Man do we ever miss him. We were really blessed.

They say that his prime was in the 1960 and 1970. This, in 1988 was stupendous, he was in great voice and singing magnificently. Already singing for 27 years, and could still sustain this kind of sweet quality and superb timbre and resonance.

brilliance of another magnitude.....Pavarotti was special.

Did it bug anyone else that the audience started clapping immediately after the last note? Such a devastatingly sad yet beautiful song deserves a moment of silence. At least I would have enjoyed it :)

Nebbie è uno dei più belli brani di Respighi... Questo video è diventato un testimonio prezioso della profondità dell'autore...e della perfetta intelligenza tra lo spirito respighiano e quello del grande tenore recentemente scomparso. Bravo..più che bravo:celestiale! nina

Brano di grande impatto.Meravigliosa interpretazione di Pavarotti.

that is my idol.... I mean, I am a girl, but this man is one of the reasons why I started to sing

J'adore respighi 😍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

proprio fantastico, che meraviglia!

Meraviglioso Respighi e Pavarotti

Bravo so sentimental and deep!!!, Viva Luciano Pavarotti for ever in our hearts!!!

The Greatest Tenor of the All Time

hes was just incredible...this is gorgeous!

Bellissimo !!!

Te adoro mi niño santo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Every time I listen to this I'm just blown away!

signori e signore..questo è un grande tenore! tecnica perfetta, passaggi di registro altrettanto perfetti...voce cristallina, canto sul fiato...che altro dire? meraviglioso!

Bravo maestro !!!

Bravo!!!!!!!

magnifico!

one word: WOW :) top notes were excellently executed so purely.

Браво!!!

AWESOME

Amazing!

Wer kann dieses Stück besser singen als Luciano?? Niemand!! Nicht in der Vergangenheit und nicht in Zukunft! Bravo!!

bravisimooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

terrifying ! incredible,,,,,

wow!

Soffro. - Lontan lontano Le nebbie sonnolente Salgono dal tacente Piano. Alto gracchiando, i corvi, Fidati all'ali nere, Traversan le brughiere Torvi. Dell'aere ai morsi crudi Gli addolorati tronchi Offron, pregando, i bronchi Nudi. Come ho freddo!... Son sola; Pel grigio ciel sospinto Un gemito d'estinto Vola. E mi ripete: Vieni, È buia la vallata. O triste, o disamata, Vieni!...

I can't beleive how well done this was-what a master...I think I saw some empty seats in the audience...silly people- not attending...lol

Looks simple on paper, decivingly simple, but one of the more difficult songs to sing.

Pavarotti in his younger days would sing this "darker" and with a lot of power watch?v=yshjsCYzurE I believe, he could sing it either way, but preferred the lighter tone

JAMES LEVINE!

"For tenor or soprano" is not indication of the composer but editor of the score. And, "Nebbie" Respighi composed the poetry of famous Italian poetesse Ada Negri , female . And because of that - "solA", "disamatA" tristA"....

no, he didn't mess up. the text is "pregando i" with a slur in between (because it occurs on one note). he's also a native, and clearly not every single vowel is going to be precise with such dramatic repertoire.

Composer of the Week sent me here

@bellcantomaniac I'm afraid bellcantomaniac is wrong. The early recordings of this song are shorter than this. Listen to the versions by Elsa Olivieri Respighi [with the composer, her husband, at the piano] and Miguel Fleta

this is an extreme comment. but i do agree that this is too fast. this song is a bit too depressing to be rushed through in my opinion. but i must respect the late great pavarotti and the fabulous james levine for their interpretation!

This song sounds like it would sound better in a singer with a heavy dramatic voice like a heldentenor (dramatic tenor) and Pavarotti sings it with the dramatic interpretation while retaining his full lyric tenor quality. I may sing it with dark baritone color and true tenor resonance like a real heldentenor, in which I may eventually end up, though I am currently a robust lyric tenor now.

For the people nitpicking this, are you saying you don't get anything from this performance? Really?

Le ciliege non sono rosse per caso. Ti saluto maestro.

Anyone knows what the lyrics say?

Still a good performance. It's nice to know the piece is still powerful when not performed exactly as intended.

I suffer. Far, far away The sleeping fog Rises from the quiet plain. Shrilly, cawing, the crows, Trusting their black wings, Traverse the moors, grimly. To the raw bites of air The sorrowful tree trunks Offer, praying, their bare branches. How cold I am! I am alone; Driven through the gray sky A groan of the dead soars. And repeats to me: come; The valley is dark. O sad one, o unloved one, come!

0:58 Look at his eyes!

Dark souls

I DO like Pavaroti very much, and I respect James Levine , too, but interpretation of this song IS NOT correct , I'll say it for ever.