Pavarotti + Verdi , una meraviglia assoluta

Semplicemente unico e inimitabile Duca di Mantova!!!!!!

Grazie Divino Maestro Giuseppe Verdi

Tremendous. His voice is so strong, bright and he seems to do it all efortlessly. There's so much passion in this rendition.

quel bel enregistrement! Pavarotti, sa voix est naturelle, il ne la fabrique pas comme beaucoup d'autre ténor è la voix nasillarde...

I think this is the best tenor aria in Rigoletto, magnificently sung by Luciano Pavarotti.

Beautiful

Pava is the f...ng best!!!

Che meraviglia! Grande Luciano!

His chest voice is so light that his head voice blends almost perfectly with the chest making even tone across the scale. What a gift. Add his diction and intonation and you have a finished amazing instrument ready to be played. Amazing.

Happy birthday to Luciano Pavarotti his birth verse is Hosea 10 :12 rest in peace ✌️ Blessings and hugs 🤗💞🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏!

good heavens--my kinda man!

Talmente naturale è la sua bravura..

Wunderbar, Luciano!

handsome and great voice

This scene was taken from the Jean Pierre Ponelle's beautiful film of Rigoletto, no doubt the sound was recorded in the studio and likely enhanced, but no matter you would be hard pressed to hear better singing.

Absolutely! I believe a big mistake people make is thinking there will ever be another Pava and "waiting", "comparing" all others to him instead of enjoying all the blessings of talent there are. Tho Pava owns my heart, I do enjoy listening to Brownlee, Victorio, Florez and others. You are so blessed to be close enough to attend the Met and see such talent live! Living in a rural area which has no Opera house is my life's regret at never being able to see Pava or any of the great talent live.

DUCA Ella mi fu rapita! E quando, o ciel?... ne' brevi Istanti, prima che il mio presagio interno Sull'orma corsa ancora mi spingesse! Schiuso era l'uscio! e la magion deserta! E dove ora sarà quell'angiol caro? Colei che prima poté in questo core Destar la fiamma di costanti affetti? Colei sì pura, al cui modesto sguardo Quasi spinto a virtù talor mi credo! Ella mi fu rapita! E chi l'ardiva?... ma ne avrò vendetta. Lo chiede il pianto della mia diletta. 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 ci potea soccorrerti, Cara fanciulla amata; Ei che vorria coll'anima Farti quaggiù beata; Ei che le sfere agli angeli Per te non invidiò.

Mi piacerebbe sapere chi sono quei due ...... a cui non è piaciuto. Eh vabbè, così va il mondo: esistono anche loro, ahimè.

@sopranosd The concert was one with Sting and others( I forget whom) and Luciano was singing La donna e mobile together with them all. For some reason he opted for the recording he made with Bonynge and Sutherland. So, Luciano's part that was actually heard was the recording from the Seventies, while others sang live. He tried lip-synching silently. but it looked very unconvincing.He admitted it and wrote he accepted the criticism.

@sopranosd Folks--back in the day this was filmed the singers did "messo" or mark to a backup trac in order to get the phrasing and breathing down, but the actual singing on the film is done in the recording studio. Back then if the singing were to be recorded live, one would hear all the breathing of the crew, actors, and any external noises, ie, cars passing, planes going overhead, etc. That is why we get to hear the high D as Pava never used it live, Can you imagine the boos if he cracked?

@jewelmarkess Thank you for the info but my heart belongs to Pava, and tho, I enjoyed the Domingo version (I think Victorio is going to be a world class tenor!), I really prefer this Rigoletto version w/Pava! No one has, or ever will have again in my humble opinion, this voice from God.

BELLA ARIA

I'd assume so.

No, that was my mistake referencing another singer that he had not and I recanted on the other thread. He did, indeed, sing the D5 live on a few occasions including the "Live from Lincoln Center" concert with Joan Sutherland. However, I do believe he did the E5, F5, and F# only in recording--or at least I've not been able to find a live performance with these---if you have, please share.

@appeace1 I think he was booed at La Scala once. But then many a great singer was booed at La Scala at one time or another...

@sopranosd What do you think? Of course lip-synching. The recording was made in the studio. The film was filmed later During the film he could've sung mezza voce, or mark, just to add more realism to the whole.

@sopranosd I apologize if I sounded harsh.That was not intentional at all.His lip-synching in this film is very good indeed, partly because I think he marked or sang half voice along with the sound from the studio during the filming. Which is completely O.K.. However, if you remember, once in a live concert with pop singers, when he could not mark or sing along with the recording, there was an unpleasant incident he himself admitted was embarassing(he wrote about this in his memoirs)..

@jewelmarkess Yes, he was booed for cracking the high "C" in Don Carlos, so can you imagine the boos if he had tried the "D" live and cracked--which would have been more likely? I can't fathom living under the pressure of fans and critics expecting a perfect performance every time he walked on stage! Perhaps that is a factor in his personal life being such a mess. The "new" film of Rigoletto with Domingo is recorded "live" and there are instances of coughing and dropping props in the background!

2:25

@appeace1 Yes, this was funny in this film with Domingo. BTW -- this movie with Domingo is available on the PBS website in its entirety, as a single video not in clips (in case you are interested, I know you've seen it but...) together with a quick tour of Mantua in the beginning as shown on tv.

Ни в какое сравнение не идёт с его же записью 1971 года. Что ж с ним такое произошло за эти 10 лет? :(

@sopranosd Pava was never very good at lip synching-too obvious-wrong technique, but I feel he did an admirable job here since he was actually "marking", therefore, technique is correct as if he were actually full out singing. I, personally could not imagine the stress of having billions of people watching my every move--expecting a perfect performance every time and they just wait to "pick apart" anything not perfect! If one knows the voice is not answering well the temptation is to lip synch.

@appeace1 I agree vocally this version is better. I do like Domingo but as a tenor. To me preferring one singer doesn't mean we can't enjoy others, especially those we can experience live. For example, last night I was at the Met listening to Nabucco and it was great. There is a young Korean tenor Yonghoon Lee - I heard him first last year in Don Carlo, and last night too, he is very impressive even though the tenor's role in Nabucco is not that prominent. Check out Fabiano too - promising.

Its a stunt-double running up the steps, isn't it?

sorry where does he sing E5, F5 etc? The only D5 i've heard him sing sounded a bit strained

Interpretare slabuta! Pavarotti canta natural fara pic de tehnica vocala! Foarte des strangula sunetul in registrul mediu!