Sutherland & Pavarotti in Rigoletto III (Finale)

[Crobertn]

R.I.P Dame Joan, always on my mind.

[victoriusBP]

Gilda!! Mia Gilda! É Morta!

R.I.P Dame Joan Sutherland!!! :((

[Heldenbariton1]

Seine Stimme klingt schlecht!

[A7madeus]

Nucci is not my favorite Rigoletto, - Milnes is - but he is certainly one of the best. and he is definitely my favorite Iago . I listened to his both recordings( when he was young with Pavarotti and Solti, and the late one with domingo and Muti form la scala, he is always on the top)

but the miracle in this video as i believe is Dame Sutherland makes us have tears everytime we watch the video and forgetting that she was 61 years old !! how could she convince us that she is an 18 year -old girl !

[operafan64]

I don't know why he is so under appreciated and rarely named with the greats. I do know he is a beloved star at La Scala. They had a gala concert in honor of his 30th anniversary there, about 4 years ago. He sang baritone arias from just about every opera he ever sung there, and sounded amazing. The audience was in a frenzy. The whole thing is posted here on youtube. I hope he comes to the Met one last time before he retires. He still sounds great, and not just for his age. Just great period!

[operafan64]

I know people will disagree, and that for whatever reason Nucci has his critics, but for my money he is the best Rigoletto ever, as well as one of the all time great Verdi baritones, right up there with Warren, Merrill, Milnes, etc. I find every performance thrilling, with a dramtic intensity that puts many of today's leading baritones to shame. He was in the very first opera I ever attended (Traviata), 25 years ago, and he has been my favorite baritone ever since.

[Hako2004]

@Cramnella

I took my niece to her first opera this year....Rigoletto. She loved it and couldn't stop talking about it for days. She can't wait for the next evening at the opera.....so there is hope that a new wave of opera fans is emerging.

[npundarikdossin]

@Hako2004 That is a great one to start with. My first opera was a 17 year old was "La Boheme" and that one was a bit slow moving. Those who like opera won't like each one (I'm not a Wagner fan myself)... hopefully your niece will find a genre/composer that she really loves!

[trendyyy]

better check Nicolae Herlea in Rigolleto- one of th ebest !

[MrBigmelo]

This is the proof that even a "buffone" has an heart thet bleeds with the tragic death of his daughter ... povere misero buffone Rigoletto ... Io sono in pianto

Bravo, bravo Leo Nucci ...

[kywyroxy]

woow...amazing! :)

[shtetle]

Magnifique!!!!

[AphroditeEros33]

♡☆♡ Bravo!!! Magnificent!!! R.I.P.---Joan & Luciano. Your beautiful vocals will live forever in us. Thank you so much for posting & sharing this superb clip.☆♡☆

[sunnylillu]

Im sure SHE LA STUPENDA has joined her mother in Heaven

[leprincebeaumont]

E poi qualcuno dice che la Sutherland era 'solo' una grandissima cantante... Io qui vedo non solo la grande cantante (63 anni e cantare così è miracoloso), ma anche una interprete commovente. Fantastica!

[IVIG77]

spiacenti deludervi....ma Rigoletto per antonomasia resta sempre il grandissimo CARLO GALEFFI...regna sovrano su tutti...

[emilytransex]

QUANTA INVIDIA NEI VOSTRI COMMENTI....LEO NUCCI E' RIGOLETTO X VOCE E PRESENZA SCENICA! L'UNICO DEGNO DI INTERPRETARE QUESTO PERSONAGGIO MERAVIGLIOSO.LA SUTHERLAND DIVINA COME SEMPRE..!

[superjanritono]

oh my god his daughter!!!!! looks like her grandmother hahahahahaha..... :S

[Hako2004]

Bravo Sutherland and Nucci.

[lamsalgado]

Magnificent Nucci!

[anacoreta68]

que grande Verdi que música por dios la nota en el lugar justo

[ElisabettaVS]

Why it says Pavarotti in the title?

Very good performance anyway.

[vilabreze]

I believe Pavarotti was the Duke, probably that's why the oversight in the title. Leo Nucci excellent as always!

[ElisabettaVS]

Agreed : )

[bluetagg]

Saw Nucci earlier in the year at Covent Garden - good performance despite him turning to the audience for applause when he felt like it!

[vilabreze]

To bluetagg:

Leo Nucci is so great that he deserves every applause he's ever gotten and will get!

[Mooorhe]

@bluetagg

[rossmcl177]

This is just amazing. Id never seen it before. thanks somuch for posting. Im off to amazon to see if I can buy the dvd. 8=))

[asiatennis]

OMG.....thanks a lot for posting this video. so great.

[melomane57]

Superbi........

[Musiclover10989]

gives me freaking chills!!!

[leprincebeaumont]

Emozionante ascoltare la Sutherland a sessantun anni: la vocalista è sempre stellare e l'interprete è magnifica, commoventissima!

[Phamton89]

wao que final tan dramático y emocionante , me encanta el final de esta ópera

[villnoess]

Da brividi. Questo finale mi commuove sempre...insieme a quello di Tosca, mi smuove sempre le lacrime...grandi interpreti, ma soprattutto GRANDISSIMO VERDI!

[baritonedimitrov]

Leo Nucci my favorit Baritone;)

[ahmad123987]

Leo Nucci is amazing, he is probably the best baritone i have ever heard

[ghigno992]

Leo Nucci is simply wonderful!

[Pennywisea]

This is so badass! apart from La Boheme, Rigoletto is one of Pavarotti and Sutherland's best!

[vilabreze]

Leo Nucci is officially recognized as the best singing Rigoletto--that is, the best Rigoletto who's singing at the moment. Furthermore, he's recognized as a definitive Rigoletto (just like Tito Gobbi was). Nucci is a fantastic singer and a great actor, and he just sang "Si, vendetta" on 3 encores in Piacenza and at least 1 encore just a month ago in Parma. He's 66, he's singing and may God grant him many more years of such a great voice.

[kleinBion]

Cornell McNeil was a very good Rigoletto too and IVgmar Wixell

[Jitpring]

Nucci is among my favorites, but I must ask: who has given this "official" recognition?

[vilabreze]

The official recognition has been given to Leo Nuci by the opera admirers and the opera critique. Read the reviews, they're glowing every time he performs. He was called for and gave 3 encores in Piacenza a year ago (in one evening) and an encore on the premiere in Parma last October, and the audience and the critics went wild. Doesn't get much more official than that, does it.

[Jitpring]

Actually, the recognition you speak of isn't official at all. Here's an example of official recognition:

King Louis XIV: "Lully, you're the best. You're my court composer."

In any case, I agree with you about Nucci. He's wonderful! Search for this here on youtube:

Leo Nucci.Rigoletto.Anniversary 400.Part 1

Also see him in the 1994 Covent Garden DVD of La Traviata w/ Gheorghiu. Sublime!

[gomongio]

I really like his Rigoletto and I like him as a singer, but definitely he's not one of the best ever.

[Iareto]

That's harsh. I think he's great.  I mean, Merrill is still my favorite Rigoletto, but Nucci is wonderful!

[bmatt05]

there is an obvious reason he is sang at the met. further more there is a reason he is still signing at the professional level at the age of 65...and singing really well...so his technique must not be a detriment to the vocal health...he made it big for a reason...his BIG talent. no question

[ahmad123987]

i like hi even more then Merill i have to say

[maggeo78]

Nucci is surly the best Rigoletto...

[Cramnella]

As I sit here with tears streaming down my cheeks, sweat beading on my forehead, and hair standing on end from head to toe; having watched this clip a thousand times before in the last 22 years it occurred to me that the majority of our brothers and sisters consider opera to be boring. I pity them.

[emma41093]

@Cramnella I do to, but I've converted one of my friends :)

[liszt91]

La Sutherland è la migliore soprano in assoluto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[leonelfran]

One of the greatest baritones of our times. How he can approach with so much power, energy..... and such a good taste..... That A, G# at the end... what can i say.... A baritone ritching that hi note with so much class and power. UNique, Unico, bello, magnifico, que mas se puede decir. (sorry for my english) (hope this time the comment get post)

[Persseraisk]

I wish I lived at these times and days to listen these great masters singing.

This is astonishing!

[withell1]

Where could I get a recording of this from? There is basically the best opera soprano, baritone and tenor of the last 50 years in one magnificent production. Can anyone blame a baritone trying to sing those last notes higher? And Nucci does it very well.

[enantiodrom]

bisogna dire che la Sutherland sembra la nonna di Rigoletto. Poveretta la natura non l'ha dotata di un bellissimo viso.

[Jabe88]

hahaha

[enantiodrom]

Contento che ridi con me....ahah. Suprema aritista.

[tebza84]

leo nucci forever!

[zurriuss]

Oh, I hear a voice of prompter dictanting.

This video is amazing. I see the biggest opera stars in one opera. It's a miracle. People who gave a second life to opera!

Thank you for this video.

[abanaghila]

Awesome voice Nucci, but... there is to correct title... not Pavarotti in this scene but NUCCI!:)))

[davcos22]

Wow, incredible performance, Leo is great, absolutely great.

[zakar67]

Sembra che abbia l'asma! Povero Melodramma!

[snooppuggypug]

Bravo Nucci.

[oafishlout]

I was blessed to be at the met for a performance with sutherland, nucci, pavarotti, and milnes...(family circle balcony, stage left unfortunately...)...I could be wrong about nucci, however I do not believe I could mistake his voice... I'm 45 now and shall never forget the impact...of the entire scene...anyway...thanks.

[jamesgeist]

Is this the same staging that is used at the Met today?

Wonderful video!

[operachad]

Of the over 20 performances I've seen at the Met, Leo Nucci's Rigoletto was by far the best. He threw himself into the role and was fantastic

[Hako2004]

The performance was January of 1987. Sutherland was just into her sixties. An amazing voice to the end.

[jayboytheplayboy]

No small wonder the Duke tosses Gilda aside for Maddalena. Who is she?

[leonelfran]

she is the sister of scarafuccile

[jayboytheplayboy]

It's Sparafucile, not Scarafuccile; and I meant the mezzo soprano's name you dumbass.

"Sutherland & Pavarotti in Rigoletto I"

[leonelfran]

FUCK YOU, just trying to help you. Faggot

[jayboytheplayboy]

In testa che avete, signore Dumbass?

Ei sbuffa! vedete? Ha, ha, ha!

[jayboytheplayboy]

Got it, Isola Jones

[Mooorhe]

@jayboytheplayboy

[nikolaimedtner]

thanks for this

[zurriuss]

I listenned some other ends of Rigoletto and none of the barritones hit that high final note. This video and this duet is amazing and great piece of work!

[Enterhase]

Actually, that "high final note" isn't high at all. But most baritones try to make it higher than it is.

[Richiesutherland]

The original sequence of the final three notes is: Fb, Eb, Db. The "tradition" is to sing some variation on this: Ab, B double-flat (high A), Ab, Db. This is VERY high in the baritone voice, and lots of Rigolettos come to grief when the attempt it. Milnes, though not my favorite Rigoletto, went the highest anyone has. He sang Ab, Cb (high B natural!), B double-flat (A natural), Ab and Db.

[Enterhase]

I couldn't believe what I was hearing when I listened to the Milnes version. Amazing, isn't it?

Thanks for the precise facts ;)

[raigekimaru]

it's true Sherill Milnes OWNS this aria!!

[jayboytheplayboy]

Although very impressive to hear, Milnes sang the B natural in a recording studio.

[leonelfran]

so, that make him better? The hi note? Why you people keep watching singing like an olympic sport, 100 m competition... thats not singing, its not about NOTES. ITS NOT ABOUT NOTES, ITS NOT ABOUT NOTES. Its never too late to learn.... never to late.

[Hako2004]

@Enterhase

It sounds like he touches the A..... high for baritones....extremely high for bass-baritone, and impossible for bass.

[operaguyny]

I have to say, if this is in the 80's she sounds GREAT. Man oh man can she sing.

My favorite Rigoletto is Milnes, somewhere there is a live recording of Sutherland, Pavarotti, and Milnes in the early 70's, talk about vocal fireworks!! Pav sings to a D, Milnes to a b-flat, and Joan take every optional high ending. It's amazing!!!

[josiahgulden]

That poor man is working SO hard... it looks like he's about to have a stroke on "ah! la maladizione"... distended throat, retracted tongue, curled lips... the sound is beautiful, but it's a miracle he is still singing with a technique like that!

[montoyapaulo]

Of course he looks like he's about to have a stroke! His only daughter, the only positive part of his wretched life has just died, thanks to a plan he set in motion and went horribly awry! This is the culmination of the work: the curse plays itself out! On top of that, it's a very difficult high note for any baritone demand extreme effort and concentration, you wouldn't expect him to do it with a jolly smile on his face!

[sanvocals]

Could you please upload a video of yourself singing this part (if u r a baritone) and show LEO NUCI how to do it plis?...Im Sure he will apreciate it. Im sure you are a great baritone with a beatiful and gigantic La b (A b) ... Bet you are a student! You are suffering "the age of criticism"...dont worry! it will pass when "the ager of realised you dont know anything" arrives.

[sanvocals]

and thats the time you will enjoy and learn the most my dear friend. Sorry for my english.

[josiahgulden]

I'm not saying he's a bad singer, I'm simply saying that he's lucky he hasn't hurt himself. The man must have steel vocal folds... to me, this is screaming. I think Warren, Bastianini, Cappuccilli and Milnes all display a much healthier and more pleasing balance between product and process.

And yes, I am a student, and if Rigoletto's in my rep in 15 years I'll be glad to let you hear it.

[sanvocals]

You named some great singers!!!...so...relax and enjoy Leo Nuci as well! ... hope u sing a great Rigoletto some day! ;)

[hightenor123]

No, its not a miracle. Lots of unique, non-traditional techniques have made long careers because they can breathe and support. He is singing to this very day, at a very high quality.

[leonelfran]

So much ignorance........ amazing......... One of the greatest baritones of our times. Hope you improve your music apretiation. (sorry for my english)

[barmanjoe]

Appart from the great singing and acting techniques, which Dame Joan possessed to a certain extent, I simply don't see how a daughter can look exactly the same age as the father lol

[ekhangel]

Indeed... not really realistic... the daughter should have really old look, and the father really young look -.-

[leonelfran]

Man, in those years people had sons at the age of 10

[SergioOliver]

Sutherland lo hace perfecto, la soprano que interprete esta parte debe mostrarse débil y enclenque porque Gilda se está muriendo. Aunque muchas sopranos lo exageren para lucirse, y ese no es el modo indicado. Una moribunda es una moribunda.

[Elgati07]

Realmete este video es algo para eyacular. Muy bueno la señora Sutherland para actuar tiene menos onda que un zapallo, pero las voces estan muy bien y yo personalmente amo al señor Nucci

[acitipo]

jajajaja

me gusto muchisimo tu opinion

debes ser super divertido.

[Elgati07]

Lo soy :D

[Jabe88]

this is awesome