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1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT from Pavarotti's farewell tour...save your money!,
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This review is from: Luciano Pavarotti Celebrates His 70th Birthday (DVD)
One thing I can't stand is writing a bad review! If you are expecting to see and hear the great tenor in one of his final performances, save your money. The title of this DVD is quite misleading. In actuality, the performance contained in this collection is an truncated version of a recital Pavarotti gave in Barcelona in 1989. How anyone who has followed the tenor's career could mistake this for part of his 2005 farewell tour is completely beyond my comprehension. Of course, Pavarotti is in fine form here in the approximately 30 minutes of footage. From what I have read about his final performances, his singing here is much more enjoyable, which is why I give this collection one star instead of zero.
However, the complete Barcelona recital can be gotten elsewhere much cheaper! The brief documentary on Pavarotti's life reveals nothing we didn't already know about the tenor's career. Archival photos, and a 1989 interview (in Italian with English translation) makes this part of the DVD remotely interesting but hardly worth the trouble of opening the packaging. The bonus CD is a mixed bag. Yes, there are some Pavarottian gems here but the producers inexplicably waste time by including, for no particular reason, Mirella Freni's "Mi chiamano Mimi", Donde lieta usci" and "Sempre libera". Although I have always been a fan of Freni, I bought this compilation to see and hear Pavarotti! This might be worthwhile for the Pavarotti novice but it will probably disappoint the seasoned Pavarottiphile.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Pavarotti's 70th DOB,
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This review is from: Luciano Pavarotti Celebrates His 70th Birthday (DVD)
I was disappointed in this as it is a compilation taken from many previous DVD's that I have purchased. It is not a Gala Celebration like his 25th, or 30th. These are all repeat numbers from various other recordings etc......alas.....
5.0 out of 5 stars
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI'S 70TH BIRTHDAY RECITAL,
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It was amazing to see in this DVD how wonderful this man looked and sang at such a late time of his life, considering that he was already stricken with cancer and died only one year later...There will never be another Tenor like him as he was truly one of the greatest singers of our time conquering the high C's with no effort....Out of the three tenors I found his voice to be softer and sweeter for the typical Neapolitan songs that he often sang and lyrical and forceful for Opera. Who can ever forget his performances in all his opera performances, particularly in TURANDOT as Calaf, when he sang NESSUN DORMA which eventually became his signature song.
I was lucky several times in my working life at The Sydney Opera House to have witnessed his performances in LA BOHEME and of course his concert with our own Dame Joan Sutherland when they performed in our Concert Hall to delighted audiences.....NO DOUBT THE OPERA WORLD WILL GREATLY MISS THIS CHARISMATIC MAN AND HIS WONDROUS VOICE..... Keep your eyes and ears open for the up and coming yound tenor JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ, as Pavarotti predicted that he could be the next tenor to take his place.....Sophie Bastas
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