Rigoletto 1971: #8 Possente amor mi chiama. Luciano Pavarotti

by Giuseppe Verdi (libretto by Francesco Maria Piave)

This 1971 studio recording is with Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the London Symphony Chorus, with conductor Richard Bonynge (husband of soprano Joan Sutherland).

Principal cast:
Joan Sutherland, soprano: Gilda
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor: the Duke of Mantua
Sherrill Milnes, baritone: Rigoletto
Martti Talvela, bass: Sparafucile
Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano: Maddalena

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[31122051]

Meraviglioso ! Sicuramente il miglior duca di Mantova di tutti i tempi. Personalmente ritengo molto valida anche l'interpretazione ( presente qui su YouTube ) di F. Bonisolli. Grazie per il video !

[patrick96321]

Prego!

[dalferr]

Saudades...

[patrick96321]

Babel Fish says that saudades in Portuguese translates to "homesicknesses" in English, but I think I know what you mean! I miss him too.

Obrigado!

[Pavarotti4eva]

thanks for posting this! its great, ive never heard pavarotti singing this so well!

[patrick96321]

Yes, this was recorded by Pavarotti at his peak, about the time he "broke out of the pack" and became an international superstar.

Often, when a clip of Pavarotti's voice is played in news story or documentary, it will be a clip from this studio recording, since it's as good as it gets!

[leadoffeohippus]

Amazing. Pavarotti WAS THE DUKE.

[JanoFliberreti]

Yup, in fact both Pavarotti and Kraus they've made great Duca's.

But there is a big difference here: Pavarotti use a mixed voice to hit the High D, and Kraus not.

[clown84700]

Bravo Pavaro !!

[Honken]

... lyrical tenor borderlining spinto. No, some roles weren't suited for his voice. He took on really heavy dramatico roles which should be out of his repertoire. He did however do them all justice as his voice was big enough to carry over the gigantic orchestration for several decades without lingering; all because of his spinto qualities.

Kraus wasn't a pure leggero. Blake, Florez, Kunde are leggeros. Kraus was a lirico-leggero, hands down.

[Honken]

@mrluistena

You're not making much sense here. I agree that each individual singer has a unique voice; there's nothing to dispute this fact. However, each individual voice can be placed in faches to determine what roles are suited for this particular voice; lyrical baritone, dramatic tenor, coloratura soprano ect.

No, I cannot say that I understand every single inch of Lucianos instrument and neither can anyone but he himself. This doesn't change the fact that he was a ... (continued)

[mrluistena]

@Honken Lets talk from the bottom line, you dont even know what was Luciano really vocal register as a tenor.... I needed to say that to you, nor even Kraus´s vocal register. you got them both wrong. They were not what you say. Read again what you class them and read back mine classification. You´ll then begin to learn. On the other hand, you can also go back to the 60´s, 70´s and 80´s and see what was Kraus about. I adore Luciano, that´s a fact but not all Veri´s, Pucccini´s roles were suitable

[Honken]

@mrluistena

Listen to any LIVE recording of Pavarotti in his youth (late 60's early 70's) and you'll clearly see that his voice was way larger than your average lirico, not to mention that he had one of the strongest squillos in recorded history.

What do you mean by 'commercial operas'? He sung the same repertoire as any tenor; Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Leoncavallo and so on. Saying that he didn't serve music after a 40 year career before selling out is just ignorant and insulting.

[mrluistena]

@Honken I am sorry to say, Luciano was not a lirico-spinto tenor, he was a pure lirico tenor. Kraus was a lirico-leggero tenor but you are right when you say that the high nots for Kraus became easier. Also to mention that Kraus looked after his health and tecnique far more than Luciano. Not mention that Kraus did sing the right repertory throughtout his life, that helps a lot too. Luciano was more to sing comercial operas rathan than serving music. Music served him.

[NMEnrique]

@delosreyesgavikanes hahahahahahaha

[NMEnrique]

@Honken hahaha

[Honken]

Why all the nonsense? There is chest resonance and head/masque resonance, you can't sing in your head or chest, the human voice doesn't have vocal registers. Breaks in modality and changes in timbre yes, but that's it.

A light lyric singer like Kraus has easier high notes than a heavier lirico-spinto like Pavarotti.

[ThePavafan]

if it is in mixed voice there wouldn't be any ring and in this high d there are tons of ring more than every note of every singer ever