DarkAngel
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I was going through all the Nessun Dormas on YouTube from the great ones:
-Corelli
-Del Monaco
-Di Stefano
-Bjorling
-Pavarotti
The version by popular singer Andrea Bocelli was closer in qulaity to Paul Potts than any of the classic opera tenors above.......a static delivery with limited dymanic range and tonal shadings, I was not too impressed.
Bjorling has incredible clarity in his diction even while singing at extended ranges, perhaps technically the best version.....just a matter of personal taste as to his emotional delivery and impact it has on you
Originally Posted by Bunnyears /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm not sure exactly when Pavarotti's vocal range began to show wear, but I do know that by the '80s he had problems with the high notes, sometimes missing them in performance. By the 90s he was already having his recitals, and perhaps even some of his opera performances, pitched lower to ensure that he hit the "high notes," a practice that was gleefully outed in the age of the internet when listeners with perfect pitch blogged about it after his performance at the Torino Olympics. What Pavarotti did have was an incomparable vocal timbre that was like honey in the sunlight -- warm and viscous, and gleaming like silk -- and the ability to touch the emotions. He popularized an art form that had become a niche for the intellectuals. Unfortunately, the lack of early training showed up in his limited acting ability, and poor understanding of the music he was singing. Perhaps that is why he befriended Bocelli, another talented "amateur" who cannot read music, and whose interpretive skills leave much to be desired. |
I was going through all the Nessun Dormas on YouTube from the great ones:
-Corelli
-Del Monaco
-Di Stefano
-Bjorling
-Pavarotti
The version by popular singer Andrea Bocelli was closer in qulaity to Paul Potts than any of the classic opera tenors above.......a static delivery with limited dymanic range and tonal shadings, I was not too impressed.
Bjorling has incredible clarity in his diction even while singing at extended ranges, perhaps technically the best version.....just a matter of personal taste as to his emotional delivery and impact it has on you