Rudolph Bing Gala Lucia di Lammermoor

Sutherland and Pavarotti sing the Lucia-Edgardo duet.
Pavarotti sounds miracolous.
(A highlight from japanese TV)

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• Donizetti
• Pavarotti
• Sutherland
• Lucia
• Bing

[robertdonkers]

Believe you me, there will be many people who will find her beautiful. You might not think so, others do. There will be people who think you look like a toad where there are others who think you are beautiful. But best thing is to comment on her wonderful voice what she is famous for. I once met Dame Joan and to be frank I did not find her ugly at all, she was very kind and charming which makes her beautiful.

[malfada22]

I don't care how Sutherland pronouces her words. I would give anything to have her sing today. It would be heaven in place of the mediocre singer we have nowadays.

[colino72]

@vorspiel1023 No problem - I figured as much.....

[vorspiel1023]

@colino72: I am sorry that the comment of August 27 was directed at you; it was meant for Baritanist. I hope Baritanist reads today's comment as well as the comment of four days ago. I stand by a wonderful memory and stand by my opinions based on what I heard, in person, nothing less nor more.

[vorspiel1023]

@ Baritanist: I heard Luciano Pavarotti live March 4, 1978, in recital, at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. Just Pavarotti and his pianist. NO microphones, nothing but that glorious voice. The Fox has acoustics that can best be described as average; it is an old 1927 movie palace, seats about 2800 or so, but Pavarotti filled the space with the exquisite lines and placement of his voice. I rest my case; in person the voice was one of the greatest I have heard in over 50 years of listening to opera!

[colino72]

@vorspiel1023 I think you need to read my comments again....It was the venerable, know everything but say nothing, Baritanist who was saying that Pavarotti was not a good singer and could not be heard without microphones. I was saying that this was crap. Re-read, and then perhaps tell the other guy what you just said... BTW, I would imagine that he would say that recital is different (no orchestra), but it can also be harder... Great that you got to see him live - wish I had.

[vorspiel1023]

@colino72 .. You sir, are dead wrong about Pavarotti. I heard him in 1978, Fox Theater, Atlanta, old movie palace built in 1927, average acoustics. Pavarotti and a piano, no microphone, just the VOICE, Large, expansive, focused and above all meltingly beautiful. He sang Nessum Dorma at the end of the recital, and we wept and cheered at the sheer beauty and majesty of the voice. You are entitled to your opinions, but not to your own facts.

[Dunhamsky]

Brings back memories of when I rehearsed and performed in a Sutherland production some 38 years ago

[Baritanist]

@colino72 You go with your "chiarascuro", you expert. ROFL

[colino72]

@Baritanist Right, seems you are the absolute expert then. I wasn't talking about the balance of registers, I was talking about harmonics and formants. Heard of them, fuckwit? The balance is in the harmonic partials, which gives the chiarascuro - balance of dark and bright formants. Acoustic analysis by Miller of Pavarotti shows an impressive balance, unusually so, and over loud orchestras at that. I really don't think you know what the fuck you are talking about, and I have made my last comment

[Baritanist]

@colino72 Apparently, you know nothing about singing. Pavarotti's voice was small without microphones, the balance of registers does not play a role when in comes to size. I know people who are doing the tech part in opera houses, and I can assure you, they all have microphones and they are using them especially for people with fat record contracts in spite of their Mickey Mouse voices... like Pavarotti. Two modern examples: Calleja and Florez.

[colino72]

@Baritanist Wow, and were you his hidden sound engineer?!? Living in a little house at the bottom of the garden with the other mythical creatures?

Really, that IS BS. I do sing, including opera (chorus), my teacher was a member of the Australian Opera chorus and worked with Joan Sutherland numerous times and Pavarotti in concert once. Not a microphone in sight. Further, do some reading of Richard Miller - he does spectrographic analysis of Pavarotti and his voice is perfectly balanced.

Idiot