as far as i'm aware this was his last televised prerormance and at 1.37. i kinda knew that it was his final moment i would hate to call him a singer but he really hqas the lungs to create the legend that he is
Lipsynching, pre-recording is OK when you are accomplished and a master. He doesn't have to prove anything when he is donating what could be his last performance to his homeland. It's the teenie bopper one hit wonders that lipsynch because they actually can't sing that is when it is a crime
Nessun Dorma is NOT BY Pavarotti. Nessun Dorma is the famous aria BY Puccini (from the opera Turandot).
Pavarotti, although a great and accomplished singer, is just one of thousands of tenors who have sung this aria BY Puccini. Claiming a song is by a singer instead of the actual creator of the music is like claiming some actor actually writes the dialogue in the Shakespearean play he is actiing in.
Unfortunately I barely "discovered" Pavarotti. I wish I could have become a fan before his death. I remember when I was younger, he and 2 other singers did the Three Tenors. Being that I was in high school I thought it was all "crap" music but little did I realize the true artistry which is Pavarotti.
No matter what it was, the result is astonishing! Even if it was lip-synched, doesn't diminish the expressive pathos at all! The Maesto always used to sing from the depths of his heart and soul! Even a lip-synched rendition of his lacks no genuineness!
It was lip-synch, but recorded live a week or so earlier. He didn't want to sing at -6ºC! AND he had pancreatic cancer. Regardless, it is a very touching performance.
From Wikipedia? Next time back your information up with something that is not editable anyone. What makes Pavoratti great is how much of his heart he shows through singing.
From wikipedia: "Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded weeks earlier.[18] "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," he wrote."
The weather was too cold for anyone to sing well and this is why he had turned down the Olympic Committee. They suggested he pre-record it the day before, inside and then play it for the opening ceremony.
saw tthis opening ceremony live on TV in england, and sry but oh my... i saw the curtains open, i thought it cudn't be the most reconized song in the world, still i love this video, is there any video of the curtains opening for luciano himself at this event though ?
Thank You for this Inspirational Performance. I think I might take up Opera singing to Honor the Mediterranian People. Hopefully Pavoratti has some Offspring who can carry on his family name, although PaPa Luciano will be a tough act to follow! LOL! Encore! Encore! Encore!
Well who's to say one way or the other. If it is or not. If you look to his face you can see the love on his face where he sang his heart out, and the people returned the love to him at the end. He will be remembered for his great music that he gave the world and the joy that he gave. I hold him in my heart as one of the best. I can't hold this against him due to what he died from, but to what last foot print he left behind. God bless him, and hold him forever and may he RIP
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This was most certainly lip-synched, hate to say. And no, "Wiki" is not the source for this--his own long-time accompanist Leone Magiera admitted this after Luciano passed away. He's the guy "conducting" the orchestra that's "playing" while Pavarotti "sings." Staged. Every bit of it. And transposed down from the original key. A sad end to a great career.
I think if he WAS lip-syncing it is totally understandable. Opera singng requiers the voice to be in top-top condition to be able to sing with the quality Pavarotti did; in Turin at that time, the cold would not have allow him to produce a good quality performance. Consider all the lesser singer who lip-sync every day, I think we can certainly forgive Pavarotti this once.
Of for fucks sake - he recorded it live shortly beforehand, after already turning the opportunity down due to very cold temperatures. I think he proved able to sing this many times during his career, and transposing down half a step at 70 when you have pancreatic cancer, is hardly that much of a sin - Domingo would never have had a career without transposition.
Very touching moment, in my book, so blow it out your arse....
muy emotiva interpretacion de este maravilloso tema que pavarotti amara bastante y asi estando delicado le demostro al mundo que aun puede cantar y deleitar a su publico desde la escala social como a la mas alta y con su voz me cautivo a mi y me he convertido en un fiel admirador de su arte y expresion de la opera GRANDE LUCIANO PAVAROTTI DESDE PERU TU GRAN ADMIRADOR VLADIMIR
je suis en larmes, c'est tout simplement bouleversant! oh Mon Dieu! quel grand Homme! quel grand Artiste! et quelle EMOTION dans son interprétation!! MAGNIFIQUE!!! merci beaucoup pour cette video.
It' so sad, brings tears to my eyes. If you watch his actions at 1:40 and at the end of the piece, it's like he knew this would be his last performance on this earth. Especially at 1:40, you can see the emotion. Tonight Big Pav performs for the angels and God!
It was recorded the day before, and then that was played over the soundsystem. The strings still played and he sung... but what everyone heard was the recording. ok?
you know what, i don't care if he was lip synching, i am particularly skeptical however. All in all, his performance will be remembered here and in the cosmos
They say 20th century opera is not popular but NESSUN DORMA from Puccinis Turandot ( written in 1924 ) is the most watched tune in YOUTUBE ! Check 24 operas from 24 different composers in my play list 20th century opera ( including ARIA DEL CIRUJANO as a world premiere for YOUTUBE ) and see for yourself !
Not only did he lypsinc, but the whole orchestra was "lyp-playing" because the strings would not hold their tune in sub-zero temperatures. Nevertheless, great performance!
Quel homme, quel majestuosité, ça me laisse sans voix, mais pas sans frissons. Bravo maestro, mille regrets de ne pas avoir eu la chance de vous voir en concert.
Maestro, ci sentiamo la vostra assenza qui nel mondo operatica, nel monda della lirica, ed anche nel mondo dell'umanita da tutto che facevi per noi, grazie, e ci stai mancando
"The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," he wrote. Pavarotti's manager, Terri Robson, said that the tenor had turned the Winter "Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the sub-zero conditions of Turin in February. The committee eventually persuaded him to take part by pre-recording the song." He did what he had to, too cold
I live in Torino and I love Pavarotti, that evening I was crying listening at this music...simply the best, pure emotion!!! grazie Luciano, ci mancherai!!
Satchel Paige once said "it ain't braggin' if you can do it". Just look at his expression at the end. He KNOWS just how good he is and I, for one, am not gonna argue with him.
Now...just imagine...if the music sounds this magnificent here on earth, what's it going to be like when we stand before God the Father, the source of all beauty. Thank you, my Lord Jesus, for giving us a living hope in the Resurrection from the dead.
It's almost as though I never heard music until just now. It's just so beautiful. If only he were alive I would thank him on my knees for the most beautiful and most moving performance I'm sure there will ever be. What I wouldn't give just to be able to shake his hand. No one could ever understand what he has done just for me. He's saved me...
At the very end at 2:18 you can see he knows that it is his fina; performance and he is just soaking it all in. WOW!! Such passion!! If a man could go back in time for just one day, I might very well go back to this day and attend that final performance. I can't think of anything else that might be more worthy. We are so lucky to have heard this man's astonishing voice...
This song is so full of emotion, my favorite thing to do is when he hits the final Crescendo to turn it up my computer really loud, close my eyes, and float ontop of the music notes. He truly is a God of Music!
Taljd2 does not know this song well. This is obviously not lip sync. The power of his voice had be decreased, but this version is very moving, touching, and showing the process of struggling among a man, his destiny, and god. Pavarotti knows the music even better than he did in younger ages...
Pavoritti was such a lovely man in spirit. I think maybe God cried as he went out doing his best. He had sung to heaven so many times. Yes the video makes me want to cry. Let his greatness never be forgotten.
This video always makes me cry... thinking of him dying in a few days... lipsync or not, he was the gratest tenor in the world (and anyway he actually sang that song, it wasn't a computer modified version of his voice... i mean, he wasn't like britney or madonna, he was a real singer, so who cares if THAT day, when he was dying due to a cancer, he didn't sing for real...)
Your comments were very touching. He certainly wasn't in the same class as Britney or Madonna...but just to clear up one small point about the day of his death: this performance was recorded Feb. 26, 2006. He didn't die until Sept. 6, 2007. He's certainly missed, isn't he?
I know you guys don't like the idea of him lip syncing but unfortunately he did on this performance and this was the only one. It was proven a few days after. He was dying of cancer so his beautiful voice just could not go on much longer.
Jesus the poor guy was getting sick give him a break. It was an amazing opportunity to be in Torino and I think people should just shut up about it. Having just Pavarotti there is probably the most amazing thing that I have ever seen.
Yes, unfortunately it was lip-synced and the orchestra was faking it as well. It was a good fake, it fooled me... even moreso than the Yo Yo Ma/Perlman performance at the Obama Inauguration. That sounded to perfect to be true.
I am privileged enough to have shared the stage with Pavarotti once as an orchestra musician. It was a wonderful experience.
lip sync or not the point is the maestro knew the show must go on i would like 2 see any1 else do anything else in the dire physical condition that man was in pancreatic cancer is no joke the fact that he was able 2 perform at all is a testament to the mans love of the show for his fans his family his friends let us stop this discussion of did he lip sync or not thats not the point god bless u bello luciano
I agree.........but I will always believe this was live!!!! To me it will always be Pavarotti's last performance. He is now in GOD's hand and singing with the angels. I hope one day I will be there too. Let's all try to live a better life so that we will enjoy Pavarotti's talent in person. R.I.P.
IT COULD NOT HAVE been lip synced because some of the notes he had to tone down because of his cancer 2:15, nontheless, the greatest opera singer ever : R.I.P PAVAROTTI
Pavarotti did not lip sync. If he were to lip sync then why would it be sung a few keys lower. Why not just have it the original key?? There is no question. It is not lip synced
Even if he did lip sync this, at least we all know that he did have a magnificent voice. He probably needed to give his voice a rest, considering that he's not as young as he used to be...
Yeah , wikipedia said he did lip synch Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded 2 weeks earlier "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the sub-zero conditions of Turin in February
Just a hint, it's not always the best idea to quote wikipedia. It's too unreliable - and all of this talk is detracting from Pavarotti's incredible last performance. Let sleeping dogs lie.
October 12 - Happy Birthday Maestro. 73 years ago today the world was blessed with the most beautiful voice ever heard. Thank you for all the joy you brought into our lives.
You are loved and missed, dear one - but never forgotten.
lip synced.......that's bull... This was his last performance in Italy.... You really think he would lip sync Nessun Dorma at his last performance. You are mistaken my friend...very mistaken
Nessun Dorma means none shall sleep. It is from the Opera Turandot. The prince fell in love with the cold princess, and has answered her riddles so she must marry him, even though she doesn't want to. He says that if she can find out his name by dawn, she can kill him. She orders her subjects to search all night to find his name. The prince sings about how none will sleep and they won't find out til after dawn and so he will win (he sings vincero and the end, which means I will win)
It was prerecorded and there's not a damn thing wrong with that. Pavoratti was pretending to sing, the orchestra was pretending to play. It was his ghost swan song.
I refuse to believe it was pre recorded because you can see the steam coming out of his mouth and the vibrations on his tongue match perfectly..... and anyway he had cancer so it must have been bloody hard to sing full stop I so if he did pre record it... so cut him some fukin slack
I just can't believe he lip-synched it..sorry...Just because Leone Maggioro says so means it's true? Bill Clinton said he wasn't having sexual relations but he sure as hell was...I think it was his way of getting a final shot at the maestro or something...Call me ignorant, but I refuse to believe it
Sad, but true, it was prerecorded: "Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded weeks earlier". Understandably, with the failing health and minus zero weather. But the whole significance remains...
this was so sad. he looked like he knew it was gonna be his last time ever performing Nessun Dorma. Everytime I see him sing this, i am so incredibly moved. RIP.
Im starting to doubt that this was prerecorded at all.Look closely and youll see cold breath coming out of his mouth relative to the amount of breath he would use if he were actually singing.Why would he do that if he was lip-synching? Look even closer and you see that the phrasing totally matches his mouth movements.Nessun Dorma is a very very difficult song to mime to let alone sing.I dont think he mimed this at all regardless of what Leone Maggioro has said.
The emotion in 1:40-1:48 makes the whole thing magical, or moreso. This brings tears to my eyes, and i'm not exactly the opera crowd. A fingerpicker from Kentucky lol. Amazing, doesn't matter when he recorded it...look at the effect it had on everyone. Look at the effect it has coming from a bad quality YouTube video!!
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Whats with this giving ppl goosebumps? I mean what the hell how would this give you goosebumps? I don't get how an amazing tenor would give someone goosebumps? No offense or anything, but would someone plz explain how it would give you goosebumps?
Excuse the rude people who cant answer a simple question. People get goosebumps for a number of reason, one of these reasons are emotional situations. As you sould know, this is the last performance Pavarotti ever gave before he died of cancer. Peopl
UNA VOCE DA BRIVIDO!!!!! UNICA!!!!!!
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how on earth a 70 year could still have the lungs to do that, pre recorded in a room or not, confuses me.
WoWeuklara 4 months ago
Aw at 1.44 he just has a really sad look on his face like he knew it was going to be his last performance. RIP <3
youDISSAPOINTme 1 year ago 2
@youDISSAPOINTme :(
cearahjones 10 months ago
as far as i'm aware this was his last televised prerormance and at 1.37. i kinda knew that it was his final moment i would hate to call him a singer but he really hqas the lungs to create the legend that he is
benzzuk1 1 year ago
Lipsynching, pre-recording is OK when you are accomplished and a master. He doesn't have to prove anything when he is donating what could be his last performance to his homeland. It's the teenie bopper one hit wonders that lipsynch because they actually can't sing that is when it is a crime
phunkyfeelone 1 year ago 2
torino will always be the greatest winter olympics... vancouver was great... but there wasnt pavarotti.. R.I.P big guy
CallOfDutyAustralia 1 year ago
With thanks to the NOS (the Dutch equivalent of the BBC).
Boerenfox 2 years ago
MAGIC!!!,,,,if USA have the OS-they have britta spears etc etc........THIS is musico!!!!!!!!
mickelarzon 2 years ago 3
Nessun Dorma is NOT BY Pavarotti. Nessun Dorma is the famous aria BY Puccini (from the opera Turandot).
Pavarotti, although a great and accomplished singer, is just one of thousands of tenors who have sung this aria BY Puccini. Claiming a song is by a singer instead of the actual creator of the music is like claiming some actor actually writes the dialogue in the Shakespearean play he is actiing in.
UNMIRED 2 years ago
@UNMIRED Obviously they meant that it is being sung by Pavarotti, not that he wrote it. Wording something the wrong way is not a crime.
saphirablack 1 year ago
@UNMIRED o for god's sake get a life and just shut up. no one cares
riffmeister76 1 year ago
simply amazing
markholm1 2 years ago 2
What a beautiful voice.
Greatly miss his performance.
Hays6367 2 years ago 2
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grande voce
ma sensibilità interpretativa
da maiale qual è
cocolone5 2 years ago
Unfortunately I barely "discovered" Pavarotti. I wish I could have become a fan before his death. I remember when I was younger, he and 2 other singers did the Three Tenors. Being that I was in high school I thought it was all "crap" music but little did I realize the true artistry which is Pavarotti.
MujerWOW 2 years ago 4
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Lip- synch
forzared101 2 years ago
No matter what it was, the result is astonishing! Even if it was lip-synched, doesn't diminish the expressive pathos at all! The Maesto always used to sing from the depths of his heart and soul! Even a lip-synched rendition of his lacks no genuineness!
aristophron 2 years ago 10
are you serious??????? lip-sync??? this is Pavarotti not Ashley Simpson
soptamer 2 years ago 3
as much as people are giving this the thumbs down, he is right....but still its pretty good
mellerton9 2 years ago
It was lip-synch, but recorded live a week or so earlier. He didn't want to sing at -6ºC! AND he had pancreatic cancer. Regardless, it is a very touching performance.
colino72 2 years ago
...VINCERO!!!
aristophron 2 years ago
only listen luciano pavarotti sing nessun dorma got that feeling only..appreciate..Luciano pavarotti..RIP...
keatoyukata 2 years ago
Pavarotti is singing to God now! Thank yoy Maestro!!! R.I.P.
dragomir4o85 2 years ago 4
From Wikipedia? Next time back your information up with something that is not editable anyone. What makes Pavoratti great is how much of his heart he shows through singing.
Bondfan123 2 years ago
From wikipedia: "Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded weeks earlier.[18] "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," he wrote."
trickg1 2 years ago
Eterno
NoDoyPieConBola 2 years ago 4
The weather was too cold for anyone to sing well and this is why he had turned down the Olympic Committee. They suggested he pre-record it the day before, inside and then play it for the opening ceremony.
TomKirkmanIII 2 years ago
Yep! It's transposed down a half step. Despite that, no one else sounds that good in their 70's.
logenisti 2 years ago
saw tthis opening ceremony live on TV in england, and sry but oh my... i saw the curtains open, i thought it cudn't be the most reconized song in the world, still i love this video, is there any video of the curtains opening for luciano himself at this event though ?
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Pity! Decadence is so sad! Transposed! Pavarotti did not know the right time to stop...
listeningtoit 2 years ago
was this transposed down??
ARReith 2 years ago
Thank You for this Inspirational Performance. I think I might take up Opera singing to Honor the Mediterranian People. Hopefully Pavoratti has some Offspring who can carry on his family name, although PaPa Luciano will be a tough act to follow! LOL! Encore! Encore! Encore!
stoneyx1 2 years ago
Well who's to say one way or the other. If it is or not. If you look to his face you can see the love on his face where he sang his heart out, and the people returned the love to him at the end. He will be remembered for his great music that he gave the world and the joy that he gave. I hold him in my heart as one of the best. I can't hold this against him due to what he died from, but to what last foot print he left behind. God bless him, and hold him forever and may he RIP
firemantrekkie1 2 years ago
me dan escalofrios al ecucharlo... ademas esta cancion es simplemnte hermosa !!! y su voz... sin palabras...
carolina1502 2 years ago 2
Oh, and I think those eye-brows were fake, too.
mwalsh2008 2 years ago
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mwalsh2008 2 years ago
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This was most certainly lip-synched, hate to say. And no, "Wiki" is not the source for this--his own long-time accompanist Leone Magiera admitted this after Luciano passed away. He's the guy "conducting" the orchestra that's "playing" while Pavarotti "sings." Staged. Every bit of it. And transposed down from the original key. A sad end to a great career.
mwalsh2008 2 years ago
I think if he WAS lip-syncing it is totally understandable. Opera singng requiers the voice to be in top-top condition to be able to sing with the quality Pavarotti did; in Turin at that time, the cold would not have allow him to produce a good quality performance. Consider all the lesser singer who lip-sync every day, I think we can certainly forgive Pavarotti this once.
fantastischfish 2 years ago 2
Of for fucks sake - he recorded it live shortly beforehand, after already turning the opportunity down due to very cold temperatures. I think he proved able to sing this many times during his career, and transposing down half a step at 70 when you have pancreatic cancer, is hardly that much of a sin - Domingo would never have had a career without transposition.
Very touching moment, in my book, so blow it out your arse....
colino72 2 years ago 2
it was lip synced....he was already ill by this time in his life.
deathbyorlando 2 years ago
The worlds best RIP big fella!
ScoobyMat 2 years ago 2
Wikipedia is a reliable source for referencing???
trungveso 2 years ago
Right. I just checked it out and that "lip sync" line has disappeared.
illnacord 2 years ago
i would say so man yes.
mrm4xim4m 2 years ago
this was lip synced according to wikipedia
lorecan 2 years ago
muy emotiva interpretacion de este maravilloso tema que pavarotti amara bastante y asi estando delicado le demostro al mundo que aun puede cantar y deleitar a su publico desde la escala social como a la mas alta y con su voz me cautivo a mi y me he convertido en un fiel admirador de su arte y expresion de la opera GRANDE LUCIANO PAVAROTTI DESDE PERU TU GRAN ADMIRADOR VLADIMIR
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Thank you my Lord!!!!!
Grazie Mille!!!
Merci!!!!
Danke!!!!!
Dank u!!!!
Gracias!!!!!
ありがとう！！！！
RALsyatyou 2 years ago
je suis en larmes, c'est tout simplement bouleversant! oh Mon Dieu! quel grand Homme! quel grand Artiste! et quelle EMOTION dans son interprétation!! MAGNIFIQUE!!! merci beaucoup pour cette video.
sab099531 2 years ago
RIP the world's greatest tenor.
leoperarm 2 years ago 3
This makes me so sad. Because It seems like he knows that it is his last performance so he pours so much emotion into it.
711luvAquaatmall 2 years ago 3
It' so sad, brings tears to my eyes. If you watch his actions at 1:40 and at the end of the piece, it's like he knew this would be his last performance on this earth. Especially at 1:40, you can see the emotion. Tonight Big Pav performs for the angels and God!
joeluvsshan 2 years ago 2
Brilliant voice.
Brill beard too. Very 'Sparta'....
mocev 2 years ago
Riposa in pace in Paradiso e nei nostri cuori, Big Luciano :)
Alethepianist1996 2 years ago
Magnifico, Simplemente magnifico!!!
lukameridian 2 years ago
this man was THE VOICE
SaNKa09 2 years ago 2
Arrivederci maestro.......
biskutkering 2 years ago
RIP Luciano Pavarotti, our world 've lost the greatest singer. His performance at Torino 2006 was simply unbelievable et highly emotional.
I give him my deepest respects.
Nahsum 2 years ago
Please explain to me how the string players can "lip synch"? He is was still fabulous either way.
carolkstack 2 years ago 3
It was recorded the day before, and then that was played over the soundsystem. The strings still played and he sung... but what everyone heard was the recording. ok?
mikerad65 2 years ago
you know what, i don't care if he was lip synching, i am particularly skeptical however. All in all, his performance will be remembered here and in the cosmos
olsome2 2 years ago
We miss you all Maestro!!!!
111111111C111111111 2 years ago
what is the meaning of "Nessun Dorma"?
thitsarmin 2 years ago
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mtulitu 2 years ago
Nobody Sleeps...this is my understanding, i hope it;s the correct one :D
mtulitu 2 years ago
none must sleep
olsome2 2 years ago
todos duermen
antony7721 2 years ago
he's the best of all time but lol @ anyone who thought he wasn't lip synching this performance.
as stated before, it was absolutely necessary given the conditions.
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They say 20th century opera is not popular but NESSUN DORMA from Puccinis Turandot ( written in 1924 ) is the most watched tune in YOUTUBE ! Check 24 operas from 24 different composers in my play list 20th century opera ( including ARIA DEL CIRUJANO as a world premiere for YOUTUBE ) and see for yourself !
upatoia 2 years ago
Not only did he lypsinc, but the whole orchestra was "lyp-playing" because the strings would not hold their tune in sub-zero temperatures. Nevertheless, great performance!
jmrodz80 2 years ago
IL MAESTRO E VIVO...VOCE ETERNA!!!
aristophron 2 years ago
amazing and he WASNT lipsyncing
andrewmoriartybhc 2 years ago
sorry dude but he was lipsyncing in this performance
It was because the sub-zero temperatures would have caused a sub standard performance for him, and he would not do it
So the organisers had him pre-record about a week before the performance
No doubt he was amazing, best voice of all time in my opinion
itstacticaln00b 2 years ago 4
Miss you so much Maestro!!!! Hope you're singing this for my Casey!!!!!
mortonsalt18 2 years ago
Quel homme, quel majestuosité, ça me laisse sans voix, mais pas sans frissons. Bravo maestro, mille regrets de ne pas avoir eu la chance de vous voir en concert.
Melany1 2 years ago
Maestro, ci sentiamo la vostra assenza qui nel mondo operatica, nel monda della lirica, ed anche nel mondo dell'umanita da tutto che facevi per noi, grazie, e ci stai mancando
Divecchio317 2 years ago
dam i miss you bro seriously :(
viktoriano 2 years ago
"The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," he wrote. Pavarotti's manager, Terri Robson, said that the tenor had turned the Winter "Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the sub-zero conditions of Turin in February. The committee eventually persuaded him to take part by pre-recording the song." He did what he had to, too cold
undertakr 2 years ago 2
We miss you,maestro・・・
You always give us beautiful gifts which never discolors.
non8non1 2 years ago 2
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No paul potts
Bulleyebeard 2 years ago
Oh jesus wept....
colino72 2 years ago
Mmmmm...lip-synching....
Still sounds nice, though.
DeathMagusScythe 2 years ago
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ROFL. Pavarotti lip synching? Get a life
tpetrucci 2 years ago
He is actually lip singing. It's a fact, do some research and find out. Pavarotti was a god on stage, Rest in peace!
fitnawilders 2 years ago 4
I live in Torino and I love Pavarotti, that evening I was crying listening at this music...simply the best, pure emotion!!! grazie Luciano, ci mancherai!!
WanderBassMan 2 years ago
Satchel Paige once said "it ain't braggin' if you can do it". Just look at his expression at the end. He KNOWS just how good he is and I, for one, am not gonna argue with him.
Now...just imagine...if the music sounds this magnificent here on earth, what's it going to be like when we stand before God the Father, the source of all beauty. Thank you, my Lord Jesus, for giving us a living hope in the Resurrection from the dead.
matthewf335 2 years ago
Simply the best
No questions asked
ELSKINATOR911 2 years ago 2
ETERNAL VOICE!!!
aristophron 2 years ago 2
This is beautiful.
It's almost as though I never heard music until just now. It's just so beautiful. If only he were alive I would thank him on my knees for the most beautiful and most moving performance I'm sure there will ever be. What I wouldn't give just to be able to shake his hand. No one could ever understand what he has done just for me. He's saved me...
lovesretards 2 years ago
At the very end at 2:18 you can see he knows that it is his fina; performance and he is just soaking it all in. WOW!! Such passion!! If a man could go back in time for just one day, I might very well go back to this day and attend that final performance. I can't think of anything else that might be more worthy. We are so lucky to have heard this man's astonishing voice...
SandReckoner14 2 years ago 4
This song is so full of emotion, my favorite thing to do is when he hits the final Crescendo to turn it up my computer really loud, close my eyes, and float ontop of the music notes. He truly is a God of Music!
oscarry 2 years ago 2
Awesome really. No other words to describe his magic.
SandReckoner14 2 years ago
I heard that this was a lip-synced performance. Well, it doesn't matter. This guy is AMAZING!! He is the reason why I am learning vocal.
FLIGHTCOMPANY 2 years ago
fantastic!!!!! our italian proud!! magic night!!
proctor977 2 years ago 3
It's amazing and you can't even tell it's pre-recorded. RIP Pavarotti.
SPAG22 2 years ago
Une grande performance! La fin est magistrale!
ssaliceti 2 years ago 2
Sans doute! Personally, I think this was his best recording ever of "Nessun dorma".
PUCCINI and PAV for ever!!
LordMgls 2 years ago
Perfect my beautiful luciano. I Love you very much.
loveluciano1 2 years ago
Taljd2 does not know this song well. This is obviously not lip sync. The power of his voice had be decreased, but this version is very moving, touching, and showing the process of struggling among a man, his destiny, and god. Pavarotti knows the music even better than he did in younger ages...
aufbu 2 years ago
lip sync no lip sync so what luciano was the best perod it was brave of him to even show up as sick as he was god love u maestro rest in peace
aggarnn 2 years ago
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disappointing lip sync
Taljd2 2 years ago
pure awinspiring
soundhitman 3 years ago
Enchanting...
DiamondsOnIce 3 years ago
Pavoritti was such a lovely man in spirit. I think maybe God cried as he went out doing his best. He had sung to heaven so many times. Yes the video makes me want to cry. Let his greatness never be forgotten.
Micaiah03 3 years ago 4
This video always makes me cry... thinking of him dying in a few days... lipsync or not, he was the gratest tenor in the world (and anyway he actually sang that song, it wasn't a computer modified version of his voice... i mean, he wasn't like britney or madonna, he was a real singer, so who cares if THAT day, when he was dying due to a cancer, he didn't sing for real...)
pleiadys 3 years ago 3
Your comments were very touching. He certainly wasn't in the same class as Britney or Madonna...but just to clear up one small point about the day of his death: this performance was recorded Feb. 26, 2006. He didn't die until Sept. 6, 2007. He's certainly missed, isn't he?
matthewf335 2 years ago
I know you guys don't like the idea of him lip syncing but unfortunately he did on this performance and this was the only one. It was proven a few days after. He was dying of cancer so his beautiful voice just could not go on much longer.
UltimateSpeedRuns 3 years ago 2
Jesus the poor guy was getting sick give him a break. It was an amazing opportunity to be in Torino and I think people should just shut up about it. Having just Pavarotti there is probably the most amazing thing that I have ever seen.
Jen8706 3 years ago 2
yea he did lip synce but he still has the greatest voice and u can hear the audience singing as well in background
KAMEHAMEHA0017 3 years ago
Yes, unfortunately it was lip-synced and the orchestra was faking it as well. It was a good fake, it fooled me... even moreso than the Yo Yo Ma/Perlman performance at the Obama Inauguration. That sounded to perfect to be true.
I am privileged enough to have shared the stage with Pavarotti once as an orchestra musician. It was a wonderful experience.
hikerboater 3 years ago 2
Je n aime pas du tout cette voix !!!
alexpong0 3 years ago
if i'm italy, i'm scrappin my national anthem and makin THIS the new national anthem!
greenclaw68 3 years ago
tramontate stelle!
all'alba.....vincerò
RikiBono 3 years ago
if he did mime this he's fucking brilliant at it, breathtaking performance
jigglypuff1994 3 years ago
lip sync or not the point is the maestro knew the show must go on i would like 2 see any1 else do anything else in the dire physical condition that man was in pancreatic cancer is no joke the fact that he was able 2 perform at all is a testament to the mans love of the show for his fans his family his friends let us stop this discussion of did he lip sync or not thats not the point god bless u bello luciano
aggarnn 3 years ago 3
I agree.........but I will always believe this was live!!!! To me it will always be Pavarotti's last performance. He is now in GOD's hand and singing with the angels. I hope one day I will be there too. Let's all try to live a better life so that we will enjoy Pavarotti's talent in person. R.I.P.
lovethediscogirls 3 years ago 2
His family admitted that he lip synced this. I was mad it kind of ruins his last performance, but nonetheless it's still him singing, just not live.
tenaciousdben 3 years ago
he did not lip synce bc he did not sound like he usually would
R.I.P. MAESTRO
broadwayactor94 3 years ago
Maestro, vaya Ud. con Dios
JackRyan26 3 years ago
IT COULD NOT HAVE been lip synced because some of the notes he had to tone down because of his cancer 2:15, nontheless, the greatest opera singer ever : R.I.P PAVAROTTI
claudialove69 3 years ago
In our high school band, this is the last piece our seniors play every year at graduation. It always makes me cry, no matter what :'(
Xodyac 3 years ago
All'alba vincerò
vincerò vincerò!
Chileandude18 3 years ago
maestro
8chrupek8 3 years ago
Chills my back and veins...
10/5
Chileandude18 3 years ago 2
Pavarotti did not lip sync. If he were to lip sync then why would it be sung a few keys lower. Why not just have it the original key?? There is no question. It is not lip synced
Hitman1813 3 years ago
he did lip sync though. he and everyone else admitted it a couple days after the preformance.
cgopie1 3 years ago
he did lip sync
elcamo1990 3 years ago
He did lip sync. It was revealed by numerous people including the director of the performance in his memoir.
DitDitDah 3 years ago
he sings with such passion. r.i.p Pavarotti
ckwing888 3 years ago 2
excellent RIP.
Tony11244 3 years ago
Even if he did lip sync this, at least we all know that he did have a magnificent voice. He probably needed to give his voice a rest, considering that he's not as young as he used to be...
butterflybookmark 3 years ago
And the fact that he had already been diagnosed with cancer.
cgopie1 3 years ago
he did lip sync it, wikipedia isn't a reliable source, but many other places do say it
1990140 3 years ago
quando la luce splenderaaaaaaaaaa
marco260488 3 years ago
It still sounds fabulous though, Pavarotti is a genius.
GreenFlower412363 3 years ago 3
Yeah , wikipedia said he did lip synch Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded 2 weeks earlier "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the sub-zero conditions of Turin in February
GreenFlower412363 3 years ago
Just a hint, it's not always the best idea to quote wikipedia. It's too unreliable - and all of this talk is detracting from Pavarotti's incredible last performance. Let sleeping dogs lie.
toophillip10 3 years ago
There is no way that is lip synched the muscle movements around the mouch would not be there is sound was not being produced imo
jason10107 3 years ago
I assume he would be singing... It just would not be played through the "speakers". It was all pre-recorded.
Also yes, Happy late birthday Maestro.
Mavus007 3 years ago 4
Luciano Pavarotti, 1935 - 2007
October 12 - Happy Birthday Maestro. 73 years ago today the world was blessed with the most beautiful voice ever heard. Thank you for all the joy you brought into our lives.
You are loved and missed, dear one - but never forgotten.
dee1153 3 years ago 2
I'll bet when he was born, instead of the simple crying that babies usually do, he probably cried an operatic masterpeice. :P
Kristian2006 3 years ago 3
Yes, he probably did... hey, he WAS a masterpiece! The greatest tenor of all time!!
dee1153 3 years ago 2
honestly....i was there and if he lip synched it he sure had me fooled....
jimmythe2can 3 years ago
lip synced.......that's bull... This was his last performance in Italy.... You really think he would lip sync Nessun Dorma at his last performance. You are mistaken my friend...very mistaken
nicktucci1 3 years ago
According to the Wikipedia entry for Luciano, he was lip synching at the Torino Olympics.
skylark100 3 years ago
lip synced or not, the fact a human voice can sound like that.....it will be a long time before anyone reaches this.
docproc42 3 years ago 3
Who cares if it was lip synched, most people won't even try to sing an aria like this at his age.
drcajus 3 years ago 2
can anyone tell me please what is he singing about what's nessun dorma in english.thanks
chi1605 3 years ago
Nessun Dorma means none shall sleep. It is from the Opera Turandot. The prince fell in love with the cold princess, and has answered her riddles so she must marry him, even though she doesn't want to. He says that if she can find out his name by dawn, she can kill him. She orders her subjects to search all night to find his name. The prince sings about how none will sleep and they won't find out til after dawn and so he will win (he sings vincero and the end, which means I will win)
animelover13579 3 years ago
Gosh, that was amazing! Pavarotti the god, so sadly missed....
shanksno1 3 years ago 2
It was prerecorded and there's not a damn thing wrong with that. Pavoratti was pretending to sing, the orchestra was pretending to play. It was his ghost swan song.
Frowned 3 years ago
I refuse to believe it was pre recorded because you can see the steam coming out of his mouth and the vibrations on his tongue match perfectly..... and anyway he had cancer so it must have been bloody hard to sing full stop I so if he did pre record it... so cut him some fukin slack
andolini123 3 years ago 2
Lip-synch or not i'll be dammed if it wasen't as powerful as any of his other renditions!
KMO325 3 years ago 4
as long as he was the one who sung the recording its fine
same goes from other singers i got no problems with that
besides it was beautiful nonetheless
9741mk 3 years ago 2
I just can't believe he lip-synched it..sorry...Just because Leone Maggioro says so means it's true? Bill Clinton said he wasn't having sexual relations but he sure as hell was...I think it was his way of getting a final shot at the maestro or something...Call me ignorant, but I refuse to believe it
PianistandFencer 3 years ago 2
Sad, but true, it was prerecorded: "Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded weeks earlier". Understandably, with the failing health and minus zero weather. But the whole significance remains...
martinchevrier 3 years ago
GRANDE LUCIANO
giribuola 3 years ago
NO HABRA NADIE QUE LE IGUALE
frandromeda 3 years ago
this was so sad. he looked like he knew it was gonna be his last time ever performing Nessun Dorma. Everytime I see him sing this, i am so incredibly moved. RIP.
anna911 3 years ago
Im starting to doubt that this was prerecorded at all.Look closely and youll see cold breath coming out of his mouth relative to the amount of breath he would use if he were actually singing.Why would he do that if he was lip-synching? Look even closer and you see that the phrasing totally matches his mouth movements.Nessun Dorma is a very very difficult song to mime to let alone sing.I dont think he mimed this at all regardless of what Leone Maggioro has said.
philster61 3 years ago
world will never forget u Luciano Pavarotti......
TwilightLink293 3 years ago 5
It takes a lot for me to cry, and that was it. I salute you Pavarotti, we'll miss you!
tardsy7 3 years ago 2
lip syncing =[ but still great emotional performance none the less
oprah22 3 years ago
It was an actual lip-synch
The crowd were the chorus too.. I dont get why the thumbs down.. Its true and it WAS a great performance..
n00bfr3i 3 years ago
The emotion in 1:40-1:48 makes the whole thing magical, or moreso. This brings tears to my eyes, and i'm not exactly the opera crowd. A fingerpicker from Kentucky lol. Amazing, doesn't matter when he recorded it...look at the effect it had on everyone. Look at the effect it has coming from a bad quality YouTube video!!
berkleealex 3 years ago 5
moving...simply moving... in my opinion he knew this would be his last performance...specially when he sang..AVE MARIA.
689433 3 years ago 2
Farewell you biggest of all
you took us all by storm
acidburnDK 3 years ago 2
Jussi Björling was the best!!
JanneHanhela 3 years ago
Crying...
He was saying "goodbye" to the world
The best, il primo tenore
ricardoemg 3 years ago 4
Faked, yes, but it IS still his voice.
Philsonpott 3 years ago
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Whats with this giving ppl goosebumps? I mean what the hell how would this give you goosebumps? I don't get how an amazing tenor would give someone goosebumps? No offense or anything, but would someone plz explain how it would give you goosebumps?
bugred 3 years ago
loser
aliwaliwoo 3 years ago
Well can you explain how is gives ppl goosebumps? Thats all i want to know?
bugred 3 years ago
Ask your biology teacher how goose bumps work. He should know.
tim851 3 years ago 2
well why don't you just tell me?
bugred 3 years ago
Lol
PrincessT87 3 years ago
Excuse the rude people who cant answer a simple question. People get goosebumps for a number of reason, one of these reasons are emotional situations. As you sould know, this is the last performance Pavarotti ever gave before he died of cancer. Peopl