Ah! si, ben mio... Di quella pira... Luciano Pavarotti (Il trovatore)

1988 in Metropolitan

[@assosecco]

Mamma mia! Se fossi stato in sala mi avrebbero dovuto portare via di peso! Non avrei fatto ricominciare l'opera e sarei rimasto in piedi ad applaudire da solo...stupenda

[@margheritaboriosi8544]

Grande perdita ,grande luciano una voce unica per me .

[@Castorp-wn7dh]

Let's not forget that he's 53 years old here. Amazing singer!

[@evajomullins8476]

This aria always makes me miss him so much. Rest in peace Mestro. 🎼🙏

[@MrJapanese25]

Amazing performance by il grande Luciano Pavarotti - and also huge credit to the MET orchestra conducted by James Levine!

[@antoniopellegrino542]

Grande Artista,Voce,Tecnica,Cuore,Umanità....

[@juanbautistadominguezdomin9280]

Valiente, dicción perfecta, canta todas las notas,disfrutàndolas, su "pira" es única en el mundo de la ópera. Grandísimo maestro.

[@j.erickson8571]

For me, he is the greatest opera singer that ever lived. I know Carusso is from another planet, but I just love Pavarotti. Be well in heaven master.

[@ilecier]

Caruso from another planet? I wish Caruso, Pavarotti, Corelli, Lauri-Volpi could stand together on a stage. A quick debunk of the Caruso myth......

[@TL48]

Oh Yes !!! The Voice of God !!! The great Luciano !!!

[@Xerxes89]

@@ilecier youre funny. Next to Caruso they would all seem average. He had a beautiful voice though but no Caruso.

[@ilecier]

@@Xerxes89 Please don't forget to emphasize next time that this is your personal opinion. Nothing to do with other people's opinion.

[@Xerxes89]

@@ilecier you just said something about debunking "the caruso myth" without adding its your personal opinion. I think im OK.

[@virginiawilliams9998]

La morte a me parra.... la morte...la morte... la morte a me parra! This is sublime.

[@BillieJean581]

DAMN GOOD!!!! :) I've never seen any opra singer like him before!!!

[@AlexandrosISatin]

Bravo Maestro! Thank you! God blesses you!

[@babachlovari4782]

Every time i hear pavarotti sing ah mes amis i feel like his bringing me to paradise with every high C he sings there like laser beams piercing my soul

[@Yves_Ka]

No C here

[@bashirjohnson4846]

High B

[@KirilG1]

One of the greatest performances I've seen in my life!

[@markusstraub4709]

Aber leider nicht in der Originaltonart - nämlich in C-dur... Vergleiche einen Live-Mitschniitt mit Gregory Kunde!!!!!!

[@harmonybade324]

I can't bring myself to watch the screen when he hits that last B. The way his eyes tell of his awe and grwat achievements just makes me weep.

[@dianamarianocosta115]

Sei que há muitos tenores incríveis, perfeitos, mas Pavarotti é descomunal, incomparável!

[@CanalVamosNessa]

Pra mim é ele e Andrea Bocelli. Aqui a mesma obra: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH_EoZ9vhqyFaK8

[@germanquintero10121946]

ESPLENDIDA ARIA PARA UNA VOZ INOLVIDABLE

[@namugomu7981]

bravo!!!!

[@annamariapoma-swank6458]

oh Luciano...his beautiful voice takes me to paradise....

[@LuisAlbertoAlonsoRomero]

Manrico (tenor) Di quella pira l'orrendo foco Tutte le fibre m'arse avvampò!... Empi spegnetela, o ch'io tra poco Col sangue vostro la spegnerò... Era già figlio prima d'amarti Non può frenarmi il tuo martir. Madre infelice, corro a salvarti, O teco almeno corro a morir! Leonora (soprano): Non reggo a colpi tanto funesti... Oh quanto meglio sarìa morir! Ruiz (tenor), Chorus of soldiers: All'armi, all'armi! eccone presti A pugnar teco, teco a morir.

[@evelyngrech7677]

There will never be like Pavarotti, he had everything, exceptional breath, technique and a big big voice!

[@mariomartello3021]

meraviglioso Luciano

[@7pastorb]

Pavarotti was a lyric tenor so he did not possess the power of Corelli...but i FEEL Pavarotti's version....more emotionally charged. More romantic during the soprano duet....top C's were very clean and bright! Wonderful performance MAESTRO PAVAROTTI!!!

[@masterclasss]

+Redeem the Nation Yes but Pavarotti can EVERYTHING. But this was his seoul. And better PLAY this video in VLC on 200%. download on mp4 on mp3tunes very important is sound in video the same video have very different sound.

[@tenornicklucas]

Redeem the Nation Pavarotti change the key.. That's not high C.. That's B

[@maxhaverfieldandfriends]

I love Pavarotti, but Corelli is a volcano for this aria.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Corelli sang the final note high C.

[@Ignasimp]

To me this feels out of place really.

[@mujeresisla]

amazing! grazie! maestro!

[@orthodoxdome2336]

Ah! sì, ben mio, coll'essere Io tuo, tu mia consorte, Avrò più l'alma intrepida, Il braccio avrò più forte; Ma pur se nella pagina De' miei destini è scritto Ch'io resti fra le vittime Dal ferro ostil trafitto, Fra quegli estremi aneliti A te il pensier verrà E solo in ciel precederti La morte a me parrà!

[@germanapanziera6293]

Pavarotti arrivava all anima

[@markherron1407]

Happy birthday to Luciano Pavarotti his birth verse is Hosea 10:12 rest in peace ✌️ Blessings and hugs 🤗💞🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏!

[@yolandasanchez2836]

maravilloso

[@duartecarloscesar]

Verdi!!! Verdi!!!

[@user-dw6uq8ev1e]

Bravo…

[@hermanneckert6966]

Pavarotti - the Best forever

[@felicianacaglia9534]

Sei sempre ❤️ Unico Luciano sono onorata di averti, conosciuto,resterai sempre ❤️❤️❤️❤️ nel mio cuore

[@MrStefdj]

I would much rather have the score in B major, and have it sung this perfectly... this is one of the most beautiful high notes ever sung... it goes over the orchestra and chorus like it is nothing, just complete and utter perfection!!!

[@miki2uhlyarik]

cel mai bun tenor al secolului dar din pacate in viata particulara a gresit ...........pacat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@manhattanvor]

On opening night of this production in 1987 the huge staircase seen here swallowed the sounds of Pavarotti AND Joan Sutherland whose voice was quite big. It was her last opera at the Met. Worse, there were four columns about 60 feet tall that "rolled" around the stage for no good reason causing the audience to start hissing every time they could hear the wheels under the columns grinding away on the stage. Pavarotti sings 'di quella pira' half a step down in B major. So did Corelli in his famous live performance with Karajan and Price in Salzburg. On three separate occasions he was to sing these arias in concert, not a difficulty for a man who had sung high Fs early in his career I would thing. At each concert he bagged the "Trovatore" pairing for something else, leaving the audience disappointed. That's what you get for holding onto the C at the end for 14 seconds or so on LP! He only did that to outdo Corelli's LP of the same aria. Let's face it, "Trovatore" was not the perfect role for Pavarotti and I've always hated seeing him do it in this awful production. At the final curtain on opening night the entire, and I do mean the entire, house booed as one! We knew it would probably happen because the sets caused the voices to all go upstage. Sadly, in Row H one could barely hear Pavarotti in "Ah si ben mio..." because of the stupidity of the stage designer. Why he stood so far up was idiotic in 1988! Had he come down to the footlights it would have been terrific and who would have stopped him? The only fun moment was Sutherland's retort to the booing crowd: she leaned forward and shouted "Animals!!!" at the entire house and she meant it, too. She left the Met at the end of '87 doing the role of Leonora in "Trovatore". She sang it well, but it was unfortunately just a bit too low for her.

[@pegchandler2527]

manhattanvor Gee whiz! What a sad sack! He sounds great here!

[@SymphonyBrahms]

I dislike scenic designers that screw up opera productions with their bizarre designs.

[@petersaunders6571]

Eva Marton!

[@johnbreuerwielrenner]

Op deze manier ben ik van opera’s gaan houden🥰👍💪

[@evetodim]

He was so great!

[@trilobit4]

Luciano is very acceptable Manrico!

[@josemiguelgranados9723]

Bellissima selezione, bravo B.C Kim. A me piacciono tutti o quasi tutti, la forza di Del Monaco, la qualità vocale di Carreras o Fleta, lo straordinario fiato di Pavarotti, la belleza di suono d'un Gigli e un Björling o l'estilo impeccabile di Bergonzi... ma la particella di Verdi dice che la nota finale deve essere "morendo" cosa che vuol dire essere filata, per tanto solo Corelli e, curioso, Bocelli, che e quasi un dilettante, lo fanno como e scritto e como Verdi desiderava sentirlo.

[@nicolapapa9501]

Meraviglioso

[@bibijohns7567]

He was THE real Tenor !!!! The stage misses him !

[@parklifedd]

soy fan de Corelli. pero Pavarotti tambien era grandioso. Version Sublime

[@albertodiaz6507]

en mi opinion correlli fue mejor

[@lesleywilbourne7823]

Bravo Maestro ❤

[@AfroPoli]

People who disliked this want Manrico to have a big voice and a heroic sound like Caruso, Pertile, Merli and so on. Nothing wrong about that. And they don't want their stuff transposed down. Nothing wrong about that. Their only wrong was to click on a video that says: Pavarotti - Manrico. What did they expect?

[@tonyroberth8930]

AfroPoli totally agree.

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

You know why Pavarotti was not able to produce all dramatic repertoire for sure, i know you. His voice cracking, he choked himself true. Thats more question to LP: WHY??? People are not guilty, they know for that role is written to dramatic, spinto tenor, not for mosquitto! And that stupid concerts, like: Pavarotti and friends... Non operatic singer "songs" arias, neapolitan songs in bad way and technique, they was just made a squeak, not more! Pavarotti give a bad singers to sing opera, introduced opera like circus, making clowns to sing in opera. That we see in our days... Pavarotti, damingo ruined opera for real!

[@brazilianarmy6774]

Caruso didn't have a heroic sound.

[@brunopena3710]

@@brazilianarmy6774 go listen yo his Celeste Aida from 1911 or his No pagliaccio non son and tell me that its not heroic

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Pavarotti commercial tenor.

[@alainmarchal7345]

Sublime !

[@josewasi9588]

Grandioso!!!

[@JoshuaHo93]

will you never again grace my ears with your voice Luciano? no, my maestro? oh, for just one day.. if only I were born 10 years earlier. May God keep you in HIS arms everyday and have you sing in heaven every moment. Farewell and RIP our dear dear maestro, Luciano Pavarotti. you're greatly missed :'(

[@MartaLaura37]

Grandissimo, bravissimo Pavarotti❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rubenlardies8490]

Es un aria alegre y triste a la vez. Las disonancias del clarinete le dan ese toque de triste destino. Desde mi punto de vista Pavarotti era un crack, pero se tomaba demasiadas licencias (como divo que fue) que a mi no me gustaban

[@telfordguy34uk]

stunning

[@coreTenore]

En este momento hay "43" personas que realmente no entienden nada, pobres....

[@user-pr1zj9dg3j]

❤❤❤向柏華落帝致敬❤❤❤Pavarotti ❤❤❤Thank You!❤❤❤

[@alansanchezpacco5869]

EXELENTE ES UNICO GRASIAS POR SUBIRLO Y ASI DELEITAR MIS OIDOS

[@OperaMyWorld]

God Luciano sings heavenly at his 53!!

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

😁 Ohh, common, you know exactly WHY he is not able to produce Manrico and some other repertoire! It doesn't matter how old is he, he never able to sing that aria even in 20, 30 years!!!

[@tenoregermania]

Those were the days........

[@benaissamohamed5498]

Très jolie

[@hazelssister]

Pav has a brighter sounding voice than Franco. But both are wonderful. I just am partial to Franco.

[@massiy8082]

hazelssister ñ

[@olegvr5499]

Bravi! Pavarotti and Marton - forever!!!

[@penepatitenor]

an awesome upload!!! clear and beautiful... thank you

[@defensorgentium2047]

Verdi is always the best. ❤

[@16awz]

44 dislikes from people who had no business clicking this link

[@petternilsson4393]

Its a pleasure to listen to Pavarotti singing i know only one singer who can match him with these its Jussi Björling.

[@RocKaraoker]

The aria is not transposed down just most singers transpose it up - to high C!

[@Un_Gordo_De_Derecha]

pavarotti canta esos do sin dificultad bravoo

[@Jorge-jo2we]

Si natural. No do

[@Un_Gordo_De_Derecha]

@@Jorge-jo2we cierto, está rebajado

[@Jorge-jo2we]

@@Un_Gordo_De_Derecha de todas maneras no es una crítica. En su debut en el Met el 27/01/61 Corelli también cantó la pira un semitono bajo a pesar de que entrenaba cantándola un semitono alto respecto a la partitura original. Es que una cosa es cantar el aria (Ah! Si ben mio...) y la pira en concierto y otra cosa muy distinta es cantarlas después de haber cantado ya gran parte de la ópera (1/2 actos). Fue un gran tenor Pavarotti, dueño de un timbre único e inconfundible! Sólo que era un tenor lírico. Cuando vino acá a Buenos Aires a cantar en el Colón tengo amigos aficionados que fueron a escucharlo y su voz apenas se escucha (estaban en la fila 8° de la platea). Creo que por ese motivo nunca más volvió...

[@adolfomirandaaguirre9412]

​@@Jorge-jo2we que año? Que ópera?

[@absdyna]

Pavarotti's voice is so very lyric! So smooth and agile and bright! I mean it's remarkable the way he takes the B natural here! You'd think it was just an F above middle C! That's how easy his top is! Although I must say that it lacks some of the drama when a lighter voice does it like this. It should be a darker sound, with more push, to be true to the role... But what a voice indeed!

[@rosemaryallen2128]

With that distance and volume of smoke, he doesn't stand much chance of carrying out a rescue!

[@giovannivercesi6503]

Unico

[@patrizialoddo7664]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@edmundnschrag]

La situazione si è intensificata rapidamente.

[@samuelkarlberg7773]

I agree on two of the singers SymponyBrahms suggested but not Domingo who can sing this aria as Verdi wrote it (Without the High C´s) but not with them. Singers like Bonisolli, Merli, Pertile, Martinucci and quiet a few others have sanged Manrico better then Domingo. Domingo was best in roles like Samson and Don Jose where he felt secured in the high range.

[@philcestrilli9115]

wow

[@jesusmunoz2400]

En esta ópera aparte de la cabaletta que la cantaba muy bien el resto no le iba en absoluto. Esta ópera es para un tenor Spinto o Dramatico una voz con un centro de voz más amplio.

[@leevarotti]

와~~~!!!! 운전중에 핸들 놓고 박수쳤네요

[@가창예술의경지]

아..... 왜 이렇게 잘하는데?????

[@KarstenKriwat]

He was the Best!

[@jiabaofu1062]

omg

[@tklogan111809]

Domingo fans, you know, the baritone.

[@RosarioCostanzo]

Oh Luciano, we miss you so much

[@MrNothing-]

pavarotti always had a great tecnique...but corelli took my heart singing this aria....

[@dlagrua]

Pavorotti was the best of his time and this is a great performance, but if you listen to the rendition of this aria by Franco Corelli it blows this one away. Corelli was more adept singing in the high register. Franco Bonisolli was too, not as true in his interpretation, but very powerful.

[@arthurschurin]

because this aria for dramatic tenor. completely different shades

[@PianoGonzalez0916]

Ah sì, ben mio; coll'essere io tuo, tu mia consorte, avrò più l'alma intrepida, il braccio avrò più forte. Ma pur, se nella pagina de' miei destini è scritto ch'io resti fra le vittime, dal ferro ostil trafitto, ch'io resti fra le vittime, dal ferro ostil trafitto, fra quegli estremi aneliti a te il pensier verrà, verrà e solo in ciel precederti la morte a me parrà! Fra quegli estremi aneliti la morte a me parrà, parrà. E solo in ciel precederti la morte a me parrà! la morte a me, a me parrà e solo in ciel e solo in ciel precederti la morte a me parrà, la morte a me parrà!

[@mattheusnuniz6388]

:)

[@christyreyes3721]

i need the lyrics to this... WHERE ARE THEY.

[@dariomarconi2434]

Pavarotti abbastanza bravo? Capisco che ognuno possa e debba avere una opinione personale, ma davvero non riesco a comprendere un simile commento...

[@emmriosa]

The best of all times, Pavarotti.

[@JWP452]

Nothing like that will ever happen at the Met again! 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@leonoradelagardie]

For both vocal and dramatic interpretation this one belongs to Corelli!

[@albertodiaz3849]

Good voice Pavarotti for my Caruso More better Caruso Best tenor wold

[@SymphonyBrahms]

This role actually belongs to Del Monaco and Corelli. But I love the way that Pavarotti and Bjorling sing it.

[@emreakkuss]

how is possible any role of opera belong someone ?

[@tripleb1436]

@@emreakkuss their fach/timber suit the song much more

[@RodolfoLimacbx]

05:13 !

[@Operamatt]

It's in the lower key :/

[@massiy8082]

Big Luciano un grande, ma cantata da Franco corelli è un altra cosa...

[@elsaasta5164]

Massi Y È come la sfida tra Davide e Golia... solo che qui è Golia a vincere cioè Franco Corelli .....ma di gran lunga!!! Cordialità !!

[@micsasy]

devo dire che Franco Corelli ne ha fatto davvero un 'interpretazione molto coinvolgente

[@elsaasta5164]

mic sasy ciao...non solo coinvolgente....ma anche avvolgente ...io non voglio denigrare assolutamente Pavarotti....non voglio scatenare, per carità la 3^ guerra mondiale tra gli appassionati di chi o con chi...metto solo in risalto il mio punto di vista...Franco Corelli ha una potentissima ed estesa voce maschia....dotato di una prestanza fisica da paura...un volto armonioso ...bello nei suoi tratti , un volto tipicamente latino, e big Luciano che ha ?? Si una bella voce ma meno incisiva....e certamente un bel Manrico...o un Cavaradossi, Marcello, Andrea e ci metto anche Don José...e siccome l' occhio vuole la sua parte....dico solo che L. Pavarotti era molto buono d' animo !!! Ciao e un cordiale saluto . Elsa Asta

[@babachlovari4782]

Pavarotti was a complete different singer the first 15-19 years of his career his ah si ben mio in 1976 its like a different man singing age is a unstoppable monster with no mercy ...but i really hope people stop seeing pavarotti in the light of his later years the 60's the 70's was his best time he really was the best tenor ever if you just look at his early years of his career and forget about everything else

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

Pavaroti cracked his voice, he became awful, but he used his name to make a money and made bad reputation of opera to bring bad singers... He can't understand how dramatic repertoire has to sing, not like a poor mosquitto!!! He used his name in his own way, which ruined music! What he brings in Opera? Is it much worthier, than his bad actions!? Opera made by a Great Composers! Verdi, Puccini, Gounod... It take a hundred years!!! For what? For some mosquitto made bad represetation and ruined a traditions, music!??

[@Shahrdad]

I always thought this role was too heavy for him. It was too heavy for di Steffano, and he had a much bigger voice than Pavarotti. He does make it sound lovely though.

[@sylvainpenard9354]

05:12 : Début de l'air

[@stefanoceccarelli5781]

Col massimo rispetto per lucianone, ma Corelli è un'altra roba. ..comunque bravo!

[@massiy8082]

Totalmente d'accordo

[@user-tp9hc8iv2x]

sì ma corelli non era umano, non fa testo, arrivava da marte...

[@Jorge-jo2we]

@@eugeniogentili1048 Aragall???? Jajajajajajaja. Andá al otorrino...

[@user-hz2my7mm2g]

5:13 di quella pira

[@marmirc22]

Corelli forever.

[@user-df2od4cz3b]

marmirc22 ONLY PAVAROTTI!!!PAVAROTTI FOREVER.........!!!!!!)))))))))

[@marmirc22]

No. Corelli is powerful.

[@eugeniogentili1048]

Corelli the best Manrico.

[@derpherp3719]

why so many dislikes?

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

Because he is suffer on this role, it's not his repertoire.

[@mybuttlookslikeurfac]

Probably from Corelli fans...