@ageofmyths2 Yeah. As a fellow young tenor, achieving notes like the C5 is going to take a very substantial amount of training. The average amount of time I've gotten from different teachers is anywhere from 10-20 years of training.
hey so i am a frustrated tenor(18) and i just wanted to ask anyone with decent singing experience if i will have to wait to sing these higher notes well.
It started with a commercial for a pasta sauce, and now I'm into a new music genre of which i know nearly NOTHING about. But I know amazing when I hear it. Any suggested listening? Anyone?
@wiggsdannyboy777 Start with Nessun Dorma, move your way through the various three tenor's music on youtube then get some CDs and stuff. After that just google more opera music.
Unerklärlich für mich, dass für solch eine Meisterleistung einer Tenorstimme 10 Kritiker eine Missfallensbewertung abgeben. Was wollen jene hören, wenn nicht Pavarotti in vollendeter Jahrhundertinterpretation von La fille du regiment? Ich bin jedenfalls auf der Seite von 873 Begeisterten, wenn nicht sogar Erschütterten ob dieser unvergleichlichen Darbietung.
What amazes again and again are the roundness and full brilliant sound of these high C's, along with a full voice that went on singing Calaf, Manrico, Ernani, Radames and Otello, and did an immense work with the belcanto repertoire.
No such achievement was attained.Would you imagine Domingo or Carreras doing La Fille? Or Florez or Kraus doing Aida? Nor did Gigli, Bjorling or Caruso did this.
@chaiter1 Those other tenors stuck to their true repertoire, and for good reason. Gedda and Kraus sang well into their 70's. Pavarotti did as well, however, like Frank Sinatra's voice, Pavarotti's voice had begun to lose it's luster and vibrancy. In the mid 80's he became known as the King of Cancellations due to the strain he was putting on his voice. One of his last operas in 1992, Don Carlo, was poorly received due to his voice's quality.
@incredulousG3 Yes and no. Don Carlo was actually well performed, except one note that went wrong due to poor preparation, not poor voice.The rest of performances went well.
Listen to his singing on stage at MET performing I Lombardi in 1993 and and to his Andrea Chenier. And to his Otello.
Look at this mans' weight and think about his health (not the panceatic cancer! That came much later. Before there were knee, hip, spine) and understand why he cancelled, by the way not that many times.
Absolutely incredible!! No one will EVER EVER come close to Pavarotti in this kind of vocal PERFECTION!! Such a gift we were given in him,such a treasure we lost....love him forever xx
I only have one negative comment, and it's my fault: don't listen to this with headphones when you have a migraine. Just sayin'. It beautiful. He is amazing. Still hurts.
@ThisIsKuroCat Popular music singing differs from classical singing. Mercury's C5s are impressive too but in operatic performances the notes are scarce but really need more focus. I mean, Michael Bolton (light high baritone with tenorish technique) hits like 50 incredible C5s in "Everybody's Crazy" but he surely wouldn't have that easy time with operatic C5s. Both vocal areas, popular music and classical singing, are amazing though.
Pavarotti was really the master, what an incredible voice.
@GoodGuitarSolos, opera singers need to be able to project their voices and pierce through the orchestral sound without using a microphone. I don't think Mercury nor Bolton could project their voices above an orchestra. That's why opera singing sounds the way that it does.
@MrNikodemus2 what a ridiculous broad brush statement. He probably sucks at singing Bach. He didn't have the pipes to sing Wagner's Siegfried. I bet he frightens kids when he sings Happy Birthday. To say he is the "greatest of the greats" is just junior high.
@angryjalapeno : OK fair enough. What I meant was as a verisimo opera tenor Pav is the greatest, in my opinion. Also, the sheer quality, tone and technique he had is also arguably the greatest of the great - for example bjoerling could not sing the high notes like Pav with such ease. anyway some people seem to like to take him down - I am content to listen and enjoy. PS I might be wrpng but I don't like Wager's operas as rossini said oaese of beauty in deserts of boredom. just my opinion.
@MrNikodemus2 ok fine. I didn't read the entire thread. Anyway I love Wagner and I'm not familar with Italian opera singers. But if you are only comparing Italian opera singers, how did Bolton and Mercury etc get involved? Yes most people have no idea what is unamplified singing because they think opera is what they see/hear on X-factor or Britain Has Talent.
@angryjalapeno PS why is it relevant how he would sing happy birthday? or blowing in the wind for that matter - we are talking about the greatest opera voice.
May God keep you, Maestro, on this your birthday! I pray that you always know how much we love you and respect your God given talent, your efforts to bring your music to all of us, and your tireless work on behalf of the children of this world. I eagerly await the day when I am able to hear your magnificent voice ringing thru the heavens!
What makes Pavarotti unique/special is that he colors the painting. From the moment he opens his mouth to the last note, everything is well placed. He completes his words, and characterizes the words and gives meaning. His high C's are just impeccable! Just very natural, full voice, warm and with what ease they are delivered! If i were to be a tenor, I would want to have it exactly as he has it in the voice department! His interpretation of the music only makes the C's so sweet to the ear!
okay so i am not really a fan but yea obviously this guy can really sing well.... i just thought that when it said high c, it was soprano high c, so thats what through me off when i heard the c5 and thought to myself.... thats not so high lol, however, if the note was in chest voice which im guessing it was... than omfg! lol i see why his "legendary high c" is famous lol. but if its not, its still very good... just, i mean... if its not chest voice... c5 is a little too easy to hit no?
@ComeOnGe Male voices naturally sound an octave lower than their female counterparts. There is a slight incursion of ranges between top Tenors and bottom Altos. The work involved in getting a "High C" is just as difficult for both genders, it doesn't just happen and certainly not from the chest. Using the Helmholtz scale as you have, "C5" for a tenor is the vocal equivalent of "C6" for a soprano. Nothing easy about either of them.
Very few tenors can sing this aria well. Bocelli butchers it. Florez does a fine job with a very light voice. Kraus sounds better than Florez but strains a bit on the high notes. Pavarotti had the perfect combination, a round ringing tone, power and perfect ease at high C. LP has the best version I've heard. This aria started Pavarotti's fame which of course continues to today.
THEIR WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE WHO ARE JEALOUS OF THIS MAN'S ABILITY,POPULARITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEREFORE WILL CONSTANTLY TALK NEGATIVE ABOUT HIM, OUT OF ENVY-IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM,YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN-TRUTH IS YOU KNOW HE IS THE GREATEST AND SIMPLY CAN'T HELP YOURSELF,TRY ALL YOU WANT YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO UNDER-RATE HIM
@AriaSinger1 You know what else is in question concerning AllMightyPav? His ability to read music and not be a douchebag to every conductor he's worked with.
@incredulousG3 One of my previous voice teachers sang with Luciano at the Lyric of Chicago. He was a principle Bass-Baritone. He said that Luciano was an ass to all he deemed inferior. His manager whom he fired released a statement saying that LP could indeed not read music!
On both counts I agree with you. However, I was referring solely to the quality of his performance in this recording.
I mean, this is art. If you ever saw any of his masterclasses, you would be surprized about how in-depth he goes for every song he sings. Do the young guys today sing the same way? I don't know.
Florez is good, but this is bulime. RIP the greatest, Pavarotti. What a tone!!!! What artistry!!!! Perhaps we will be lucky enough to see another in our lifetimes, but Florez is not it.
Florez is good, but this is bulime. RIP the greatest, Pavarotti. What a tone!!!! What artistry!!!! Perhaps we will be lucky enough to se another in our lifetimes, but Florez is not it.
Florez is good, but this is bulime. RIP the greatest, Pavarotti. What a tone!!!! What artistry!!!! Perhaps we will be lucky enough to se eanother in our lifetimes, but Florez is not it.
Absolutely magnificent! Just breathtaking, heart pounding, blood pumping excellent.. I like Juan Diego Flores (the dude that pulled off the 9-hc's at alla Scala and got an encore), saw him on quite a few productions here at the Met and once at Covent Gardens, never seen him as Tonio, but honestly.. young Diego, as good as he is, for my ears, Luciano leaves him miles behind..
RyanBurke 1989 - who cares about his french? It's the music that marrers alone - the thing might as well have no words. The stories of each opoera are laughable, as is the libretto - it is the music that is great. I personally have no need to know what any aria means - to me it is simply music. Sometimes it even detracts from the music to know what the words mean. I realise of course this is a personal opinion.
Seriously moronic to compare Pavarotti to any heavy metal singer! Pavarotti is arguably (with Bjoerling) the greatest tenor who ever lived. And besides his immense natural talent, Pavarotti's singing technique is incredible - that is why he was able to hit the nine high C's with such ease and pure tone. Florez sounds strained on the High C. Perhaps in our lifetimes we may see another Pavarotti, perhaps not. He was the first so far like that... we have the recordings.
@bwaycheergrl92 Juan Diego Florez can't compare to Pavarotti. He sings the first C out of every pair too short. Pavarotti blows everyone out of the water.
@bwaycheergrl92 that is rubbish. pavarotti has the finest technique of any great singer. he is better than bjoerling, and caruso, and gigli. he is incomparable. scooping? that is nonsense.
@Erikrenate Funny! I hear that too! Could it be coincidence? Or could it be that Pavarotti's popularity in pop culture eschews peoples' opinions on him and, subsequently, they overlook much better singers like Florez, Corelli, Kraus, Caruso, Barioni, Brownlee, Kaufmann, myself, or President Ronald Reagan?
@incredulousG3 what rubbish. how can you write such nonsense? makes you look really really stupid. you think you are better than the greatest? you are sadly deluded china.
@donostiarra1 : I think young Senor Flores will be the one we watch now that the Maestro is playing exclusive engagements in Heaven. Flores has the top Cs and also has acting ability on a par with Domingo, so that is a plus. If you get the chance, watch the BBC documentary that came out in 2008 about Pavarotti (A Life in Seven Arias). In it there are several touching and well-informed segments by Flores about Luciano and what Flores learned from him.
@Seattlelol1955 I totally agree with donastiarra - Pavarotti made this role his own but Flores has shown that others can sing it just as well (albeit differently). And while Pavarotti's full lyric tenor is wonderfully distinctive I find in this aria that Flores just sounds a little less strained on those famous High Cs
It's tough to pick between them since their styles are so different. In this role, I hate to admit that I like Florez better. His voice has this wonderfully light lilt that flows with the music perfectly. He gives the aria a youthfulness that I think is a little better theatrically than Pavarotti's performance. Florez makes you believe that this is a very young man doing insane things for the love of a woman.
@donostiarra1 Well, singing is art and appreciation of art involves a lot of opinion. That said, I would guess that your opinion in this matter would firmly be in the minority, if we're strictly talking voice vs. voice and not taking acting or versatility into account. I love Florez as well and imo he is the best current lyric tenor, but I would guess that most operaphiles would say that Pavarotti's voice was superior.
@donostiarra1 He has a very different kind of tenor voice. Luciano Pavarotti was a "full" lyric tenor, whereas Juan Diego Flores is considered a leggerio tenor - a higher, lighter tenor voice. They're different voices, suited to different kinds of repertoire; for example, I've never heard Flores sing a heroic Verdi role.
Honestly, I can't understand how somebody can dislike this perfect interpretation!
9 high Cs in just one aria, and all this with an unbelievable intensity, expression and distinct pronounciation. He is just simply overwhelming and the best tenor ever.He accompanied my life for many years and whenever I hear him I still can't believe that this is possible.
Dame Joan Sutherland taught him how to do this. True story.
mjuliff 1 week ago
the greatest of all time. and he was so modest and humble.
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
@ageofmyths2 Yeah. As a fellow young tenor, achieving notes like the C5 is going to take a very substantial amount of training. The average amount of time I've gotten from different teachers is anywhere from 10-20 years of training.
MrDevonS 2 weeks ago
The King of the High C no doubt !
marcela21884 2 weeks ago
fenomenale !!!
bared62 2 weeks ago
hey so i am a frustrated tenor(18) and i just wanted to ask anyone with decent singing experience if i will have to wait to sing these higher notes well.
ageofmyths2 2 weeks ago
영원한 넘버1
lim2869 2 weeks ago
Eargasm!
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rolx1 3 weeks ago
mah! non so se i non mi piace sono voci dotate di ispirazione divina, ma ne dubito molto.......!
MrThepresident2009 3 weeks ago
10 people are frustrated tenors
1993MGB 3 weeks ago 7
Incroyable!
myfavourite08 3 weeks ago
look at the dislike bar, now look at your dick; there should be a huge difference after listening to this- music like this makes men.
rellethias 1 month ago
dislikes...hahaha
starmanbridges 1 month ago
Hmmmm.... Okay, question: would that high C have been Falsetto or head voice for him?
CockneyRebel1979 1 month ago
It started with a commercial for a pasta sauce, and now I'm into a new music genre of which i know nearly NOTHING about. But I know amazing when I hear it. Any suggested listening? Anyone?
wiggsdannyboy777 1 month ago
@wiggsdannyboy777 Start with Nessun Dorma, move your way through the various three tenor's music on youtube then get some CDs and stuff. After that just google more opera music.
rellethias 1 month ago
Unerklärlich für mich, dass für solch eine Meisterleistung einer Tenorstimme 10 Kritiker eine Missfallensbewertung abgeben. Was wollen jene hören, wenn nicht Pavarotti in vollendeter Jahrhundertinterpretation von La fille du regiment? Ich bin jedenfalls auf der Seite von 873 Begeisterten, wenn nicht sogar Erschütterten ob dieser unvergleichlichen Darbietung.
fanofclassic 1 month ago
What amazes again and again are the roundness and full brilliant sound of these high C's, along with a full voice that went on singing Calaf, Manrico, Ernani, Radames and Otello, and did an immense work with the belcanto repertoire.
No such achievement was attained.Would you imagine Domingo or Carreras doing La Fille? Or Florez or Kraus doing Aida? Nor did Gigli, Bjorling or Caruso did this.
chaiter1 1 month ago
@chaiter1 Those other tenors stuck to their true repertoire, and for good reason. Gedda and Kraus sang well into their 70's. Pavarotti did as well, however, like Frank Sinatra's voice, Pavarotti's voice had begun to lose it's luster and vibrancy. In the mid 80's he became known as the King of Cancellations due to the strain he was putting on his voice. One of his last operas in 1992, Don Carlo, was poorly received due to his voice's quality.
incredulousG3 1 month ago
@incredulousG3 Yes and no. Don Carlo was actually well performed, except one note that went wrong due to poor preparation, not poor voice.The rest of performances went well.
Listen to his singing on stage at MET performing I Lombardi in 1993 and and to his Andrea Chenier. And to his Otello.
Look at this mans' weight and think about his health (not the panceatic cancer! That came much later. Before there were knee, hip, spine) and understand why he cancelled, by the way not that many times.
chaiter1 1 month ago
@incredulousG3 he never sang a bad note that i have heard.
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
Wow! The ease in his voice from top to bottom. He sang as easily as a fish drinks water. Bellisimo, Luciano!
mwright94coxnet 1 month ago
6.34......WHHOOOAAAA!!!!!!
juicechurchvillage 1 month ago
Absolutely incredible!! No one will EVER EVER come close to Pavarotti in this kind of vocal PERFECTION!! Such a gift we were given in him,such a treasure we lost....love him forever xx
juicechurchvillage 1 month ago
@juicechurchvillage you are exactly right! and some idiots compare brownlie to Pavarotti! what a joke!
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
minute 6:40 ....THE LEGEND!!!
Takken1256 1 month ago
Есть же дебилы, которым не понравилось.
SerPetKo 1 month ago
Rest in peace Luciano, you are greatly missed, but your voice lives on inside our hearts. :-)
laurita2rose 2 months ago 2
No comparison. The greatest. Hail Pavarotti.
bervy8 2 months ago 2
name of this song pls?
salvadoraugustus 3 months ago
@salvadoraugustus "Ah mes amis" from the opera "La Fille du régiment".
aarandir 3 months ago
@aarandir thanks ....this is like watching a cartoon with looney tunes heroes
salvadoraugustus 3 months ago
@salvadoraugustus its in the description hahaha
elementu2011 2 months ago
my ears smoked a cigarette after listening to this
cccorsetti 3 months ago 70
@cccorsetti LOL! Wow, you were really feelin this huh?
classyteacherdiva 2 months ago
@classyteacherdiva ABSOLUTELY! CHEERS
cccorsetti 2 months ago
@cccorsetti One of the funniest things I've read. hahahahahah
Operasinger91 2 months ago
@Operasinger91 glad you liked it,peace
cccorsetti 2 months ago
@cccorsetti lmao!
Dzoete 2 weeks ago
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cccorsetti 3 months ago
What an unmistakable voice... I'm glad our lives overlapped....
LanceCampeau 3 months ago 4
I only have one negative comment, and it's my fault: don't listen to this with headphones when you have a migraine. Just sayin'. It beautiful. He is amazing. Still hurts.
Bremen25 3 months ago
my brain just exploded
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This is what GOD must sound like.
loface1 4 months ago
Unmatched, end of story :)
enzoferrarimendoza 4 months ago
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what about flores, or corelli
mattmichelotti 4 months ago
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@mattmichelotti They are both VERY good, but im just saying that this is my favorite version of this aria :)
enzoferrarimendoza 4 months ago
@mattmichelotti I was just listening to Juan Domingo Flores just now. Yes, there is always room for more than one.
:) :)
Enantiodromialist 4 months ago
if some people know anything about the opera singig,they will find out that opera is more than just SCREAMING high notes...retards
Tenoreable 4 months ago
Legend has it that after performing this opera for his first time, Pavarotti recieved a 4 hour standing ovation with 6 curtain calls.
pastoryanez 4 months ago
9 C5's ?
Listen to Machines by Queen. Freddie Mercury hits 13 C5's in a row LOL...
ThisIsKuroCat 4 months ago
@ThisIsKuroCat Popular music singing differs from classical singing. Mercury's C5s are impressive too but in operatic performances the notes are scarce but really need more focus. I mean, Michael Bolton (light high baritone with tenorish technique) hits like 50 incredible C5s in "Everybody's Crazy" but he surely wouldn't have that easy time with operatic C5s. Both vocal areas, popular music and classical singing, are amazing though.
Pavarotti was really the master, what an incredible voice.
GoodGuitarSolos 4 months ago 10
@GoodGuitarSolos, opera singers need to be able to project their voices and pierce through the orchestral sound without using a microphone. I don't think Mercury nor Bolton could project their voices above an orchestra. That's why opera singing sounds the way that it does.
angryjalapeno 1 month ago
@angryjalapeno That's exactly what I said. Pop singing has its own impressive merits, just like classical singing. Both are great.
GoodGuitarSolos 1 month ago
@angryjalapeno mercury or bolton are not fit to shine pavarroti's shoes as singers. they areOK, he is the greatest of the greats!!!!!
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
@MrNikodemus2 what a ridiculous broad brush statement. He probably sucks at singing Bach. He didn't have the pipes to sing Wagner's Siegfried. I bet he frightens kids when he sings Happy Birthday. To say he is the "greatest of the greats" is just junior high.
angryjalapeno 2 weeks ago
@angryjalapeno : OK fair enough. What I meant was as a verisimo opera tenor Pav is the greatest, in my opinion. Also, the sheer quality, tone and technique he had is also arguably the greatest of the great - for example bjoerling could not sing the high notes like Pav with such ease. anyway some people seem to like to take him down - I am content to listen and enjoy. PS I might be wrpng but I don't like Wager's operas as rossini said oaese of beauty in deserts of boredom. just my opinion.
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
@MrNikodemus2 ok fine. I didn't read the entire thread. Anyway I love Wagner and I'm not familar with Italian opera singers. But if you are only comparing Italian opera singers, how did Bolton and Mercury etc get involved? Yes most people have no idea what is unamplified singing because they think opera is what they see/hear on X-factor or Britain Has Talent.
angryjalapeno 2 weeks ago
@angryjalapeno PS why is it relevant how he would sing happy birthday? or blowing in the wind for that matter - we are talking about the greatest opera voice.
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
@ThisIsKuroCat with a microphone...
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May God keep you, Maestro, on this your birthday! I pray that you always know how much we love you and respect your God given talent, your efforts to bring your music to all of us, and your tireless work on behalf of the children of this world. I eagerly await the day when I am able to hear your magnificent voice ringing thru the heavens!
appeace1 4 months ago
What makes Pavarotti unique/special is that he colors the painting. From the moment he opens his mouth to the last note, everything is well placed. He completes his words, and characterizes the words and gives meaning. His high C's are just impeccable! Just very natural, full voice, warm and with what ease they are delivered! If i were to be a tenor, I would want to have it exactly as he has it in the voice department! His interpretation of the music only makes the C's so sweet to the ear!
Pw2174 4 months ago 5
Pavarotti and Krauss.....and now Flores
aircat29 5 months ago 2
@aircat29
could not agree more!
alamiroful 2 months ago
THE BEST EVER!!!!
aircat29 5 months ago
KABOOM :O
thomassmile 5 months ago
Oh Pavarotti you bring me such joy.
starmanbridges 5 months ago
truly a God given velvet voice,clear like a bell,the best!
likemusic75 5 months ago
okay so i am not really a fan but yea obviously this guy can really sing well.... i just thought that when it said high c, it was soprano high c, so thats what through me off when i heard the c5 and thought to myself.... thats not so high lol, however, if the note was in chest voice which im guessing it was... than omfg! lol i see why his "legendary high c" is famous lol. but if its not, its still very good... just, i mean... if its not chest voice... c5 is a little too easy to hit no?
ComeOnGe 5 months ago
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@ComeOnGe you are really dumb.
squirrelbasher 5 months ago
@ComeOnGe He is a MALE opera singer (why would he hit a soprano c?) and yes the note is in chest voice lol.
1hes2ranger 5 months ago
@1hes2ranger Hi my friend , he hits male high C aka tenor high c Aka C5 , soprano high C is C6 which is an octave higher . Just saying , Cheers.
Robinqq11 5 months ago
@1hes2ranger The note is nowhere near his chest voice, and you couldn't be more wrong.
tombaker1222 5 months ago
@ComeOnGe Male voices naturally sound an octave lower than their female counterparts. There is a slight incursion of ranges between top Tenors and bottom Altos. The work involved in getting a "High C" is just as difficult for both genders, it doesn't just happen and certainly not from the chest. Using the Helmholtz scale as you have, "C5" for a tenor is the vocal equivalent of "C6" for a soprano. Nothing easy about either of them.
tombaker1222 5 months ago 2
Pavarotti is my idol.
NitroNik365 5 months ago 3
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Pavarotti!!!!!! Wtf!!! You shouldn't be able to do this haha! High C are against the law lol
broncostyle11 6 months ago
Pavarotti!!!!!! Wtf!!! You shouldn't be able to do this haha! High C are against the law lol
broncostyle11 6 months ago
Very few tenors can sing this aria well. Bocelli butchers it. Florez does a fine job with a very light voice. Kraus sounds better than Florez but strains a bit on the high notes. Pavarotti had the perfect combination, a round ringing tone, power and perfect ease at high C. LP has the best version I've heard. This aria started Pavarotti's fame which of course continues to today.
bb1111116 6 months ago 3
after 6.33 minutes how to fuck a human being can hit That final high C ... fakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
SuperKeira19 6 months ago
@SuperKeira19 and hold it for 7 seconds at full voice! Pava was NOT human!
appeace1 4 months ago
THEIR WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE WHO ARE JEALOUS OF THIS MAN'S ABILITY,POPULARITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEREFORE WILL CONSTANTLY TALK NEGATIVE ABOUT HIM, OUT OF ENVY-IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM,YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN-TRUTH IS YOU KNOW HE IS THE GREATEST AND SIMPLY CAN'T HELP YOURSELF,TRY ALL YOU WANT YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO UNDER-RATE HIM
cccorsetti 6 months ago
the french diction of Luciano is in question, but the beauty and ease of his tone is undeniable
AriaSinger1 6 months ago
@AriaSinger1 You know what else is in question concerning AllMightyPav? His ability to read music and not be a douchebag to every conductor he's worked with.
incredulousG3 6 months ago
@incredulousG3 One of my previous voice teachers sang with Luciano at the Lyric of Chicago. He was a principle Bass-Baritone. He said that Luciano was an ass to all he deemed inferior. His manager whom he fired released a statement saying that LP could indeed not read music!
On both counts I agree with you. However, I was referring solely to the quality of his performance in this recording.
AriaSinger1 6 months ago
I mean, this is art. If you ever saw any of his masterclasses, you would be surprized about how in-depth he goes for every song he sings. Do the young guys today sing the same way? I don't know.
Rodolpho262 7 months ago
@Rodolpho262 Hehe - The good ones do. Tis what makes the difference between a great voice and a great musician.
Vivaldicellist 7 months ago
The most beautiful voice of all time
bubbleboxlizzie 7 months ago
A true history maker...and when this was recorded, easily the best high lyric tenor in the Universe! Bravo Luciano!
TheOperaafficionado 7 months ago
who the f dislikes this?
TheDadmitch 7 months ago
forever Bravo...Pavarotti
MsBrigitte100 7 months ago
UNERREICHT !!!!!!1
kubri1 7 months ago
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I enjoy Florez much better. Or Brownlee. Or Corelli. Or my next door neighbor.
incredulousG3 7 months ago
That's absolutely awesome. He was and still is the best opera singer of all time.
MartinStefuca1 7 months ago 2
Damn.
louffylou 7 months ago
Does anyone have an mp3 with this ? I'd really love listening to it in the car !!!
mandrei99 8 months ago
May he Rest in Peace
chestybondrod 8 months ago
this is easy.... steven tyler is god!
togcbu 8 months ago
Pavarotti is unequalled.
JC5268 9 months ago 28
Was that a C#6???
yesin93 9 months ago
@yesin93 5, I think
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semplicemente insuperabile, sublime
GaspXbox360 9 months ago
semplicemente insuperabile
GaspXbox360 9 months ago
semplicemente insuperabile
GaspXbox360 9 months ago
Inolvidable, magnífico, inmenso Luciano. Gran Rodolfo y Ricardo.
lydiaguarro 9 months ago
I think that they didn't have good aim...
shunsho 9 months ago
what a voice
angelefza 9 months ago
...Those high Cs... as a baritone, my nuts officially hurt...
skyclaw441 9 months ago 28
@skyclaw441 How I share that feeling :))
MonteKristof 9 months ago
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as they should
mattmichelotti 4 months ago
@skyclaw441 But what about about your high B in Carmina Burana? (joke)
Enantiodromialist 4 months ago
@skyclaw441 I'm a baritone and I can do maybe one or two...but, yeah, definitely difficult lol
Ivan2288 3 months ago
@skyclaw441 Baritone makes your nuts hurt? I'm a freakin' bass, this shatters them.
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Florez is good, but this is bulime. RIP the greatest, Pavarotti. What a tone!!!! What artistry!!!! Perhaps we will be lucky enough to see another in our lifetimes, but Florez is not it.
MrNikodemus2 9 months ago
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Florez is good, but this is bulime. RIP the greatest, Pavarotti. What a tone!!!! What artistry!!!! Perhaps we will be lucky enough to se another in our lifetimes, but Florez is not it.
MrNikodemus2 9 months ago
Florez is good, but this is bulime. RIP the greatest, Pavarotti. What a tone!!!! What artistry!!!! Perhaps we will be lucky enough to se eanother in our lifetimes, but Florez is not it.
MrNikodemus2 9 months ago
Absolutely magnificent! Just breathtaking, heart pounding, blood pumping excellent.. I like Juan Diego Flores (the dude that pulled off the 9-hc's at alla Scala and got an encore), saw him on quite a few productions here at the Met and once at Covent Gardens, never seen him as Tonio, but honestly.. young Diego, as good as he is, for my ears, Luciano leaves him miles behind..
fredgd2004 9 months ago 2
Bravo ! C'est très bien !!
conghoan1998 10 months ago
Pour mon âme,Quel destin! J'ai sa flamme,
Et j'ai sa main! Jour prospère! Me voici
Militaire et mari!
coryramsey1991 10 months ago
@Ryanburke1989 I thought the same thing at first. It sounds much different than speaking in the singing. It really surprised me. :)
FreddeeG 10 months ago
Does anyone knows where to find the lyrics? This aria is just so catchy.
mikealvas 10 months ago
@Ryanburke1989 are you a classically trained singer? Singing in French is different from actually speaking it.
coryramsey1991 10 months ago
RyanBurke 1989 - who cares about his french? It's the music that marrers alone - the thing might as well have no words. The stories of each opoera are laughable, as is the libretto - it is the music that is great. I personally have no need to know what any aria means - to me it is simply music. Sometimes it even detracts from the music to know what the words mean. I realise of course this is a personal opinion.
MrNikodemus2 10 months ago
ufff absolutamente increible no hay rango de comparacion un do increible maestrisisisisismo
MrDavid884 10 months ago
wow! what strength and control! That final high C litterally reaped through the air!
killerbunny123123 10 months ago
Seriously moronic to compare Pavarotti to any heavy metal singer! Pavarotti is arguably (with Bjoerling) the greatest tenor who ever lived. And besides his immense natural talent, Pavarotti's singing technique is incredible - that is why he was able to hit the nine high C's with such ease and pure tone. Florez sounds strained on the High C. Perhaps in our lifetimes we may see another Pavarotti, perhaps not. He was the first so far like that... we have the recordings.
MrNikodemus2 10 months ago
What a legend! RIP Maestro!
MrNikodemus2 10 months ago 2
I would rather just listen to Pavarotti sing rather than read what you negative people have to write.
savantleo 11 months ago 4
4 People missed the button. The God button
skykky 1 year ago 5
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@bwaycheergrl92 Juan Diego Florez can't compare to Pavarotti. He sings the first C out of every pair too short. Pavarotti blows everyone out of the water.
coryramsey1991 1 year ago
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coryramsey1991 1 year ago
PAVAROTTI: King of High C's
VILLAZON: King of cracks!
theconfusedsinger 1 year ago 3
lol you are so right
herplus18 1 year ago
Bravo!
leonardZhan 1 year ago
pavarotti the god of voice!!!!! I CAN LISTEN TO HIM ALL DAY .....WOW!!!!
marcothegreat1 1 year ago 3
Donizetti : Stupido tenore's! I'll write a biatch of an aria that they can't sing! That'll show them! 9 High C's! Hah!
Pavarotti: BOOM.
nztenorino 1 year ago 191
@nztenorino
listen to Lawrence Brownlee and then say boom. Pav is a scooper. He cheats. Brownlee = completely flawless.
Or Juan Diego Florez
bwaycheergrl92 1 year ago
@bwaycheergrl92 that is rubbish. pavarotti has the finest technique of any great singer. he is better than bjoerling, and caruso, and gigli. he is incomparable. scooping? that is nonsense.
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
@MrNikodemus2 i dunno about caruso. he was a monster himself
MrEl7decopas 2 weeks ago
@nztenorino Boom! Roasted.
pate357 8 months ago
@nztenorino Hehe--totally agree! (:
appeace1 4 months ago
Speechless
glentales 1 year ago
when I was younger I would practice high Cs and above - But lately I've been getting up to pee l
redgrapeskins 1 year ago
WTF!!! How can there be 4 dislikes?! Don't you guys have hears???
rafe234 1 year ago 47
@rafe234 They are ignorant.
tuliviejo02 1 year ago
@rafe234 they have ears the just don't know how they must use these
thomassmile 9 months ago in playlist Luciano Pavarotti, The Story Of A Voice
@rafe234 Yeah I do, what I dont have is my glasses, sorry :(.
LeoLovesNature 7 months ago
@rafe234 Well, I have ears and I hear that Juan Diego has much more control over his voice...
Erikrenate 6 months ago
@Erikrenate Funny! I hear that too! Could it be coincidence? Or could it be that Pavarotti's popularity in pop culture eschews peoples' opinions on him and, subsequently, they overlook much better singers like Florez, Corelli, Kraus, Caruso, Barioni, Brownlee, Kaufmann, myself, or President Ronald Reagan?
incredulousG3 6 months ago
@incredulousG3 what rubbish. how can you write such nonsense? makes you look really really stupid. you think you are better than the greatest? you are sadly deluded china.
MrNikodemus2 2 weeks ago
@Erikrenate yeah, Luciano seems to be overpowering his higher notes a bit
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bubbleboxlizzie 5 months ago
@astinus4 This was performed at the MET in 1973.
Cameronseibona 1 year ago
perfection
Anduril919 1 year ago
Que horror que pavarotti se preste para esto...
TheBasilio 1 year ago
I think Juan Diego Florez is more capable than Luciano. Is that wrong? Please, somebody explain me if he isn't, no insults.
donostiarra1 1 year ago
@donostiarra1 no es malo, a juan diego le quedaria mucho mejor....pero la verdad nadie deberia cantar esta musica tan vacia..... nada de Donizetti..
TheBasilio 1 year ago
@donostiarra1 : I think young Senor Flores will be the one we watch now that the Maestro is playing exclusive engagements in Heaven. Flores has the top Cs and also has acting ability on a par with Domingo, so that is a plus. If you get the chance, watch the BBC documentary that came out in 2008 about Pavarotti (A Life in Seven Arias). In it there are several touching and well-informed segments by Flores about Luciano and what Flores learned from him.
Seattlelol1955 1 year ago
@Seattlelol1955 I totally agree with donastiarra - Pavarotti made this role his own but Flores has shown that others can sing it just as well (albeit differently). And while Pavarotti's full lyric tenor is wonderfully distinctive I find in this aria that Flores just sounds a little less strained on those famous High Cs
1945Jill 1 year ago
@1945Jill
It's tough to pick between them since their styles are so different. In this role, I hate to admit that I like Florez better. His voice has this wonderfully light lilt that flows with the music perfectly. He gives the aria a youthfulness that I think is a little better theatrically than Pavarotti's performance. Florez makes you believe that this is a very young man doing insane things for the love of a woman.
grumpyoldhepcat 1 year ago
@donostiarra1 Well, singing is art and appreciation of art involves a lot of opinion. That said, I would guess that your opinion in this matter would firmly be in the minority, if we're strictly talking voice vs. voice and not taking acting or versatility into account. I love Florez as well and imo he is the best current lyric tenor, but I would guess that most operaphiles would say that Pavarotti's voice was superior.
regulargonzalez 1 year ago
@donostiarra1 He has a very different kind of tenor voice. Luciano Pavarotti was a "full" lyric tenor, whereas Juan Diego Flores is considered a leggerio tenor - a higher, lighter tenor voice. They're different voices, suited to different kinds of repertoire; for example, I've never heard Flores sing a heroic Verdi role.
Taenyr 1 year ago 3
Incredible...I always thought Nessun Dorma was Pavarotti's signature piece but this was just sublime from start to finish. When was this performed?
astinus4 1 year ago
Honestly, I can't understand how somebody can dislike this perfect interpretation!
9 high Cs in just one aria, and all this with an unbelievable intensity, expression and distinct pronounciation. He is just simply overwhelming and the best tenor ever.He accompanied my life for many years and whenever I hear him I still can't believe that this is possible.
myfavourite08 1 year ago 3
Outstanding
yesindeed155 1 year ago
Bravo, bravísimo Maestro. Inmortal. Superior solo Björling. Bravo Maestro por acercar la Ópera a tantos. BRAVO, BRAVO!!!
claudiooriental 1 year ago
4:42 - the best part
111a111sk 1 year ago