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(52,196 posts)There are over a hundred versions, take your pick
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)Even this version by a 10-year old girl on AGT puts a lump in the ol' throat...
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Pavarotti's is not my favorite version of Nessun dorma, but the aria itself slays me every time.
Interestingly enough, it's not that final high note that does it; it's the run-up to the high note; that moment when you understand that the tenor has committed to it; he going to go for it. He's not going to modulate or pace or anything; he's going to give it his all. It's that moment when I come apart, and the high note afterward is just a bonus.
Harker
(14,012 posts)not just because he's a favorite, but because for him, 'vincero' isn't a four syllable word.
msongs
(67,395 posts)dweller
(23,628 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(9,975 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)He was the best.
Karadeniz
(22,510 posts)fierywoman
(7,683 posts)did not make her entrance (the snarky among us think this is because she was jealous because he got an encore and she didn't) so instead of her singing, he sang her vocal line but substituted the words, "Ah! Non abbiam' soprano!" (Ah! We don't have a soprano) and everything stopped.
bif
(22,697 posts)Perhaps the most moving moment in all of opera.
And I was lucky enough to hear this trio when the Met came to town, way back when:
trueblue2007
(17,205 posts)Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)and this show-stopper:
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Sorry, not an aria. But great anyway.
elleng
(130,865 posts)trueblue2007
(17,205 posts)La traviata: 'Brindisi' ('The Drinking Song') Glyndebourne
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Rigoletto La Dona e mobile
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's classic film of Verdi's dark tragedy features the legendary Luciano Pavarotti as the dashing Duke of Mantua
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
IcyPeas
(21,859 posts)What power art thou
Who from below
Hast made me rise
Unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow
See'st thou not how stiff
And wondrous old
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold
I can scarcely move
Or draw my breath
I can scarcely move
Or draw my breath
Let me, let me,
Let me freeze again
Let me, let me
Freeze again to death
Let me, let me, let me
Freeze again to death...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)It's not just the performance; it's that the music itself was pretty avant-garde for the time. Henry Purcell was an amazing talent.
Harker
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(14,012 posts)Harker
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(14,012 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)From the absolutely terrific 1995 movie.
Harker
(14,012 posts)Fun coincidence.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)I just couldn't believe that this one hadn't been mentioned.
Harker
(14,012 posts)Harker
(14,012 posts)Harker
(14,012 posts)TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)Also called Musetta's Waltz. Just a great aria for a soprano.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=quando+men+vo&&view=detail&mid=416CC8238F389BCAB180416CC8238F389BCAB180&rvsmid=D3F2FD65B6A7633F787AD3F2FD65B6A7633F787A&FORM=VDQVAP
Depending on the translation: It starts out:
When walking along the streets,
People stop and stare
And admire my beauty
From head to toe
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Or sì!
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Although I loathe bullfighting