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Much of music, after a certain level of excellence is achieved, becomes subjective. I know people who prefer Bocelli to Pavarotti. My personal favorite by far is Mario Lanza, whose combination of beauty, power and emotion has in my opinion never been equalled, before or since. I've never heard...

Hey HeardThatSongBefore, Mario was very well trained, having been trained for well over a year by Rosati (who had trained Gigli) and also trained by Spadoni. Hollywood intervened in what was an upcoming and extremely promising operatic career. He was very unique to be sure, but not well trained...

Not a good rendition. He was straining at the end and failed to deliver as written.

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Lanza was a very highly trained singer (even studying under Rosatti) and was well on his way to an operatic career when snatched by Hollywood. His voice was unparalleled in combining beauty, power and raw emotion. I tip my hat to many tenors, including Jussi Bjorling, but Mario Lanza was unsurp...

Excellent. Second only to Lanza.

Nobody before or since has anyone ever sounded like this man. He left us too soon, but thank the Lord he was here. He reached far more this way than if he had gone into straight opera immediately. We'll never forget you, Magic Mario!

Very undistinguished effort. General lack of power and timbre. Great breath control, as always, but that doesn't compensate for the identified weaknesses.

I like his basic voice, but I think of him more in terms of the popular genre than operatic. Overall, I think the voice is undersized, even though the vocal control is there.

I disagree curmudgeon. Domingo's technique is excellent and he's endured for decades. He's sung more tenor roles than any other in the history of opera. His middle register is excellent and his voice in that arena is fuller than Pav's. He doesn't have the true high C but neither did Caruso. ...

I agree GermanOperaSinger, Lanza was magnificent! Compared to Mario, Pav's voice was reed thin. Mario had the best top to his voice of any tenor ever. Jealousy prevailed in his time because only one of his genius could have catapulted himself to such worldwide fame so quickly. His looks and q...

Pav was a vocal midget compared to Caruso. Pav had great agility with his voice but it was too small to compare to Caruso. Pavarotti was indeed a great tenor but most certainly not the greatest. His voice was too limited in volume and timbre.

You need your head examined jonesthephones. Pavarotti and Bocelli don't have the capacity to bring this emotion to their singing or the timbre and breadth of voice to pull it off. In other words, they lack the goods. Lanza was a genius light years ahead of his time, and all modern opera stars ...

Not up there with Pav or Bocelli at all. Superior to both of them. Pav, as brilliant a technician as he was, simply lacked the vocal size. Mario is much fuller and his top is unsurpassed.

SOME people consider Lanza great??? Anybody with an ear does. Simply the greatest tenor of all time, with an unparalleled combination of beauty and power.

Who's better? At least Caruso, Bjoerling, Lanza, Corelli and Gigli, all of whom have larger, rounder voices of greater timbre and power. I like even Domingo better because he's way more versatile AND his middle register is much better. Whle he lacks the ringing high notes at the top, he's othe...

Good, strong voice. But I agree that better as a Wagnerian tenor or possibly even a high baritone.

I like this version. Placido is a solider craftsman than Pavarotti. Luciano's register was higher but Domingo's is fuller. His middle range is quite superior to Luciano's.

This song does not showcase Caruso's voice to its best advantage. It calls for a delicacy that is not comfortably in his repertoire.

He's got the juice alright and his notes are quite full, but I don't find his voice particularly appealing. Very competent but not one of my favorites.

Pavarotti's vocal control and versatility is superb, but I can't rank him with Caruso, Gigli, Bjoerling, Lanza, Corelli or the other true greats because his voice simply isn't the requisite size. His voice is too small to rank with those people. He is a great tenor but nowhere near the best bec...