Domingo the most soulful. Carreras the most elegant. Pavarotti the most forceful. All three, legends.

The human race will never witness something like this again

Never cared too much for this as a kid, but it was my gran's favourite. She died this morning, maybe Covid, don't know yet, so I came here for a listen, to remember her. It's glorious.

the conductor nearly wetting himself with joy is the best...

my mum always said Pavarotti could sing his shopping list and she would still melt

I love Domingo, I like Carreras, but this aria simply belongs to Pavarotti. The emotion and vocal power he pours into the Nessun Dorma are unparalleled.

Not only is Pavarotti superb, but he periodically pauses to listen profoundly to his two colleagues, drinking in their greatness as well...the true sign of a master!

I played this to my father-in-law as he lay waiting to pass away. He had become unconscious and it woke him up and he reached out to me and thanked me so much for the blessing as he loved this song and he did not regain consciousness after that. It was my way of telling him that I loved him

I love the look on Pavarotti's face...he's basically like, "Don't worry guys...I've got this." LOL

Pavarotti’s voice feels like it descends from the heavens to caress your very soul. Supremely talented vocalist

What an immortal instant with Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti. And Zubin Mehta is an outstanding conductor too !

Carrera's astonishingly good. Domingos's simply just great. But Pavarotti... he is something more. Miss him so much. That voice had so much love and meaning. And he was so sweet and kind too. Such a treasure. The world suffered a hard loss in 2007 when God took him from us. Rest in peace, Maestro. We love you.

Its so cute how Carreras sometimes sings on his toes.

Pavarotti is without peer, but Im still rooting for the little guy. Love the way he gets up on his toes to make the sound go further.

There are many tenors around the world who can sing this, but the charisma and dramatic presence of The Three Tenors will never be surpassed. The three together are electrifying, and Luciano tops just about everyone's list as the greatest tenor who ever lived. He will always be celebrated for his great charitable works as well. A great and wonderful human being.

I think the conductor is 1 millisecond before getting an heart attack of too much joy and pleasure. Being there must have been an absolute blast. What a great person AND musician, whatever comes first.

When this was performed for the World Cup, I was standing in a bar in southern England with about 150 blokes who were alternating between stunned silence and uncontrolled weeping 32 years later and there's still weeping whenever this is played around me

2020, and still no competition to the three tenors!! xx

Even though they’ve preformed with him countless times, they always look at Pavarotti in awe.

When Pavarotti opened his mouth…. Man it’s felt like … all of a sudden the room just became larger and the ceiling just became higher! Chills.

Just one of our Civilizations pinnacle moments. The history, tragedy, love, learning and culture that came to pass for this to happen is a peak moment in our Western world.

Sorry but nobody can touch Pavarotti! He is just in his own class!

I would never in a million years thought I'd be an opera fan, but this truly turned me. I well up with emotion every time I hear it...absolutely amazing

2:37 Pavorotti’s tone and vibrato is unmistakeable here and can be heard clearly among the three voices

Imagine the lucky ones seated in the front row. Immortalized moment in one's life.

Words cannot convey the stunning beauty of this performance! 2:37 - 2:45 all of Heaven was standing in awe!

I think the conductor's body language & smile, speaks for all of us.

This is the finest rendition you will ever hear

love the conductor, he is loving it and iam loving him for it hahaha

Probably watched this 50 times.It never gets old.

Zubin, Luciano, Placido, Jose .. Mama Mia! It just doesn't get much better than this!

The conductor Zubin Mehta is a legend!

I have listened to about a dozen performances of Nessun Dorma in the last hour, and still this gives me goosebumps and a smile on my face. Wonderful.

3 guys on their peek powers having fun as well

The conductor was feeling it!!

I wish I could capture Pavarotti's vibrato and exist for eternity inside it.

The passing of time will never diminish the quality of these three voices. I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned the 'moment' that says it all for me in this video. Pavarotti is in full voice, magnificent tone at around 1:10 holding the note, and it is the raised eyebrows and sideways glance and smile from Jose at 1:15 that says it all. He knew he was in the presence of greatness. We'll wait a long time before we hear the like of Pavarotti again.

It just cracks me up how the other two look like they have to ‘get ready’ for their parts, they are so serious... meanwhile when it’s Luciano’s turn, he just leans over to the mic like he’s about to chit chat, finishes his part, then gazes over at the stars. He couldn’t be more laid back if he were sipping a bottle of wine!

Pavarotti, super human, they broke the mold on this genius, pitch, power and timing, just wonderfully beautiful.

Having a stressful day? Pause and Listen to this song with your eyes closed and I swear youll feel better ❤️

The conductor was very much a part of the performance. Those guys are pure genius

ending gets me every time

PAVAROTTI IS LIKE JUPITER SINGING ON EARTH WITH THUNDER & LIGHTNINGS. Domingo and Carreras are like Ares and Helios joining him. BRAVO!!! Still unequalled and unsurpassed until now.

What a lucky audience to have witnessed that live. Wow!

Imagine if you could transport back to these times. Paradise lost?, or I'm just getting old.

I love how they are like 'oh you want me to sing that part? Yeahhh, no prob..its not like this is one of the hardest songs to sing..im just gonna go out there and SLAY as i do'

I believe when you die, the angels receive you in paradise singing like this.

When Pavarotti comes in on this aria, the extent of human emotion and the sound of the world's well opening is heard. Truly a holy cow moment!

That ending is ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY!!! Touches my soul unlike anything else before. Moved to tears .

I don't know what brings me to tears more about this performance; the clarity of Pavarotti, the maestro, the fact they are agreeing between who sings what part of the finale while the orchestra are playing or the sheer joy and exuberance of Zubin Mehta conducting, he surely knew he was a part of possibly the finest rendition of Nessun Dorma ever...

Sorry for your loss the three tenors are great I love this song

I too showed this piece to dear 90 old father. I brought him to tears. I brings out y tears each time I watch it, and I thank God for my ability to hear

The pure joy on the faces of the orchestra and the conductor!!

I remember this like it was yesterday even though I must have been about 6 years old. I think they put it on as part of Italia 90. My dad encouraged us to watch it and we recorded it on VHS. Even now the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end during this performance. Absolutely wonderful.

Pavarotti's voice relaxes every muscle in my body.

One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever sung. This never fails to give me chills!!

Luciano Pavarotti is the best. Astonishing.

Pavarotti’s presence, stature and of course his amazing voice all steal the show every time! What a talent!

Immortally beautiful! The 3 are truly gifts from heaven.

2021 and Pavarotti is still king! 🤴🏼

Pavarotti gave lessons that night. He is just the best.

Luciano Pavarotti sings it so effortlessly.

This performance continues to remove the top of my head, every time I listen to or watch it. It is one of the greatest moments in musical history. We can get a sense of it, as passive observers, at the distance that technology inevitably keeps us. But to actually have been there? To be in that audience when that moment was created? To have heard those voices come together like that? Live and in the flesh? Never to be repeated? That must be a profound experience that only those who were actually there can fully appreciate. Thanks heavens it was captured for posterity. But what I would have given to have witnessed it first hand.

The audience should have one a "we are not worthy" salute to these masters.

One of my regrets in life, i never got to see Pavarotti sing live, What a voice!!!

I've never been able to listen to this without weeping. Not one single time. And I've been listening to it since they first recorded this concert.

There is no words to convey the absolute effortless perfection and stunning beauty of Pavarotti"s voice!! So sad that we have absolutely no one in his class on the planet anymore. RIP maestro.

I think this goes down as one of the top performances, each in their own would be brilliant but all 3 together

Pavarotti sings with the apparent ease of a man taking a cool drink of water

I'm not the kind of person that likes opera but when Pavarotti sings the world around me just stops

VIVA ESPAÑA. 🇪🇸 FORZA ITALIA. 🇮🇹 Together against coronavirus.

Pavarotti still the best

There has never been such a magical opera singer that has ever touched my soul like Pavorotti💞 Thank you my previous Brother that continuously heals the hearts of millions🙏

at 58 the look Pavarotti gives is like : " I got this bitch "

I love Pavarotti 😭

It was my Italian grandmother’s favorite and my uncle sang it at my wedding in Scotland!! Even the Scots loved it!!!

My dad had a Pavarotti record when i was a nipper, and i thought,who the hell is that, now I know how awsome he is....

The most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard in my whole entire life. I only wish that I could have seen them perform this live. This song is one of the things getting me through these rough times. God bless 🙏

2:45 Is anybody alive in the crowd at that moment??? Because who can survive that much POWER?!!

after i'm listening with a long time distance...Domingo and Carreras starts to sing like if thers no tomorrow, they are going to battle..pushing everything they can...over the top..and than Luciano came in..and everything is mellow and soft,no pretensions..just perfect...

Il y a des moments magiques comme celui-ci, inoubliable après des années...

Lifts me to the stars. How could you not enjoy this , life is made up of moments and this is one of the most outstanding.RIPLuciano for you are surely up with angels.

Speechless!

This is and always will be Pavarotti’s aria... no one will ever sing this aria with the passion, depth and intensity as he did... ever!

I love how you can see their bodies expand like human instruments at the end. I of course love Pavarotti and Carreras, but Domingo's tone there sends chills down my spine.

I found my way here during about of insomnia. I've never really listened to opera before, I'm a metalhead for the most part. This... This is something beautiful that the world needs more of. Absolutely stunning.

BRILLIANCE ENCAPSULATED IN ONE SONG.

And the haters? How could anyone not love this?

I just love watching these legends having fun and doing what they like

Pavarotti..."here, hold my beer."

I could watch this every day and give it a “thumbs up”. Diane

I can’t stop crying. I adore this so much!

This Aria, These 3 legendary voices, backed up by 2 full scale orchestras, with such awesome power, conducted by maestro Mehta, performed admirably that had the composer Puccini lived to see this day, would have been proud to have witness such a wonderful performance.

You can not help but feel chills when you hear this.

Out of this world. Pavarotti sings this like no other. His other two friends with him are perfect. Second best performance I have ever heard of this beautiful song. The first is Pavarotti singing it in 1994. I started crying the second Pavarotti starts singing this. Wow what a magical gift God gave the world while he sang. Now on KZfaq the world can relieve this over and over again. Still crying

the way Mehta closes! Magic.

I hope that in my lifetime I will again see someone with Pavarotti's talent....

La joie, la joie immense qu'ils ont de nous offrir ce cadeau, la joie du chef d'orchestre, le grand bonheur des spectateurs devant ce trio exceptionnel. Et la joie au plus profond du coeur de pouvoir les regarder, de pouvoir encore les entendre autant de fois qu'on veut, ici même. Je ne m'en lasse pas.

Thank God my grandma showed me Pavarotti ❤️

Pavarotti’s voice of a God…