[Sgt_Strider]

So I heard this song for the first time and the version that I heard was sung by Paul Potts. I know that Pavarotti sings a pretty nice version as well. Does anyone here have any recommendations on which version I should get? I want to buy a CD in the next couple of days.

 

[DarkAngel]

Just had a thread about this a couple months ago here.......

Best way to explore is go to youtube.com and search for versions of Nessun Dorma, they have quite a few by the great ones:

-Corelli
-Del Monaco
-Di Stefano
-Bjorling
-Pavarotti

To go further you can then buy song collections for any individual singer that has Nessun Dorma like a cheap used early Pavarotti collection, or go all the way and purchase entire Puccini opera Turandot as CD or DVD

 

[DarkAngel]

I see Paul Potts already has an album out, that was fast!

 

[krmathis]

^ Welcome to 2007.

Paul Potts or Pavarotti for me.

 

[oqvist]

Paul Potts just because he is such a likable fellow. Not technically better then Pavarotti but like his voice better

however this is the best version of the song I ever heard
YouTube - Britain's Got Talent 2009 Greg Pritchard..NESSUN DORMA.. COMPLETE AUDITION

 

[Bunnyears]

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Originally Posted by DarkAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just had a thread about this a couple months ago here.......

I'm waiting for the new crop of tenors to get to it. Out with the old and in with the new.

 

[Sgt_Strider]

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Originally Posted by oqvist /img/forum/go_quote.gif Paul Potts just because he is such a likable fellow. Not technically better then Pavarotti but like his voice better however this is the best version of the song I ever heard YouTube - Britain's Got Talent 2009 Greg Pritchard..NESSUN DORMA.. COMPLETE AUDITION

Are you sure he wasn't lip-synching the song? lol...

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by oqvist /img/forum/go_quote.gif Paul Potts just because he is such a likable fellow. Not technically better then Pavarotti but like his voice better however this is the best version of the song I ever heard YouTube - Britain's Got Talent 2009 Greg Pritchard..NESSUN DORMA.. COMPLETE AUDITION

What in the world was that, absolutely horrid, the worst version of Nessun Dorma ever......even Yoko Ono would sound good by that standard, high notes were like fingernails scraping a chalkboard

I thought it was all a big joke on Simon.......except the punch line was never delivered

 

[gilency]

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Originally Posted by DarkAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just had a thread about this a couple months ago here....... Best way to explore is go to youtube.com and search for versions of Nessun Dorma, they have quite a few by the great ones: -Corelli -Del Monaco -Di Stefano -Bjorling -Pavarotti To go further you can then buy song collections for any individual singer that has Nessun Dorma like a cheap used early Pavarotti collection, or go all the way and purchase entire Puccini opera Turandot

I haven't heard this version but how could you go wrong with Montserrat Caballe, Sutherland, Krause and Pavarotti? I am impresssed. By the way, I grew up with Pavaroti's version of Nesum Dorma. Even if others may perhaps be better, Pavarotti's version wins with me.

 

[oqvist]

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Originally Posted by DarkAngel /img/forum/go_quote.gif What in the world was that, absolutely horrid, the worst version of Nessun Dorma ever......even Yoko Ono would sound good by that standard, high notes were like fingernails scraping a chalkboard I thought it was all a big joke on Simon.......except the punch line was never delivered

Of course he is not serious. If you hear what he say after his a tenor really or something

. But really impressive he can get it up there.

 

[El_Doug]

Knocking Paul Potts' highs seems to be the hip thing to do. You'll see hundreds of comments in his youtube videos about it - and when you (excitedly) wonder why there are so many opera enthusiasts on youtube, you click on these commenters' usernames only to discover they are 15 your old kids who's favorites include music videos from emo band of the month.

The very fact that the man can sustain notes that high is incredible. Anyone expecting Juan Diego Florez should slap themselves in the face, as all of the great names are professionals, and Paul Potts is an amateur. No one would bash late-career Pavarotti nearly as much as Potts, but his highs were shrill and his voice was even known to break in the highest registers.


As for Paul Potts' CD, however... it doesnt sound like opera. He is singing almost quietly, without gusto, close to the mic in what feels like a very small room. On top of that, the recording is DROWNED in reverb. I'm not being a snob here, it is REALLY REALLY horrid the way they thought his voice should be corrected in the mastering phase.

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by gilency /img/forum/go_quote.gif I haven't heard this version but how could you go wrong with Montserrat Caballe, Sutherland, Krause and Pavarotti? I am impresssed. By the way, I grew up with Pavaroti's version of Nesum Dorma. Even if others may perhaps be better, Pavarotti's version wins with me.

That is probably the most widely recommended CD version of Turandot, features a younger Pavarotti @1980 with an allstar cast and great sound.

 

[DarkAngel]

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Originally Posted by El_Doug /img/forum/go_quote.gif Knocking Paul Potts' highs seems to be the hip thing to do. You'll see hundreds of comments in his youtube videos about it - and when you (excitedly) wonder why there are so many opera enthusiasts on youtube, you click on these commenters' usernames only to discover they are 15 your old kids who's favorites include music videos from emo band of the month.

BTW I was not complaining about Paul Potts who sounds divine compared to the painful noise generated by Greg Pritchard........check that link out above from UK's got Talent show, Simon says Pritchard sounds like a dog that meows like a cat then gives him a pass

Sounds to me like a "chipmunk's" version of Nessun Dorma

 

[oqvist]

The difference is Paul Potts was in no way an amateur when he stood there... Sure he didn´t get payed any sums so he could live on it but he got professional training for what was it 20000$ if not more

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Prichard is more Paul Potts that way it feels if it´s true he has never been on a stage before (potts of course had) and have no professional training. Which I have no hard time believing from his performance

As for youtube comments I never read them. There was a funny sketch about the haters at youtube I need to find it. But it´s a sure way to loose brain cells reading them.

 

[joelk]

Franco Corelli owned the role of Calaf. He was the real thing, a true operatic, dramatic/spinto tenor with movie star looks, charisma, and a voice of incredible power.

That being said, don't overlook Mario Lanza.