Luciano Pavarotti - Ella mi fu rapita

Luciano Pavarotti - Ella mi fu rapita - Live 1981

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Luciano Pavarotti sings an achingly beautiful rendition of Ella mi fu rapita; Parmi veder le lagrime from act II of Verdi's Rigoletto. He does amazingly well here, even though he's a tad past his prime. At 4.07 you will witness one of opera's very finest moments, a Bb which is so meltingly gorgeous that it warms your heart.
Live 1981 - Rigoletto - The Metropolitan opera orchestra conducted by James Levine

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@kgarmaker123 12 жыл бұрын

This is fabulous... I heard him live in this opera , it was in the late 80's .. he had just recovered from the flu and he still sounded like a million bucks.. This is the tenor voice of the last 100 years.. folks.

@numipieta5761 2 жыл бұрын

Extraordinary, divine Luciano! He seems to be slightly ahead of the orchestra. Poor Levine, for everything he did for that theater...Both of them are now angeli musicanti per sempiternum...

@enricodicapri 15 жыл бұрын

every performance of Pavarotti is a statement of how "covering" should be done. If you hear that the Bflat is open is because that is how it should be. After after the pasaggio the voive "gira" and it can go out free again because the passagio was correctly done, well covered.

@operabitch77 15 жыл бұрын

he's in cruise control during the whole aria. just pure technique and awareness of the instruments workings. pure technique. he was a student of the voice until his last breath on this planet. pure technician!

@DionIsaiah Жыл бұрын

More of natural tenor imo. Literally born with this voice

@paoloparravicini3526 3 жыл бұрын

Il miglior tenore di tutti i tempi...voce inconfondibile...la senti e senza vederlo sai che è lui....grande luciano

@telfordguy34uk 4 жыл бұрын

What can you say that hasn't already been said ? I'll go with perfection.

@pavarotti744 5 жыл бұрын

Total singing machine...what a sound!

@photo161 6 жыл бұрын

Pavarotti in superb voice and singing most expressively.. an extremely beautiful and utterly satisfying performance.

@RIcoRick74 13 жыл бұрын

Grande Luciano, un mito!

@appeace1 12 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh that Bb--unbelievable! A tad past his prime??? How bout getting his second wind! I love all of Pava's stages, his first the young, strong, brilliant, piercing high range, ultimate bel canto voice, then his middle period, full, round, resonating, bell quality, slightly darkening voice, still with the diamond top, then his later period, slightly aged, darker yet, velvety, emotional, which made the top even more remarkable! Past his prime--no--the greatest tenor ever to grace a stage simply

@giovannimedini2091 7 жыл бұрын

irraggiungibile!--fantastico!

@flav2689 3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@theodorecoen2793 3 жыл бұрын

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@kannonhouston6754 3 жыл бұрын

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@stevenburton7922 2 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@KarstenKriwat 6 жыл бұрын

Luciano the best tenor ever!

@Monnarchmonnarchy Жыл бұрын

Lol. He was the only one tenor on operatic trash

@Monnarchmonnarchy Жыл бұрын

On tapes

@KarstenKriwat Жыл бұрын

@@Monnarchmonnarchy And who had the higher C?

@WakeUpJoshua80 3 ай бұрын

The best there EVER was. And probably the best there ever will be, considering humamity's mentality of destruction and sabotage. His voice was captured, by audio, but his mastery of voice will survive only as long as society continues. After that, this side of the universe must start from scratch to reach that high with such eloquent and unparalleled resonance.

@pavarotti744 6 жыл бұрын

Pavarotti is electrifying, simply wonderful, amazing.

@arcot9 14 жыл бұрын

We will NEVER hear a voice like this again in our generation. BRAVO Pavarotti!

@bernardogirardi4604 3 жыл бұрын

Really...THANK'S GOD!!!

@doet1064 2 жыл бұрын

in no generation that will come;)

@ellenlyons7413 4 ай бұрын

thats right he is the best voice of all time, never to be equaled, a once in a millions years. @@doet1064

@ron-yc5bh 8 жыл бұрын

They say at the moment when he sing this aria. He was over his top. He is better here then al the top tenors we have now in 2016

@stardust8359 6 жыл бұрын

thats because he is the best tenor who has ever lived.

@davidetenorino 4 жыл бұрын

And also 2020...

@bernardogirardi4604 3 жыл бұрын

@@stardust8359 since your "answer" I guess you are a...really YOUNG boy...but ...you'll LEARN....time will..teach you...I hope

@305sjaak 14 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch Levine conduct, love the way he sings along in the beginning. Splendid performance by Luciano also. I believe he did apologise for the Bb afterwards, ridiculous of course, having to apologise for bringing such beauty to this aria.

@dominiclorange 16 жыл бұрын

A lot of colors in this rendition! Incredible! Have you noticed hat he doesn't open his mouth that much to sing notes around the passagio? You don't have to if you breathe correctly. Thank you for this video, an inspiring one!

@operabitch77 15 жыл бұрын

gotta love the change to the 'O" vowel in the passaggio to facilitate the high Bflat! technique baby! technique!

@appeace1 12 жыл бұрын

@appeace1 moved from one prime to another--taking his audiences, his fans , and the entire world of opera with him! There will never be another to touch him and I miss him and his voice so---

@utscav 11 жыл бұрын

not a huge opera fan, but watching this brought me to tears. wow!

@germanquintero10121946 2 жыл бұрын

MARAVILLA PURA

@MrGer2295 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful singing ! Thank you for posting :)

@giovannimedini2091 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastico Luciano Grazie

@djkostya76 5 жыл бұрын

The best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@giuseppinascapparone5912 4 жыл бұрын

Divino Pavarotti!!!!

@dickinsonmaiden 13 жыл бұрын

Più vado avanti nei miei studi, più mi rendo conto che Pavarotti era veramente una macchina!! Allucinante o.O Pace all'anima sua e mille grazie per averci lasciato interpretazioni e sfoggi di tecnica come questi!

@johnmills5064 9 жыл бұрын

magnificent

@giacomofoti264 4 жыл бұрын

straordinario

@dee1153 15 жыл бұрын

Uh, forget the dad, I'll take the lover, though! What a gorgeous man. WOW...

@jadeladygrey3698 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, many woman ,myself included, would not have put up much of a resistance if the Duca had come riding up on that big black charger and sang with such passion at them.

@bcdside 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tom! Frasier, "Look Before You Leap."

@Mooorhe 15 жыл бұрын

It was this production, this was the last of the run I think, Levine had probably accepted that Pavarotti wanted to do it with the Bb by this performance.

@elkegoldberg5733 8 жыл бұрын

Wunderschön!!

@sergealin9796 9 ай бұрын

The Duke is for me his best performance !

@giovannimedini2091 4 жыл бұрын

You must Remember Pav in 1971 in. Tokio.... wonderful. ....more than wonderful

@trueblue3351 6 жыл бұрын

lo amo....

@fireonephototgraphy2877 3 жыл бұрын

I'm only here because I wanted to hear what it was Frasier was supposed to have attempted on PBS, only to chicken out at the last minute 😂

@ianfinrir8724 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, no way Frasier was hitting the high notes.

@dorotagembicka8384 6 жыл бұрын

J'aime Luciano

@MuratOranci 2 жыл бұрын

Parmi veder le lagrime Scorrenti da quel ciglio, Quando fra il dubbio e l'ansia Del subito periglio, |: Dell'amor nostro memore :| Il suo Gualtier chiamò. Ned ei potea soccorrerti, Cara fanciulla amata; Ei che vorria coll'anima Farti quaggiù beata; |: Ei che le sfere agli angeli :| Per te non invidiò. Ei che |: le sfere :| agli angeli Per te Per te le sfere agli angeli per te non invidiò. Per te

@sylviallera5450 2 ай бұрын

Gracias por la letra😊

@chaiter1 12 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@lamex42 5 жыл бұрын

We miss you!

@pavarotti744 2 жыл бұрын

no one can sing like him. All the others huff and heave, sound a little constructed Corelli etc much as i like him and many others too but, with Pavarotti it's like opening the flood gates of a great Dam, it just pours forth with no sign of visible effort...look at his eyes and face, no strain.

@user-du4jd8zi6y 10 ай бұрын

Why his sound is so natural? Unbelievable

@davidecostanzo1441 4 жыл бұрын

Grande maestro! Avrei preferito l'altra versione ma stupendo

@jaydee9124 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting all these wonderful videos .

@dee1153 16 жыл бұрын

He is beautiful.

@Monnarchmonnarchy Жыл бұрын

Not so. His voice already has been damaged. Heavy roles for uncoloured tenor are bad

@heisenberg470 11 ай бұрын

@@MonnarchmonnarchyGreat Comment. Finally someone who say the truth about his voice in the '80.

@heisenberg470 11 ай бұрын

Migliore nella versione di 10 anni prima registrata nel 1971, il Pavarotti degli anni '80 aveva già perso lo smalto dei tempi d'oro.

@lydiaguarro 7 ай бұрын

Il tempo pasa. Nato nel 35. Cantando dal 60.

@lpizzella 15 жыл бұрын

Que bella voz fue Luciano Pavarotti, ahora no suena igual en vivo que en estudio, esa aceleracion le da un toque de distincion pero no es lo ideal. En esta presentacion escuchen el addio en dueto y veran a que me refiero. Igualmente fuiste un tenorazo que siempre recordaremos.

@grandeopera 13 жыл бұрын

not past his prime yet by the sound of it.

@spgtenor 15 жыл бұрын

This is by far the most difficult in this opera, though Pav stated that "Questa o quella" is the hardest, but only because it comes right away. Most people think La donna e mobile is hard because of the high B, but it's actually one of the easiest arias Verdi has ever written-that is if you still have a voice that late in the opera!

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

ok, that was a dumb comment. There is no tenor more perfect

@aguacun 14 жыл бұрын

That High B is perhaps one of the most difficult notes of the tenor repertory because all the aria is very difficult, specially te last phrase: ei che le sfere, ending in this B. What I most like is how soft and easy sounds this note in Pavarotti´s voice... some famous tenors like he was used to transpose down this note... may be saying is because this note was not writted in the score... but we now that is not the reason. GREAT PAVAROTTI

@sauronbaggins1833 5 жыл бұрын

aguacun you meant “written”, not writted. No such word exists.

@giovannivercesi6503 3 ай бұрын

Dizione unica Grandissimo

@absdyna 12 күн бұрын

He's 45-46 here... I wouldn't say he's past his prime

@operaspark 15 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading this video Mooorhe. I love how Pavarotti sings this aria, but i'd not previously seen this version from the met. More so than any other version i've heard Pavarotti sing this aria he really seems to be concentrating on the duke's tragedy at losing Gilda.

@tiatoms5379 4 жыл бұрын

Primissimo tenore

@Nater389 15 жыл бұрын

Right, upcoming singers didn't match. He had superb technique as well that allowed him to last a long time.

@aguacun 14 жыл бұрын

@Webarton , I think that those not perfect notes that somtimes Pavarotti used to sing are what makes him what he was... a perfect techically voice sounds boring. When I listen to Pavarotti I listen a man voice, not a singer or tenor voice... so natural... as Bono once said, Pavarotti has not only gold on his voice but other metals, including iron...meaning that he have imputiries as the the metal can be found in the nature... nature is the clue... HAIL PAVAROTTI

@QUESTANOTTE88 5 жыл бұрын

Un Dio ❤️

@enricodicapri 15 жыл бұрын

second part. We agree completely that the sond shoul be open- The throat should be completely open, letting the air flow freely through the folds but to achive that the larinx should be down un the soft palate up creating a longer space between them. And it it because of this wither space that the sound is darker, "covered".

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

Wrong, wrong, wrong.... sorry, cover does not mean throaty. He doesnt sound tired to me. If you hear he still covers like you say until the day he died. And he stilled sounded pretty damn amazing.

@heisenberg470 11 ай бұрын

Of course he was not throaty at all, but the acute note is opaque, not brilliant as in his 1971 performance.

@annadogolewska2359 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you have an impression that Pava at moments accelerates so much that Levine has to chase him? IMHO there are moments when the singer and the orchestra are crossing...

@Nater389 16 жыл бұрын

Listen to the 1966 versiom from Rome to hear the glorious Bb.

@albertodiaz1531 2 жыл бұрын

Pavarotti good tenor best Caruso wold

@Monnarchmonnarchy Жыл бұрын

Your caruso was a bass, he screamed like a mad in tenors repertoire

@josephcold 14 жыл бұрын

@Pollione88 The soft palate is not supposed to lift. When I refer to "covering" I am talking about Pavarotti's definition of covering as explained in his videos. This is why all these singers are in the throat, "Covering" is not about lifting the soft palate. Pavarotti did a great job singing. But his concept of "covering", in order to achieve his "noble and dark" sound is what got him.

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

@Webarton actually the sound is still in his "covered" spot, it's just a different vowel. He went from it sounding more like an "UH" to the actual "EH" in per te. Just switching vowels, the EH vowel he instantly switched to is not more open. More forward yes, but just as narrow.

@Monnarchmonnarchy Жыл бұрын

2:57 still got tenors top. Most "tenors", which are baries forcing here and bari corelli too with his histerical voice

@inspectorjavert8443 8 жыл бұрын

I wish I could really here Kelsy Grammar sing this, though he has no chance of beating Pavarotti :)

@ShawDAMAN 16 жыл бұрын

I would imagine. I'm not sure I would have the brains to memorize multiple roles, all hours long- it really does take dedication I guess.

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

@GREATWHITEish very true!

@silvanogiusti813 5 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@josephcold 14 жыл бұрын

@aroncooker Pavarotti's voice was one of the most incredible instruments i have ever heard, no doubt about that. But I am speaking of the objective aspect of it all, the production. I hope that you try to understand what I say and not bash me for this.

@edwardkerrigan5356 Жыл бұрын

Past his prime - what are you talking about, he wasn't yet 50.

@enricodicapri 15 жыл бұрын

You are wright he openend, it seems he did so because he felt he over did in the darkening but I stil belie thar some modifications should be done in the passaggio and Pav is usually a great example of how it should be done. have you seen Rockwell balke´s video on Dark timbre?? It´s very ilustriting. gedda also talks about the coverage, Giacomini, also. The main point is to understand what is it that we are talking about when we say "cover" because it is a very tricky concept.

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

pavarotti haha, technical god

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

Yes these tenors were wonderful, although i dont prefer Kraus because of his nasally tambour. But pava did it pretty damn perfectly all the time. it didnt change his sound or tambour, he just narrowed and focused the sound like you have to through the passagio, which is why his top was so powerful and consistent.

@d.k2502 3 жыл бұрын

Parmi vedere le lacrime i would prefer it more slower.. More space, more emotions!

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

@ Webarton not sure thats what cover really means but either way Pava never sang in the throat. Your not listening for the right thing.

@ShawDAMAN 16 жыл бұрын

Very nice! I wonder though why he pronounced the last "per te" almost like "per toy." =D Is that a phrasing technique to make it easier or something? :)

@sauronbaggins1833 5 жыл бұрын

ShawDAMAN to cover the vowel

@josephcold 14 жыл бұрын

Our carreers will determine that.Ask your teacher about the concepts I mentioned.

@ChristianSport 3 жыл бұрын

The spectacular spiderman gangland fight

@Nater389 15 жыл бұрын

Little goof there at 3:55. But doesn't detract from the performance at all.

@josephcold 14 жыл бұрын

@aroncooker Try this, sing an UH and do your "covering" try an ascending G Major scale and tell me that isn't swallowed. IT IS. And if you swallow the sound you have to keep swallowing as you go up, more and more until you choke. This is the reason for the change of vowel.

@ssr6036 3 жыл бұрын

You completely misunderstand "U" vowel. The sound is not in the throat, the "U" opens the throat length ways and allows the larynx to drop, it also activates and connects the voice to the diaphragam. The Italian language is already naturally placed in this position. The sound is in Pavs mask, fron the top lip up, it is not in in his throat. Without that "U" though, his sound will become strangled as the larynx will raise. Pav's entire voice is covered, when he gets to the passagio it just starts to turn more. He is not modifying the vowel, he is apply more diaphragmatic support to equalize the pressure on the vocal chords.

@rachelmelton4852 Ай бұрын

0:22

@rachelmelton4852 Ай бұрын

0:23

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

Ok, our careers.... The concepts you talk about are true in terms of correct vocal production. Its just putting them to what your hearing is whats wrong.

@skytrainflying 9 жыл бұрын

pavarotti is a technical king with his singing. but I think not all can sing like him on the stage. the end he sings pör toe.....absolutly no go with my musicdirector!

@ron-yc5bh 8 жыл бұрын

And who the f is your musicdirector ?? Shi lei ?? To say that ?

@Mooorhe 15 жыл бұрын

He was past his prime, yes. And he was 46, not 41.

@Monnarchmonnarchy Жыл бұрын

Its not the main reason. Uncoloured tenor cracked his voice on heavy roles

@edwardkerrigan5356 10 ай бұрын

Past his prime at 46, what are you talking about? Listen to the superb version of this aria by Jan Peerce in the 1950 RCA recording of the opera under Cellini - he was 46 at the time as well. I read somewhere, by the way, that Pavarotti studied Peerce's version of the Duke to assist with his phrasing - don't know how true that is. I suppose it is feasible as Pav was no musician, whereas Peerce was a musician par excellence.

@Mooorhe 15 жыл бұрын

It's not really crap.

@Nater389 15 жыл бұрын

Was it this performance where Levine gets upset because he sang the Bb?

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

he never sang in the throat. I dont think you know what you are hearing.

@jbell0243 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Cooker lol I agree that anyone trying to decry Pavarotti’s technique is full of it, however all singing is done in the throat;)

@jbell0243 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Cooker of course he sang in the throat!! SINGING HAPPENS IN THE THROAT. Lol I love these bullshit terms everyone uses “not in your throat”. Well where the hell is it?

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

@Mooorhe you arent gonna get anywhere with him...

@enricodicapri 15 жыл бұрын

I don´t really think he was going to crack n trhe worst of cases it would have been a strangled tone and with it he could not have donethe "docisimo" the score idicates for that finale. Again when i speak of covering I´m not speaking of tongue cover. That it is just a damagging trick some siger use in order to false a heavier sound (that was the problem with Carreras and with Di Stefano)

@enricodicapri 15 жыл бұрын

If you cover with the base of your tong then "covering" is a synonymous of more THROATY. but if that dark sound is , as it should be, the consequence of space, then it is good technique. I am my own person and i hear and i observe. I´m trying to have a good discussion with you so please stop assuming you are the only enlighten who observes and is able to do an analysis. Tell me who you like as a technical singer so we can discuss starting from you likes

@Mooorhe 16 жыл бұрын

I noticed that... I guess he just forgot which way the vowel goes, must be hard to remember the whole opera when it's so long. Lol.

@tdeane34 14 жыл бұрын

@Mooorhe But honestly, what tenor(Domingo)sings this aria without the Bb?

@juancruzgamarra5259 6 жыл бұрын

Schipa, Alagna

@cesarezappa7574 Жыл бұрын

era una macchina perfetta di suoni purtroppo non credibile dal punto di vista di trasmettere emozioni nella interpretazione,molto meglio Bonisolli e il grande Di Stefano

@josephcold 14 жыл бұрын

@aroncooker You know, i hate the type of terminology that is used, it is so confusing and not necessary. I do understand what you are saying, however going higher in pitch on the uh vowel will lead to more strangulation. You are talking about purely vowel change, not thinking about the fact that per and te are sung on different pitches, teh higher than per. This is why to keep from strangulating he uses a brighter vowel.

@bernardogirardi4604 3 жыл бұрын

PERCHE non canta come " è SCRITTA?!?"... è NORMALE che un tenore (degno di tale nome..) raggiunga note alte ma...NON quando l'Autore NON le scrisse...credo...

@aaronmichaelcooker 14 жыл бұрын

Please just ignore that. He doesnt know what he is talking about. Seriously....

@louie1a 14 жыл бұрын

webarton - at 4:29, i listened several times and found nothing like what you claim. if anything, a shift was so subtle that i couldn't hear it. pavarotti was not my favorite tenor, but you sound like you have an axe to grind.

@jesusmunoz2400 6 жыл бұрын

Bueno pero kraus supera en estilo, fraseo y elegancia en el duque.

@Verist4 5 жыл бұрын

En mi opinión Kraus es superior a Pavarotti en este rol. Aún así me encanta Pavarotti. Los dos fueron grandes.

@giovannimedini2091 5 жыл бұрын

Mah!!!

@blascortes8391 5 жыл бұрын

Jesús Muñoz- De acuerdo en lo que dices. Pero además, esta versión no es de lo más afortunado de Pavarotti. En la segunda 'Ella mi fu rapita' la voz se le queda atrás y sin brillo ni squillo. No liga como Kraus. Es pobre en matices, linea de canto algo monocorde, por dos o tres veces hace pasar por media voz lo que no es más que astuta disminución del volumen de la voz. Yo respeto los halagos que he leído, pero en esta ocasión Pavarotti no me parece especialmente "fino", cosa que sí puede estarlo en otras piezas. Aquí hasta atrevería a decir que la canta con cierta tosquedad, y más aún: el bello timbre suyo 'de natura' aquí no resulta siempre tan bello. Y no hago juicio ad hominem (al cantante) sino sobre lo que escucho en esta grabación. Ya me lo pueden criticar o refutar, así sea Agamenón o su porquero.- Un saludo- Blas Cortés

@juanatalla4951 4 жыл бұрын

Plenamente de acordo .