Pavarotti in Lima - 1995 - Mattinata (Leoncavallo)

Part of the concert of Pavarotti in Lima, Peru, back in 1995. I was 13 back then, and I couldnt go because I was on holidays in another city. Sad day for me, but I was able to tape it when they showed it on TV. Enjoy. I ll try to upload the rest. Had the whole concert in a very, very old VHS, so sorry about the quality.

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Music

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• pavarotti
• peru
• 1995
• opera
• lima
• mattinata

[loveluciano1]

What a beautiful singing by luciano pavarotti, and he is so beautiful and sweet here. bravo luciano and i love you very much.

[pisihopat]

my favourite

[EricSpainSaade]

doy gracias a dios por haber asistido a este concierto toda via lo recuerdo como si fuera ayer

[sugarbist]

@jgraif Welcome

[jgraif]

@sugarbist i thank you very, very much for this. i listened to the 1954 studio recording of "mattinata" by del monaco. in a word, it is wonderful. it is also far better than any performance by pavarotti, who sings it like an exercise instead of a piece of music worth his time and effort.

[sugarbist]

@jgraif Cont;Others will say that Lanza is not the(SINGER)that Peerce was, However they never attack Lanza'squality of voice.In short Lanza critics will try to diminish his great voice by categorizing their favorite tenor.My favorites are Lanza, Corelli. Del Monaco& De Stefano&I'm proud of it. If you would like to hear something dynamic,Try Del Monaco's last 5 performances of Mattinata.But i suggest u wear a seat belt. Also try Lauri Volpi which is interesting.I like Pav,but not the hanky&waving

[sugarbist]

@jgraif Mario Lanza had more than a proper voice and would be the envy of any singer.He was extremely gifted and he accomplished great things without trying.You can hear his beautiful interpretations more so in the so-called american songs.I've never heard him utter an ugly tone. His voice was clear clean and beautiful without any noticeable mannerisms,Try his Thine Alone and Student Prince.Some try to categorize him as not being an opera singer.Lanza had one of the best quality of voices ever

[jgraif]

thanx for the considered words. i realize that i get carried away when i start defending lanza. i apologize for that. i just feel that the guy got a raw deal and even today, when we praise the likes of andrea bocelli for "bridging the gap between opera and pop audiences, we also need to make sure that we never admit we were wrong about lanza. thank you, again for the discussion. i will do my best to calm down! best regards...

[rovingdesertfox]

@jgraif Fine. You are entitled to your opinion. I have no quarrel with that. Everyone has free will to do with their lives as they choose. It's easy to sit back and copy and paste this over that and compare this to oh, where did it go, that idea, but that's really not how life works, is it? Truth is that Pav got up here and sang the piece and that's that. We tie things together and make a drama out of the threads of existence and call it our life. You seemed to project a lot that's all.

[jgraif]

@rovingdesertfox pavarotti regularly praised lanza and cited him as an inspiration. he, of all people, could have really paid tribute to lanza by obtaining the wonderful orchestrations used in his recordings from bmg (victor) and using them in his concerts. instead, he chose to use some really awful arrangements and perform the music like an exercise. this is my opinion. it is based, in part, on formal training in music, but certainly open to challenge and discussion.

[jgraif]

@rovingdesertfox i would offer that my comments have nothing to do with "playing god". pavarotti had a wonderful voice. personally, i do not care for the way he acted in his later years and the fact that most people "give him a pass" for it, while continuing to defend a now 60 year-old, baseless criticism of mario lanza for not having a "proper" voice. please listen to lanza's interpretation of "mattinata". pavarotti treats it as a "throw away". more...

[rovingdesertfox]

@jgraif You enjoy playing God huh? Nice. Bad habit.