Pavarotti Last Performance "Nessun Dorma" @ Torino 2006

He had pancreatic cancer at the time as well =O

You can hear the sickness in his voice. He is working so hard to breath properly.

Totally breathtaking at 2:24. You can see in his face how much he is enjoying the moment - obviously much aware that it will be his last performance. Wow!! If I could pick a single performance of all time to attend, that one might very well be it. What power. Simply amazing.

Technically, the entire thing was staged (orchestra didn't really play, Pavarotti didn't really sing) because at sub-zero temps, instruments get out of tune really fast & it's hard to sing. So it was pre-recorded. But everyone, from the conductor to the audience, felt like it was a magnificent performance. Pavarotti was/is a master, there's no denying, and I don't think that the allowances made for this performance detract from his greatness.

Prove that it was staged. Show us a link where other people think/state that it was staged. It is near impossible to have it staged and be totally in sync all the time, which is the case here. I think you are full of you know what.

i heard there were 13 minutes standing ovation

you hear alot of things. there were 14 minutes of silence after this owl came on stage

Wow...

If he's lipsyncing, it's the best I've ever seen. Some of the singing in that is free of meter and really hard to fake. I think its real.

really, he has been singing it for over 40 years. Ib would imagine that lipping it would not be to hard for him