Luciano Pavarotti's Last Public Performance - Torino 2006 Opening Ceremony | Music Monday 

That's how a real man says his last farewell

Tears in my eyes here. This was his last ever public performance. Just a few months after this he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and died less than a year later. The last bit where he is holding his arms up is almost like he is sacrificing himself. What a moment.

"Real men only cry for one reason" "What?" Luciano Pavarotti's Last Public Performance

1:37 That face of satisfaction, of being singing his most powerful aria... so many memories, so many friends, a lifetime dedicated to music, and somehow, in that smile, he knew it would be his last Nessun Dorma. Rest in peace master

His last word on the scene was "VINCERO" - Victory from italian

2:10 he sings this last "Vincerò!" like he knows it will be his last one, like it's his was of saying goodbye to the world. What a legend, i wish musicians these days would have a pinch of the emotion Pavaritti showed in this perfomance.

Quite frankly, I don’t care if this was prerecorded - it was still his voice, the one that brings me to my knees and gives comfort to my soul.

His face of joy at 1:37 along with the long open-arm embrace at the end hit me quite hard, like he it was going to be his final performance. The most fitting ending nailing that incredible "Vincero" one final time to put an exclamation mark on the most extraordinary career. Maybe one day I will be able to attend a show in which there is a hologram of him, since I never got the chance to see him in person.

Watching the lion roar for the last time... Never to find music like this again! Anyone else 2023?

This performance still gives me chills and brings me to tears.

Heard that so many times, but the passion in his voice - you can copy it. Best voice of the world. Period.

1:40 the eyes never lies

He finished his career with the same passion he had begun with..

“Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and ‘Pavarotti’ never died. They simply became music.” This was so emotional to watch... He is a legend. His legacy and records will live forever... RIP

I absolutely love how Pavarotti's face shows how he is just taking in the whole moment at 1:37. The music, his singing(prerecorded), the crowd, everything. I hope I can experience life like he did.

A lot of people were saying he lip-synced this performance. I remember watching this on TV, and the absolute chills I got. I knew he was not well by looking at his stance here, shed tears knowing how proud and honored he must have felt being able to open for the Olympics in his home country. He was the best ever, and I get that "roller coaster" wave when he closes out this amazing song

1:37 Oh my god, just look at his face. If heaven exists, Pavarotti sings this aria there. :') ❤️ RIP

On 10 February 2006, Pavarotti sang "Nessun dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy, at his final performance. In the last act of the opening ceremony, his performance received the longest and loudest ovation of the night from the international crowd. Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance had been recorded weeks earlier.[25] "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," he wrote. Pavarotti's manager, Terri Robson, said that the tenor had turned the Winter Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the subzero conditions of Turin in February. The committee eventually persuaded him to take part by prerecording the song. god, it looks so real..

His voice did not fade. His smile did not fade. His soul did not fade, and in fact, is still alive today and with us through his beautiful art of singing. That torch up there - that's him. His spirit shall shine forever like flame.

Here in 2020... I hope everyone in that audience realizes how lucky they are to have heard one of the greatest voices of all time. There will never be another like him. A giant among men, with a voice that reminds us that not all is bad in this world.

I'm watching in 2019, a voice like that is timeless

Somehow....I believe Luciano knew this was it, like this was the last time he would be able to sing publicly. You can see the absolute passion in his eyes and voice during the climax.

Goosebumps everytime

da diecimila miglia di distanza, ma non è solo un tesoro dell'Italia, ma un grande tesoro dell'intera umanità!

This performance is immortal! Will be remembered by history!

Not 'one of the World's greatest tenors' Luciano Pavarotti WAS the World' s greatest tenor at the time of his untimely death.

thats why you need big Events like Olympic-games in your Country. What Amazing People this Italians are, thanks too the Olympic-Games i recognized it.

he was 70 years old at that time. amazing skills and beautiful voice.

i remember watching this live. everyone was on the edge of their seats. we literally had this feeling that he was about to die. that he was singing so hard he would die right there on the stage. and he sacrificed everything to sing a beautiful tone. not one note is off...not one slip...not one bit of poor intonation. and if you know the aria, you know it's going to go high. and the people watching started to sweat. and it was so beautiful. and then he hit the high note...and he stayed alive. and then people had to help him off the stage like they had to help him onto the stage. i will never forget that moment, and i am eternally grateful to Pavarotti's great soul for singing with such heart, magnitude, and beauty for so so so long, and for teaching us, so very much. Thank you Luciano, thank you!

I'm really, not at all an opera guy of any sorts, but this piece is without a doubt perfection. No other way to say it.

1:37から、間奏のとこの笑顔、ちょっと泣きそうになるパバロッティの笑顔がたまらなく好きだ。パバロッティが、生きることはなんて素晴らしいのだろうと笑っている。翌年、天に召された彼の、全身からみなぎる生きる喜びに魂がふるえる。

His body may have perished, but his voice will always echoe through the eternity.

Still gives me chills every time. He put everything into that.

I carry you in my heart eternally

This song will never been mastered like this again

How lucky are the people who had the chance to watch this LEGEND perform live!

The Greatest Tenor in the History Luciano Pavarotti ❤️❤️❤️

Grande Luciano, non c'è nessuno come lui

The best singer of all time

Today, hundreds of people died for the coronavirus in Italy and here I am... listening this and pray for Italy... pray for the world. Stay in house. Take care. Io ti Amo Italy. From Argentina.

1:37 He must have enjoyed singing so much that he made that face knowing it was his last performance ;-;

i can feel his feeling!!! rest in peace master Luciano!

It is said that every great perfomer has one last magnificent performance left in them. Pavarotti proved that.

Favourite Olympic moment ever

I never considered myself much of a Pavarotti fan, but this performance was really something special. Arguably the most famous opera singer of all time, giving his heart to the audience as he always did. RIP Maestro

He didn’t die God just needed a new singer to listen to :)

You can hear in his voice how every note is causing him pain. He knew this was his last one, he pushed through tremendous pain to do this - flaming out like a phoenix.

we miss you maestro!!!!

Puccini was pure genius. Pavarotti brings his music to a higher level. He is sorely missed.

His last public performance is not just performance but it is his legacy.

You were victorious Pavarotti! 😢

Not as a singer but as a musician, whenever I listen to this I almost feel like he’s putting all his energy into this performance and despite the struggles, he’s still putting all his might into his voice as if the world was about to end and it just makes me cry that we’ve lost such a talented singer and now all we have to look back on is this last public performance.😢

I was so blessed as a child to watch this live. I was blown away but had no idea how iconic a performance I was witnessing. My mother was also watching and was in tears. This man’s voice was absolutely life changing.

Not gonna lie, I'm a bit jealous of God that he's got Pavarotti back in his heavenly choir.

I attended the opening in Torino in 2006. He wasn't announced, but as soon as we heard his first "Nessun Dorma", he didn't have to be introduced. Pavarotti! Of course we never would have known at the time that we were witnesses to his final public performance. Thank you for sharing your music and talent with us one last time.

This World never deserved Luciano. He still gave us everything.

i am crying

The year is 2024, contemplating the biggest tenor of all time.

Every note is beautiful. I don't speak Italian, but he still moves me to tears. He looks like this is goodbye and like it hurt him. It is perfection.

A performance for eternity, in the middle of 2023 I watch him and feel all the emotion, a true singer who managed to put feeling, emotion in every note, I wish I had the pleasure of watching him, but a tenor like him will always be eternal, his work and his unique voice will live forever in our hearts and I hope that future generations can appreciate it, I would say that watching this performance is the true apotheosis of a singer. Grazie Luciano!!

Pavarotti resisted the invitation of singing Nessun Dorma. Finally it was agreed the performance would be pre-recorded and played at the opening ceremonies with both the orchestra and Pavarotti lip syncing. This was due to the cold temperatures, well below freezing.

I want to highlight the last seconds of this video where he closes his palms together. That is genuinely from the heart, thanking someone for letting him take another stage for this last performance. He is geniune, all coming from the heart.

One final "Vincero!" for the great maestro. May the world always remember Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest tenors of his or any era.

I remember watching the opening ceremonies in 2006. I hadn't seen Pav anywhere on TV for probably a year and I was shocked at how unwell he looked. I think the cancer was already there and he knew it....watch him clutch his left side at :50, as though he was in pain. His voice had darkened at this point in his life but it was still more beautiful than any other voice I've heard. Per sempre I'll più grande tenore!!!

A great loss to the whole world...but I was comforted by the fact that God needs Angel's and voices like Luciano's to fill heaven.

I love the emotion he displays. You can tell every moment he cherishes deeply.

The fact he can cry and still keep his voice steady is amazing.

I´m crying. no matter how many times i see this

rest in peace luciano Pavarotti. you were a legend and you still are. we miss you

What a lucky audience to see this incredible performance. 😭

Now this is a man who doesn't draw a single dime, but rather draws in quarters.

1:38 😭 su rostro lo dice todo. Él sabía que no volvería a pisar un escenario.

Pavarotti was and still is a legend, he now takes his place in the stars, the choir of heaven

2006 was our golden year. No question about it.

Luciano is still for me and will be forever the greatest Voice !!!❤❤❤ Klaus S. Blechner, Detmold, Germany🏵🌟👍🎻❤️

Bocelli, Terfel, Potts, Domingo, Carreras, Safina and Kaufmann are great opera singers, but Pavarotti was and still is by far the best. He has put so much emotion and passion in his performances. There will never be someone else quite like him. He’s the embodiment of opera.

These fading times need these type of people…we can’t endear this enough, he was a giant and knew it, enjoy it…period.

Still watching this in 2021. Vincero, Pavarotti, vincero!

Am crying, love you Luciano Pavarotti, love from Kerala, India ❤️

Performances like these make life worth living

I cry rivers when ever I watch and listen to this. It’s like he knows he’s going to die and this is his last priceless gift to the world. The amount of suffering and passion in his voice, his eyes, is unreal. May he rest in peace forever ❤️

2021 Still the greatest performer who ever lived.

This man's voice is a gift to humankind

Fuerza italia latinoamerica está con ustedes 🇲🇽 🇮🇹

Thanks for uploading Luciano Pavarotti's final performance. Luciano would be proud of you.

The last "Nessun Dorma", I miss you Pavarotti :(

I've watched this performance and cryed with it a thousand times ... such an incredible voice. Much love from Iran

The one and only Luciano Pavarotti.

It's like he knew this was going to be his final performance. Not an opera fan but this is goosebump inducing.

I'm watching this in 2020. Joy to my heart and tears to my eyes. Bravo. Timeless.

LOVE YOU! 2021 MR PAVORATTI!

1:39 he knew 💔

I saw it live, same tears that day, today and every time I'm watching it!

No matter how many times I watch tears always roll down my face.

"No one sings like you anymore"

this performance always brings me to tears everytime when I watch it

Absolutely beautiful. His voice was so powerful and you can see the emotion in his eyes as he sang.

I've watched this maybe a hundred times, and i can't just watch it once. Four, five, six times in a row. Brings me to tears every single time.

Crying while watching his performance

You can see the passion he had for the music. You can also see that he knew it would be the last time and how glad he is that his body gave him the opportunity to do this one last time without failing him during the most straining parts of this song. This was a man who lived for this art and got to perform right up until the very end and you can see in his face and his eyes how happy he was for still being able to do what he could do best. At which he is still the best and nobody can compare.