns the bel canto rep.
Nicrhind 1 year ago
Fisichella doesn't sing nearly as well as this.
Mooorhe 1 year ago
Non ci sono parole per descrivere la magnificenza luminosa e l' emozione che la sua ineguagliata arte regalano. Inarrivabile Luciano, ci manchi immensamente!!!
MegaMigola 1 year ago
Check out Joan in the early sixties live in concert with Nicolai Gedda....noone has ever floated...and with extraordinary breath control and vocal beauty in this duet(even though the rec. quality is NOT good)...From Philadelphia,I think.,1963.Wish she and L. had sung together then...
lastupendaboy 1 year ago
55 seconds in. So beautiful.
Operasinger91 1 year ago
No question, Luciano is the greatest tenor of all time !
nedeljko18 2 years ago 3
lauri volpi ineguagliabile
donalfonsotube 2 years ago
my fav tenor of all time!!
i love and miss you Luciano!!
MarcoCariatiOpera1 2 years ago 2
Takes your breath away. Vocally luminescent.
nyfrigger56 2 years ago 2
if i!m invited onto "desert island discs" i could play this aria "on repeat" till i die........heaven
CallyMacrae 2 years ago 3
In opere come i Puritani Pavarotti è stato veramente un grande. Insieme a Kraus sono stati, nel dopoguerra, i due massimi interpreti.
malamutet 2 years ago 5
@malamutet anche Mario Filippeschi è stato uno dei massimi interpreti dei Puritani con i suoi RE grandi come una casa... Saluti carissimo
AleBro83 2 years ago
Sono perfettamente d'accordo sulla grandezza degli acuti di Filippeschi, ma, a mio avviso, le interpretazioni del giovane Pavarotti e del più longevo Kraus erano inarrivabili. In ogni caso parliamo sempre di grandi interpreti. Carissimi saluti.
malamutet 2 years ago
I highly recomended this album, among other great arias it has Arturo's mind blowing aria from Rossini's 'Tell' and the one I especially like is 'E la solita storia' (I'm not saying this because he is my favorite tenor but I sincerely think it's the best performance of this aria ever and the best contra-proof for those who doubt Pavarotti's musicality and emotion).
castorp278 2 years ago 4
Castorp278, I totally agree with you about 'E la solita storia del pastore' (If it is his recording with the Vienna Opera Orchestra, Dir Nicola Rescigno). It's seering, soaring and flawless stuff.
JoFrSc 2 years ago
This is probably the second best deliverance of this aria ; the first is, what a surprise, again Pavarotti's on his early 70's studio album ''Luciano Pavarotti Sings Tenor Arias from William Tell, I Puritani, Don Pasquale and Others''.
castorp278 2 years ago
this studio recording was made in 1973 but the stereo cd release by decca was in 1987
ah332 2 years ago
If you only ever listen to 30 seconds of opera, go to 2:30 and press play. Or just click the bit in blue back there.
DellusMaximus 2 years ago
Bravo ! Luciano is unique!
tenordramaticitm2 2 years ago 4
This recording sounds more from the
1970s and not 1987? which was only 3 years before Dame Joan retired.
A wonderful recording thank you.
expatmartin 2 years ago
Let me get this straight. "Ventiscudi" is telling Pavarotti to "listen to Bonci's 1906 recording"! Indeed, the most pompous and insipid comments in the YouTube Universe are found among the opera videos. "Listen to Bonci's 1906 recording." Haw! Haw!
flattilre 2 years ago
I believe this is Piero Cappuccilli, not Sherrill Milnes. Milnes didn't make a Puritani Decca recording with Pavarotti.
Belcore14 2 years ago 6
I think you're right
strawmonkey22 2 years ago 2
@Belcore14
The bass is Nicolai Ghiaurov (@ 1.39) in the role of Giorgio Valton; Riccardo is sung by Piero Cappuccilli and Sutherland. (1973 recording)
SoulNotes1 1 year ago
He sings his heart out , all right, but this is a Wedding song, not a bloody contest. Much more moderation, please,- listen to Bonci's 1906 recording and hear what alittle taste and Interpretative sensitivity can do.
ventiscudi 2 years ago
Nice to hear a young Pavarotti. Bravo! TY James
paulostroff99 2 years ago
An outstanding performance by very fine singers! TY!
CanadaPisces 2 years ago
pavarotti was young when he sang this... sure is nice to hear him when his voice was strong.. He's the Best!
caazguy 2 years ago
I was at the debut of Cesar Antonio Suarez in this role with Sills, SFO 1977. His high note cracked like a bleating screech. Sills head snapped back and her wig went askew.
Awful as it was, I'm grateful I heard a real spectacularly cracked note. The ones on YT don't compare!
nmcaia 2 years ago
wow - that must have been funny (though not for him, poor guy). I was at the dedication of a new music theater in Erie PA in 1996, and the guest of honor was Kathleen Battle. I tried to stifle a sneeze during Caro Mio Ben, but failed - and it came out like a loud squeak. She immediately STOPPED - looked away - and restarted the piece. By then I was half dead laughing my butt off - and had to leave the theater. I didn't mean to do it!
paulaltfornorge 2 years ago
this is the same story you told about Franco Corelli. So who was it? Corelli or Pavarotti?
raphabenbenjamin 2 years ago
Pav is Fab!
dendrix01 2 years ago
What is the mask some are discussing here?
Helen3314 2 years ago
listen, you can get the idea first of speech and then a slight nasal sound as it rises in pitch or lowers
the term mask' placement can mean the forward almost nasal sound that is a byproduct of his proper vocal placement
i work towards getting my voice into a natural position to limit pressure on my vocal chords and create singing ease. I have notice this place is behind my nose and eyes. I think that sensation is where the mask idea comes from. Anyone else have any ideas to input?
emililosier 2 years ago
Pavarotti sings the aria on the real tonality and not a half
down tone.
Ronalfrenkel 2 years ago 2
It's so refreshing to hear Pavarotti to sing repertoire that really suits him, such as this.
I've always thought that Bellini was a real ass to tenors, but this music sounds simply sublime when it's actually pulled off. :-)
LetItBe920 2 years ago 20
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LetIt-Last time I checked Pava was very selective in chosing a repertoire and sung 35-40 roles the most. What are you talking about? Some of us were listening o him live well before your daddy shagged your mommy while she was ovulating you know!
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Although I admire Kraus I must say no way he can get close to Pav. Besides his vocal skills, Pav gives here a master class on phrasing and characterization. Krauss voice sounds in the same aria quite constructed and do not reflect the meaning and intention of the text, a man in front of his beloved one. Pavs voice projects emotions! Just compare „or mi guidda a te daccanto tra la gioia e lessultar. or se rammento il mio tormento While Pav is singing phrases Kraus is singing aligned words.
Vielflieger01 2 years ago 4
è la musica che chiude l'ultima sequenza di "Fitzcarraldo", il film di herzog con klaus kinski!!!
permea 2 years ago
Già.
lucamanganelli 2 years ago
ke hermosura de voz y de tecnica ,el vibrato es perfecto y la voz fluye como el agua de una fuente clara,realmente bellicimo,grande maistro!!!!
martindogo 2 years ago 2
Non essendo un supertecnico come Nemorino11 e Alebro83, mia affido al mio modesto orecchio che mi porta, pure ammirando tanto Lucianone, a preferirgli, nel repertorio belcantista, Alfredo, l'unico che, come classe e stile, mi ricorda Schipa.
malamutet 2 years ago
Awesome, nobody singing this aria like the "maestro", thanks for sharing this jewel!!!!
chrisvetera 2 years ago
we know he did sustain early in his career piano notes and when you are wrong like with the high C you go on to something else trying so hard and winning, yes at making a bigger fool out of yourself. I will not be drawn into your kids game of talking about Corelli in Forza as IMO Tucker was best at that and I have a right to my opinion, shared with others. God Bless you for yours which means zero to me.
halavey 2 years ago
Sublime
spiroberto 2 years ago
Pure magic. I can only feel grateful to have heard it.
Hako2004 2 years ago 3
Certified Intergalactic!
Dogaradodia 2 years ago
I just now listened to Corelli. for those who think I don't listen to another tenor sometimes, but only sometimes. anyway he far away from the Great Luciano Pavarotti. No body is like my beautiful Luciano.
loveluciano1 2 years ago
E' in opere come questa, cioè nel belcanto, che Lucianone ha dato il meglio di sè e dove rasenta la perfezione. Quì siamo molto vicini al sommo Alfredo.
malamutet 2 years ago
rasenta la perfezione ???? perchè c'è qualcuno che canta meglio a te o cara????dimmelo perche non lo conosco...
AleBro83 2 years ago
Scusa, rispondo anche a questo tuo commento: "I Puritani" era più adatta ad Alfredo Kraus, che a Pavarotti, quindi secondo me, Kraus la cantava meglio. A prova di ciò, Pavarotti, l'ha cantata solo in giovane età e oltretutto, non eseguiva i due "re" sovracuti, del duetto "Vieni fra queste braccia..." (eseguiva due "do diesis").
Nemorino11 2 years ago 2
l'ha cantata solo in giovane età perchè la voce era molto + leggera, pavarotti è un lirico puro Kraus un leggero che va sul lirico, e normale che il registro acuto sia + esteso ( non è sempre cosi) .. ma la romanza non è solo l'acuto finale, forse per una persona non competente l'acuto fa la differenza, ma per chi studia o perlomeno è un intenditore deve considerare ben altro... non sono d'accordo con Te ma rispetto il tuo punto di vista...grazie per il confronto...a presto..
AleBro83 2 years ago
E' ovvio che non dipende solo dall'acuto finale (il fatto è che pensavo di parlare con una persona di una certa cultura musicale e di una certa umiltà: errore mio); ripeto, questo era solo a prova del fatto che era più adatta a Kraus: mi spiego, se Bellini ha scritto due "re", tu li devi eseguire, altrimenti cambi a tuo piacimento l'opera e non mi sembra giusto. Se vuoi ti spiego tecnicamente e dettagliatamente perchè era più adatta a Kraus, ma qui non c'è lo spazio
Nemorino11 2 years ago
...e ho anche il dubbio che tu capiresti. Sull'altra questione, no, non è sempre così: ci sono "lirici" che hanno registri più estesi (o uguali) di alcuni "leggeri". Concludendo: forse ho capito perchè ti sei alterato (dandomi dell' incompetente), probabilmente sei uno di quei "fanatici" a cui accennavo nel primo commento...
Nemorino11 2 years ago
Nemorino nn fare il presuntuoso, mi piacerebbe parlare di persona perchè cosi è difficile sostenere un confronto..se spieg tranquillo ti capisco ma nn usare quesi toni, parliamo di LIRICA..ti ripeto gneralmente una voce leggera è più portata agli acuti intendevo questo, poi ci sono casi e casi ad esempio CORELLI un'estensione pazzesca...
AleBro83 2 years ago
Gorgeous and unforgettable
ian1856 2 years ago
impareggiabile ....
ghigo58 2 years ago
By the way, you all might want to the check out the young Spanish tenor Celso Albelo. He's got a lovely voice, very nice vocal expression, and an impressive vocal range. He reminds me of the young Pavarotti.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
loving the C#
supergluemanxx 2 years ago
Yes, this was obviously a studio recording because if it was live, the audience would have erupted at the end!
Milordvega 2 years ago 3
THE TRUEST HIGH C# EVER SUNG....the note is nailed right at its heart....absolute perfection.......there will never be another Pavarotti....others may try but onlu in vain.......
radiologist301 2 years ago
pav did a very good job here, but corelli was definitly better. corellis dramatic hihg voice was just ... godlike
stybboon 2 years ago
Corelli better at A te o cara?? I can't stand such nonsense!! In his rec. Corelli has not deep enough breath and roars in spite of singing elegantly... Not his repertoire nor his best at all!!
operamaniak81 2 years ago 4
you should not go where others know better and I mean other fans of Corelli who wouldn't dare to say what you have, because it is not true. Not even a question of taste, here just fact. Give Corelli Di Quella Pira and Nessun Dorma and he and Pav are equally brilliant, here PA V RULES!
laddnyc 2 years ago 2
musica leggera
amorevecchiarai 3 years ago
Musica leggera? Ha, ha ha. Di nuovo: tu non sai niente de lirica. Prima lessone: Pavaroti è il re de la lirica!
Pavarotti es el rey de la ópera!
Pavarotti est le roi de l'opéra!
Pavarotti is the king of opera!
dendrix01 3 years ago 2
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davidotama06 2 years ago
Se la pensi così (cioè Pavarotti re della lirica), ne capisci poco anche tu !!!!!
Nemorino11 2 years ago
perchè scusa Lciano non può essere considerato un re della lirica ??? fammi capire un pò ..
AleBro83 2 years ago
Ho cercato nei commenti a chi stavo rispondendo, non ho trovato, forse rispondevo a qualche fanatico di Pavarotti (sai uno di quelli per cui esiste solo un cantante...). Cmq Luciano è stato sicuramente uno dei più grandi, ci mancherebbe !!!!
Nemorino11 2 years ago
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davidotama06 2 years ago
Kraus nasale?????????????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
neronnenn 3 years ago
Indeed. Kraus sounded nasal, and he's gotten worse in his later years. But his singing was as excellent as it can get. Hence, his place among the Greats is well deserved. He was a top notch tenor.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
For tenors who sound nasal, check out Richard Tauber, Jan Peerce, Joseph Schmidt, and Helge Roswaenge. Nasal tenors tend to be German or from Central or Eastern Europe. I think it is a Germanic rather than Italian sound.
Samurai9 3 years ago
Pavarotti sounds Germanic?
Mooorhe 2 years ago
????? pavarotti has a germanic soud??? ahahahaahahhahh but are u drunk?? his voice, even if you don't like, is the perfect voice of an italian.... it's the italian sound!!!
davidotama06 2 years ago
Certo.
QUESTANOTTE88 2 years ago
Pavarotti did have a non italian diction if you ask me. The sound is Italian if you ask me.
Salvatore Fisichella said he thinks Pavarotti's diction is germanic.
ali1082 2 years ago
ya okok you tell what you want.... its not my opinion ... che stronzata
davidotama06 2 years ago
1) You're dutch. 2)Fisichella is Sicilian. Most Italian do not take Sicilians and the draw with which they speak Italian seriously -it's considered low level Italian. 3) Pavarotti is from the north -Modena (look it on the map). Fisichella commenting on Pava's drawl is like someone from Texas (yucky drawl) commenting on someone from the Northeast's drawl and alleging that it sounds British. You and Fisichella needs a clue.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Hi Theinquisitive4Ever. You make valid points.
I do want to say that I have been listening quite
some years to the great tenor voices. And although
I am not Italian, I do hear very clearly pavarotti's singing(diction) being different from lets say Gigli,Caruso, Lauri Volpi and other great tenors.
I agree with Fisichella.
By the way I am not Dutch. Why would you think that?
ali1082 2 years ago
Of course Pavarotti's diction is different than anyone else to whom you have listened. His diction in singing arias from the Italian repertoire very impeccable. His was second to none.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Wouldn't call it impeccable. I love pav but he's as self indulgent when it comes to diction as any other Italian Divo. He and Corelli were the worst. They are my 2 favorite tenors but they were not known for their diction
searnold56 2 years ago
actually pavarotti was known for his diction. any liberties he makes with the exact pronunciation of the word were purely for technical reasons which is why his tone quality is better throughout and his notes are cleaner and clearer than anyone elses. corelli was just sloppy. Pavarotti enunciates everysyllable. if you have ever seen how a speech pathologist chews their words and enunciates everything clear as crystal you would be able to hear it in pavarotti. few other tenors have his diction.
bigus 2 years ago 2
SeanArn-Go to your corner and don't speak until you can possibly make sense. I won't bother saying anything more as your comment is just stupid!
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Pavarotti's diction had alot in common with Caruso's, listen to the way they sing an 'eh' sound, both employ very forward placement and produce bright beautiful sound and connect them to the rest of the word. There was much alignment in this sense, their diction was similar.
Mooorhe 2 years ago
Grande!!! Bravo!!!
rameyattila 3 years ago
stupendo pavarotti!ma se criticate questa esecuzione,allora cosa dobbiamo dire degli attuali arturi?PAVAROTTI E' IL PIU' GRANDE!
ADGREDA 3 years ago 2
A beautiful quartet, well sung by all. thanks for posting it.
sandrajay1 3 years ago
an excellent, beautiful and perfect rendition!!
Vielflieger01 3 years ago
well...here it is - an amazing recording of luciano and his out-of-this-world voice.where is his break?...his tessitura(and not from Gypsy) is just a third higher than all other tenors!!!
maestromuffin 3 years ago
This is from the most perfect operatic recording ever made.
operaspark 3 years ago 2
STUPENDOUS!!!!!!!!!
OettingerCroat 3 years ago
La voz central de Pavarotti en esta grabación está dentro de la máscara, redonda y serena. Sólo que veo que la orquesta no danza junto al conjunto de voces. Yo le quitaría tanto volumen en esa parte para que el piano sea más claro. LA e del Do de Luciano, fue limpia, no empujada por la "j". Bravo!
filiodecallas 3 years ago
Hay muchos tenores increibles y yo creo que es algo de gustos. No hay que desmerecer a ninguno y creo que es una aberración comparar y decir que uno es mejor que otro. Mi favorito es Pavarotti, es increible... el Do# aqui le sale perfecto y con una fuerza, claridad y brillo magnificos.
ahijao 3 years ago
impresionante !!! pavarotti en su mejor momento !! la forma en que redondea y obscure su voz sin perder el brillo ni la colocacion haciendo un sonido completamente hermoso con todos los armonicos completamente libres y al frente sinonimo de completa relajacion de la garganta...!! impresionante!! el mejor !! tal vez kraus fue mas constante y lo interpreto mas veces en vivo... pero en belleza vocal, potencia y por lo menos en esta grabacion no hay nadie mejor que Luciano Bendito seas maestro!!!
mariomandini87 3 years ago 2
hola, siendo un completo inculto en este tema, me gustaría decir algo, creo que la magia de la opera es conseguir que un aria dificilisima, parezca al publico algo bello y facil, y estos dos genios lo conseguían. Para mi pavarotti y sutherlan, la mejor pareja de todos los tiempos, ambos completísimos
MUNCOSIN 3 years ago
sfido il mondo a trovare un'interpretazione migliore ....
AleBro83 3 years ago
He owns a lot to Sutherland (breathing technique etc.) and Bonynge. Stunning Sutherland, as always...
64marc64 3 years ago
WOW! Pavorotti singing at his best.
zbluetunes 3 years ago 2
I love Libro07's review! "Insanely musical" - SO well put! He WAS this, in addition to all the other unbelievable & great attributes of Luciano's & the others' performances here. Just fabulous!! Thank U, Strawmonkey (:
oakroom48 3 years ago 2
LOL! :P
My pleasure
strawmonkey22 3 years ago
Sencillamente la Sutherland era perfecta...
tenorspinto 3 years ago
No-one has evern sung a better Arturo than Maestro Luciano Pavarotti.
Mooorhe 3 years ago 6
moorhe what kind of research you did to say that Pavarotti was the best Arturo in Puritani?
I am pretty sure he never sung the score as it is written and sung many notes in Falsetone.
I am a Pavarotti fan, but Kraus was able to sing Puritani without transpose it and other Spanish tenor with the Ds and F was Hipolito Lazaro, in chest!!
ilbacioditosca 3 years ago 3
I simply listened to Pavarotti's Arturo to conclude his was better than the others'. He transposed it to miss the Ds in act III, there's much more to the role than just the high notes you know... doesn't bother me in the slightest that he transposed to miss the Ds.
Mooorhe 3 years ago
Yes Kraus sang the role without transpose it.He was the best Arturo ever.He had impecable style and musicality.Also Gedda sang the role untransposed.
quis178 3 years ago 3
Kraus also sounded as nasal as he always was, especially in that role while producing the high notes. It was flawless all right but not excessively pleasant with that nasality.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
He was never nasal,he had a masky resonance.There is a certain dryness in the tone in his studio recordings that was not present in the house,not even in pirate recordings.
quis178 3 years ago
I do know that. The masky resonance comes across nasal unless you're deaf or preconditioned to accept that sound as not nasal.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
That's ridiculous.The masky resonance has nothing to do with nasality.Have you ever heard Schmidt or Fleta or even Gedda?They also had masky resonance, it's a part of Garcia's technique.
quis178 3 years ago
I did not say Kraus' technique alone made him sound nasal, but said he sounded as such. Clearly, he never sounded sound as crystal clear and as resonant as Pavarotti, although his singing was virtually picture perfect.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Well Kraus was in a class of his own.He didn't have the most beautiful voice but it doesn't matter since he sang with such artisty and elegance.Besides,beauty is highly subjective.Personaly, I prefer round and velvety voices like the voice of young di Stefano and Bergonzi than trumpet and metallic voices like the one of Pavarotti. Kraus didn't sound nasal at all in the theater,recordings do not do him justice.
quis178 3 years ago
Quis-Which part of my statement did you not understand I wonder?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
This is a vast and delicate subject.
Yet I am convinced that the nasal sound as such, has nothing to do with the "mask or no mask" but is a sound where the sinuses are closed. Even children when they want to make a joke of a nasal sound they close their nose sinuses with their hand.
None of the singers mentioned here were ever nasal or they would instantly lose their gigantic career. Everybody sings in the Mask. It is what you do with the air-flow on your vocal cords that makes the difference!
CONTESTAR 3 years ago
You sound nasal !!!!! Don't say stupid words, please !! Kraus sound perfect !! Everyone should learn by Kraus.
Nemorino11 2 years ago
Nemorino-I cannot help if you are you're tone deaf. Kraus sung picture perfect but he sounded nasal and it has gotten worse as he got older. Now go to your corner and stop barking.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
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It is you who is tone deaf and stupid not I. I probably knew about Kraus well before you daddy shagged your poor excuse of a mother while she was ovulating. Go get your ears checked and talk to a few knowledgeable people in the opera world if you know any which I highly doubt. Kraus' nasality got even worse, his vibrato (which wasn't very impressive but still good) got even slower as his age progressed.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Oh, Thelnquisitive4ever, ok, you defined yourself, you need to insult and this is the proof that you don't understand nothing about singing; I shouldn't even answer to you, poor man! And I'm not answering to you at all and please don't take up this page with your stupid things !!!
Nemorino11 2 years ago 2
Insult? I was citing mere facts the way I see it. Read the utter nonsense you have been posting before your further comment. Go get your ears checked.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Actually the masking technique he use can hardly be considered the best technique for vocal production. Where on earth are you getting your education I wonder?
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Singing in the mask is always something every tenor wants to do... for at least some instances, and in this I think your wrong. But mask technique, as it is taught by many teachers is not always the best approach. There are a lot of ways to place the voice in the mask that use very flawed technique, so teaching mask placement as the end-all-be-all is likely to produce poor technique in a beginner. Many fundamental placement issues must be addressed before the voice naturally moves into the mask.
tenor185 2 years ago
The idea is to sound very pleasant. And the C# you hear here is excellent; masterfully produced, superbly held. I'd take it over a "thin" D any day. Try to listen to the entire opera and you will see that Moorhe is correct with his assessment. Pavarotti's voice is pure, expressive, piercing, and crystal clear.
TheInquisitive4Ever 2 years ago
Certo....Io penso come te...I thin'k the same...
QUESTANOTTE88 2 years ago
only the aria because he never sung the complete role without transpose it.
What counts is how many times he sung it in the written pitch. Do you know how many times Pavarotti or Kraus sung Puritani onstage?
ilbacioditosca 3 years ago 3
PURE PAVAROTTI PERFECTION!!!!!
MANHATTANBEEFMAN 3 years ago 4
... no comment ... perfezione!
falena1947 3 years ago 8
This is Pavarotti in one of the groundbreaking Bonynge/Sutherland collaborations (with a strong Ghiaurov in the background), caught in absolutely fabulous voice - this was recored between May and July 1973, and there is little, if anything, that can rival the Pavarotti of the early 1970s. Unbelievably disciplined, insanely musical, supernaturally beautiful, sustained, and entirely unforced singing. Perfection. He brought out the best in Sutherland too - a dream couple of opera indeed.
libro07 3 years ago 15
Pavarotti is so beautiful, will there ever be another to equal him? The fantastic voice, the wonderful personality and showmanship. Generous to a fault, always ready and willing to help others especially young singers......Takes a BIG heart to be Pavarotti.
marcherst 3 years ago 6
After such singing there is no reason for anyone to ever sing again....perfection was achieved...it has all been done and done to perfection....this cannot be ever done better. Absolute perfection....any other attempts are in vain and are destined to be inferior....
radiologist301 3 years ago 4
great Pavarotti
girardje70 3 years ago 3
thank you very much for posting this beautiful clip, this is wonderful, the combination of the voices, especially of luciano pavarotti and joan sutherland, amazing. and the high c, is unbelievable, so beautiful. i love you luciano.
loveluciano1 3 years ago 4
The most beautiful C sharp. Is the sun shining!
NEMORINO1976 3 years ago 4
the high note is c sharp. its mean half note upper than c natural. this aria its really beatiful and very difficult.
azivan 3 years ago 3
increible ... asombroso... hermoso... es impresionante el sonido tan brillante que tenia pavarotti el legato, los agudos, la forma tan armonica en la que cubre el sonido... woww.... para mi el mejor tenor del siglo xx
mariomandini87 3 years ago 3
OMG!!! No one has this beautiful legato in this horrendously difficult aria!!!
fabiantenor 3 years ago
oh my god...perfect free C
dobakattila23 3 years ago 2