Aretha Franklin - Nessun Dorma @ 1998 Grammy's

HER BEST PERFORMANCE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[FameThreeTimes]

LOL @ those complaining. Did you expect Aretha to sound like Pavarotti. It's hilarious watching these PSEUDO-elitists struggle with their limited musical comprehension to understand anything different from the textbook norm. Aretha's SOUL interpretation was BRILLIANT. Luciano Pavarotti loved it! The audience of respected, accomplished musicians loved it! Period! Say what you want, but 50 years from now people will STILL know Aretha's name & music. You complainers will be forgotten memories.

[gooffgoff89]

I remember this performance. It was last minute...she wasn't scheduled to sing nor was she prepared. She was asked to step in for Pavarotti who was ill and when she stepped on the stage, no one...and I mean no one, knew if she could pull this off! She rocked the house! People jumped out of their seats and the applause was thunderous. I was electrifying watching it from home.

[xxxHeyZeusxxx]

THIS video doesnt show it, but Sting did say before introducing her that Aretha HAD performed "Nessun Dorma" for another event days before these Grammys. She did NOT go into this cold and unprepared. She had learned and rehearsed this - Aretha style - for an event other than these Grammys.

Hey. This is the way the Queen of Soul "interprets" this great opera piece. You hate it. Your right to.

[WowKowboy]

Wait. Any time they can just call you up on stage to sing a song like that-- in Italian, you're a bad, bad, bitch!!! All hail the Queen!!

[pvillelajr]

Every living singer on earth moved up one notch the other night, except for Aretha Franklin.

[ashn2k]

Queen of Soul singing Opera. Magnificent.

[VoiceOfAnAngel1]

It took guts to do this...but why didn't they pick a fellow opera singer to step in for Pavarotti? :S

[Maaannyable]

0:46 made me shiver. Her best performance.

[kenjihoon]

@pianowiz1025 dude, you are disgusting. she did a favor for pavoratti. she's not an opera singer. so what? you know... just because you like opera doesn't mean you have to hate other kinds of music.

[pianowiz1025]

As a classical opera singer, I find this awful and disgusting. Pavoratti must be rolling in his grave.

[stevie586]

@monelleny Amen! I sing classical music in my a'capella group of eight years. Although I carry the melody on most of our songs, and have excelled in the genre with an extremely powerful belt & control, it is not my favorite style of singing. What I do love is strong, high quality, melodious vocals. Aretha sang amazingly, and even added a little soulful twist to it. Although many love her, I don't prefer her style, but, her awesomness cannot be disputed to those with a trained ear.