"Nessun dorma" . . . . . .

Grazie wrote on 9/5/2007, 11:19 PM
Sad - Now you can sleep well my friend.

Luciano Pavorotti dies at 71

A creator of a sound that delivered to every corner of the World - and awoke a Global appreciation of opera from The Royal Opera House Covent Garden to Wembley Stadium - for the proscenium arch as well as the "Beautiful Game".

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Jonathan Neal wrote on 9/5/2007, 11:39 PM
PeterWright wrote on 9/6/2007, 12:07 AM
Thanks Grazie & Jonathan

My eyes are not dry after that.

What a voice.

RIP
Quryous wrote on 9/6/2007, 8:01 AM
Simply, the best!
OGUL wrote on 9/6/2007, 8:58 AM
Words will not suffice to describe how I am sad....
One the biggest losses of the humanity... of the world... or my world....
We are all very lucky that we are his contemporary....We withnessed this unique phenomenon named Pavarotti...
Coursedesign wrote on 9/6/2007, 11:30 AM
There was a wonderful long story in the Los Angeles Times today about him.

Best anecdote was about how he was treasured for his high Cs which nobody else could sing like he could.

Tosca contains nine high Cs, and the first time he was about to perform it, Pavarotti thought there was no way he could sing these. The conductor calmly said he had transposed to a B instead, and P., not having perfect pitch or reading sheet music, perfectly sang along to the orchestra's "B" which was of course a "C" (because the conductor was a lying rascal :O).

barleycorn wrote on 9/9/2007, 1:02 PM
Tosca contains nine high Cs

I think you mean Tonio in La fille du régiment. I don't remember Cavaradossi in Tosca going higher than a B.
riredale wrote on 9/9/2007, 6:19 PM
Is high C as high as anyone can sing? Are there any famous works that go higher?
Soniclight wrote on 9/9/2007, 7:20 PM
Never was much of an opera fan myself, but having grown up in Italy as a child, this classic piece definitely brings back memories -- and can put some shivers up ones's spine, whoever one is.

"means "No-one is sleeping." And it's spelling is dialectic, Neopolitan (Naples) most likely.

Sleep well, brother Luciano. Your voice will not go to sleep, that's for sure.
Coursedesign wrote on 9/10/2007, 1:20 AM
I think you mean Tonio in La fille du régiment. I don't remember Cavaradossi in Tosca going higher than a B.

I think you're right. I guess I won't even get a C for that one :O)

I feel compelled to make penance, so I'll sing to the bottom of the keyboard.

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(just don't tell anyone that I'm a basso singer!)

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barleycorn wrote on 9/10/2007, 4:10 AM
> Are there any famous works that go higher?

Verdi wrote an alternative cabaletta for I due Foscari that goes up to E flat. The Police Inspector in Shostakovich's The Nose sings to at least E. I seem to remember the Astrologer in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel goes pretty high but haven't got the score here to check.

Most tenors can sing up to at least high C fairly reliably (most baritones can sing up to A or B flat).

barleycorn wrote on 9/10/2007, 4:11 AM
> Nessun dorma" means "No-one is sleeping." And it's spelling is dialectic, Neopolitan (Naples) most likely

Nope, it's standard Italian.