[quote]DrSkeptix wrote:
Mario lanza sings it great but I think Mario Del Monaco sings it best.
Oooh…good one!
How about this one; surely a debate will follow
(fireworks start at 2.00 min)
Or:
(and he doesn’t even break a sweat)[/quote]
What language is it in? Great control of the voice but I have always preferred Opera in italian I feel more emotion that and I understand it.
(not really in opera fashion but amazing)
Manowar definitely does it the best ever.
(Granted, I’m posting this as a joke, but the dude does have some impressive pipes / bulge)
I think he hit the female judge’s G-Spot.
wow, check out cowell’s face at 1:48 - he had him stunned.
good stuff.
[quote]xXSeraphimXx wrote:
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I think Pavarotti sounds more expressive in each of the above than he does singing “Nessun Dorma”.
But even so, listen to Mario Lanza sing one of those:
Absolutely incredible. You can tell it means so much to him, too.
May I also point out that this is the only youtube video I’ve seen where the comments aren’t barraged by racist retards and hate messages? There are some really good comments on this video.
-dizzle
That was very inspiring.
I had to watch the Three Tenors sing it afterwards.
It made me realize how impressive Paul’s performance actually was.
Does it not say something about the guy that all the comparisons of his voice are to professionally trained singers? Wonder what he will sound like after some actual coaching and tempering of his voice?
[quote]Chewie wrote:
That was very inspiring.
I had to watch the Three Tenors sing it afterwards.
It made me realize how impressive Paul’s performance actually was. [/quote]
I can’t watch youtube at work so I can’t comment on Paul’s performance. One thing I can say about the Three Tenors is that they were all towards the end of their careers, i.e. not at their peaks. Opera singers talents aren’t unlike professional athletes’ in that they need seasoning to develop and then are at their peak for a while, after which, they start to decline. That’s why a lot of people are disappointed, say, to go see Placido Domingo as Don Jose in Carmen (although I don’t think he sings any leads anymore) because they were expecting to hear his voice at its peak.
For all non-opera likers who are curious, I suggest Opera for People Who Hate Opera or the 50 Greatest Moments in Opera. Elizabeth Schwarzkopf’s rendition of Offenbach’s Barcarole is unbelievable on “50 Greatest”. I could listen to that all day.
The Metropolitan Opera website is very good. You can get the storylines of their current season’s operas as well as view videos and listen to audio. It’s worth a visit.
DB
I’m laughing at all the “opera snobs” posting. I’m not an opera fan so I wouldn’t know if he’s that good or not. But I can bet you wouldn’t expect to walk into a cellphone store find someone who would even come close. That’s what’s cool about it.
Imagine going into a grocery store and finding some untrained stockboy who could walk out onto the field and do “pretty good” in a strongman competition.
[quote]DrSkeptix wrote:
Paul Potts is a good pop singer who happens to sing opera; no detraction there. I prefer Placido Domingo (youtube should have dozens of versions of Nessun Dorma) But I will suggest something else. Perhaps it is the music which we find so moving.
There is a legendary study of “opera rhapsody,” which effects some people who have reproducible rapture on hearing certain operatic selections. It turns out that opera rhapsody, like “runner’s high,” can be blocked naloxone, a blocker of the endorphins (endogenous brain narcotics). So certain music can overwhelm the nervous system with…feeling.
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I was thinking something similar. 1. The context: an amateur talent show where, for 90% of the participants, the term “talent show” is ironic. 2. The audience generally doesnt know opera from Oprah, so since he basically hit the notes and has the operatic sound he’s a star, and that goes for the judges.
[quote]medevac wrote:
I’m laughing at all the “opera snobs” posting. I’m not an opera fan so I wouldn’t know if he’s that good or not. But I can bet you wouldn’t expect to walk into a cellphone store find someone who would even come close. That’s what’s cool about it.
Imagine going into a grocery store and finding some untrained stockboy who could walk out onto the field and do “pretty good” in a strongman competition.[/quote]
Good point, but I think we’d be surprised at what so called “normal” people can do, though its not their day job. And I bet that the people doing it for pay are not necessarily doing so because they are the best or most talented in the population, or with the most potential. But they are the best of those who decided to do what it took to make a career.
[quote]PhlintRock wrote:
Does it not say something about the guy that all the comparisons of his voice are to professionally trained singers? Wonder what he will sound like after some actual coaching and tempering of his voice?
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That is what he sounds like after coaching etc. He is a formally trained opera singer.
[quote]mazevedo wrote:
That was one of very few times I’ve seen Simon Cowell not be a fuckin prick.[/quote]
Yeah, I know what you mean. Takes all the fun out of it, doesn’t it?
[quote]Scotacus wrote:
Good point, but I think we’d be surprised at what so called “normal” people can do, though its not their day job. And I bet that the people doing it for pay are not necessarily doing so because they are the best or most talented in the population, or with the most potential. But they are the best of those who decided to do what it took to make a career.[/quote]
Yeah we like to think that “cream rises to the top” in talent, but think about this…there may be some guy out there with Olympia-level genetics just waiting to pick up a dumbbell…yet he’s stuck in some sweatshop in Cuba. I think it’s part talent, part drive, and part just dumb luck.
What about the greatest “possible” baseball pitcher ever being born 300 years before the game was invented. Sucks to be you.