Luciano Pavarotti/Joan Sutherland - Vieni fra queste braccia - Live 1976

Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland sing vieni fra queste braccia from act III of Bellini's I Puritani. The singing is just out of this world, Pavarotti's first C# is gorgeous. Unfortunately he can't quite clear his throat for the second one and struggles slightly, it doesn't detract from the performance though, bravi Pavarotti and Sutherland!

Live 1976 - I Puritani - The Metropolitan opera orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

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[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Moorhe-While we agree on most things, let's be clear. Domingo made his career based on transposing not only single arias but entire roles. That is disrespectful for everyone else in the cast as they have to transpose as well. And there surely is a big difference between transposing once in a while versus transposing on a constant basis, beginning at the early stages of ones career until the very end. It's dishonest.

[Mooorhe]

What roles did he transpose early apart from Rodolfo?

I have performances of his Faust, Duca, Otello, Calaf, Cavaradossi, Radames and a couple of others untransposed.

He did not transpose entire roles to have a career at all.

[tena2]

what roles you say? he did stop singing calaf on stage fairly young and that role is meant tobe sung by a dramatic tenor like him, cavaradossi only sings 23 minutes in tosca, and it is not a high opera or risky at all, otello? jejee take a look at his last operas as andrea chenier, etc there are all way down, I am sorry but to me this is not art, he took on too many roles over 125 and this is not good, too many choices for his capability, then he pays it off.

[Mooorhe]

He sang Calaf on stage at the Met in 1987 of course, wasn't too great IMO.

[dessayfan]

What can I say? Thank you for this rendition! Grande Sutherland e Grandissimo Pavarotti.

[UchihaGege]

@bigus I aggree that it's meaningless to judge someone on only 1 note, but for this area, and the whole singing I like gedda more then pavarotti

[gonzalordm]

@Mooorhe Hey, my friend, I listen both high note from Pavarotti very well done!

[gonzalordm]

@TheInquisitive4Ever This is another ignorant Domingo hater. No, Domingo transposed Di quella Pira always (with counted performances in tone) and Che Gelida Manina until de 90´s. Then he debuted Prophete in Viena 1998 and did transposed some parts. Also did in 1982 in Les Troyens. What else? Obviously, after 1996 he did transpose more. After 35 years of no transposed just the ones I mentioned.

[gonzalordm]

@tena2 Otro ignorante. Cavaradossi no es un rol difícil?... Te invito a cantar el primer acto. La Recondita Armonia, mira en qué zona está escrita!!!... El dúo con Tosca fácil?... el duetito con Angelotti regalado?... Por favor, cuánta ignorancia hay, pero si se ignora, señores, por favor, al menos no comenten.

[gonzalordm]

@bigus Don´t be stupid. Domingo did not develop technique?... hahahahahahahaha... The stupidities one has to read in youtube! All you are genius! He pushes?.. hahahahaha... really you should write a book about knowledge in singing!... IGNORANT!

[SavHub]

check out the recently uploaded rendition by Angela Gheorghiu and Bogdan Mihai!

[bigus]

@timsuffolk i add "imo" for the people who get hung up on little things like that and feel they have to respond to tell me that it is in fact my opinion etc. while not infallable i believe my opinion is fairly educated after dedicating so many years to the study of the voice. i would go so far as to say the majority has very little understanding of true technique and thus can't be trusted.most people just repeat what they have heard from this or that critique and have no real knowledge themself

[timsuffolk]

@bigus I am glad you frequently add ' imo' since it is only your opinion, which seems to differ from most trains of thought on technique!

[bigus]

@timsuffolk there have always been and always will be different schools of thought on what is good/bad technique. also there are lots of people who have had long careers even though they had less than perfect technique. the wobble also comes early with poor technique, "O" in the middle is good for transitioning from low to high but "O" is too open for the high voice imo and poor for brilliance and phonation up top.legato is important until all your words become a 1 vowel mush.thats a crutch imo.

[timsuffolk]

@bigus That is quite a strange comment, as one thing that was always said was how Sutherland's technique was second to none, enabling her to sing for over 40 years. The 'wobble' , although I would describe it as more of a 'beat' comes with age, there is nothing you can do about it! Additionally the vowel ' o' enabled her to produce the beautiful vocal line she was known for.

[kgarmaker123]

@bigus Very astute comment.. You are right about all of it.