Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma 1972 performance

RandallFlagg

I just played Pavarotti's classic 1972 performance of Nessun Dorma from Puccini's Turandot pretty loud though my nearfield monitors and have to admit I welled up a little.

It's a truly astonishing performance captured live at London's King's Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and John Alldis Choir. The power and emotion in his voice is breathtaking. What a joy to listen to this again. With the Mics at some distance how f*cking loud is he?

"Rack 'em up Joey" LOUD!
 
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/luciano-pavarotti-nessun-dorma-classic-tracks

https://youtu.be/vTGl4VDQzAg

ICBM

If you don't like that then you are dead in your soul.

DrCornelius

Fantastic but unfortunately I always get an image of tearful Gazza in my head when I hear that.

AlexC

Rousing stuff. Great version.

Philly_Q

Lucian Pavarotti?



(To be fair I think it may be a different spelling)

Matt_McG

Tremendous. 

Whenever I hear it, I also always think of this (unexpected) version:

Matt_McG

Aretha's version isn't technically a patch on Pavarotti, but there's still a few hairs on the back of the arms moments.

joneve

Jesus christ this song gets me every time. Pavarotti is/was the GOAT. 

boogieman

joneve said:

Pavarotti is/was the GOAT. 

My dad is now spinning in his grave. He was an opera buff and would tell anyone who’d listen that it was  Beniamino Gigli. He saw him when he came over to England in the 40s or 50s. Gigli was an old man by then and had lost some of the power he’d had but my dad always said that listening to him that night was almost a religious experience.

Said this before on here but we had Nessun Dorma played at the old man’s funeral. I can’t listen to it anymore without choking up. 

JezWynd

This is my fave version, the way he holds the note on the second run through is superhuman and very emotional -

equalsql

Whoa.. that was just incredible. I have goosebumps on my goosebumps.