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Sutherland & Pavarotti in Rigoletto III (Finale)

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Oh my God!! Leo Nucci is my FAVORITE Rigoletto ever!

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  • As I sit here with tears streaming down my cheeks, sweat beading on my forehead, and hair standing on end from head to toe; having watched this clip a thousand times before in the last 22 years it occurred to me that the majority of our brothers and sisters consider opera to be boring. I pity them.

  • Leo Nucci is officially recognized as the best singing Rigoletto--that is, the best Rigoletto who's singing at the moment. Furthermore, he's recognized as a definitive Rigoletto (just like Tito Gobbi was). Nucci is a fantastic singer and a great actor, and he just sang "Si, vendetta" on 3 encores in Piacenza and at least 1 encore just a month ago in Parma. He's 66, he's singing and may God grant him many more years of such a great voice.

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  • R.I.P Dame Joan, always on my mind.

  • Gilda!! Mia Gilda! É Morta!

    R.I.P Dame Joan Sutherland!!! :((

  • Seine Stimme klingt schlecht!

  • Nucci is not my favorite Rigoletto, - Milnes is - but he is certainly one of the best. and he is definitely my favorite Iago . I listened to his both recordings( when he was young with Pavarotti and Solti, and the late one with domingo and Muti form la scala, he is always on the top)

    but the miracle in this video as i believe is Dame Sutherland makes us have tears everytime we watch the video and forgetting that she was 61 years old !! how could she convince us that she is an 18 year -old girl !

  • I don't know why he is so under appreciated and rarely named with the greats. I do know he is a beloved star at La Scala. They had a gala concert in honor of his 30th anniversary there, about 4 years ago. He sang baritone arias from just about every opera he ever sung there, and sounded amazing. The audience was in a frenzy. The whole thing is posted here on youtube. I hope he comes to the Met one last time before he retires. He still sounds great, and not just for his age. Just great period!

  • I know people will disagree, and that for whatever reason Nucci has his critics, but for my money he is the best Rigoletto ever, as well as one of the all time great Verdi baritones, right up there with Warren, Merrill, Milnes, etc. I find every performance thrilling, with a dramtic intensity that puts many of today's leading baritones to shame. He was in the very first opera I ever attended (Traviata), 25 years ago, and he has been my favorite baritone ever since.

  • @Hako2004 That is a great one to start with. My first opera was a 17 year old was "La Boheme" and that one was a bit slow moving. Those who like opera won't like each one (I'm not a Wagner fan myself)... hopefully your niece will find a genre/composer that she really loves!

  • @Cramnella

    I took my niece to her first opera this year....Rigoletto. She loved it and couldn't stop talking about it for days. She can't wait for the next evening at the opera.....so there is hope that a new wave of opera fans is emerging.

  • @Cramnella I do to, but I've converted one of my friends :)

  • better check Nicolae Herlea in Rigolleto- one of th ebest !

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