What a voice!

Very sad to hear about Pavarotti. He was The Master.

JK2006 wrote:
What a voice!

What a waist!

The last name I read last night was Pavarotti, whilst idly reading on the internet a list of people who share my birthday. The first name I heard this morning was Pavarotti and a radio report of his death. Quite a strange coincidence.

He had a wonderful quality to his voice which cannot be learnt. He will be sadly missed in the world of music.

What I find very interesting in Pavarotti is the enormous crowds he could command. As La Callas proved throughout the sixties, people are more than willing to enjoy a good tune belted out at top volume in a foreign language.

I'm lucky enough to have a friend that works as a technician at the opera. So I've been to over a dozen dress rehearsals these past three years. It's not surprising the tenors are so successful, there really are some cracking tunes in opera. Having said that, my all-time favourite so far was Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes", that curiously is not Old Grey friendly. But in terms of drama and depth...

It's sad that so few people ever get the chance to enjoy a good opera show. There have been initiatives to project operas live into cinema complexes, which I think is a great idea.

Having said all that, I have also some very confusing and poorly-directed operas.

I absolutely love the expression on Pavarotti's face after the final note in Nessun Dorma in THAT clip - he's almost bemused that he was able to hit and hold such a note - it's a kind of message of thanks to God.

If anything makes me believe in a greater plan, it's music.

Indeed , perfection.
One of the only singers in the world ever that was able to achieve the voice that he heard in his head, singing the songs he loved and being thankful for his ability to do so after listening to his own performance.

He never appeared to show love for himself after a perfect performance, just a love for the music and a love for the perfect performance of it.

Why do British news readers insist on calling it MODERNER when the Italian pronunciation is clearly MODAYNA?