Luciano Pavarotti - A te o cara - Live 1972
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Luciano Pavarotti sings my favourite rendition of A te o cara from act I of Bellini's I Puritani.
This really is one of the hardest arias ever written. Not only does nearly all the music sit in the passagio, the tenor has to sing high A something like 6 times, not to mention the high C sharp and the high B (right after each other). Pavarotti sings it all so effortlessly, weaving through the music with beautiful legato and precise diction, not at all phased by the high notes, flicking off a stunning high C sharp onto a high B.
This performance of Arturo earned Pavarotti the following praise in Beverly Sills' autobiography:
'The first time I stood on stage with him I thought, my God, this man sings so beautifully'
she goes on to say:
'I never heard Caruso live of course, but I can't imagine being more touched by a voice than when Luciano sang Arturo to my Elvira'.
Which is very significant praise, seeing as Sills heard Carreras, Domingo, Peerce, Tucker, Gedda, Kraus, di Stefano, and many other highly praised tenors live.
It is also worth noting that this I Puritani was put together very quickly, there were no rehearsals. Beverly Sills called it 'instant opera'.
Elvira is sung by Beverly Sills
Riccardo is sung by Louis Quilico
Giorgio is sung by Paul Plishka
Anton Guandagno conducted the Philadelphia Opera chorus and orchestra.
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Luciano in his PRIME the BEST EVER whoever lived - Stunning.
At this age and stage of his career, his voice was gorgeous.
Pavarotti is in superb voice here. Everything is working for him...so beautiful!
Luciano, we miss you so much ... We will never find a better Arturo RIP Maestro
The sheer beauty of his voice, of his tone and control is like opening your mind to another dimension of bliss. Who would ever need drugs to catch a "high" when they could just to Pavarotti. Truly the Maestro!
Bravi Luciano ! I've never heard a man singing so beautifully !
Pavarotti is moving, exciting, thrilling....his recordings from that Period: Rigoletto, La Traviata, I puritani, La sonnambula, La fille du regiment , La Boheme etc etc....have never been matched, he is amazing.
Onestamente è molto difficile ascoltare quest'aria meglio dell'interpretazione di questo grande artista..che in questo repertorio è stato a mio avviso..uno dei più grandi ... Pavarotti qui è spettacolare...grazie
Simply the Best.
MON DIEU ON ATTEINT LES SOMMETS DE L ART LYRIQUE PAVAROTTI EST UNIQUE
When I heard this on recording I thought: "It is impossible to reproduce this live"...I was absolutely wrong...exactly as on disc...perfection!
Ja, Luciano Pavarotti war und ist der allerbeste, glühend intensiv!
3:10 Such a beautiful high C sharp from Pavarotti.
Utterly Sensational. No other words for it. That high "C" could bring enemy aircraft down........
@rationalsceptic7634
3 жыл бұрын
C Sharp actually
Pavarotti was the quintessential "Lyric" tenor that is why people frequently reference him when addressing the categorization of a person in the vocal category.
Абсолютно превъзходно изпълнение на Павароти, уникален певец, неповторим,почитание, маестро.
Unbelievble!!!!!!!!
@peterkereszturi246
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the spelling!
Lo riascolto per l'ennesima volta :insuperabile meraviglioso incredibile Pavarotti! !!!!
Come diceva il grande Celletti, Luciano Pavarotti è stato l'unico Arturo veramente credibile: fantastico!!
@user-fs5fn8or5e
8 күн бұрын
이 노래를듣고나서,파바로티가 이세상 최고의 테너라는 것을 확신할수 있었다.
Grandissimo il nostro Pavarotti ,il nostro big Luciano ❤❤❤❤
Pavarotti at his Best!
Really The King of High Cs!!! Nobody could ever produce those perfect pitched and rich High Cs!!Amazing!!!
Лучано , ты мой Ангел - Утешитель, был , есть , будешь навсегда !!!
Grandissimo Pavarotti, tra la gioia e l’esultar! Al brillar di si’ bell’ora....si raddoppia il mio tormento...
I was blessed to see him and thanks to KZread I can always come back
@ziaandreina1576
4 жыл бұрын
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I saw this with Sutherland and Luciano in the revival of the 70s, and he had even more "fiato" than this. At the end of the performance, there was an "éclat de tonnère" from the public that created a kind of roar, like a tornado, with screams of ecstasy. They were THAT good. That's why it used to be called "Grand Opera". Now it's just opera.
@liedersanger1
5 жыл бұрын
infrantasi And not even that.
Peerless. Exquisite.
Ancora una volta ascolto questa recita del 1972 e quella a Catania 1968: nessuno al mondo ha mai avuto una voce così assolutamente meravigliosa! Pavarotti the Only🌟
@massimobertini9510
2 жыл бұрын
Sí sí.. Peró " stringe" il do e il re, mentre Lauri Volpi allarga queste note , per non parlare della sua mezza- voce. Altra vocememorabile per questa opera: Mario Filippeschi. E per la bellezza assoluta ..il giovane di Stefano. Certo nel "72 il migliore: Pavarotti.
@giovannimedini2091
2 жыл бұрын
@@massimobertini9510 ... Sono d'accordo con lei ma solo in parte .....
@giovannimedini2091
2 жыл бұрын
@@massimobertini9510 d'accordo ma non completamente ma posso condividere ...Per quanto riguarda il di Stefano giovane è durato veramente troppo poco perché... Bacco tabacco e Venere... Forse hanno contribuito... In ogni caso parliamo in assoluto di grandissime voci temo irripetibili
¡Dios mio! ¡La belleza más sublime!
Nadie podrá superar a Pavarotti en rol de Arturo en esta ópera ni antes ni después desde Di Estéfano ni Correlli ni Krauz ni Gedda ni su paisano y contemporáneo Fisichella ni en los modernos cantantes como Camarena mucho menos el tenor peruano Juan Diego Flores la pureza de la voz de Pavarotti aunado a su técnica perfecta serán insuperables en décadas el gran Divo hizo suyo este papel de la ópera de Bellini
@santisramos5832
9 ай бұрын
Es solo tu opinion ☝️😀
mai nessuno così perfetto in questo ruolo.
La voce più meravegliosa que ho sentito
Love Pavarotti, but I also find Sills amazing!
Voce e dizione meravigliosa.
Una voce squillante, sembra che non ci siano limiti alla bellezza della voce perfetta tenuta pianissimo. Mio dio grazie
Dios..............una de las voces de Tenor mas hermosas del mundo...........donde quieras que estes Luciano......
@susanacabrero293
5 жыл бұрын
Estara cantando con los angeles
Magnifico!!
Beautiful...
This was a terrific performance> I was lucky to be there.
the great tenor luaciano pavarotti miss
Many times I've heard opera fans saying Pavarotti's voice was all power and technical perfection, without the emotional content of , say, Tito Schipa. Guess they must have missed hearing L.P. singing this aria.
@sopranosd
7 жыл бұрын
You want to see Pavarotti emote, watch the youtube of him in Pagliacci with ... Teresa Stratas?. He's utterly ferocious. You can also watch Domingo in the same role in the same production on youtbue. He's wonderful (of course, I mean, come on, he's DOMINGO), but Pavarotti really grabs me. I'd love to know what you think.
@tristanhnl
7 жыл бұрын
+sopranosd I COMPLETELY agree. I think you're referring to the Met performance in the early 90's. When I first saw it I was blown away by Pav's commitment to the character. It's the strongest acting I've seen from him, ever. He blew Domingo away that night, no doubts about it.
@absdyna
6 жыл бұрын
I guess Maestro Pavarotti was never a very physical actor, but with his voice? Certainly! His singing is always full of emotion!
Es sensacional.
Absolutely fantastic! A few commentators have mentioned the "high D" here, but it's actually a high D flat. The high Ds come later in the opera in the duet "Vieni, fra queste braccia". Still, a fabulous note and sung with such sheen on the tone. With the possible exception of the man who created the role, Rubini, who would have sung it very differently, there has never been a greater Arturo than LP.
Luciano my love...
Un vrais régal !!!!
Le plus grand chanteur du monde!!
Solo escuchar los primeros compases A te o cara amor talora sientes que vocalmente va sobrado son esas sensaciones que pocas veces has tenido al escuchar esta romanza por otros tenores. El joven Pavarotti de 37años con la voz fresca clara nítida y corre sola al agudo
Heaven knows I am no fan of Lucciano, but when he does the right thing in his prime he is stupendous. Fabulous performance! Effortless and with absolutely stunning high notes, of course, and yet with that special lyricism so typical for Bellini and so often missed by many tenors. Thanks a lot for posting.
@ellenlyons7413
3 жыл бұрын
You are not a fan of Luciano, it must be very lonely all by yourself in that!! ha ha
Amor santo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Excellent!!
Meravigliosi!!
Gorgeous.
There were other tenors who had that note, but NONE with the size of voice of Luciano Pavarotti to go with it. (I heard him in this role live in NY.- also Kraus and Gedda - the latter concertante) Add to that perfect legato and phrasing and you have the greatest Arturo in the history of singing in the 20th century. There are recordings of everyone, you can hear them all. Pavarotti is the best. Punto e basta.
@RainerLeiss
10 жыл бұрын
You
@RainerLeiss
10 жыл бұрын
Rainer Leiss I agree totally!
@giovannimedini2091
8 жыл бұрын
You are perfectly right.
@carlneptune1718
8 жыл бұрын
+assindiastignani spot-on
@dirkadriaan6019
6 жыл бұрын
assindiastignani . Really? Juan Diego Flores is a better A Tete O Cara much better !
Indimenticabile interpretazione, veramente bravi
WHO CARES whether it's tormento or contento, it's about the amazing bel canto sound.... if Pavarotti was singing the exact opposite statement I'd still be in ecstasy
Гениально
The perfect time, 1972, to hear Sills still at her very considerable best. To my ears, it was starting around 1973-4 that she suddenly began a shockingly precipitous vocal decline that left her many fans quite bereft. I among them. She came off better when partnered with Gedda as she so often was. Gedda, another great voice, but one that did not have the singularly aggressive plangent resonance of a Pavarroti and therefore left more "air time" for the somewhat smaller if always beautiful Sill's sound.
@ali1082 That's just the incredible focus and health of his voice at this stage of his career.
Pavarotti is fantastic...
He sings like a god, throws a High D out like a lightning bolt from Mt. Olympus, and you're worried about one word? It's live theatre. Mistakes are made. He's immortal.
Wunderschön
No rehearsals ! Blissful goosebumps to seem rather silly ,but...🤩
Amazing. Richard Strauss’ tenor aria in Rosenkavalier is a tribute to and modeled on Bellini’s A te Cara, Wagner’s favorite composer and the king of legato that inspired both composers. Pavarotti sang the aria in the great Swartzkopf/Kareyan recoding.
Grand Opera is a term still used. Has nothing to do with the quality of the performers although Sutherland and Pavarotti together is quite Grand
superbe
@sellaholding9205
8 жыл бұрын
Feb 2016. Thank You for letting me have the pleasure of the early Pavarotti I still get goosumps when I hear the Maistro !!!
@user-oy6li5zg4f
8 жыл бұрын
GOOD
Thanks Mooorhe! This is amazing
Thanks
Imo his best ever
agree .
very nice
Yes!!
El mejor re bemol que e escuchado y es escuchado muchos tenores
@MS-xp4xm
4 жыл бұрын
Do diesis! La tonalità è re maggiore.
well this is simply stunning! Don't forget the two pianissimi high A's that the soprano must sustain here... this is my favourite aria from the bel canto repertoire, bar none. i have something else to comment on, which I will leave in a follow-up comment.
@absdyna
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I am always left mesmerized by the way Joan Sutherland managed to sing those pianissimo As as though they were middle Es or something!
@willen2416
2 жыл бұрын
This is the most beautiful ensemble from the bel canto era and it’s true. Those two high A’s by the soprano are amazing too, often overshadowed by the tenor’s astounding high F
Escoltar això una, dues, tres... cent vegades, compensa la gran mentida de la vida després de la mort.
grazie
yah I totally agree, when I think of a tenor voice, I think Pavarotti, and I wasn't even a huge fan. I mean I have a ton of his albums and recordings, live and studio, but I was just never devout. And I still capable of admitting that his is the voice of the tenor. and yah, Corelli > MDM too...
@MrAndredekock No, no commercial recordings of Sills with Pavarotti. You are right. This was unfortunate they never recorded together.
@ransomcoates546
4 жыл бұрын
Sutherland would not have been too pleased.
Well, in 1972, not many people were familiar with I Puritani. I would guess that the applause is a tiny bit restrained at the end here because the audience doesn't want to accidentally applause midway through an aria (as the Bologna audience does in the 1969 I Puritani recording with Pavarotti/Freni which was amusing). I faded the applause out, but after the initial 'bravi' the place does erupt. They applauded for 15 minutes after the Vieni fra queste braccia of this performance.
Nice
chills everywhere
Bien d'autres chantent très bien cet air si beau mais je préfère Pavarotti. Merci aussi Bellini.
Right you are, but in principle only. I should have written "Once upon a time, it deserved to be called Grand Opera."
Credo che in questo ruolo resti insuperabile
Elvarázsol, mindìg elvarázsol!
Maestro Shore posted a clip of del Monaco and Cesare Bardelli from "Otello" and that is very good.
@MrAndredekock Pavarotti was an exclusive w/Decca Records (aka London in those days).If you look at his discography,his sopranos were almost exclusively Freni and Sutherland at that time-both Decca artists.He LATER recorded for DG and EMI.His recording of Puritani w/Sutherland was released 1 yr after Sills recording w/ Gedda. Sills and Sutherland were "billed" as arch rivals.There was no crossover in those days. BTW,there was little chemistry between Pav and Sills offstage.Read Beverly's books!
My aunt Lane Baxter sang with Pavarotti and she is now a famous southwestern artist does anyone or can anyone find her album. I would like to have one.
¿Porque en los conciertos por mas pequeños que sean siempre hay alguien que tiene tos?
meraviglioso. ..... che ne dite?
@alberto7694
6 жыл бұрын
giovanni medini anche kraus è molto bravo nel medesimo pezzo, a mio avviso però la presenza scenica di kraus è deficitaria/carente/insufficiente, non potendo vedere il video di Pavarotti non posso comparare questo aspetto.
My favourite rendition is by Kraus and Freni
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This was when Pavarotti could still really sing and before his voice became so white and mechanical. It is a beautiful rendition and I wonder whether they recorded the full opera together? Sills being my most favorite coloratura and all ..... Bravi!
This is a tough aria
God, those were long notes Sills held at the end.
@ali1082 yes, that someone was P himself.
@ali1082 yes, that someone was P himself
Si rammEEEEnto il mio contento. WTF Pavarotti, it should be tormento :D
Catch MDM at his best and I like him a lot. Try his "Improvviso" rec posted by belcantosociety, and of course he was great in Otello... although that's not one of my favorite roles. He had a great upper register for such a large, dark voice. Nevertheless I also prefer Corelli overall.
Yes I didn't think that "Improvviso" was definitive or anything but I think it's good singing. I think he had a *significantly* better and freer upper register than Domingo, in his prime- (although his basic timbre was not attractive.) I've heard him hit far more good B's Bb's and even C's than Domingo did. You might also try his "Vesti la giubba" posted by oclhie. Really very good IMO... ..
...He was probably best live anyway; but regardless I don't want to sound like I'm a big fan because I'm not. I do think he's a little better than u give him credit for. ;-)