♫♪ CLASSICALLY SEDAKA LIVE ♫♪♫♪ Puccini 'Nessun Dorma'

[terryluna83]

Wonderful music I feel my heart melt. Beautiful voice,e Neil is a great singer of all times.

[LVVocalTraining]

This brilliant writer, made an opera standard, a modern, beautiful story that gave me goose bumps. if you are over 50, have lost your dad, it makes you weep. he is a great performer, I just saw him, and he was amazing. He is a songwriter, then singer, like Carol King, they are writers first, singing is decent, Not Sinatra, not trying to be, put this in perspective people!!!!!

[dongibson100]

Whats wrong with a guy having a go at operatic singing.It's only his tribute to those who made this song their own, like Pavarotti. Don't forget Elvis did his version of all the classics and they became big hits for him. If your a fan, everything they sing is a treasure. Bobbysnr

[Bullz4eva93]

I have to say, as a musician, I'm not going to say that this man himself is a bad musician, because I am unaware of his complete works. But, as an avid fan of Opera, specifically this aria, next to Aretha Franklin's rendition of Nessun Dorma, this is a close second to being the worst abomination of this piece I've ever listened to.

[jawalsh57]

@Bullz4eva93 Get a grip on yourself man. He did a wonderful rendition of a song, that a lot of the English speaking world hadn't a clue what it was all about and Mister Sedaka did this for a lot of people. Excellent

[Bullz4eva93]

@jawalsh57 He didn't perform the song in correct translation. He would sing "turn the hands of time" in place of the classically famous ending words Vincero (I will triumph). It was a made up meaning of the song. Nonetheless, he turned a tenor aria into a child like serenade piece of garbage, nothing against him personally. I'm sure he was a great musician.

[jawalsh57]

@Bullz4eva93 I didn't know this as I hadn't a clue what the words of the song were. You still can't take it away from the man, he has a great voice but maybe should stay from operatics and stick with his own  songs.

[Bullz4eva93]

@jawalsh57 I'm not trying to take away from the man himself, I'm sure that he was (or is) a great musician. But you're for sure correct -- operatics aren't his thing.

[DC4916]

@jawalsh57 I couldn't agree more! When i first heard the song about 4 years ago, I loved it! It was one of those sings that I just had to have. Like most English-only speaking people, I too have no idea what Nessun Dorma is all about. Neil Sedaka took this song and made a modern day Musical Masterpiece of it. :-D

[Gingersoprano]

I don't understand what he's doing, singing the words of one song to the tune of another - is it some elaborate variation from I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue? Isn't there an original tune he could have written? Why Puccini? Why Turandot? In fact, just, WHY?

[all4amcandoltl]

@Gingersoprano

I got the feeling from hearing this for the first time LIVE Thursday night (Nov 3) that this was a tribute to his late father. I thought that it was beautiful.

OF COURSE there are opera singers who can sing this better and in Latin but for me, Neil Sedaka's rendition was fine

[melaontour]

my dad

[eez507]

wonderfull performance great song wel sung my hearty congratulations

[mrsmokidd]

Aren't we able to 'favourite' anymore?

[ruandted]

late 40's , a five year old boy waiting for his dads bus bringing him home from work . wonderful parents , RIP mum and dad .

[musicman5961]

jgraif, I can appreciate your comments, however for me personally it is entirely appropriate and advisable. I love this rendition, and of course the opera separately. I find it is best not to compare singers and concern myself over other peoples inability to appreciate different characters and their choices, but to thoroughly enjoy what each has to offer and respect their decisions to take that path at that time for themselves. I really enjoy Mario and am sorry we do not have more of his music.

[jgraif]

sedaka possesses a great voice and i "love" him for many reasons. however, i cannot understand why he receives so much positive feedback for this completely inappropriate rendition that, at best, was unadvisable. yet, we continue to dirsrespect mario lanza who, sixty years ago, performed this and many other arias as well as any "recognized" opera star and was dismissed because he chose to be a movie star instead of an opera star. wtf???

[1MrWayne]

A true gentleman, so tallented, thoroughly enjoyed this vid. What a great reflection, looking back on life. A+

[CHARON1314]

I've loved this interpretation for many, many years now. I bought the album after watching him perform tracks from it back in the '90's, IIRC. Brings a tear to my eye every time, those who don't appreciate the words to the wonderful music surely haven't suffered the loss of someone close....

[VictorNYC]

He must have been a butcher in his previous life. He surely butchered this classic. What the phuk was this?

[all4amcandoltl]

@VictorNYC

he didn't butcher this piece of music as you have so bluntly put it. I saw him perform this live last week (Nov 3) and what he did was WRITE HIS OWN LYRICS!

[richyneil1]

i watched the same this morning show plugging his new album classically sedaka-brilliant, made my dad cry thinking of unsaid words xxxxx love you dad and grandad i never got to meet xxxxxxxxxxxx

[benzene12diol]

good voice, but i dont really care for the lyrics he sudve stuck to the real nessun dorma.

[all4amcandoltl]

@benzene12diol

these are Neil's lyrics. He wrote the words. I think he did a marvelous job. but to each his own! Even though I don't understand Latin or Italian (whatever language Puccini wrote the opera in), I still think that it is a beautiful piece of music.

[hollbri1]

his beauty ful lyrics make me cry

[sammyscroll]

Beautiful lyrics, beautifully song by a great entertainer.......thank you for posting it.....

[cliffworks4321]

Nessun dorma, None shall sleep

an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot,is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, the unknown prince who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. However, any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded and so on.'

These pop lyrics don't cut it!

Don't fix it if it ain't broken!

[stef555stef]

Absolutely heart breaking song. Very moved by the lyrics and his fantastic voice.

[tammas2000]

Neil's best songs were never as popular as the "Oh Carols" etc funnily enough: "stephen"; "Going Nowhere"; "The Hungry Years" et al.

Does anyone have "My Son and I?" It's very sentimental, but pulls at the heart-strings?

[kcrobertscountry]

cheez ball

[JakeTher]

Too bad the other opera singers were too shy to sing this in ENGLISH !  This is Just Wonderful ! I am very glad he gave us this ! A Wonderful Man !

[christoddur]

Well, this isn't a literal translation of the Puccini original, it is new lyrics by Sedaka. Fantastic album, Neil took a handful of classic standards and wrote new lyrics for them, Classically Sedaka is wonderful.

[theflyingmouse]

Petition signed.

Good luck with it.

Neil deserves to be inducted.

Be warned though, next time there's a petition to get Meat Loaf in, i'm comin' back and I expect co operation lol.

All the best.

[nightingaleron]

Brilliant to say the least. Makes me cry each time I hear it on the radio. I have been searching for this song for so long. Thank you.

[lkijju]

Superb. Immensely moving. Neil is a fantastically talented entertainer

[blakecooper2000]

Neil is certainly multi-talented. I love the way he sings my favorite aria, and as a bonus it is in English. Well done, Neil!!!

[kesslec]

Just saw Mr. Sedaka in concert last night (Feb 1, '09). At 69 years young his voice is full, strong and unflawed. The audience could not get enough. The applause began right after he hit those last powerful notes and the ovation continued on and on. He followed this with Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu. Of course he did all the oldies, too, and introduced some new songs. (He has a new CD coming out in June.) Don't miss seeing him in concert if you have the chance.

[christinescamel]

So happy to find this on youtube. I originally saw Mr. Sedaka discuss and perform this on a television talk program around 1994, and searched endlessly for it until 2000 when he sang it as an encore to a Las Vegas show. It was from an album not sold in the US, said he. Filled with emotional sentimentality for anyone loving Turandot and loving and missing a father. Thank you, Neil Sedaka; thank you Tuneweaver2008.

[lkijju]

so have i tom1234wwe.

many thanks to Tuneweaver2008

[shirls2]

Really an excellent song reminds me so much of the past love Shirlsxx

[tom1234wwe]

Fantastic singer. I have been searching for this video for a long time. Thank you

[binelli235]

I love this very nice "sweet version" of Nessun Dorma - Puccini