Luciano Pavarotti has died.

[SeattleGirl]

RIP.

[KitchenWitch]

1. O Sole Mio!

:cry:

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. Shame.

Pancreatic cancer is a mother. May he rest in peace.

[WildEyedLiberal]

3. Awww

RIP

[JTG of the PRB]

4. Oh no!

I heard he was in grave condition, but I hadn't realized he had deteriorated so quickly!

Truly a very sad day... :cry:

[elshiva]

5. RIP, wonderful human being.

:(

[Haole Girl]

6. What a wonderful voice he had. nt

[Flaxbee]

7. RIP Luciano --

he certainly was a showman, and incredibly impressive at his peak.

[IntravenousDemilo]

8. Oh my, I think the next piece of music I have to listen to is his recording of "Nessun dorma".

Very sad. I heard that Miyoshi Umeki also died about a week or so ago.

[terrya]

39. "Nessun dorma" was lovely.

Thank you for sending the link to me, honey.

Sad about Miyoshi Umeki. I very much remember her from "The Flower Drum Song". She was also on some sitcom. Very talented actress.

SHMILY

[Love Bug]

46. Miyoshi Umeki was on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father"

with Bill Bixby.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I am so sad about this news...

He had such a wonderful voice...

RIP, maestro.......

[Tektonik]

10. RIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4

[Wapsie B]

11. RIP

:cry:

[DS1]

12. Rest In Peace

[Drum]

13. I'm reposting my reply here

from the first thread I saw of this on LBN just now, for my friends in The Lounge.


---Oh no...I knew he wasn't out and about these days, but hadn't realized he was that ill.

I had the pleasure of being (in a minor way) onstage with him: I was performing with the Metropolitan Opera, and in around 2000/1 or so Pavarotti was singing "Nessun Dorma" as part of a gala. The section was done was with our real Turandot set/costumes/personnel, and thus I was one of the dancers skulking around and crouching by statues while he came on and performed this aria. It was utter magic!

Thank goodness his beautiful voice is preserved in so many recordings.

Rest in peace, Maestro.... ---

:cry:

[Haole Girl]

32. Wow

That must have been amazing. My older sister saw him in person. I wish I had, but I wasn't able to go for some reason. Although, we were in Barbados when he was there on vacation once and the whole resort was on "lock down" with added security! He was quite a star, wasn't he?

[Drum]

37. Quiiite the star.

It really did follow him everywhere. Even in the opera temple that is the Met, everyone scurried around trying to get a glimpse, a word with him. It was quite exciting.

[DarkTirade]

14. At least we had him for a while

he almost decided to pursue a career as a soccer player when he was younger instead of music. :)

[mvd]

15. RIP

He will be remembered by many.

[amitten]

16. Such a wonderful talent...he will be missed. n/t

[DarkTirade]

17. For those who have never had a chance to hear the man sing...

Nessun Dorma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUCPKdGcrk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4

Ave Maria (Schubert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYrmYXsujI

Caruso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvLtEHONp3Y

Three Tenors singing 'O Sole Mio'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW3zHEtL0T4

Granada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUobNguwhTI

Zucchero and Pavarotti - Miserere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFcz7VvBcUA

[hippywife]

25. Thank you for

hunting down these clips for us this morning. Ave Maria was also played at my wedding for my mother's processional.

[DarkTirade]

27. Oddly enough, I'd just hunted them down a few days ago.

Kind of a strange coincidence.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

18. That's very sad

My thoughts, prayers, condolences and sympathies to his family. He had a great voice, a great talent and a great sense of compassion as well. I'm very sorry to hear this -the world will miss him and his talent immensely. We are the better for having him in it and we are the worse for losing him.

The Heavens will be filled with the sound of beautiful music today

[enigmatic]

19. What a voice

He was one of the ones who finally got me into the beauty of Opera.

RIP.

[Guava Jelly]

20. fuck!!!

I am a big fan

[lost-in-nj]

21. I saw this when I logged on

and my heart got very heavy....

RIP

what a voice... a gift


lost

[hippywife]

22. I don't weep at the passing of many in the public eye

but this is the exception. But I loved his artistry so very much and felt a connection because of my Italian heritage. His performance of Nessun Dorma was the processional for my wedding because I thought, and still do think, it's one of the most incredible pieces of music ever and regardless of how long ago it was written, he made it his for all eternity.

[hippywife]

23. My favorite clip

of O Sole Mio taken from the first Three Tenors Concert. The absolute fun and joy in this is wonderful as Domingo and Carrares imitate him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99kjFdLFjH4&mode=related&search=

[Katina]

30. but this is one of his most emotional and beautiful arias

It brings tears to my eyes everytime. I will miss his brilliance. What a wonderful choice for your wedding processional!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ONUCPKdGcrk

[lost-in-nj]

38. and he hits the notes

with no effort. Its just natural...
like he was talking to you......

this is my favorite and only 2 men could sing it right, Luciano
And Caruso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky271W94VHA&mode=related&search=
laugh clown laugh



lost

[hippywife]

43. I agree!

It is the most emotionally moving piece of music ever! I had to have it in my wedding.

I also used his version of Ave Marie for my mother's processional down the aisle. There was a very special reason for that. When I and my sisters were born it was in Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, OH. Catholic hospital and all the nurses were nuns and you stayed in the hospital a week after giving birth. Every night at bedtime they would play Ave Maria over the intercom and my mom grew to love it, even tho it wasn't yet being sung by Luciano (it was 1958.) It's her favorite. She was crying so hard walking down the aisle to that. I don't think she was expecting it and it brought back memories for her. I was 38 when I married and it was a very long time ago that she first heard it the night after I was born.

[Burma Jones]

24. I sing Tenor.....

The guy that defined Tenor for, oh about half a century, is dead. The first recording I owned of the Verdi Requiem had Pavarotti as the Tenor and I remember the goosebumps I felt as he sang "Kyrie eleison." As I drove away from seeing my Grandfather for the last time as he was dying of cancer of everything, and had a 12 hour drive ahead of me, I slipped in a cassette and after about ten minutes "Nessun Dorma" came up....I had to pull over in front of the Goodyear Tire Plant in Union City, TN and I just lost it.

He was magnificent.

I hope he has a funeral befitting his stature.

[DarkTirade]

35. Ironically, there was only one tenor worthy to sing at his funeral that I can think of...

[Burma Jones]

40. Andrea Bocelli?

:sarcasm:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

48. Caruso? I'd vote for Placido Domingo.

Among the living.

Jerry Hadley, another tenor who did both opera and musicals, left us not too many weeks ago, sadly, by his own hand.

I saw an article on Huffington Post that said that opera singers are drinking too much, doing illegal drugs, and abusing cortisone, like movie stars and sports stars. Destroying their bodies and voices due to the pressure.

How terribly sad. And the music schools are training all the individuality out of musicians, whether singers or instrumentalists. How dare you put in a turn or a trill that wasn't written there!!!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

26. I remember being mesmerized by his voice when I was a little girl.

I have always been eccentric and listening to opera is something that I still enjoy. Pavarotti was to me like a musician because his voice was like an instrument.He projected so much emotion everytime he performed and for all of those that were lucky to have ever seen him in concert,what a lucky honor. You could tell that when he performed he really loved what he was doing.

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Well, someone's gotta spit on his grave.

But i won't be me!

:cry:

Very sad, but not surprising given the crappy health he's had lately. I shall miss his voice!

He did many great things for the world of music.

[JoDog]

29. Strange, but true story

One afternoon, I had a PBS broadcast of one of his performances on (can't remember which one). At this time, I had a mouse in my apartment that I had not been able to catch. As Pavarotti was singing an aria, I heard a noise behind me. I looked and saw the mouse--sitting up on its haunches, its eyes bright and fixated on the TV, its head tilted to one side, listening intently.

Yes, apparently il Pavarotti's voice could even charm a wild field mouse! I referred to the rodent as "Luciano" until I finally managed to catch him in a live trap and released him in a farm field.

[malta blue]

31. I cried in my car this morning when I heard.

His voice truly sends chills down my spine.:cry:

[DinahMoeHum]

33. Oh. . .that voice!

Whenever I've heard operatic tenors on the radio (WQXR-NY) I usually could tell when it was Pavarotti singing - certain inflections in the voice gave it away.

Requiescat in pace.

:cry::cry::cry:

[Bennyboy]

34. Video of Pavarotti and James Brown.....

Singing "It's A Man's World" http://youtube.com/watch?v=VCIyzNISw1Q Really incredible.

[Bennyboy]

36. And with Lou Reed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXgbN81zNG8&mode=related&search=

[JitterbugPerfume]

41. I will play my CDs loud and strong

in his honor today, and shed a tear or two .

[Initech]

42. RIP

I'm not a big opera fan but I do realize that he was a talented singer.

[Brigid]

44. I must get out my Three Tenors CD . . .

and play it in his honor. *bows head*

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. E lucevan le stelle

http://youtube.com/watch?v=boBaYL8ZnrM

[Love Bug]

47. He had the voice of a god!

RIP, Luciano.

[stuntcat]

49. Peace to him

When I first heard this today I just heard it without thinking then every time they played parts of songs on the news I loved every song, I mean they're my Favorites but I never thought of who was singing them, then by the time they told about him on Newshour I was totally crying over how beautiful he sounds and how many people loved him and his voice :cry: so much.
I don't even have any songs by him, the man on the news tonight said there's a cd released not long ago that has all of his most famous things on it though.

[Guava Jelly]

50. What a loss..Here he is with Brian May

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7FGPIRJx6I
Too Much Love Will Kill You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL0WFcygdWY
With Barry White..My first, my last, my everything

My favorite is this though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlRApdy4fFw
Luciano Pavarotti O sole mio
I can't explain why...