Addio, Fiorito Asil CAGE MATCH: Gigli vs Pavarotti 

Two different men and two sublime voices. I just thank God I lived in a time when I could hear them both.

THEY BOTH HAVE VERY BEAUTIFUL VOICES AND WE R FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM

Gigli, no question.

With all due respect to maestro Pavarotti - here maestro Gigli wins!

For me Caruso's recording of this was the best. Gigli wins here for me.

In 1992 um Player out name inside Pacaembu Stadium take attention for Him, when during Apresentation off Pavarotti, he play sem Aparelhos Amplificador, The same away Gigle no Final da Década de quarenta in Apresentation off Lá Boehme in Same Estadium.

Despite the sobs and aspirated. GIGLI

Both wonderful. Gigli's timbre is ravishing,the voice is beautifully produced, but some of the mannerisms are a bit annoying. Pav's tone is fresh, brillant and beautiful. His delivery is more sincere than Gigli's.

@MsRuthes I agree, but the order is: Caruso first, Gigli, Bjoerling, Corelli and the rest. All dilettatanti should learn to taste them all, enjoying them to the full and put them in that order, otherwise, there is a problem with their taste.

Definitely Gigli

Gigli's voice is deep and expressive. I don't feel that while listening to Pavarotti's rendition.

Предпочитаю вариант Corelli, вообще-то ) Затем - Caruso. Потом - Bjorling, MDM.. По данному баттлу - странный вопрос, надо сказать. Gigli, of course. Надо быть совсем уж глухим, чтоб не признать данного факта. Его исполнение намного четче, сильнее и качественнее исполнения Pav. У Pav вообще здесь голос какой-то глухой и размытый. И вибрато - непривычное

Me quedo con Gigli. Las supertecnicas modernas de grabacion ayudan a Pavarotti.

Cage match. Very funny concept. Very funny, indeed. Very....today.

Anyone know who's the baritone who accompanies Gigli?

Definitely, Luciano Pavarotti. God Bless You, Luciano. October 12, 1935 - September 6, 2007

Not a fair comparison. The Pavarotti recording is much/much/much more ambient with a slight echo etc. I like both though, each are different

Gigli won, but if a 1965-76 Pavarotti would have sung this, he could have won easily, I put that Pavarotti up against everybody

Gigli had the more beautiful voice, Pavarotti had the better top. Both have wonderful fraseggio so that one's a hit or miss. I'm going to give Gigli the slight edge here, because this actually a role he could sing (he did sing the role I think?), whereas this role is too big for Pavarotti's voice.

Gigli by far over Pavarotti, both here and in anything I have heard. Pav "covers" the F's much too much, taking away all the tenorial thrill, IMO, and is boring.

To me Pavarotti seems to have a much sweeter flow of feeling throughout and the tones seem to float with ease and stability.

No comparison. Gigli is the best. I would put a few tenors ahead of Pav. Gigli is only challenged by Caruso and Bjorling.

The big difference are :recording epoch, age, and above all the Orchestra, definitely the Orchestra is much more good in Pavarotti redemption.

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Pavarotti at age 51 in the live Tucker Gala performance on RU-vid is actually far superior to this recording.

I prefer Gigli's version over Pavarotti's. Orchestration has over powered Pav's voice and slow tempi is unproductive. More evenly balanced on Gigli's rendition. Sorry I can't decide on the voice alone.

if by reserved you mean Pavarotti doesn't oversing, then maybe you are right (I see you liked the Corelli best, rexeterna). Pavarotti doesn't need to ever muscle anything in this passage. The clear, perfectly spinning tone is full of sincere emotion. I prefer Pavarotti's vibrato to Corelli's.

GIGLI GANZ KLAR

Gigli's worst performances are10 times better than Pavarotti's finest

I do not know what are you refering to

Both are beautiful, but Gigli really aspirates a lot and it spoils his legato.

neither of these really does it for me.. they both seem too reserved--this really is the one time pinkerton shows any kind of true unbridled emotion in the entire opera, so i think it really needs to be big and all out there. they're both too reserved..

You can NOT compare Pavarotti! You just CANT XD Same with Callas and Dame Sutherland, you just cant! XD

Never speak about Paul Potts anymore... Hans NL

@marcherst: I guess in your opinion EVERY TENOR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME WAS A "CHOIR BOY" compared to Pavaroti? I really hate this fanatisme. Gigli a "choir boy" - come on. You've completely lost contact with reality.

Pavarotti = publicidade

Neither really do it for me.

Pavarotti, in his last days, was STILL very, should I say, 'better' than Gigli's performance here.

Pavarotti for sure

one can habitually hear an old gigli recording and not be 100% positive who the singer is - this NEVER happens when hearing Pav - is such distinctness of sound necessarily a good thing? And is it likely that one may not be as certain w/ Gigli because the recording technique in his day was so inferior as to eliminate sounds that make a voice unique? How can anyone ever compare caruso/gigli vs bjoerling/corelli/Pav when the playing field (i.e. recording technique) is so categorically different?

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