Are we not all blessed to have this technology - UA-cam - to bring us these videos from years gone by for us to enjoy and marvel at the talent we would never experience in person?
Agreed and there is some bad content as well but you can always pass it by for beautiful gems like this one 😁, also from this you may find gems like Tom Lehrer even a full show not sure you like this it's different genre so many more 😅 nice to see others enjoying this type of music still 😁🤘
Indeed ! And I think it's the first time I see him that young and without his beard ! ;-) Gives a whole other dimension to his facial expressions to me !
Siempre fue su momento, nadie puede igualarlo y en ese momento de joven habrá sido el mejor, que nosotros no lo hayamos conocido en ese tiempo es otra cosa.
Maybe I am wrong, since I am no expert at all, but I've been taught that Pavarotti is a lyric singer. Opposite to him, Placido Domingo is a dramatic tenor, who acts every word he sings.
This man was born to talk to our souls through his voice. When I think of God’s gift to humanity, I think of Maestro Luciano’s voice. Unparalleled, unmatchable.
I agree. Carreras always seems like he is swallowing a camel, to coin a phrase. I have a hard time listening to him because everything is so forced. But Luciano's voice is liquid gold.
I’ve been a professional musician all my adult life. Started playing at 4 years old. Was raised on Pavarotti, Lanza and Domingo. But my dad was especially fond of Luciano Pavarotti. He wanted me to be a tenor. Turns out I suck at singing and became a drummer instead. But I know all the classic operas by heart. My point is really this: NOBODY before or since has topped Luciano Pavarotti. It would have been pointless to try. Some have come close. But this man was a gift from God and I can’t think of a more natural and powerful singer than Luciano Pavarotti. I was lucky to live in his time.
@@M_B0451 Fair question. But nobody can say for sure because the fidelity of his recordings was very primitive. So there’s no way to tell what Caruso’s full tenor really sounded like beyond hearsay and critical reviews. The frequency width back then was only about 1 kHz-3 kHz on early phonograph playback devices. Edison cylinder phonographs were even narrower in Hz frequency. He died in 1921 so he never recorded with anywhere near the quality fidelity of the tube microphones, studio monitor reference and playback devices that Pavarotti had available in the mid to late 20th century.
well it`s a good thing the young tenor didn`t have you to contend with.....I bet you are a good drummer & the drummer is the one who keeps the beat..... I had the great pleasure of seeing him twice life.......
The best tenor of all time was Enrico Caruso. Pavarotti is one dozen of so great tenors of the 20th century, along with Jussi Bjoerling, Carlo Bergonzi, Beniamino Gigli, etc.
I heard Pavarotti in La Fille du Regiment in 1972 in NYC....my husband was an opera buff...In truth we went to see the then far more famous soprano, BUT Pavorotti took my breath away. All I could hear was HIM. I was 25 and knew nothing about opera nor how reknowned he would become but I have never forgotten it. Even a complete novIce like me knew that voice was special. I have been lucky to have many peak experiences in my life and thIs certainly was an important one.
Ah, how very wonderful for you! I've loved him since I was a child. Such a child, in fact, that I determined that I'd marry him when I grew up! So, my First Love - probably since '72 or '73. As you might guess, I married someone else - hopefully my dear Luciano wasn't _too_ heartbroken when he (ahem!) heard the news!💖😉 I wept when he passed away. Wish I'd had the chance to see him...such a beautiful man with an absolutely _epic_ voice!✨
He definitely has qualities most opera singers rarely have. Charisma and relatability. He made opera mainstream and for the masses. Opera was already dying back in the 50s and 60s in favor of pop and rock, he made opera fun and mainstream even just for a little bit.
As he said himself 10 years to build a voice like that. No throat engagement. Minimal mouth/jaw movement, perfect shape lips curled ends. Great singer, wonderful career built on technique.
@@classicaldeb throat engagement: clenching or closing the throat while singing. People often do this in an attempt to raise volume or hit higher notes but it blocks the sound and/or causes tension and cracking. Pavarotti projects his voice while relying on his diaphragm. He was also known for having perfect pitch.
Interesting that many of his expressions are the same, just a bit more subtle. And that heavenly voice. I think he really matured with age, like a fine wine!
I was lucky to have seen Pavarotti live several times in the 1990 era. He was the only singer I ever heard who did not strain in any part of his range - each syllable in each melody was round and sweet.
Yes, perhaps you might agree with me that, as sublime as his recordings are, they pale in comparison to hearing him live. I heard him just once when he sang at a birthday celebration at UCLA for Henry Mancini's 65th, and I was stupefied, no - dumbfounded at the power, sweetness and purity of his tone when singing live - it put any recording I'd heard of him to shame... even then, he resigned supreme, and if my memory is accurate, this was less than ten years before his death.
I was lucky enough to have played bassoon in the Reno Philharmonic when Pavarotti came through town twice in the 90s and early 2000s. It's right at the top of my credits list.
Я, оказывается, никогда и не видела Паваротти молодым! Как он легко и естественно поёт. Сам улыбается в конце арии - счастлив подарить людям своё пение. Обожаю! Восхищаюсь! Хорошо, что есть возможность видеть и слушать его снова и снова. Это счастье быть на таком концерте! Талант!
I love House music, hip hop, R& B, Soul, Funk, Jazz and used to hate Opera. But THIS man is the very best male singer to have ever lived and it is a joy listening to him, even though I still hate operas, lol 😂
gabriel Salinas What the hell? Are you seriously impliying that he belongs to hell?? If so, shame on you. He was a treasure, such a lovely and kind hearted man. If not - didn't you really know that Pavarotti sadly passed away in 2007?
gabriel Salinas Because he loved singing very much. Sadly, he passed away and we can't see him anymore - at least not in this life herenon the earth. So, of course we hope that he's in heaven and happy. Because we fans care about him.
Just phenomenal! Incredible vocal control, diction, perfect pitch, fabulous bel canto legato line and a luscious, unforced Italian sound in his youth. Richard Bonynge said no tenor alive today could touch Pavarotti. The perfect successor to Gigli.
I think when Mr Bonynge praises a singer then one knows that he/she must be good. He handed out The Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize in 2019 (BBC Cardiff Singer of The World competition) in honour of Mr Hvorostovsky and thought he was one of the best baritones he had ever heard. May they both RIP 🌷🌷🌷🌷
@@ripsnortinroy If that had happened, you would barely have heard Pavarotti! It would have been like a small voiced backing singer to Caruso's lead voice. The acoustic recording process was incredibly limited. It couldn't record frequencies above 3,000 hz, nor below 300 hz with any efficiency, as it was essentially singing into a tin horn, which through a steel needle, scratched the resultant vibrations onto a rotating wax cylinder. So consonants were completely lost, along with all the upper partials of a superb voice which gives rise to squillo & tonal punch. The lower partials of the operatic voice were also lost, which gives the voice sonority & harmonic richness. So, basses sound like baritones, baritones like tenors, tenors like teenagers, & sopranos like little girls. Caruso's voice was so powerfui & sonically opulent, that he could sound almost as if recorded electronically. However, when you hear dramatic tenors of his day through the same process, they sound veiled, thin, reedy, & lacking in squillo by comparison, & dramatic baritones sound no weightier than Caruso's tenor. Pavarotti's was a much smaller lighter voice type, with none of the ring in the upper register. Incidentally, the acoustic process was always a "live" recording, since no retakes or editing were possible as today. If the singer, or players made a mistake, the entire aria had to be recorded again from scratch. Not spliced together from 15 different takes.
28 years old here. I know nothing about opera or its history but how can Pavorotti NOT be considered the greatest tenor ever!? His vocals are unmatched. So powerful yet so effortless. Simply pure and beautiful.
It's funny because usually they rate people with almost no recordings that exist now. However, his popularity may make people like you consider him the greatest, it's debatable. So I would say he's definitely top 5.
@@moofaloof1 No Order: -Beniamino Gigli -Caruso -Mirella Freni -Jussi Bjorling -Pavarotti Honorable mentions: -Franco corelli -Callas -Giuseppe Di Stefano Honestly, after more thinking, it's really difficult and somehow relevant to each person's taste. I left many great performers. Ranking (Performers) is difficult. Different voice ranges Tenor, Bass, Soprano, etc. And you might consider their acting sometimes.
when you see it live, it not only sounds like that, it VIBRATES your sternum. Somehow the sound wave matches the natural vibration in your own chest and you feel your chest move in sympathy. You actually FEEL this vibration when you see an opera.
His voice is MAGNIFICENT! It has given me goosebumps since the first time I heard him sing. He sings with so much emotion! And I’ve never been a fan of opera. But I can listen to his singing all the time! He was a brilliant singer…. ❤
Can't agree more. Me too doesn't hear opera but of this man. His voice is doing something in our innerselves and make us cry. Love you Pavarotti ❤❤❤❤. Love from 🇮🇳
If you want him to be your real friend, ask some priest to offer a Holy Mass for his soul. If he is still in purgatory, he will be thankful beyond imagination!
Ola M. The church did come out a few years ago and say that there is no purgatory. (My family still awaits refunds for years of paying the priests to pray relatives out of there!)
That's how you do it! Stride out onto the stage with confidence, sing your aria - make sure it's damn good - bow - big cheesy smile, stride off. So Italian!
❤❤❤❤ How can words express what a gift this gentleman was to us all? Pure humility, genuine greatness and living lesson for any singer! As to what impact his golden tones have on our souls... no words! Rest in peace beautiful soul!
That last note was certainly not humble. He sang well but he had poor taste. Stretching out that last note so long just to show off was very uncomfortable and not very musical
This man is the reason for my guilty pleasure of loving opera. He owns my heart, and his voice will always be some kind of angelic power that is unbeatable. Bravissimo Luciano, a true master of the vocal universe.
@@batifamilia6913Acredito que Jonny quis dizer que amou a ópera por causa de Luciano Pavarrotti. Eu já amava a ópera porque meu paizinho foi um amante da música clássica e principalmente da ópera...a gente dormia e acordava ao som de ópera! Mas quando surgiu Pavarotti não ouvi mais ninguém ele era tudo! O melhor! E os outros se tornaram um pouco inferiores para mim.
My throat is full of emotion listening & watching him. He is so handsome to watch. His expressions are there, almost like he's talking to you when he gives those little smiles. I went to see him in Central Park where I stood near a group of Italian ladies and there was no language barrier between us, such was/is the power of his voice! I was thrilled to be there & smiling at them & they gave the same to me. This is what Joy is all about!
I had the great luck to see Luciano Pavarotti in recital at Royce Hall, UCLA. It was sold out, naturally, including the student tickets. Crossing Royce Quad, with all the lights on, I thought I would give it one more try. Dang, there was one ticket, 12th row, keyboard side, that a couple had left to "give to a student". He was in white tie, with a red sash, and was magnificent.
I'm from Minnesota and when I worked for an Italian shipping company in Turin a half block away from the office was a conservatory. They had concerts there of course and I went to a few. I was dressed very nicely, that's all I can figure as to what happened. I would go to the ticket purchasing and every time different conservatory staff would with a big smile wave me through! I never had to pay! I couldn't believe it and felt very honored. Why would they do that? Was it some promotional to people they thought looked right and would spend money there in the future? It happened at least 3 times. I noticed everyone dressed formally and looked very nice when they went. Also in 1975 at the Vienna opera I swear I heard Pavarotti before he became very famous. Could that have been possible in the fall of 1975? I saved the brochure but my mother when cleaning or by some means it got tossed out so I never could verify if it was Pavarotti. Did he sing in Vienna in 1975?
No me cansaré de dar las gracias al UA-cam por tener todas estas maravillas de algunos artistas que ya no están. De distintos géneros y países , como Pavaroti😊
Will there ever be another of that caliber? Pavarotti was that talent that comes along, only once in a lifetime... we'll never see the likes of him again! What a privilege, to have had the opportunity to see him at the Met in the 80's! These were unforgettable experiences that will stay with me forever! I played his beautiful 'Ave Maria' at mother's funeral... she loved him too!
In Malaysia, we have jokingly " named " him Power Roti. Roti is our language for bread, which we think is what he consumes to give him that powerful soprano voice !!!
He is more entertaining and wonderful that all rock bands. He doesn't need to have 1/2 naked dancing girls behind him and he never flails his body about the stage. Extremely glorious REAL talent.
I wonder what he was like as a teacher? If he was giving feedback on an assignment and was so happy with the students' work that he started singing out of joy?
I never appreciated him until I saw this video of him as a young man before he became a diva it seems as if he was asking for recognition instead of expecting it .that impression plus the absence of the elaborate orchestra made a fan of me
This kind of music is comedy in our family ( generations of family ) When the three stooges are not available , we watch this stuff. It may be talent , but its freakin HILARIOUS!!!
That last note could h broke glass Audience did not know they were in the presence of the best sld have been on their feet! He also had a beautiful smile.
It was so impressive seeing him change his posture when started to sing. He entered the stage bent over, looking very shy. Suddenly he seemed endowed with special powers. This is pure love and divine gift.
I love listening to Luciano Pavarotti. There is a tenor here in Australia who is currently unknown whose voice is very much like the voice of Pavarotti. I believe he will be become known shortly. I ose bumps when I hear him perform O Sole Mio. Like Pavarotti, he can sing the high Cs, and two notes higher! I have heard him sing La Fille d' Regiment which requires achieving the High Cs 8 times! When Vito sings Ciao Ciao Bambina, I get tears in my eyes, he sings with such emotion and passion. His name? Vito Montforte. Born in Italy, came with his family as a child to Australia.
OK others can comment on his voice, which of course is amazing. But I have only seen him in my lifetime, and he was always much older. I never before appreciated just how handsome a man he was in his prime! His face so open, so totally involved in his singing, in bringing forth the person he is playing in this performance. So beautiful in all of that, starting of course, with that voice. Rest in Peace, sir, you will always be remembered.
If you want him to be your real friend, ask some priest to offer a Holy Mass for his soul. If he is still in purgatory, he will be thankful beyond imagination!
@@robinsydney140 of course i am. Try it and you will see how grateful he will be - and if he's already in Heaven, the merits and graces of that Mass will pass to another soul in purgatory - and they both will welcome you in Heaven, asking the Divine Mercy for you the moment you pass away. This is the Dogma of Catholic Church, its called the communion of saints!
His eyebrows got a life on its own. How charismatic
And his hairline too.
Opera singers use the muscle between their eyebrows to control the airflow coming through the nose
@@zhongli7232Crazy fact ty
This guy has future if he keep it like this
❤😆
Too bad post Malone didn't find him like how he found that "Ozzy" guy
Hes doing trap music now!😂
He's passed away, you are way behind friend
😂😂😂
Are we not all blessed to have this technology - UA-cam - to bring us these videos from years gone by for us to enjoy and marvel at the talent we would never experience in person?
Agreed and there is some bad content as well but you can always pass it by for beautiful gems like this one 😁, also from this you may find gems like Tom Lehrer even a full show not sure you like this it's different genre so many more 😅 nice to see others enjoying this type of music still 😁🤘
right? all the film rolls, vinyls, wax cylinders, etc. that would otherwise deteriorate with time, now can be kept forever digitally.
SI!!! ASI APRENDO CANTO CON LOS MEJORES!
Wow, he is great from the young! 😊
Indeed ! And I think it's the first time I see him that young and without his beard ! ;-) Gives a whole other dimension to his facial expressions to me !
Once in a lifetime we are privileged to hear someone this great.
Bravíssimo❤
Sueli
many lifetimes perhaps
Yes
I just read a very similar comment about Billy Strings. And few months ago about Shohei Ohtani. i think all three of you are absolutely right!
I switched on to maestro Lusiano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland did their studio recording released on cd at the time
How relaxed he is. He's enjoying himself, watching the audience as much as they're watching him.
He always did, he truly loved singing.
Not just watching, experiencing the pure artistry of the moment with them
it is possible that 500 years from now people will still be watching him sing Nessum Dorma on video
I hope so
I never saw a recording of him so young! What a pleasure to hear him before he reached his prime.
Went downhill after that.
@@peace-now you went downhill after you found out you cant sing
@@peace-now you wish you had a 1/8 of his talent shut up cunt
@@peace-now You obviously knows shit about Pavarotti and the world of classical music.
Siempre fue su momento, nadie puede igualarlo y en ese momento de joven habrá sido el mejor, que nosotros no lo hayamos conocido en ese tiempo es otra cosa.
Of all the opera singers I've seen live, Pavarotti was the only one who seemed to open his mouth and sing as if it was as natural to him as breathing.
Certainly true of Gigli as well. Effortless, or seemingly so
And yet every single utterance is done with absolute precision. He just made it look easy.
I remember studying in different schools together with Lucy. Yep it was all NAT U RAL
Maybe I am wrong, since I am no expert at all, but I've been taught that Pavarotti is a lyric singer. Opposite to him, Placido Domingo is a dramatic tenor, who acts every word he sings.
Well said!
This man was born to talk to our souls through his voice. When I think of God’s gift to humanity, I think of Maestro Luciano’s voice. Unparalleled, unmatchable.
Este es Pavarotti?. No es de hsce 8 años
😂with all due respect, there was once a tenor that by general consensus is considered the greatest tenor, his name? Enrico CARUSO!
29 years old in this video 😮
It was uploaded to UA-cam a few years ago. It is MUCH older. 😊@@carmenmarela4667
@@carmenmarela4667it was,put up 9 years ago, clearly is Pavarotti, the face and voice, but a very old recording.
How is it many other male opera singers, especially Jose Carreras, seem to be straining to get the words out. Pavarotti’s delivery is relaxed.
I agree. Carreras always seems like he is swallowing a camel, to coin a phrase. I have a hard time listening to him because everything is so forced. But Luciano's voice is liquid gold.
I’ve been a professional musician all my adult life. Started playing at 4 years old. Was raised on Pavarotti, Lanza and Domingo.
But my dad was especially fond of Luciano Pavarotti. He wanted me to be a tenor. Turns out I suck at singing and became a drummer instead.
But I know all the classic operas by heart. My point is really this: NOBODY before or since has topped Luciano Pavarotti.
It would have been pointless to try. Some have come close. But this man was a gift from God and I can’t think of a more natural and powerful singer than Luciano Pavarotti. I was lucky to live in his time.
Maybe Caruso - compareable
@@M_B0451
Fair question.
But nobody can say for sure because the fidelity of his recordings was very primitive.
So there’s no way to tell what Caruso’s full tenor really sounded like beyond hearsay and critical reviews.
The frequency width back then was only about 1 kHz-3 kHz on early phonograph playback devices. Edison cylinder phonographs were even narrower in Hz frequency.
He died in 1921 so he never recorded with anywhere near the quality fidelity of the tube microphones, studio monitor reference and playback devices that Pavarotti had available in the mid to late 20th century.
I'd say Jussi Björling is worth mentioning amongst the greatest
@@ianPedlar Lol. Nah I’m not a singer. Read it again.
well it`s a good thing the young tenor didn`t have you to contend with.....I bet you are a good drummer & the drummer is the one who keeps the beat..... I had the great pleasure of seeing him twice life.......
He was, without a doubt, in my humble opinion, the very best.
Incredible voice!!!!
You don't need to be humble to give an opinion..... He was the best....
Yes, the very best for ever 💖
I heard hin for decardes
Trudi from Germany 😘
@@trudix1412 once, I heard that he learned music by himself...! I think he had an incredible talent! Simply awesome!
@@manuelroblesduran5441 He relied greatly on Leone Magiera. No disrespect to him, he was great!
He was the best tenor of the 20th Century. There’s still no one as great.
The best tenor of all time was Enrico Caruso. Pavarotti is one dozen of so great tenors of the 20th century, along with Jussi Bjoerling, Carlo Bergonzi, Beniamino Gigli, etc.
@@johnareiter73 what is with placebo domingo?
@@boenitv4349 Placebo 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I laughed out loud!!!!! I don’t know if you wrote it like that on purpose but it’s Placido
@@1DarkBlossom oh yeah😂😂😂, automatically corrected
@@boenitv4349 nvm! It was HILARIOUS 😆
Wonderful breath control and perfect and sustained pitch control.
I heard Pavarotti in La Fille du Regiment in 1972 in NYC....my husband was an opera buff...In truth we went to see the then far more famous soprano, BUT Pavorotti took my breath away. All I could hear was HIM. I was 25 and knew nothing about opera nor how reknowned he would become but I have never forgotten it. Even a complete novIce like me knew that voice was special. I have been lucky to have many peak experiences in my life and thIs certainly was an important one.
UNA VOZ ENORME I.PRECIOSA!! NUNCA LO.OI CANTAR CUANDO HERA TAN JOVEN PAVSROTI.SIEMPRE
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
,как это здорово , самостоятельно /интуитивно оценить великого певца в самом начале его карьеры ! Это бесценный опыт веры в свою интуицию
You are indeed blessed. Wish I could have heard the great man live as well.
Ah, how very wonderful for you!
I've loved him since I was a child. Such a child, in fact, that I determined that I'd marry him when I grew up! So, my First Love - probably since '72 or '73.
As you might guess, I married someone else - hopefully my dear Luciano wasn't _too_ heartbroken when he (ahem!) heard the news!💖😉
I wept when he passed away.
Wish I'd had the chance to see him...such a beautiful man with an absolutely _epic_ voice!✨
Now, THAT is a great memory and experience to have had!
(It wasn't Joan Sutherland that was the other singer? I know they worked together quite a bit)
I am not an opera person. He is one of the few whom my ears just love.
Have you listen to Mario Lanza? You would like Mario more. For me Mario Lanza is number one opera singer, next is Domingo
You have good ears!
Ditto.
@@beatricebacon7745 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He definitely has qualities most opera singers rarely have. Charisma and relatability. He made opera mainstream and for the masses. Opera was already dying back in the 50s and 60s in favor of pop and rock, he made opera fun and mainstream even just for a little bit.
As he said himself 10 years to build a voice like that. No throat engagement. Minimal mouth/jaw movement, perfect shape lips curled ends. Great singer, wonderful career built on technique.
I had to look this up: Pavarotti was born in 1935 which means he was only 29 at the time of this performance.
And never having to read music! Bravo!
What does throat engagement mean?
@@felsenruh Txs! its amazing!!
@@classicaldeb throat engagement: clenching or closing the throat while singing. People often do this in an attempt to raise volume or hit higher notes but it blocks the sound and/or causes tension and cracking. Pavarotti projects his voice while relying on his diaphragm. He was also known for having perfect pitch.
He looks like he could have been an original Superman... and this was his superpower.
RIP Legend
Sing blast! Bravo!
RIP? I didn't know he had died😢
Such a powerful, deep voice. And he so effortlessly would sing as if a stream of music would find a way out of his sould. A once in a life time artist
Grazie maestro, sei uno degli orgogli italiani.
Interesting that many of his expressions are the same, just a bit more subtle. And that heavenly voice. I think he really matured with age, like a fine wine!
You are right!!! He did better as time whent on! He was the greatest tenor that I've ever seen! Honest, sweet and beautiful in every way!
Let us not for get that it's been 12 years since Luciano's passing!!!
@@2721milesoneoneman jesus... it feels like yesterday :( and it's already been 12 years we cannot appreciate such a gifted man😭
Agreed, well said.
So true! Love knowing that even the biggest of stars was learning and growing!.
It’s as if he gets as much pleasure from singing as we do from hearing him sing. Incredible.
I was lucky to have seen Pavarotti live several times in the 1990 era. He was the only singer I ever heard who did not strain in any part of his range - each syllable in each melody was round and sweet.
Yes, perhaps you might agree with me that, as sublime as his recordings are, they pale in comparison to hearing him live. I heard him just once when he sang at a birthday celebration at UCLA for Henry Mancini's 65th, and I was stupefied, no - dumbfounded at the power, sweetness and purity of his tone when singing live - it put any recording I'd heard of him to shame... even then, he resigned supreme, and if my memory is accurate, this was less than ten years before his death.
I was lucky enough to have played bassoon in the Reno Philharmonic when Pavarotti came through town twice in the 90s and early 2000s. It's right at the top of my credits list.
Я, оказывается, никогда и не видела Паваротти молодым! Как он легко и естественно поёт. Сам улыбается в конце арии - счастлив подарить людям своё пение. Обожаю! Восхищаюсь! Хорошо, что есть возможность видеть и слушать его снова и снова. Это счастье быть на таком концерте! Талант!
Сейчас таких голосов нет..Вы послушайте, как хрипят современные,,певцы, слушать противно😊😊😂😢😅
@@АллаБережная-г8ъ Jonathan Antoine
I love House music, hip hop, R& B, Soul, Funk, Jazz and used to hate Opera. But THIS man is the very best male singer to have ever lived and it is a joy listening to him, even though I still hate operas, lol 😂
I fell in love when he smile at the end. Soooo handsome... And his voice is phenomenal. I hope he's still singing happily in heaven
Why in heaven?
gabriel Salinas What the hell? Are you seriously impliying that he belongs to hell?? If so, shame on you. He was a treasure, such a lovely and kind hearted man.
If not - didn't you really know that Pavarotti sadly passed away in 2007?
@@flav2689 " I hope he's still singing happily in heaven"... why?
gabriel Salinas Because he loved singing very much. Sadly, he passed away and we can't see him anymore - at least not in this life herenon the earth. So, of course we hope that he's in heaven and happy. Because we fans care about him.
@@flav2689 thx
You can tell as he got older, he trusted his voice more and more.
It's confidence and maturity. I love his 1978 filmed performance of Rigoletto, very playful and superb singing of this song La donna e mobile
Margaret Albertson ooh, who would guess that😂
Just phenomenal! Incredible vocal control, diction, perfect pitch, fabulous bel canto legato line and a luscious, unforced Italian sound in his youth. Richard Bonynge said no tenor alive today could touch Pavarotti. The perfect successor to Gigli.
I think it would have been interesting to hear Pavarotti sing along side Enrico Caruso.
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I think when Mr Bonynge praises a singer then one knows that he/she must be good. He handed out The Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize in 2019 (BBC Cardiff Singer of The World competition) in honour of Mr Hvorostovsky and thought he was one of the best baritones he had ever heard. May they both RIP 🌷🌷🌷🌷
Exactly!👏👏👏
@@ripsnortinroy If that had happened, you would barely have heard Pavarotti! It would have been like a small voiced backing singer to Caruso's lead voice.
The acoustic recording process was incredibly limited. It couldn't record frequencies above 3,000 hz, nor below 300 hz with any efficiency, as it was essentially singing into a tin horn, which through a steel needle, scratched the resultant vibrations onto a rotating wax cylinder.
So consonants were completely lost, along with all the upper partials of a superb voice which gives rise to squillo & tonal punch. The lower partials of the operatic voice were also lost, which gives the voice sonority & harmonic richness. So, basses sound like baritones, baritones like tenors, tenors like teenagers, & sopranos like little girls.
Caruso's voice was so powerfui & sonically opulent, that he could sound almost as if recorded electronically. However, when you hear dramatic tenors of his day through the same process, they sound veiled, thin, reedy, & lacking in squillo by comparison, & dramatic baritones sound no weightier than Caruso's tenor.
Pavarotti's was a much smaller lighter voice type, with none of the ring in the upper register.
Incidentally, the acoustic process was always a "live" recording, since no retakes or editing were possible as today. If the singer, or players made a mistake, the entire aria had to be recorded again from scratch. Not spliced together from 15 different takes.
So, so, so absolutely amazing!
Such amazing breath control at that age!! THE BEST TENOR EVER!!
Hello Barbara
How are you doing today?
28 years old here.
I know nothing about opera or its history but how can Pavorotti NOT be considered the greatest tenor ever!?
His vocals are unmatched. So powerful yet so effortless. Simply pure and beautiful.
It's funny because usually they rate people with almost no recordings that exist now.
However, his popularity may make people like you consider him the greatest, it's debatable. So I would say he's definitely top 5.
@@Gulliver011mind listing your top 5? I’m intrigued.
@@moofaloof1
No Order:
-Beniamino Gigli
-Caruso
-Mirella Freni
-Jussi Bjorling
-Pavarotti
Honorable mentions:
-Franco corelli
-Callas
-Giuseppe Di Stefano
Honestly, after more thinking, it's really difficult and somehow relevant to each person's taste. I left many great performers.
Ranking (Performers) is difficult. Different voice ranges Tenor, Bass, Soprano, etc. And you might consider their acting sometimes.
@@Gulliver011 thanks. I'll check those out
@@moofaloof1 You're welcome. I hope you enjoy it !
I can't imagine opening one's mouth and that sound comes out. It's so magnificent, it's almost unreal !
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
when you see it live, it not only sounds like that, it VIBRATES your sternum. Somehow the sound wave matches the natural vibration in your own chest and you feel your chest move in sympathy. You actually FEEL this vibration when you see an opera.
His voice is MAGNIFICENT! It has given me goosebumps since the first time I heard him sing. He sings with so much emotion! And I’ve never been a fan of opera. But I can listen to his singing all the time! He was a brilliant singer…. ❤
Can't agree more. Me too doesn't hear opera but of this man. His voice is doing something in our innerselves and make us cry. Love you Pavarotti ❤❤❤❤. Love from 🇮🇳
He puts all the rest to shame- the real deal.
God blessed Luciano with the greatest voice a man can dream of. A real legend!
How fortunate that this generation can listen, forever to this unique voice!
It just doesn't get any better....RIP Maestro
If you want him to be your real friend, ask some priest to offer a Holy Mass for his soul. If he is still in purgatory, he will be thankful beyond imagination!
Ola M. The church did come out a few years ago and say that there is no purgatory. (My family still awaits refunds for years of paying the priests to pray relatives out of there!)
@@daphneraven9439 it's a misinterpretation of the scripture as to why some people believe in the purgatory
HULK HOGAN, WE'RE COMING FOR YOU N : Yes; that’s certainly true!
That's how you do it! Stride out onto the stage with confidence, sing your aria - make sure it's damn good - bow - big cheesy smile, stride off. So Italian!
we give always everything to others :) love from 🇮🇹
Bravo Bravo Bravo
From the heart ❤️.
Senior Pavarotti.
Lots of love 😘
Michael DADDA 👁️🇺🇸💎 محمد علي الددا
I can’t help thinking that some people should never be taken from us. We need them so much down here. Pavarotti was definitely one of those.
God bless his memory R.I.P❤❤❤
Thank you for posting this priceless performance
❤❤❤❤ How can words express what a gift this gentleman was to us all?
Pure humility, genuine greatness and living lesson for any singer! As to what impact his golden tones have on our souls... no words! Rest in peace beautiful soul!
❤❤❤❤❤
I'm only amateur, but was he better than Caruso?
@@mwj5368you know, among the greatest there is not better or worst is only Who you think is the one that make you feel more :)
Remarkable…..the man deserves every word of praise he ever received….
100%
Never been to a Opera. But I just love this video ... He is Amazing.
The pipes on that guy were out of this world. What a legend
A star is born.
Such a lovely voice and a darling humble man. Did anyone else notice the twinkle in his smile at the end of the piece?
Yes, I DID! He has that same smile at the end if every number! I noticed it , too!
I saw the love for his craft and the joy he had performing!
I'd smile like that too if I performed like that!
Humble! Biggest boasting mouth ever.
That last note was certainly not humble. He sang well but he had poor taste. Stretching out that last note so long just to show off was very uncomfortable and not very musical
Best singer to have ever walked this earth. Recorded that is.
What a beautiful voice he had.
He was gifted with an incredible, and unsurpassed talent.
Bless him.
Gotta love that smile at the end. I like opera here and there but his voice is just captivating.
That voice sounds like a cathedral. A masterful technician.
I would have never recognized him young .. to look at him. He was handsome before he died. Loved his face. His eyes to endearing.
He was so handsome in young age...and full of confidence.
I saw him in concert twice. His voice was so much brighter as a young man. Very cool to hear him so young
Hello Carolyn
How are you doing today?
Pavarotti, the greatest voice in the world !
This man is the reason for my guilty pleasure of loving opera. He owns my heart, and his voice will always be some kind of angelic power that is unbeatable.
Bravissimo Luciano, a true master of the vocal universe.
Guilty pleasure why? 😂
@@batifamilia6913Acredito que Jonny quis dizer que amou a ópera por causa de Luciano Pavarrotti. Eu já amava a ópera porque meu paizinho foi um amante da música clássica e principalmente da ópera...a gente dormia e acordava ao som de ópera! Mas quando surgiu Pavarotti não ouvi mais ninguém ele era tudo! O melhor! E os outros se tornaram um pouco inferiores para mim.
What's to feel guilty about? Opera isn't worthy?
This man is a legend!
How
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@@ВвВ-ж7с а по вашему мнению, кто легенда?
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My throat is full of emotion listening & watching him. He is so handsome to watch. His expressions are there, almost like he's talking to you when he gives those little smiles. I went to see him in Central Park where I stood near a group of Italian ladies and there was no language barrier between us, such was/is the power of his voice! I was thrilled to be there & smiling at them & they gave the same to me. This is what Joy is all about!
I had the great luck to see Luciano Pavarotti in recital at Royce Hall, UCLA. It was sold out, naturally, including the student tickets. Crossing Royce Quad, with all the lights on, I thought I would give it one more try. Dang, there was one ticket, 12th row, keyboard side, that a couple had left to "give to a student". He was in white tie, with a red sash, and was magnificent.
I'm from Minnesota and when I worked for an Italian shipping company in Turin a half block away from the office was a conservatory. They had concerts there of course and I went to a few. I was dressed very nicely, that's all I can figure as to what happened. I would go to the ticket purchasing and every time different conservatory staff would with a big smile wave me through! I never had to pay! I couldn't believe it and felt very honored. Why would they do that? Was it some promotional to people they thought looked right and would spend money there in the future? It happened at least 3 times. I noticed everyone dressed formally and looked very nice when they went. Also in 1975 at the Vienna opera I swear I heard Pavarotti before he became very famous. Could that have been possible in the fall of 1975? I saved the brochure but my mother when cleaning or by some means it got tossed out so I never could verify if it was Pavarotti. Did he sing in Vienna in 1975?
That final note sends chills!
Phenomenal! Goosebumps, every time.
He had such a POWERFUL voice!!
NO WHERE NEAR MARIO LANZA'S.
It's incredible how expressive Pavarotti is, the pleasure and passion of singing is so great that I'm ecstatic.
Un fuoriclasse.
No me cansaré de dar las gracias al UA-cam por tener todas estas maravillas de algunos artistas que ya no están. De distintos géneros y países , como Pavaroti😊
Will there ever be another of that caliber?
Pavarotti was that talent that comes along, only once in a
lifetime... we'll never see the likes of him again! What a privilege, to have had the opportunity to see him at the Met in the 80's!
These were unforgettable experiences that will stay with me forever!
I played his beautiful 'Ave Maria' at mother's funeral... she loved him too!
In Malaysia, we have jokingly " named " him Power Roti.
Roti is our language for bread, which we think is what he consumes to give him that powerful soprano voice !!!
He is more entertaining and wonderful that all rock bands. He doesn't need to have 1/2 naked dancing girls behind him and he never flails his body about the stage. Extremely glorious REAL talent.
The real deal.
He was 29! Never seen till now such a rare recording!
I wonder what he was like as a teacher? If he was giving feedback on an assignment and was so happy with the students' work that he started singing out of joy?
I never appreciated him until I saw this video of him as a young man before he became a diva it seems as if he was asking for recognition instead of expecting it .that impression plus the absence of the elaborate orchestra made a fan of me
If I had his voice, I would be singing all day.
Apparently he did constantly 😂👌🏻
Divino , la prima volta che lo sento da giovane . Voce eccezionale ! Che energia , che limpidezza,Che carisma !!!Una carriera meritata .
OMG. He did it again. Every time he sings, he makes every single tenor looks like an apprentice. He is amazing.
Young?? Almost 40 I claim. And gasping as hell. Still a hero. 💪🏼🙂👍🏼
Que lindo verlo joven... sin barba... su voz prometía lo que fue.... el mejor cantante del mundo!!!!
This voice without amplifying it. Amazing
This is Pavarotti in his prime. Physically he is fit and strong and the voice is just immense, really strength.
This man was in his prime for 40 years
I agree. I think he is better at this early stage than later when seems to be less emotional with his singing.
Pavarotti el más grande tenor de los tiempos. Según mi humilde opinión.Dios lo tenga en su Gloria. Amén
It’s like watching gymnastics with the voice! WONDERFUL, simply amazing. BRAVO!!!!
This kind of music is comedy in our family ( generations of family ) When the three stooges are not available , we watch this stuff. It may be talent , but its freakin HILARIOUS!!!
My God what a force this man was.
The greatest singer of all the time!
i agree
I've been singing for about 25 years and I never knew eyebrows played such a big part in singing.
His little smile at the end gets me every time. He's like "I did it!!"
That last held note is astonishing. There is not the slightest waver in power, and he looks as natural as walking down the street.
That last note could h broke glass Audience did not know they were in the presence of the best sld have been on their feet! He also had a beautiful smile.
It was so impressive seeing him change his posture when started to sing. He entered the stage bent over, looking very shy. Suddenly he seemed endowed with special powers. This is pure love and divine gift.
The finest and purest voice one could ever hear. His voice reminds me of the finest claret in the finest glass.
I'm fascinated by his scalp moving back and forth.
😀
lol me too, I think he is wearing a toupee of sorts
@@bonnie_gail I think you're wrong.
That's one of the signs that you're watching an authentic performance. They don't teach you to do that at the conservatory!
Roflmao...that comment 🤣
Nunca mais haverá um tenor como ele... Viva Luciano Pavarotti...!!!
E o Pablo Vitar, não conta? 😂
@@rod.171 Puxa vida, que falha grave a minha...! Esse é um "talente" que atravessa os dias, meses, séculos e os anus...! 😂😂
@@danielperroni3884kkkkkkkkkkk
Such a lovely smile
Браво Паворотти! Певец от Бога!!
I love listening to Luciano Pavarotti. There is a tenor here in Australia who is currently unknown whose voice is very much like the voice of Pavarotti. I believe he will be become known shortly. I ose bumps when I hear him perform O Sole Mio. Like Pavarotti, he can sing the high Cs, and two notes higher! I have heard him sing La Fille d' Regiment which requires achieving the High Cs 8 times! When Vito sings Ciao Ciao Bambina, I get tears in my eyes, he sings with such emotion and passion.
His name? Vito Montforte. Born in Italy, came with his family as a child to Australia.
He brought the love of opera to the masses.
I absolutely love the joy on his face as he sings! My favorite tenor of all time❤❤❤❤❤
Bravo! My beloved father and I will one day hear this beautiful man's magnificent voice once again in heaven, in the presence of the Lord!
In the meantime you can listen to him sing "Holy Mother" with Eric Clapton :)
OK others can comment on his voice, which of course is amazing. But I have only seen him in my lifetime, and he was always much older. I never before appreciated just how handsome a man he was in his prime! His face so open, so totally involved in his singing, in bringing forth the person he is playing in this performance. So beautiful in all of that, starting of course, with that voice. Rest in Peace, sir, you will always be remembered.
If you want him to be your real friend, ask some priest to offer a Holy Mass for his soul. If he is still in purgatory, he will be thankful beyond imagination!
@@olam.3895 Are you being serious with this request?
@@robinsydney140 of course i am. Try it and you will see how grateful he will be - and if he's already in Heaven, the merits and graces of that Mass will pass to another soul in purgatory - and they both will welcome you in Heaven, asking the Divine Mercy for you the moment you pass away. This is the Dogma of Catholic Church, its called the communion of saints!
Wasn't he just the cutest? Love that voice!
funny story: when i was a little girl, my grandfather used to play this song so often that i thought he wrote it.
Thank you so much for the incredible close up and personal experience your video brings to fans like me in America 🇺🇸 where we live free or Die.
I have never seen this film footage before!
Thank you so very much for sharing this!