Luciano Pavarotti Il Trovatore (with endless C!!!)

Brilliant technique! Brilliant performance! Brilliant singer of all times! If only could Verdi listen him...

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[padillajoshua30]

I also wonder though, if classical tenors could sing above c? I think American Idol finalist james durbin even reached A which is so damn far from that C... but anyway, the technique is totally different so I cannot say that he does it better than pavarotti

[zurriussII]

@padillajoshua30 Classical tenors can go upper than C, like D, E or F but it's very rare. Anyway, it happens.

[kcmet79]

I'm curious, is it that rare for a tenor to be able to hit the C in full voice? (Or is it just the quality with which Pavarotti sings it that folks find remarkable?) I'd probably be known as a baritone and have never been satisfied with how high I can get in full voice since my voice changed around age 16, yet I can still do a solid G (only two and a half steps below the C)......

[zurriussII]

@kcmet79 It can't be said what voice you'll have, it depends how old are you, how you train and the teacher. Of course, it depends on you ability as well. Also remember, the voice keeps growing till 35 ;)

[MrAxSAP]

@zurriussII Do you know around when it's stops getting darker, or so?

[zurriussII]

@MrAxSAP Stops getting darker and becomes lighter? I suppose in 30-s or so.

[puccinislarondine]

tklogan11809... Verdi may not have meant it to be about a C he didn't (ostensibly) write, but the technique he displays by saying the 2nd syllable while holding that note is absolutely freakin' PHENOMENAL!

Bravo Maestro! :)

[scafoidescafoide]

simply perfect

[arcuz92]

@zuzzo7 Staresti davvero insinuando che Pavarotti sia un mediocre e usi in studio certi trucchetti? Smettila per favore, dai...

[zuzzo7]

Cari ascoltatori, questa è una registrazione da studio, ....... sapete Voi che in studio di registrazione le note acute - SI bemolle, SI naturale, DO di petto - con moderni softwares, si possono "alzare" di 1/2 tono, anche di 1 tono e che gli stessi acuti si possono "allungare" a piacere ... ??? Diffidate delle registrazioni da studio, dove tutti i cantanti sono bravi, il vero valore di un cantante si misura solamente nelle "performances" dal vero, cioè in teatro, e lì molti diventano mediocri

[appeace1]

@puccinislarondine Not only to say the second syllable and retain the support and power of the note. but to close his mouth enough to roll the "R" also! He was the master!!

[appeace1]

@appeace1 and even into his 60's is astounding! Even though, there are fine tenors today w/ loads of talent, there will never be; in my humble opinion, another to match Luciano Pavarotti;

[appeace1]

@padillajoshua30 its not just that Pava could sing the high C but it is with the full support, ringing resonance, bell quality, and the seeming effortlessness of the note. Pava did have up to the F# but only sang it in the recording studio. He did sing the Db and high D live on occasion. For a high tenor to reach these notes is expected but for a lyric, and later in his life, a lyric/spinto, is amazing. Then to still be able to summon that ringing, high C well into his 50's

[incredulousG3]

@kcmet79 It's very rare for any tenor to sing anything above a b natural in full voice. What tenors do above this area is use their head, or mixed, voice. They use both sets of vocal cords to blend the voices and hit higher notes. That being said, I'd say 50 percent of tenor arias require the high c. Almost all arias from the bel canto repertoire require high c's..and sometimes higher. Stuff by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Wagner, Verdi, Mozart..not necessarily.

[colino72]

@viv3147 This isn't chest voice - it is full connected head voice. Don't confuse head voice with falsetto. For a more scientific description, look up vocal mechanisms M1 and M2. The full head voice high C to me, when I get it right, goes into a somewhat different 'space' (feeling wise). Little weight, but very resonant. Domingo really had no C in any way.

[appeace1]

@ryaneffingbrock You are so right! Another thing that makes his high C's and recorded high D's and higher is to see this large man make those sounds with such a beautiful, round, resonating, brilliance---like the sun, as has been described repeatedly by others. One would expect the high C from Florez, or Brownlee since they are higher tenors, but from a lyric, spinto?? and to seemingly toss them off with ease, tho I think we all know its not, is absolute Pavarotti! There will never be another---