He was the greatest. RIP Luciano. He passed away in 2007 from pancreatic cancer. His last performance was singing this song at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. You should check out The Three Tenors 1994 concert at Los Angeles.
The late, the great, the immortal Luciano Pavarotti!!!!! As a kid (a few decades now) I used to listen to Pavarotti, Domingo and Carerras (the three tenors) on PBS and how awesome it was!!!! Do yourself a favor and listen to those recordings from 1992+. You will be glad you discovered MORE.
Pavarotti was a great tenor and it's nice to listen and experience all kinds of music. You have an ear for good music vs not good...thanks for playing.
Io, da italiano, appartengo a tutto questo. Ogni volta che sento il nostro grande Luciano Pavarotti, per la stessa clip che tendenzialmente inserite nelle vostre reaction, mi emoziono sempre, come se fosse la prima volta.......ma è lo stesso, pur avendola ascoltata qualche centinaio di volte. L'italia è questa, storia, tradizione, arte e spettacolo.....peccato per la politica.... Un saluto
Hey that's a cool setting you are in by the way. ❤ Yeah, that blew me away the first time I saw that as well! Luciano Pavarotti was one of the great tenors in opera history. Did you see how much he was dropping his jaw for that final climax? That man could sing with so much breath support and power. And I love how he was so immersed in his character that once he delivered that stunning ending, it takes him a few seconds before he slowly by stages starts to come back out of it and then it's as if he starts to comprehend that he just totally killed it, it's such a great transformation by such a towering veteran singer and performer. I believe I initially subscribed to your channel for either the Beatles or Elvis, but this reaction reminds me that at some point, Luciano Pavarotti said that if Elvis Presley had had formal classical training, he may well have ended up being one of the great opera singers of the 20th century. High praise! And the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, once said that Elvis could do what he does, but he couldn't do what Elvis does. That just blows me away because I revere James Brown.
A very classical reaction 🏰! This live performance is from The Three Tenors In Concert, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. "Nessun Dorma" ("Let no one sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's 1926 opera Turandot (words by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni) and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. Any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded. In the aria, Calaf expresses his triumphant assurance that he will win the princess. In the act before this aria, Calaf has correctly answered the three riddles put to all of Princess Turandot's prospective suitors. Nonetheless, she recoils at the thought of marriage to him. Calaf offers her another chance by challenging her to guess his name by dawn. As he kneels before her, the "Nessun dorma" theme makes a first appearance, to his words, "Il mio nome non sai!" (My name you do not know!). She can execute him if she correctly guesses his name; but if she does not, she must marry him. The cruel and emotionally cold princess then decrees that none of her subjects shall sleep that night until his name is discovered. If they fail, all will be killed. As the final act opens, it is now night. Calaf is alone in the moonlit palace gardens. In the distance, he hears Turandot's heralds proclaiming her command. His aria begins with an echo of their cry and a reflection on Princess Turandot: Although "Nessun Dorma" had long been a staple of operatic recitals, Luciano Pavarotti popularized the piece beyond the opera world in the 1990s following his performance of it for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, which captivated a global audience. Both Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo released singles of the aria, with Luciano Pavarotti's reaching number 2 in the UK, and it appeared on the best selling classical album of all time: The Three Tenors In Concert (1994). The Three Tenors, which includes Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, performed the aria at three subsequent FIFA World Cup Finals, in 1994 in Los Angeles, 1998 in Paris, and 2002 in Yokohama. Since 1990, many crossover artists have performed and recorded it. The aria has been sung often in films and on television. Luciano Pavarotti gave a rendition of "Nessun Dorma" at his final performance, the finale of the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, although it was later revealed that he had lip-synched the specially pre-recorded performance (at the time of his Winter Olympics appearance, he was physically incapable of performing, as he was suffering from pancreatic cancer, to which he succumbed the following year). His Decca Records recording of the aria was played at his funeral during the flypast by the Italian Air Force. In 2013, the track was certified Gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Nessun Dorma is the title of a soccer podcast, hosted by The Guardian journalist Lee Calvert and featuring sports writers past and present, that celebrates 1980s and 1990s soccer. Films in which the aria plays a significant role in the soundtrack include 🎥: The Killing Fields (1984), New York Stories (1989), The Sea Inside (2004), The Sum Of All Fears (2002), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Chasing Liberty (2004), No Reservations (2007), Goon (2011), The Upside (2017), and Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015). Lyrics 📝: Nessun dorma Nessun dorma Tu pure, o Principessa Nella tua fredda stanza Guardi le stelle Che tremano d'amore E di speranza Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me Il nome mio nessun saprà, no, no Sulla tua bocca lo dirò Quando la luce splenderà Ed il mio bacio scioglierà Il silenzio che ti fa mia Il nome suo nessun saprà E noi dovrem, ahimè, morir, morir Dilegua, o notte Tramontate, stelle Tramontate, stelle All'alba vincerò Vincerò Vincerò Luciano Pavarotti Info 📰: Luciano Pavarotti was born on October 12, 1935 in Modena, Italy. He passed away on September 6, 2007 in Modena, Italy. He was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into Popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, gaining worldwide fame for his tone, and gaining the nickname "King Of The High Cs". He was also a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity. As one of the Three Tenors, who performed their first concert during the 1990 FIFA World Cup before a global audience, Luciano Pavarotti became well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. From the beginning of his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy to his final performance of "Nessun Dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Luciano Pavarotti was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles, and Puccini works such as La bohème, Tosca, Turandot and Madama Butterfly. He sold over 100 million records, and the first Three Tenors recording became the best-selling classical album of all time. Luciano Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1988, and he passed away from pancreatic cancer on September 6, 2007. His earliest musical influences were his father's records, most of them featuring the popular tenors of the day: Beniamino Gigli, Giovanni Martinelli, Tito Schipa, and Enrico Caruso. His favourite tenor and idol was Giuseppe Di Stefano and he was also deeply influenced by Mario Lanza, saying: "In my teens I used to go to Mario Lanza movies and then come home and imitate him in the mirror". At around the age of nine, he began singing with his father in a small local church choir. In addition to music, as a child, Luciano Pavarotti enjoyed playing soccer. When he graduated from the Scuola Magistrale he was interested in pursuing a career as a professional football goalkeeper, but his mother convinced him to train as a teacher. After abandoning the dream of becoming a soccer goalkeeper, Luciano Pavarotti spent seven years in vocal training. He also taught in an elementary school for two years but finally decided to pursue a music career full time. His father, recognizing the risk involved, only reluctantly gave his consent. Luciano Pavarotti began the serious study of music in 1954 at the age of 19 with Arrigo Pola, a respected teacher and professional tenor in Modena, Italy who offered to teach him without remuneration. According to conductor Richard Bonynge, Luciano Pavarotti never learned to read music. In 1955, he experienced his first singing success when he was a member of the Corale Rossini, a male voice choir from Modena, Italy that also included his father, which won first prize at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. He later said that this was the most important experience of his life, and that it inspired him to become a professional singer. At about this time Luciano Pavarotti first met Adua Veroni. They married in 1961. When his teacher Arrigo Pola moved to Japan, Luciano Pavarotti became a student of Ettore Campogalliani, who at that time was also teaching Luciano Pavarotti's childhood friend: Mirella Freni, whose mother worked with his mother in the cigar factory. Like Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni went on to become a successful opera singer; they would go on to collaborate in various stage performances and recordings together. During his years of musical study, Luciano Pavarotti held part-time jobs in order to sustain himself-first as an elementary school teacher and then as an insurance salesman. The first six years of study resulted in only a few recitals, all in small towns and without pay. When a nodule developed on his vocal cords, causing a "disastrous" concert in Ferrara, he decided to give up singing. Luciano Pavarotti attributed his immediate improvement to the psychological release connected with this decision. Whatever the reason, the nodule not only disappeared but, as he related in his autobiography: "Everything I had learned came together with my natural voice to make the sound I had been struggling so hard to achieve". He won the international competition at the Teatro Reggio Emilia in 1961, making his operatic debut there as "Rodolfo" in La Boheme on April 29. He made his international debut in 1963, when he stepped in for tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano in the role of Rodolfo at the Royal Opera House in London. Luciano Pavarotti then took part in the La Scala tour of Europe (1963-64). His American debut in February 1965, in the Miami production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, also launched his legendary partnership with Australian soprano Joan Sutherland. It was with Joan Sutherland that Luciano Pavarotti took London's Covent Garden and the New York Metropolitan Opera by storm in 1972 with a sparkling production of a Donizetti favorite, La Fille du Regiment. ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Luciano Pavarotti's voice and performance were very much in the powerful style of the traditional Italian tenor. He quickly became internationally known as a concert performer, achieving a large following due to his many recordings and television appearances. His most notable operatic roles included the Duke in Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto (1851), Tonio in Gaetano Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment (1840; a part remarkable for its demanding sequence of high Cs), Arturo in Vincenzo Bellini’s I puritani (1835), and Radamès in Verdi’s Aida (1871), all of which are available as sound recordings. Luciano Pavarotti's participation in the Three Tenors with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras was hugely successful, and has been credited with bringing classical music to the masses at a level never seen previously. Luciano Pavarotti annually hosted the Pavarotti & Friends charity concerts in his home town of Modena Italy, joining with singers from all parts of the music industry, including BB King, Andrea Bocelli, Zucchero, Jon Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Bono, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Dolores O'Riordan, Sheryl Crow, Céline Dion, Anastacia, Elton John, Deep Purple, Meat Loaf, Queen, George Michael, Tracy Chapman, The Spice Girls, Sting and Barry White to raise money for several UN causes. Concerts were held for War Child, and victims of war and civil unrest in Bosnia, Guatemala, Kosovo and Iraq. After the war in Bosnia, he financed and established the Pavarotti Music Centre in the southern city of Mostar to offer Bosnia's artists the opportunity to develop their skills. For these contributions, the city of Sarajevo named him an honorary citizen in 2006. Luciano Pavarotti began his farewell tour in 2004, at the age of 69, performing one last time in old and new locations, after more than four decades on the stage. On March 13, 2004, he gave his last performance in an opera at the New York Metropolitan Opera. On February 10, 2006, Luciano Pavarotti performed "Nessun Dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy, at his final live performance. Luciano Pavarotti Passing 🙏: While proceeding with an international "farewell tour", Luciano Pavarotti was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2006. The tenor fought back against the implications of this diagnosis, undergoing major abdominal surgery and making plans for the resumption and conclusion of his singing commitments, but he passed away at his home in Modena, Italy on September 6, 2007. After his passing, his manager, Terri Robson, noted in a statement: "The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness". Luciano Pavarotti's funeral was held at Modena Cathedral. The funeral, in its entirety, was also telecast live on CNN. The Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival Hall flew black flags in mourning. Tributes were published by many opera houses, such as London's Royal Opera House. The then Prime Minister Romano Prodi and Kofi Annan attended. The Frecce Tricolori, the aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, flew overhead, leaving green-white-red smoke trails. After a funeral procession through the centre of Modena, Luciano Pavarotti's coffin was taken the final 6 miles to Montale Rangone, a village part of Castelnuovo Rangone, and was he was laid to rest in the Pavarotti family crypt. Miscellaneous Notes 🗃: He won 5 Grammy Awards as well as a Grammy Legend Award (1998): 1979 Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance "Hits From Lincoln Center", 1980 Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance "O Sole Mio - Favorite Neapolitan Songs", 1982 Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance "Live From Lincoln Center - Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti", 1989 Best Classical Vocal Solo "Luciano Pavarotti in Concert" and 1991 Best Classical Vocal Performance "Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert". He holds two Guinness World Records: one for receiving the most curtain calls (165) and another for the best-selling classical album: Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert, by The Three Tenors; the latter record is thus shared by fellow tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras. Luciano Pavarotti's one venture into film was the movie: Yes Giorgio (1982), a romantic comedy movie directed by Franklin J Schaffner, in which he starred as the main character Giorgio Fini. The film was a critical and commercial failure, although it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Original Song. He can be seen to better advantage in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's movie: Rigoletto, an adaptation of the opera of the same name also released in 1982, or in his more than 20 live opera performances taped for television between 1978 and 1994, most of them with the Metropolitan Opera, and most available on DVD. He received two Primetime Emmy Awards for his PBS variety specials Pavarotti in Philadelphia: La Boheme (1983) and Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto Great Performances (1985). In 1965, he received the "Principessa Carlotta" Award. In 1980, he was named as Grand Marshal at the New York City's Columbus Day Parade on October 12. In 1986, was named Favorite Classical Music Performer award from People's Choice Awards. In 1990, was named Classical Artist of the Decade 1980-1989 awarded by Billboard. In 1993, was named World’s Best Classical Artist by the World Music Awards. Luciano Pavarotti was named MusiCares Person of the Year in 1998. On November 22, 1998, the Mayor of New York proclaimed Luciano Pavarotti Day to celebrate his 30th anniversary at the Metropolitan Opera House. In 1998, he was appointed the United Nations Messenger Of Peace, using his fame to raise awareness of UN issues, including the Millennium Development Goals, HIV/AIDS, child rights, urban slums and poverty. In 1999, Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti, discovered by Zdeňka Vávrová in 1984, was named after him In 1999, he also hosted a charity benefit concert to build a school in Guatemala, for Guatemalan civil war orphans. It was named after him Centro Educativo Pavarotti. In 2001, he received the Nansen Medal from the UN High Commission for Refugees for his efforts in raising money on behalf of refugees worldwide. Also in 2001, he was chosen one of that year's five recipients by the President and First Lady as an honoree for their lifetime achievements in the arts at the White House, followed by the Kennedy Center; the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2004, he was inducted into NIAF Hall of Fame in Music by the National Italian American Foundation. In 2004, he received the Eisenhower Medallion. In 2006, he received The Puccini Award in the 36th edition of Puccini Festival Foundation. He posthumously received the Italy-USA Foundation's America Award in 2013 and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2014. In 2022, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other honors he received include the "Freedom Of London Award" and The Red Cross "Award for Services to Humanity". National Civil Awards 🏅: 1986: "Ville de Paris" awarded by mayor Jacques Chirac 1976: Italy 3rd Class / Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1980: Italy 2nd Class / Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1988: Italy 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1992: France Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour 1993: Monaco Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit of Monaco 2007: Premio Eccellenza nella cultura given by Italy's Ministry of Culture Francesco Rutelli Videography (Select) 📽: Mozart: Idomeneo (1982) The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala (1983) The Metropolitan Opera Gala (1991) Luciano Pavarotti Albums (Select Discography) 📀: Favourite Italian Arias (1966) Verdi & Donizetti Arias (1968) Tenor Arias From Italian Opera (1971) The World's Favourite Tenor Arias (1973) Pavarotti In Concert (1973) O Holy Night (1976) O Sole Mio Favourite Neapolitan Songs (1979) Verismo Arias From Fedora (1979) Mattinata (1983) Mamma (1984) Passione (1985) Volare (1987) Ti Adoro (2000) Luciano Pavarotti Albums With The Three Tenors 📀: Carreras Domingo Pavarotti In Concert (1990) The Three Tenors In Concert (1994) The Three Tenors: Paris (1998) The 3 Tenors Christmas (2000) Fun Fact 🕵: In 2019, Pavarotti, a documentary film about him, was directed by Ron Howard and produced with the cooperation of Luciano Pavarotti's estate using family archives, interviews and live music footage.
If you decide you like operatic arias there is plenty to choose from. Most are in Italian. Nessun Dorma is usually sung by tenors, but a few females have sung it successfully (see Amira Willighagen, CIG 2017). Amira and Corlea Botha sung The Flower Duet in French (typing in both names and title will get you it). For another powerful rendering of Nessun Dorma try Dan Vasc (with English lyrics and slightly different ending). Happy hunting!
I’m not an opera lover, but this makes me cry at the end, every time! And yes, it doesn’t even matter that I don’t know what he’s saying! Very powerful!!! I have learned that he’s singing no one shall sleep tonight. He knows the Princess’s name. (Loosely)
It only takes the first few bars of Nessun Dorma - possibly the most well-known opera song ever - to give you goosebumps. The Italian aria is taken from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot, an adaptation of the play of the same name by Count Carlo Gozzi from 1792, which premiered nearly 100 years ago in 1926 at the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan. It is sung by the character Prince Calaf who is attempting to win the heart of Princess Turandot. The spine-tingling piece builds and builds to an incredibly emotional climax that has been known to reduce people to tears.
Pretty much the only opera song I love... I still get chills.. My mother and sister loved opera.. me not so much..but you can't deny this song and Luciano.
he was amazing. sadly he passed away. check his career. he was a god. and he used to make songs with other artists, rappers, rockstar pop, u name it. check pavarotti and friends for children of bosnia. loved that album
It's the song about a Prince and he wants to marry a princess but she says no he makes a deal that if she can guess his name she can have him killed but if she can't she has to marry him she has till midnight, in the end he's singing how "I WILL WIN".
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Stevie Wonder- Happy Birthday, The Ronettes- Be My Baby (Classic Hits Studio YT channel) or Tom Jones- It's Not Unusual Live (ReelinInTheYears66 YT channel). The Stevie Wonder song consideration is an audio only song but is a song written for Martin Luther King Jr whose birthday is on January 15th.
NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICE in Male singers..... not as sweet, smooth and graceful as moon light on the water .... BUT, He has Power, Range, Tenor skills few can ever hope to know. I do prefer Andrea Bocelli - a pearly smooth and effortless tenor (Italian as well ! ) GBjj
Obviously you have no clue about a tenor. Pavarotti was the best tenor ever. Maybe Enrico Caruso came close, but Luciano is thé summum! Andrea Bocelli sang a lot together with Luciano but also recognised Luciano was from another planet.
