It might need to be pointed out that opera singers do not use mics and PA systems. No effects. Nothing. That is all lungs and voice. Everyone in the auditorium hears him.
Everything you have said about the Maestro is right like Color, Tone, Range, Expression, all these could be learned but to top it all Pavarotti got a tremendous stage presence and this last quality is impossible to learn you either have it or you don't and Pavarotti got plenty of it in fact it is impossible to keep one eyes off of him.
Few know this song, let alone big Luciano singing it. Opera spooks many, maybe the foreign language puts them off. But with big Luciano, you don't have to understand him, his voice takes over your mind's eye. LOL 😂
I prefer to not know what he is singing about...I happened to see a translation of the Italian , and I was not happy ..My imagination of what Pavarotti is experiencing was much better than the actual translation , which is insipid ...
Hi, just for you and the group here. He did do a movie in 1982 called "yes georgio" and though the movie did not get rave reviews, it did launch the song "nessun dorma" into mainstream popularity even with young pop crowd at the time and set off a string of live performances solo, duets with pop artists and then the 3 tennors. not to bad for a low ranked movie.
People who have never seen an opera often don't understand that an opera is a play with the dialogue sung rather than spoken. This aria is from Pagliacci. You should watch the entire opera. At this point, he finds out his lover is cheating on him with another man. They are with a traveling circus, and even though he is full of pain, the show must go on. I think, though, at the climax of this aria, he is going mad and decides to kill the man.
You should have just watched the version with english subtitles, because in that special case you are missing out on something really amazing. I mean i often tear up on his songs, but this one might be the worst. ;)
He just learned that his wife was unfaithful to him, right before he has to go on stage to do a show as a clown. My voice teacher has told me that singers are storytellers. Mr. Pavarotti was a master at being a storyteller and wearing his heart on his sleeve. Magnificent performance.
You should do "Una voce poco fa" by Maria Callas. She was the best soprano of the last century and that's a fun an difficult aria where she has to use all her skills.
The same video is available with lyrics. The story: he is a professional clown, a pagliacchio. He has just learned that his wife, Colombia, has been unfaithful to him, still, he must put his costume on (Vesti La Guibba) and perform for the audience. "Ridi Pagliacchio" means "laugh, clown".
Well, i think opera is the next level of acting in a Movie. Your acting skills need to he way above those Hollywood better actors, since you cant miss a word in a 2 to 3 hour acting+singing. And plus you need to memorise thousands of words, each one with a different tempo and sound and intention... whats better than opera?
It's about this man being cheated on by his woman and she leaving him. He being the "Pajazzo" (a clown) that has to perform no matter what. Inspite him being at the bottom of his life. In the mirror he sees a broken man, with nothing left but to make people laugh at him. A broken man with no value for no one... not even for himself.
Pavarotti is certainly one of the greatest voices but I’m afraid he couldn’t act. In recent decades I’d go with Domingo. Incidentally I have to say that the guy presenting this doesn’t have a clue. When he says ‘what’s he singing about?’ then I’m sorry to say I laughed; he clearly has never seen or understood opera. I’m trying not to mock him but to put it very simply: he ain’t got a clue.
He IS an actor. Opera singers sing of course, but the great ones are also superb actors. He just found out his wife is cheating with another actor and he has to go on stage and pretend to be happy. True to style of Italian tragic opera, he ends up killing his wife and lover on stage during a live performance.
