Vittorio Grigolo - Nessun Dorma

Vittorio Grigolo in concert in Chicago on 26 July 2008 singing "Nessun dorma" - video by Laurene

[@bparno]

bravo someone who can sing with emotion and make us all part of it is an incredible thing.bravo, a star is born.

[@stanbimi]

Bravo. This is the first time I heard of Vittorio Grigolo and he passed my goosebumps test. Great voice to my ears.

[@Luzdemisojos]

loved it, many thanks!

[@gnatural]

LOL you are so right about those high notes, he looked like he was going to burst for a moment.

[@Woolie.]

This is the best Nessun Dorma I ever saw.You Ì would like to see in the Telecom Spot instead Paul potts.And the Tears on the End were your greatest thing.Like Diamonds they came from your Eyes.I wish, more singers would show their emotions on stage.Bravissimo.Go on Vittorio.

[@teddymiller1299]

I can’t believe I missed seeing him in Chicago. Love Vittorio

[@tenorschofield]

Bravo Grigolo!!!! a lovely lyric tenor with a gret look and musicality is always greeted by us!!! He sure resembles in his voice the warm color of italian lycal tenors. He is very musical and expresive.Bravo!!!!

[@alexmz123]

He was heavenly as Rodolfo in La Boheme! Enchanting performer!

[@nadetomirkova4943]

DEAR LAURENEK, ESPECIALLY BIG, BIG, BIG THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL VIDEOS ! HEART GREETINGS FROM BULGARIA - SOFIA

[@banaliltes]

For what it's worth, I was a critic, for many years, for Opera News, long before Vittorio Grigorio came along. I am also the author of a fairly new book on Puccini. Until now, in spite of having heard word about him, I had not heard Grigorio. I have only one thing to say: He has it. Whatever *it* ultimately may be -- a certain purity of tone, affective intensity, or some transcendental communicative quality, or all of these - he has *it*, alright, in spades. It's overwhelming. Bravissimo!

[@esquibelle]

Bow down to Vittorio. He's utterly amazing. May he live a long time to sing for the world.

[@user-bf1kw8vs8k]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹🌹🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💥

[@micalaluna]

My idol number one. I am a second tenor myself. Il mio idolo numero uno. Il carabiniere di Roma.

[@nadetomirkova4943]

BRAVO ! ETERNAL AND BEAUTIFUL ARIA ! BRAVO FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE ! BRAVO FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL VOICE ! BRAVO FOR YOUR TALENT ! BRAVO FOR YOUR HUGE INDUSTRY ! BRAVO FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SINGER - FOR THE BEAUTIFUL MAN ! BRAVO DEAR VITTORIO ! GOD BLESS YOU ! ! I LOVE YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH ! I WAIT YOUR CONCERTS IN SOFIA ! I DESIRE YOU VERY HEALTH AND VERY HAPPINESS ! ----->Bravo! Vechna i krasiva aria! Bravo za krasivoto izpalnenie! Bravo za krasivia glas ! Bravo za Vashia talant ! Bravo za Vasheto ogromno trydolubie ! Bravo za krasivia pevec - za krasivia maj ! Bravo Skapi Vittorio ! BOG DA VI BLAGOSLOVI ! Obicham Vi mnogo, mnogo, mnogo ! Chakam Vashite koncerti v Sofia! Jelaia Vi mnogo zdrave i mnogo shtastie ! HEART GREETINGS FROM BULGARIA - SOFIA - EUROPE Mrs N.Mirkova - Sofia

[@techstepman]

omg this guy has something special...hes amazing!

[@AnnaSofia48]

Luciano Pavarotti, dessen Arie er jetzt singt, würde Beifall klatschen und er hat ihn ja auch schon gehört und für phantastisch befunden. Ich kann mich dem nur anschließen. Er ist erst 34 Jahre alt und singt schon so grandios! Wir werden noch viel von ihm hören. Einfach super!!! Und wie er aussieht!!! Ebenso!

[@qwarlockz8017]

Vittorio is brilliant. Def sounds amazing! Pavarotiti!

[@GerryBoy]

This guy really sings with heart and soul. The haters will always exist, so I just laugh about them.

[@laurenek]

@banaliltes Vittorio has just last week released in the US an album of tenor arias, titled The Italian Tenor. I first found him by his pop album, In the Hands of Love, a very beautiful album indeed. He has his debut at The Metropolitan Opera on October 16, this Saturday. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Woolie.]

What I can see here is very great passion and full Emotion.

[@eurydike]

@Fegen he is singing in La Boheme in Met in season 2010 -2011. Rodolfo.

[@yahualico2007]

una voz que logra expresar la idea de triunfar a toda costa y se entrega con total impetu BRAVO

[@CholaChange]

This was beautiful...Sounds like a young Pavarotti...wonderful. He will only get better from here

[@jlmonro]

Wow. So many critics on here. I have a feeling that, regardless of what anyone thinks, Vittorio will continue to sing for as long as he wants. Why? Because he loves it. Whether it's opera or whether it's pop - who cares? (@JockamoGoon: I also saw him at the Met, and thought his sound was beautifully focused - all throughout his range...AND he acted the heck out of the part!)

[@dg6da]

A Hollywood Tenor ...

[@sopranosII]

He's wonderful!

[@homerdalore]

Just heard him sing "Faust" at Covent Garden today... He was very good... He looked very young next to Angela Gheorghiu... who was supposed to be a young "Marguerite" but looked more like a "cougar"... ;-)

[@georgesclermont1911]

I can't believe that this singer gathers so much following. PR machines are working full time. I heard him just yesterday on Met Radio singing Hoffman's song and it was pathetic. I was laughing in the car wondering how this can be possible.

[@Marlis43]

Er singt mit jeder Zelle seines Körpers - ein großartiger Tenor...

[@mannail888]

He's a popera singer, not an opera one, period.

[@Overcomer2010]

I never got the chance to see Pavarotti, but this young man is amazing so i need to look for where he will be in concert and see him live atleast once!!! Beautiful voice?

[@Verelles]

What a lot of negative comments about Vittorio, if his voice was not that good he would have not been chosen for the Sistine Chapel Choir in Rome as a soloist. He was also the youngest man to perform in La Scala in Milan. So that must mean something.

[@FitnessVocalCarlosVinsac]

Cada vez está mejor vocalmente, va a más. BRAVO!!!!!!!

[@CholaChange]

This is amazing. Beautiful...so close to Pavarotti. Lovely

[@banaliltes]

Yes, of course, that's basic, and thanks for pointing that out. ON the tiny, tinny and wholly insufficient speakers on my little lap top, I was unable to discern such detail. Listening again with my ear to the speaker, I think you're absolutely right.

[@marinasantosgrou]

ésta musica consegue -me sempre arrepiar

[@abracadabranque]

Prénom:Vittorio. Nom:Gromikro!

[@direfranchement]

I was waiting for him to collapse after the last note.

[@robmbc]

Belissimo!!!!

[@CholaChange]

This was beautiful...Sounds like a young Pavarotti...wonderful. He will only get better from here he could've held the last note a bit longer...but just beautiful

[@absoftitanium]

The people who come to this video and criticize are pathetic. Without exception they could not do justice to singing 'Happy Birthday' on the best day of their useless, pointless lives.

[@mariacandelarianunezherrer7871]

👌 👌 👌 👌 👌. ...2019

[@Operasinger91]

Emotion won't bring you to tense your facial muscles and pop veins. It's a sign of tensed muscles all throughout the face and neck. I mean, sure hes famous, but our audience isn't the most informed when it comes to what a good opera singer sings like. The older generation does, because they heard Corelli/Pavarotti/Domingo/Bonsiolli etc. New generations are shown Grigolo has so many views on here, he MUST be good right?? Lets follow along!

[@giuseppinaizzo3178]

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[@Boneggio]

Un vero bluff!!! Ma dico, tutti sordi???

[@olgachakhnovskaia5575]

🔥❤️❤️❤️

[@slicksteve1943]

Bravo, indeed! This guy is the next tenor Su[perstar.....

[@FitzgeraldStudios]

Great Tenor!!!!!!

[@appeace1]

@8x8MaVerick8x8 I agree with most of your comment. However, I believe that Pava did wait until the right time for his voice and did not remain in the heavy Verdi roles for very long--smart move. Mostly, I find that he did not try to "push or darken" the voice to fit the heavy roles but instead sang them in his lyric, spinto style. This perhaps took away abit of the drama, al la Domingo, intended for the roles but I very much enjoy the lighter, more flexible take on the heavy drama.

[@franztenor]

concordo, mi sa che hai ragione....

[@Agorante]

@FlosWeisheiten I'm glad to hear it. I'm ot surprised.

[@miguelkisifur]

I cannot find any video of you singing this song. Can you post the link please?

[@liedersanger1]

Oh, oh! Look at those veins popping in his neck after the first climax... I listened but didn't watch after that for fear.... Lovely, natural sound. Nice focus. Great potential. I suspect he's a lyric tenor, not a spinto, and this aria is on the edge of What He Should Do. He'd better watch out or he'll blow a gasket, like Villazon. (I also heard that blowout coming! A singer senses these things.)

[@mayitojl]

Yes friend you are right all right

[@FlosWeisheiten]

@Agorante ...his Rodolfo is fabulous though! Saw/Heard him in Berlin weeks ago!

[@fpolende]

wow. can't believe he took a high breath at the end. it was soooooo obvious. that is all i have to say.

[@banaliltes]

I agree; his voice strikes me, too, as something more on the order of a lyric than spinto. But it's a wholly different sound and approach than that of Villazon, whose vocal problems may well have origins in other, perhaps psychological issues. Even so, it's true enough that, like every young singer, he has to be careful about choosing his roles and not imagine himself a Heldentenor or something of that sort just yet, if ever. He strikes me as a smart guy who will take care of his voice.

[@bigneil8888]

Bravo, tutti frutti, cornetto

[@PINKLUNAMOON]

Was that a helicopter in the background at a certain point? I do confirm he must have been not well, he seems very tired and upset. I know him (we went to the same school) and he was never like that while singing when I saw him. It must have been a very hard day for him that one.

[@OdysseyArts]

A fine voice. Great to see and hear such talent. With more grounding, physical support his tone will only get richer, and the phrasing easier (as long as he avoids going too ‘Hollywood’ - forcing - thus tightening up). In such a delicate art, one must continue to study carefully and build slowly... Best of luck.

[@ConnieBach]

One of the best voices I've heard!

[@esquibelle]

I saw him sing Romeo in LA Nov 9, 2011 and somehow, he was brilliant. It's not a great opera. We all know this. His acting was spot on. I'd love to hear him do Mozart or "L'Elisir D'amore". He's got the chops.

[@saratog2295]

"All'alba vincerò" questa frase mi fa sempre emozionare, bellissima interpretazione, questa è l'Italia che ci rende orgogliosi 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@IUDiva82]

Vittorio nailed this aria! Bravo!! Luciano would be proud.

[@georgesclermont1911]

Last time I heard Pavarotti he tried this aria twice before getting it right.

[@mayitojl]

I think he has a beauty voice but there is something not naturally in him , I don't know if is expresion or a false voice , you could see in 2:39 he have a sound so heavie and when he did the passagio his B is not at same line of sing compared with his messa voce.

[@dominiclorange]

I would say a light lyrico or straight lyrico. Any other opinion? There's a mix between Carreras and Pavarotti in his timbre. He makes a good Alfredo.

[@NikitaRykunov]

Как для лирического тенора, хорошо поет эту арию!)Но природа есть природа!)

[@appeace1]

@banaliltes I totally agree! I just hope that he follows the footsteps of his mentor, Pava and waits on these heaver roles until the voice is fully mature and then has the good sense to not try to force his voice into the dramatic, heaver sound but sings the aria with his own lighter style and voice. He does indeed have "it" tho!

[@harisagelos6354]

jussi bjorling the best

[@Woolie.]

In my first commentar I forgot to note. Ten Points.

[@arielkang100]

I don't know if Pavarotti was Vittorios mentor as I didn't find anything in Internet about such a claim , he does ,try hard to imitate emotional status of Pavarotti when he sings Nessun dorma (check the video of pavarotti in KZbin) but Pavarottis emotions are genuine Vittorios are , and feel fake.

[@Agorante]

Maybe so but not about Pavarotti. He was a Donizetti or Bellini tenor who moved up into spinto roles. He was markedly less successful in the heavier repertoire. I went to hear him sing many times. He only came to hear me sing once.

[@sergiomilini1048]

BRAVO sicuramente non era in playback

[@gnatural]

in all honesty though, he has a very nice voice.

[@mediterraneo1000]

aaauuuuuuuuuu...aaaauuuuuuuuuuuu...auuuuuuuu...aaauuuuuuuuuuuu the lady yelling

[@colino72]

@mr39jeffy Agreed on the physical economy with Pavarotti, but not with Carreras (later in his career, anyway, sometimes very effortful to watch) and I won't mention Domingo. I think this guy has a lot of potential, but needs to work on the technique to avoid doing a Villazon....

[@donrom1766]

Hmm.. sounds pretty damn good to me!

[@mayitojl]

Is than in what opera is becoming ? I hope not

[@appeace1]

I would like to hear him sing this now--since he has matured and his voice has darkened abit. I'm sure hoping that Pava was correct about Grigolo's career.. For my preference, one just cannot beat an Italian tenor singing Italian opera! Something about that voice and those Italian good looks and sensuality. Grigolo has that same round, bell quality as Pava---not quite the same projection but spot on pitch! here's hoping!

[@appeace1]

@8x8MaVerick8x8 Damaged Pava's voice? I can't go along with that. Pava had a magnificent voice well into the 90's and a very nice one even longer. However, I do grant that there were 3 distinct changes in the voice thru the years and he even said so. I believe, as you said, it was just the instrument, and perhaps, the toll of ill health. Yes, I do strongly agree that Mr Grigolo needs avoid the heavy Verdi roles for abit. Tho even now, I can detect some darkening, maturing of the voice.

[@PINKLUNAMOON]

@kingstontry secondo me stava male, basta che vedi le espressioni del viso.

[@1947Rollo]

In sala di registrazione si sa è un'altra cosa,i tecnici del suono fanno miracoli,anche se qui un aiutino dal microfono l'ha avuto.Dallo sforzo compiuto per una romanza di tre minuti,mi chiedo se ce la può fare,e con quali esiti, a cantare l'intera Turandot in teatro;dalla scena degli enigmi e tutto il resto.Mah!

[@Ayanamiishot]

@Agorante He turns purple and strains because he has an excess of tension where there shouldn't be any. I'm not downplaying the difficulty of the song, but he shouldn't be attempting it with such faulty technique

[@arielkang100]

I do think that , it's not what note a singer hits but with what emotion does he hits the public . Example. When I listen to Pavarotti's nessun dorma , in that very short time I get a mix of feelings from melancholy and romanticism to the final strong feeling of confidence and optimism . In this interpretation I got a feeling of annoyance . That's the difference between a maestro and a high school kid who tries hard to imitate his teacher

[@giampierone010]

Beh,tra Pavarotti e Grigolo la differenza è poca...se ascolta i veri CALAF sentirà la differenza...salve

[@QUESTANOTTE88]

Very short...

[@njtenor57]

I don't believe he was speaking about the aria itself, Pavarotti always could sing this with relative ease. I believe he was speaking about the role of Calaf in the opera Turandot.. The entire role really requires a dramatic tenor voice of which Grigolo and Pavarotti are and were not. this does not mean they are both not great singers. All voices need to choose their repertory carefully!

[@mimiruisi877]

sei grande !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@blakan3]

He is good. Yes he has to push and put alot of effort into it just to hit the right note. So what? Stop hating on him, no one here is saying he is a pavarotti, but he is still better than what you would consider an averagely good singer.

[@eurydike]

@bboymasochist a mixture of Carreras and Pavarotti would seem very promising:-)

[@ezayi]

Very nice voice, very musical. Of course, he knows and we all know this opera isn´t for him, but why is everyone criticizing him like if this was part of his repertoire?. Anyway, I like his voice. Only thing I think he could improves is his breathing. It´s too high. The rest is beautiful. Bravo!

[@Agorante]

The reason he turns purple and seems to constantly strain is simple. This aria is at least two sizes too heavy for him. The part of Calaf is too heavy for Pavarotti too. Alas it's a hit tune and gets programmed for all tenors these days. Grigolo can be heard elsewhere on KZbin singing an excellent Una Furtiva. That's his fach, not dramatic tenor roles like Calaf. In order to get something like the correct sound poor Vittorio has to push. I'd like to hear him sing Dalla Sua Pace.

[@mattialongo9737]

prima di arrivare all'altezza di Pavarotti forse un pochino ci vuole ma la strada è corretta

[@clarissamarro]

Questo sarebbe un tenore?

[@A2oRDuty126]

Veramente la nuova voce che all`italia mancava dopo la scomparsa del grande Luciano

[@ivanfrancescoiodice]

Tonio Abbruzzi mah

[@CalifanoRino]

+Tonio Abbruzzi Non bestemmiamo per piacere...

[@choochooboi]

Very nice job. Gorgeous voice but I feel the text is too choppy here and there. He's straining on his top and he looks like he's in pain. I don't think that's very good.

[@Mikep487]

I disagree curmudgeon. Domingo's technique is excellent and he's endured for decades. He's sung more tenor roles than any other in the history of opera. His middle register is excellent and his voice in that arena is fuller than Pav's. He doesn't have the true high C but neither did Caruso. Domingo is an all-time great and perhaps the most versatile tenor within the operatic genre, even though not my all-time favorite. But I prefer him to Pav, whose voice was undersized.

[@rtsea888]

WHAT A GREAT VOICE this man has!

[@RYAN1710]

to be honest what a foolish comment, ok the raise in the shoulders is a no no, but each singer has their own natural way of anchoring, and maybe he has a natural curve to his back when he sings. this is an unbelievable performance, can you do any better??

[@vaskobulgarelli]

weil er ist ein amateur ohne technik,aber ist nicht schlechter als P.Potts und sehr angenehme junge

[@colino72]

@ezayi Yes, too much chest heaving and veins sticking out in the neck. I think he could make a true opera stage tenor, although in the lyric repertoir, not spinto. I like the sound a lot, just think it still needs some work...

[@moiaflavia]

meravigliosa impostazione vocale ed interprete straordinario

[@aaroxbeck]

Bravo bravo bravissimo!