Luciano Pavarotti's Last Public Performance - Torino 2006 Opening Ceremony | Music Monday
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Published 2017-05-14
On February 10, 2006; one of the world's greatest tenors, Luciano Pavarotti made his final public performance at the Opening Ceremony of the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games in his home country of Italy. The emotional interpretation of "Nessun Dorma" - from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot - will be forever in the hall of Classic Olympic Moments.
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All Comments (21)
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That's how a real man says his last farewell
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Tears in my eyes here. This was his last ever public performance. Just a few months after this he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and died less than a year later. The last bit where he is holding his arms up is almost like he is sacrificing himself. What a moment.
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"Real men only cry for one reason" "What?" Luciano Pavarotti's Last Public Performance
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1:37 That face of satisfaction, of being singing his most powerful aria... so many memories, so many friends, a lifetime dedicated to music, and somehow, in that smile, he knew it would be his last Nessun Dorma. Rest in peace master
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This performance still gives me chills and brings me to tears.
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He finished his career with the same passion he had begun with..
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Now this is how you do an Olympic Opening Ceremony. Take notes Paris.
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His face of joy at 1:37 along with the long open-arm embrace at the end hit me quite hard, like he it was going to be his final performance. The most fitting ending nailing that incredible "Vincero" one final time to put an exclamation mark on the most extraordinary career. Maybe one day I will be able to attend a show in which there is a hologram of him, since I never got the chance to see him in person.
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2:10 he sings this last "Vincerò!" like he knows it will be his last one, like it's his was of saying goodbye to the world. What a legend, i wish musicians these days would have a pinch of the emotion Pavaritti showed in this perfomance.
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His last word on the scene was "VINCERO" - Victory from italian
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Came here after listening to Celin Dion.
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I absolutely love how Pavarotti's face shows how he is just taking in the whole moment at 1:37. The music, his singing(prerecorded), the crowd, everything. I hope I can experience life like he did.
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Watching the lion roar for the last time... Never to find music like this again! Anyone else 2023?
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I'm watching in 2019, a voice like that is timeless
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His voice did not fade. His smile did not fade. His soul did not fade, and in fact, is still alive today and with us through his beautiful art of singing. That torch up there - that's him. His spirit shall shine forever like flame.
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A lot of people were saying he lip-synced this performance. I remember watching this on TV, and the absolute chills I got. I knew he was not well by looking at his stance here, shed tears knowing how proud and honored he must have felt being able to open for the Olympics in his home country. He was the best ever, and I get that "roller coaster" wave when he closes out this amazing song
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1:37 Oh my god, just look at his face. If heaven exists, Pavarotti sings this aria there. :') ❤️ RIP
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“Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and ‘Pavarotti’ never died. They simply became music.” This was so emotional to watch... He is a legend. His legacy and records will live forever... RIP
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1:37から、間奏のとこの笑顔、ちょっと泣きそうになるパバロッティの笑顔がたまらなく好きだ。パバロッティが、生きることはなんて素晴らしいのだろうと笑っている。翌年、天に召された彼の、全身からみなぎる生きる喜びに魂がふるえる。
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Here in 2020... I hope everyone in that audience realizes how lucky they are to have heard one of the greatest voices of all time. There will never be another like him. A giant among men, with a voice that reminds us that not all is bad in this world.
