What can we learn from SEEING one of the BEST VOICES OF ALL TIME? (Part 1)

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  • It's the first of a two part video taking a look at Luciano Pavarotti's voice performing 'Nessun Dorma'!
    Performance - • Video
    TIME STAMPS -
    0:00 Intro
    0:46 Performance
    1:19 Analysis
    4:33 Constant Vibrato
    11:16 Classifying a Male Tenor
    12:10 Descending Runs?
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  • @BaronessErsatz
    @BaronessErsatz Před 2 lety +45

    I attend church with Mark Burroughs, a former opera singer who captains the tenor section in our choir. He once met Pavarotti, who proceeded to COACH him! What an awesome opportunity!

  • @lynndow3185
    @lynndow3185 Před 2 lety +34

    I had a sneaking suspicion he was going to do all right, too! What a performance! You both get a standing ovation!

    • @drewpall2598
      @drewpall2598 Před 2 lety +7

      @Lynn Dow... Yes, they both did well. are there any genres that Fil can't sing?

  • @georgeedward1226
    @georgeedward1226 Před 2 lety +44

    I was lucky enough to have heard Luciano Pavarotti sing live several times and those were some of the most magical musical performances I've ever experienced. In particular his Nessun Dorma at The Met that I watched from the tenth row.

    • @gaymichaelis7581
      @gaymichaelis7581 Před 2 lety +3

      Boy, George, are you fortunate or lucky!!! To have heard Pavarotti several times live and then to hear him sing Nassun Dorma at the Met from the 10th row!!! I wish I could’ve gone with you or been a mouse in your pocket or something!! 😀😊😀👍👏❤️

    • @marynoonan6111
      @marynoonan6111 Před 2 lety +2

      Lucky man!

  • @texasplumr
    @texasplumr Před 2 lety +16

    I cry every time I listen to him. I don't understand the language but then, I don't have to. What an amazing talent.

  • @ltyrell405
    @ltyrell405 Před 2 lety +22

    He has a remarkably clear and pure voice, like a perfectly cast bell.

  • @TraceyRolandelli
    @TraceyRolandelli Před 2 lety +10

    The first concert I ever attended as a child was Pavarotti. It was quite something. This was the 1970’s.

  • @moggiee1
    @moggiee1 Před 2 lety +13

    The depth of analysis here is surely the best we can find for all these great singers. Phil nails it yet again!

    • @mozearteffect10
      @mozearteffect10 Před 2 lety

      Fil Rocks!!! all of us waaannnaaahh Beeeeessss Owe a Thanks of Gratitude~~~~

  • @nickitacocat
    @nickitacocat Před 2 lety +13

    Maria Callas- Bizet's Carmen Habanera, Hamburg 1962. Her voice is like riding a roller coaster, with a ton of sass! Meaning I would love to see an analysis.

    • @mdarrenu
      @mdarrenu Před 2 lety

      Yes. A big second for Maria - beautiful, tormented, amazing!

    • @jaychip1
      @jaychip1 Před 2 lety +2

      To me, the star of any "Carmen" performance is Bizet. It is a captivating, seductive, ride of emotions, that are best brought out in both voice and body language by the performer.
      One of the amazing human achievements.

  • @jw4321
    @jw4321 Před 2 lety +8

    I never listen to artists you have analyzed the same way as I did before your “lesson”. Thank you for helping me appreciate them.

  • @zenawarrior7442
    @zenawarrior7442 Před 2 lety +11

    Not a huge opera fan but hard to argue with talent and his booming, on pitch, beautiful voice. Thanks always for the breakdowns & thoughts😊💞💞

  • @larrytoy4235
    @larrytoy4235 Před 2 lety +14

    Pavarotti was 63 for this performance from 1998. I think most people who followed his career would say he was definitely in decline. Quite amazing at this point in his career. I heard him live performing in La Boheme at the San Francisco opera in the fall of 1967, his official US debut. Didn't know who he was at that point, but I remember distinctly that this was a great performer. Mimi was the great Mirella Freni, his childhood friend from Modena.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před 2 lety +3

      You are lucky to have seen him live at that point! My mum bought the full recording of the same opera with him and Freni, under the baton of Karajan (recorded some years later), around 1980. I remember watching him on tv, a decade later, at the iconic Three Tenors show from Rome in 1990 - such a warm, musical and inspiring gig! :)

    • @catherinelynnfraser2001
      @catherinelynnfraser2001 Před 2 lety

      I saw him at the Met performing in Luisa Miller. He was pretty overweight and couldn’t really get his arms around the soprano’s body but his voice! So full and bright and so compelling. Goosebumps.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před 2 lety +2

      @@catherinelynnfraser2001 I saw his friend and colleague Placido Domingo in the same Verdi opera a few years ago, one of his last performances with the Met before they dropped him on allegations of sexual harassment (watched that one by a live link at the local movie theatre and have rewatched it once or twice on the tv since). Domingo was nearly eighty at the time - he's still active here in Europe - and he was simply superb: great, powerful voice, clear, distinct singing, very good acting and such stage presence without upstaging the others. His voice could be felt right through the screen, as a living being! (the show is available through the Met's live-on-demand service).

    • @phelaia4676
      @phelaia4676 Před 2 lety +1

      That was one of those legendary performances that we younger generation of classical vocalists have only heard about through our voice teachers, and some of us wish we were alive back then to see it.

    • @catherinelynnfraser2001
      @catherinelynnfraser2001 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Spo-Dee-O-Dee he was an athlete and was scouted as a soccer player! We were blessed that he decided to pursue an opera career.

  • @celestearellano3720
    @celestearellano3720 Před 2 lety +16

    What a fabulous full bodied voice and I do enjoy classical music.

  • @melodysimonson1510
    @melodysimonson1510 Před 2 lety +7

    I have always loved Pavarotti's voice. It is so tremendous and full of feeling. You can really tell he loves to sing.

  • @nancyl3843
    @nancyl3843 Před 2 lety +4

    I cannot listen to this voice without tears. For me, he was the greatest singer of my lifetime. Steve Perry is my second, and Stevie Ray Vaughan (completely underrated singer) my third. But nothing, no one, compares to Luciano Pavarotti. Thank you for doing this.

  • @robbymonaco3738
    @robbymonaco3738 Před 2 lety +11

    Thanks Fil! Another great analysis! His notes are full bodied and very round and full. So unique, and I think that's what makes him such a popular favorite.

  • @margelacosse1331
    @margelacosse1331 Před 2 lety +2

    Paverotte part 1. When I was little, the Beatles weren't around yet. A lot of the music I liked was musicals ( movies) and there was opera type singing in them. I was brought up thinking that singing is a gift and not something you learned. But you taught us that it is something we all can learn. You may not sound like Pavarotti but you can sound pretty good as yourself. Just like Pavarotti learned how to sing as himself.

  • @DerekADempsey
    @DerekADempsey Před 2 lety +6

    Definitely one of the greatest tenors of opera.
    His recording of Puccini’s opera Madama butterfly from 1976 on Decca with Mirella Freni as Butterfly with Herbert Bon Karajan conducting is just amazing.
    Thanks again, Phil.

  • @alicesmith8297
    @alicesmith8297 Před 2 lety +7

    I love your vocal analyses of famous voices! But I need to also comment on your great vocal talent Fil. Your mimicking of Pavarotti ‘s vocals sounds a touch “classical”. You have phenomenal talent! 👍🏼

  • @tammyevans7333
    @tammyevans7333 Před 2 lety +7

    What a big voice!

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před 2 lety +2

      Oh yes - Birgit Nilsson, for one, had the same large, fiery vocal quality. I watched Luciano's friend and colleague Placido Domingo a few years ago singing the father in Verdi's Luisa Miller - one of his last appearances with the New York Met, before they dropped him over rumours of sexual harassment. He was almost eighty at the time, and he's still active in concert today - well, the vibrant power of his voice just shook me, even in a cinema theatre on the other side of the ocean (this great performance can be seen on the Met's live-on-demand service). Absolutely amazing! :)

  • @mysimsreality
    @mysimsreality Před 2 lety +9

    Love Pavarotti, but I also love hearing you sing, Fil! Thank you for this truly wonderful analysis! 🤩

  • @richardlevasseur6771
    @richardlevasseur6771 Před 2 lety +3

    That went fast! Looking forward to part 2!

  • @lorijones9579
    @lorijones9579 Před 2 lety +4

    Being just a bit sharp in a controlled way added "shimmer" to his voice. Magic man.

  • @cadeevans4623
    @cadeevans4623 Před 2 lety +6

    I love Pavarotti such a amazing opera singer he had his technique down very great love his singing voice he had a awesome voice great vocals great power great techniques he was a master at what he does love him Pavarotti was a master and a legend

  • @frankofva8803
    @frankofva8803 Před 2 lety +4

    Even someone like myself who does not regularly listen to opera can be affected by Pavarotti’s voice. For some reason it is always emotional for me to hear this.

  • @StCarion2
    @StCarion2 Před 2 lety +5

    Love Pavarotti, and loved this analysis. Thank you, Fil, for appreciating talent no matter the genre and for your wonderful way of explaining all the nuances that otherwise might be missed or not recognized.
    I'd love for you to analyze The Highwaymen, a fantastic collegiate group from long ago-- the late 50's or 60's maybe?-- doing "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore."

  • @tunesarms2586
    @tunesarms2586 Před 2 lety +4

    What a singer! Great video Fil, your opera renditions are cool 👍🏻😁

  • @WineSippingCowboy
    @WineSippingCowboy Před 2 lety +4

    1 of the 3 Tenors. Great technique 👌
    I started music lessons with classical music 🎹 and religious music before diving 🏊‍♂️ into commercial music and world 🌎 music 🎶
    Thanks👏 I feel like a young boy 👦 in a music studio 🎙 again! 😃

  • @DiamondGirl-1234
    @DiamondGirl-1234 Před 13 dny

    This analysis popped up in my feed and I am always amazed by how much @Wings of Pegasus knows about these vocal performances. Fantastic breakdown. 🎼🎸🤘💖

  • @Fibonaccisghost
    @Fibonaccisghost Před 2 lety +1

    I love your channel because your joy and love of music is very evident. When the music is playing, you have a respect for these artists and the sounds they make.

  • @TorToroPorco
    @TorToroPorco Před 2 lety +4

    Fil at his sans Libretto best. Off the cuff unbridled enthusiasm and passion for music.

  • @booklover942
    @booklover942 Před 2 lety +1

    I have always loved Pavarotti. Always sends shivers up my spine, but your analysis as always gives me a different view. Thank you for a different way to look at at.

  • @janetf23
    @janetf23 Před 2 lety +3

    I still remember enjoying, so much, the three tenors broadcast on PBS about 30 years ago with Carreras, Domingo, and Pavarotti in a kind of 'Nessun Dorma' faceoff, vying for "who sang it best"🔥 You're always taking me back to great moments and I just love it! Thanks, Fil.😊 I like your add-in vocal demos so much, too, they really enhance your analyses.

  • @jimilove7773
    @jimilove7773 Před 2 lety +6

    Thanks ! One of the greats!

  • @dalebaker9109
    @dalebaker9109 Před 2 lety +3

    He was simply in a class of his own. I love rock, prog, soul all of it, but I always find myself going back to classic and opera. Brilliant video Fin.

  • @barbiebrowny7003
    @barbiebrowny7003 Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent 👍 that is the key about how the wave of his voice excellerates the movements of his voice ❤️ to get the affection of the pitch to the higher level , agreed These are special people gifted from nature ☑️ Thanks

  • @annakoziorowska1940
    @annakoziorowska1940 Před 2 lety +4

    .... and how YOU, FIL, would sing This Masterpiece of Classical Music . Regards

  • @fs357mag
    @fs357mag Před 2 lety +8

    Been waiting for this one! You've done the best (Pavarotti) ... now please do the worst ... Mrs. Miller singing "Downtown". It made Billboard's Hot 100 in 1966. She was a popular character here in the States. I am seriously curious if she even hit one note correctly. It would make for a hilarious video.

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker Před 2 lety

      Dora Hall

    • @Loruca
      @Loruca Před 2 lety +1

      For truly bad singers, go with Florence Foster Jenkins. Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant made a movie about her. And there's also a stage play. "Glorious". There are a few recordings of her on CZcams. An analysis--a short analysis would be fun. Even though she was legitimately bad, she had her fans, which included Enrico Caruso.

    • @vikithomasson7772
      @vikithomasson7772 Před 2 lety

      Honestly, I can listen to ANY music and love it! But, Downtown and Tiptoe through the Tulips by Tinny Tim r on equal ground for me! Fingernails on a chalkboard but IF Fil dissects, either, I will listen, with rest periods! Ty Fil! Respect.

    • @Bookhart2
      @Bookhart2 Před 2 lety

      Or Mrs. miller singing Strangers in the Night. What a hoot!

    • @ardentynekent2099
      @ardentynekent2099 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Loruca I cried laughing through that entire movie. The expressions on the long-time trained pianist's face were hysterical, but as she said (to paraphrase), I may not have sung well, but no one can say that I didn't sing"! Appreciated the memory-jog, Ruth. Cheers!

  • @brendahankins7871
    @brendahankins7871 Před 2 lety +2

    I just happened upon your videos but find them quite fascinating.

  • @susantownsend8397
    @susantownsend8397 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for this vid. I “discovered” opera in my 30s and it slays me every time.

  • @willettej7988
    @willettej7988 Před rokem +1

    His control is superhuman. I recommend you listen to older performances of great arias ... which you probably have already done!
    To hear him in person blows the roof off. He was heard at the back of the house, no mic, as clearly as the front.

  • @SJR_Media_Group
    @SJR_Media_Group Před 2 lety +1

    Love vocal analyzers to really see the nuts and bolts of vocalists. Pavarotti's voice is extremely accurate, his vibrato is +/- maybe a 1/4 note. His full octave changes are also very accurate, without hesitation. Here is a professional at the top of the top. Last year, I was watching another channel showing different rock singers and if they used auto-tune or not. It was shown that some singers with wonderful voices were 'too perfect' to be their own, they had used auto-tune also. Sometimes it's the producers who insist on using it.
    Back in the day, we had singers who could actually sing. We had musicians who could actually play. We had composers who could actually compose. We had song writers who wrote incredible songs still played today. Pavarotti's voice will always be remembered. Who has come since to be the new voice?
    I really liked your discussion about ending song on high note, it's really true... song builds towards crescendo, singer is now full forte and going ever higher, louder, and longer holds. First 2/3 of story (song) sets up the ending. Every good song is like a book. It has a beginning, middle, and end. A gifted vocalist will never rush the song ahead of instruments. Vocalist needs them, they need vocalist. Song ends, audience stands and claps in ovation. Singer takes first full breath of air since they started singing 5 minutes earlier. Gotta love Oxygen.

  • @annamatic85
    @annamatic85 Před 2 lety +4

    I was a classical cellist in orchestra and solo, all the way through college and never learned until a few months ago that some orchestras tune to other than A440. It blew my mind.

    • @catherinelynnfraser2001
      @catherinelynnfraser2001 Před 2 lety

      I think this allows the singers voice to penetrate over a full orchestra. I remember Ben Hepner, a heldentenor, describing the sections of Wagner’s operas as “tenor vs orchestra”.

  • @drewpall2598
    @drewpall2598 Před 2 lety +6

    Fil attempt to simulate classical music sounded great to me. another Fil's signature analysis. I've seen footage of Pavarotti performing with Meat Loaf/Michael Lee Aday neither of them appears to be intimated by the immense vocal talents of the other.

  • @jaybee9269
    @jaybee9269 Před 2 lety +3

    Cool, Fil! You ought to do the great Canadian folk artist & songwriter Stan Rogers (who died very young). Some great stuff. His son Nathan sometimes performs them too.

  • @andreatutrani
    @andreatutrani Před 2 lety +1

    Phenomenal analysis Fil. 👏🏽 And that’s coming from a former opera singer 🎤😁

  • @dianeswanson5948
    @dianeswanson5948 Před 2 lety +3

    Impressive analysis!

  • @louise_rose
    @louise_rose Před 2 lety +2

    We have several albums and boxed sets of this icon on LP and CD, and I remember the fabulous original Three Tenors show from Rome in the summer of 1990. All three are such great singers - Placido Domingo is still astonishing aged eighty, I watched him in one of his last appearances at the New York Met as the father in Verdi's Luisa Miller a few years ago: a rich, booming and very touching performance, livecast to the local cinema theatre - and Pavarotti, too, was clearly a generous man, a guy with a real eye for the power of music to overcome suffering, hate and devastation. His own childhood during the Mussolini era and seeing the effects of war and autocracy up close clearly impressed him for life. It feels like he's still with us even though he passed away fifteen years ago. :)

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před 2 lety

      Oh yes, and this amazing quote about Ian Gillan: "To do what he does you have to be either a genius or a lunatic. I decided for myself that he is indeed a genius" (interview filmed for a dvd about Gillan). :D I'm sure that what struck Pavarotti wasn't just Ian's famous vocal belting, but also his intelligence as a singer, storyteller through music and showman.

  • @cholman4248
    @cholman4248 Před 2 lety +1

    Pavarotti's voice gave me goose bumps the first time I heard this and every time since, and still. I have never had another singer do that to me.

  • @supernatural9r406
    @supernatural9r406 Před 2 lety +2

    Great as always.
    Liked.
    ✌😀🙏

  • @gbsailing9436
    @gbsailing9436 Před rokem +2

    HI Fil, (you asked for our requests) I'd love to hear your analysis of Luciano's voice in U2's "Miss Sarajevo", especially the long held note at the end. I really want to see that on the pitch monitoring software. It's such a great performance and note specifically!

  • @fleurdelis2976
    @fleurdelis2976 Před 2 lety +2

    I saw Pavarotti live and he was incredible. He had such an amazing depth to his vocals.

  • @gaymichaelis7581
    @gaymichaelis7581 Před 2 lety +2

    Bravo to you, Fil, for taking Pavarotti on here!!! Well, you said your parents would listen to him, so I would say that you have some appreciation of/for him!!! Bravo!!! Good analysis, dear. 👏👍✋❤️😀

  • @sabocikotic7632
    @sabocikotic7632 Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing Pavarotti

  • @robertstephensphd7018
    @robertstephensphd7018 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks!

  • @tunesarms2586
    @tunesarms2586 Před 2 lety +1

    Man you can do it all. Really enjoy your videos and performances 🎼

  • @davidgreer1884
    @davidgreer1884 Před rokem +1

    Well explained ….both of you were bang on the money …😎

  • @wellbi
    @wellbi Před 2 lety +1

    Pavarotti's Pop/Opera album Ti Adoro got me into this kind of music. However, after years of listening to various versions of Nessum Dorma, I have to mention Mario Del Monaco's take on this aria. Franco Corelli's one is also absolutely stunning, but his voice is ... kind of unsettlingly intimidating, for my ears anyway. Nonetheless, both performances are definitely worth the watch. ... Great analysis!

  • @equalityforall5620
    @equalityforall5620 Před 10 měsíci

    I once heard Pavarotti live at the Worcester, MA Coliseum on a New Year's Eve. I knew we had to go when I heard it advertised and I got fairly good, pricey seats. We sipped champagne that they sold at the wine bar out of those little plastic stemmed glasses. I knew he would be spectacular, as he was But what was really special was when he turned to the cheap seats behind him at the end of his performance and bowed to the people in the upper balcony. The crowd went wild. He was just so gracious and always so big-hearted. It will always be one of my most special memories.
    He dared to include popular music, for which he took a lot of flack at the time by all the opera snobs. And these pieces were sung as beautifully as all the classic opera pieces for which he is so well-known. He sang with a little known orchestra from some local college and had them take a bow, too. I couldn't elieve he did that. But he was not a snob. He was so gracious and so loved. What a pecial night it was. Best New Year's ever.

  • @freespiritwithnature4384
    @freespiritwithnature4384 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow that was really beautiful!

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 Před 2 lety +1

    Great analysis, Fil.

  • @DianaW3431
    @DianaW3431 Před 2 lety +1

    I appreciated your analysis of his vibrato being on the sharp side and how that affects how we hear his voice. I haven't heard it expressed quite that way before, and I thought it was helpful.

  • @credenza1
    @credenza1 Před 2 lety +1

    Would love to see an analysis of Johnnie Wilder (Heatwave) singing "Always and Forever" live. Such a huge range and gorgeous tone, singing all those tricky intervals so musically.

  • @georgeedward1226
    @georgeedward1226 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video as always. Informative as well as entertaining and always an excellent selection of music to discuss.

  • @mozearteffect10
    @mozearteffect10 Před 2 lety +1

    they said that Caruso was always "bright" i.e. sang slightly above pitch,,,cuz he was naturally a "happy" fellow!! Good point!! I always try to sing a bit above the melody line consistantly..better than being flat!!!

  • @tracyzimmerman7912
    @tracyzimmerman7912 Před 2 lety +3

    It's easy to get lost with Pavarotti. There's so much going on. I'm not one for opera but I do appreciate the depth in the singing. I do have a classical singing voice. Years ago I had a couple of new friends who thought of me using my verbrato was somehow a bad thing. I wonder if there are others who see things this way. Anyways I have come a long way from me saying people say I can sing to me saying I can sing. Oops I might have over shared.
    Thanks for a great analysis and I'm looking forward to the parts to this series.
    Keep on rocking Fil 🤘

  • @kathleensmith950
    @kathleensmith950 Před 2 lety +2

    Pavarotti has got to be the best singer ever fitst time i heard him he was with the Vienna boys choir i thought i died and went to Heaven wow look forward to meeting him in Heaven probably with choirs of Angels.

  • @Danner-a-gogo
    @Danner-a-gogo Před 2 lety +2

    Great job with the analysis, Fil. What a talent! Thanks.

  • @michaelv151
    @michaelv151 Před 2 lety +1

    Great content FIL!

  • @drewpall2598
    @drewpall2598 Před 2 lety +4

    Just read the sad news that Ronnie Hawkins died today at age 87 Rest in Peace and thanks for the music, Ronnie Hawkins January 10, 1935 - May 29, 2022

  • @kustomdeluxe8489
    @kustomdeluxe8489 Před 2 lety +3

    And in other news Ronnie Hawkins the man that brought the members of The Band together died today. check him out in The Last Waltz doing Who Do You Love.

  • @ddc7668
    @ddc7668 Před 2 lety +1

    Congrats Fil ! You’ve taken the channel to another level with this unique classical analysis. I finally understand the wow behind the tenor chest ‘high’ notes.
    Cld we explore the differences btw ‘The Three Tenors’ voices - same, same but different

  • @sheireland3737
    @sheireland3737 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks Fil. Love Pavarotti.

  • @catherinelynnfraser2001
    @catherinelynnfraser2001 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for doing this!

  • @kathleenmoser8245
    @kathleenmoser8245 Před 2 lety +2

    This was brilliant! You did a great job. He is my favorite si thank you for doing this.

  • @manuelahrasky8472
    @manuelahrasky8472 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for a wonderful video and analysis of a truly remarkable voice. I would love for you to do an analysis of Jonathan Antoine, whom some have called a young Pavarotti; in particular I would love to see you analyse his concert performance of 'Unchained Melody'.

  • @Astar9988
    @Astar9988 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi FIL. Always great content, thank you ! also for your excellent singing.
    I was taught to "sing above the note". This mental picture, so to speak, I integrated completely. Great tip!

  • @tillybinkieking7258
    @tillybinkieking7258 Před rokem +1

    You are So Good!

  • @ohger1
    @ohger1 Před 2 lety +1

    When I was a kid, my dad played a lot of Mario Lanza, particularly at Christmas. I was always under the impression Lanza would hit many note sharp and bring them down to pitch. I always liked that technique but didn't know if it was intentional.

  • @aliceh9186
    @aliceh9186 Před 2 lety +1

    Check out 1967 recording of La Fille du Regiment with Joan Sutherland and Pav. He hits several high C's. Wow worth a listen. Act1

  • @debravirden7130
    @debravirden7130 Před 2 lety +1

    BRAVO!!!

  • @gebendeavors907
    @gebendeavors907 Před 2 lety +1

    Fil, really like your analyses of singers/songs. Luciano Pavarotti was truly one of the greats of all time. ‘Nessun dorma’ became Luciano’s most famous aria (from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot) and effectively his trademark song. Luciano’s version of ‘Nessun dorma’ became the theme song of BBC's coverage of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. The aria achieved pop status and became the World Cup soundtrack. On the eve of the 1990 World Cup Final, the first Three Tenors (Luciano, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras) concert was held at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. This has become the biggest selling classical record, and the Three Tenors classical album, of all time.
    I would like you to check out a young Norwegian singer, Angelina Jordan, who you may or may not have heard about. She has the distinction of having the remaining members of Queen praise her unique rendition of their hit song Bohemian Rhapsody sung on the AGT Champions show when Angelina was still 13-years old. Queen went so far as to give a link to Angelina's performance on their official Twitter account. Plus, apparently, Queen also gave copyright permission to Angelina to record and publish her own unique rendition which you can hear on Spotify and other streaming services. The combination of praise, a link to a performance, and copyright permission may be a first for Queen, and may be rare for any star performer to have done for any other artist covering one of their own songs.
    Angelina is now 16-years old. In August 2020, Angelina signed a record deal with Republic Records, one of the labels of the world’s largest music company, Universal Music Group (UMG). Republic has a 6,000 square-foot state-of-the-art recording studio in Los Angeles, California that was opened in 2017. When Angelina signed with Republic, the LA studio had recorded and released six #1 albums in the prior 18 months. Republic was rated by Billboard as the best overall label of the year for the fourth time in the last five years and honored for the sixth consecutive year as the top Billboard Hot 100 label. In other words, Angelina was signed by the best music label in the industry that was near where she lived in LA.
    However, an interesting, and unusual, aspect of Angelina's contract with Republic was that she would not be pushed but allowed to finish school before any big promotional activities would occur. And true to their word, Republic has only published a few of Angelina's songs, and her first album with them is not scheduled for release until sometime later in 2022.
    Angelina started singing when 1 1/2 years old when she heard Whitney Houston singing I Will Always Love You on CZcams. There is brief video of her singing. Angelina became obsessed with listening to music videos, singing all the time, and grew up loving jazz, influenced by her maternal grandmother Mery Zamani (herself an artist child prodigy and poet). Angelina was blessed to go to the top-rated Oslo Waldorf School that emphasizes the arts in its curriculum (they have a full theater and professional quality recording studio) plus attended the Oslo School of Music and Performing Arts after-school program (in Norway, it is by law that all children 6 to 15 years-old attend extracurricular schools of music and performing arts). Angelina learned to play the piano, violin, guitar and flute, and also paints. She is multi-lingual knowing Norwegian, English, Swedish, plus some Japanese and Farsi. And one of her favorite places to visit as a child in Oslo was Bare Jazz Kafé (Only Jazz Cafe) where she heard records of the great jazz singers of the past.
    Angelina has a unique voice that supposedly ranges down to F3 and up 4 or so octaves, although she comfortably sings in 2 or so octaves. There are over 150 covers that she has published online from full covers to brief ones published on TikTok and Instagram. There are also dozens of videos of Angelina singing live at various ages in studios, rehearsals, practice sessions, live concerts indoor and outdoor, TV shows, singing walking down the street, singing at night in her room, singing walking around parking garages, singing in cars, you name it and there is some place she has been recorded singing. What is amazing is the consistency of her voice. It virtually is the same no matter where she is singing. People have said that when she records a song it usually is done in one or two takes. And Angelina experiments with music from different genres (i.e., jazz, R&B, soul, gospel, country, pop, rock, EDM, classical written specifically for her, disco, movie sound-track, etc) and eras (i.e., 1920's to 2020's). I know that you are saying "No way", but it is true, as hard it may be to believe from a now 16-year old.
    Let us get back to Bohemian Rhapsody.
    -- Here is 13-year old Angelina doing a shortened rehearsal of Bohemian Rhapsody sitting in her hotel room with her long-time Norwegian guitar collaborator, Egil Clausen: czcams.com/video/w7lysXLIXrE/video.html
    -- Here is 13-year old Angelina's performance on AGT Champions that Queen praised: czcams.com/video/7gQljxeaNuM/video.html
    -- Here is 14-year old Angelina's Queen OK'ed studio recording of Bohemian Rhapsody: czcams.com/video/MS2XdfgIti0/video.html
    -- Here is 15-year old Angelina doing a shortened TikTok version of Bohemian Rhapsody, outside, singing into her cell phone, a cappella (starts at 21:22 of this TikTok compilation and lasts 55 seconds. This video can give you a flavor for 15-year old Angelina singing snippets of all types of songs in all types of locations). Note that the original TikTok video was posted by Angelina to her account on 8/11/2021: czcams.com/video/0goGwAJMzas/video.html
    Angelina is consistent from outside into her cell phone a cappella to studio recording with all the top shelf equipment available.

  • @drewpall2598
    @drewpall2598 Před 2 lety +6

    Here are Fil's previous analysis on Luciano Pavarotti and others to enjoy!
    British guitarist analyses Luciano Pavarotti and James Brown live in 1998!
    czcams.com/video/dyzVRB9lCeE/video.html
    Are they auto tuning GREAT singers? YES AND WE CAN SEE IT! Pavarotti and Dimash
    czcams.com/video/OBk7BnIA12c/video.html

    • @corilia9529
      @corilia9529 Před 2 lety +1

      I saw that and james knew greatness when he saw it and gave pavorotti the utmost respect

  • @Habdogwriter
    @Habdogwriter Před 2 lety +1

    Stupid Brilliant analysis! Bravo!

  • @patrickgallagher3513
    @patrickgallagher3513 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi Fil. What you are trying to describe is an operatically Developed voice (not all people who sing opera have this). Pavarotti is taking the strongest part of his voice and singing on open throated Italianate vowel sounds (think just one cornetto) working to get the same tonality up and down his range. The larynx is in a low position. Sing a comfortable Ah (as in Mama not Ar as in the Wurzels) in the middle of your chest register and do it on a low larynx with your tongue nice and low at the front (as he goes up in pitch you'll notice the back of Luciano's tongue goes up and his jaw comes forward to keep everything as open as possible. Now you'll find with practice that the larynx will go a bit lower but don't push it down there, let it happen when the lack of tension allows. And don't 'do' vibrato. it happens naturally when the voice is working correctly so always aim for the centre of the note. Oh yes. Did you know different orchestras play at different pitches?

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  Před 2 lety +1

      Yes I say the tuning could be different in the video!

  • @dmcarp2807
    @dmcarp2807 Před 2 lety +1

    Hope to view part 2 of your analysis of a power tenor.

  • @goldieschemanski9022
    @goldieschemanski9022 Před 2 lety +1

    So I've seen a few reactions to one of my all time favorite vocalists. Eivør Pálsdóttir. One says her pitch sounds perfect. Another says she thinks she's making things happen with her verbrato that she's never heard. I would love to see what you think of her song "falling free" live at the old theater at torshavn.

  • @SJM2
    @SJM2 Před 2 lety +1

    As well as the orchestra tuning not being 440 it's also possible the mastering engineer tweaked it up a bit if requested to do so by the producer/record label...

  • @janicelloyd3215
    @janicelloyd3215 Před 2 měsíci

    Nessun Dorma. My fav.❤

  • @Sheamarie
    @Sheamarie Před 2 lety +3

    I love this review. Thank you so much. :) Question I love Pavarotti's voice, but I like Andrea Bocelli more. (Bocelli makes me cry, why do some singers voices bring us to tears?)

    • @catherinelynnfraser2001
      @catherinelynnfraser2001 Před 2 lety

      I don’t like Bocelli at all but that is a great question. What is it that resonates? Is it the narrative behind the voice or the inherent qualities in the voice or is it soul in the sound or the orchestra? Great question 🔥

  • @chaggyquebec
    @chaggyquebec Před 11 měsíci +1

    Awesome and amazing performance for both of you Fil and I think maybe you could try classical sometime just for fun t show us what you can do I am very curious much love and Rock!!!

  • @saelind73
    @saelind73 Před 11 měsíci

    The things is that as great as this was, Luciano in the late 90s was at his twilight, so to speak. It's the 80s that you can hear him at his best. Check out Rigoletto MET production (I think in 1987) with Sutherland, Nucci and Jones. Or with Vienna Philharmonic in 1981. Absolutely fantastic.

  • @winey2139
    @winey2139 Před 2 lety +1

    More Opera! Do Diana Damrau singing Queen of the Night Aria!

  • @TheVigilant109
    @TheVigilant109 Před 2 lety +1

    Fascinating analysis Fil. Thank you I suggest you do an analysis on the soprano Sissel. Her voice is crystal clear. Also can you do an analysis on Grady Martin who played lead guitar on El Paso?

  • @Jiggidywig
    @Jiggidywig Před 2 lety +3

    great

  • @thetheraine
    @thetheraine Před 2 lety +3

    Is part 2 going to be the crescendo bit that gives everybody goosebumps... that analysis will be interesting...

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  Před 2 lety +5

      Yes I just continue with the song 🙂

    • @jryecart8017
      @jryecart8017 Před 2 lety

      @@wingsofpegasus hey Henley - it seems the opera singers TOTALLY missed out on the old viking names such as AETHERWULF, AETHELBAND, AETHELBALD ( very woody name ) , AETHELBERT and last but not least AETHELRED.

  • @vickyallen501
    @vickyallen501 Před 2 lety +1

    Was wondering if you have done a analysis of Chris Cornell. Been looking through your videos but there are soooo many.
    Anyway really love your Channel.
    Much love from Washington state ⚘

  • @johneyon5257
    @johneyon5257 Před 2 lety +1

    i think a vibrato that goes sharp sounds brighter to me

  • @MrMuzzi1974
    @MrMuzzi1974 Před 2 lety +5

    Can we talk about Gods? 😂😂😂😂
    He is my idol. The master of all masters!!!

  • @fergo7010
    @fergo7010 Před 2 lety

    Powerful 👍👍✌🤘

  • @alunchurcher7060
    @alunchurcher7060 Před 2 lety +1

    As I've grown older (now 63) I've began to appreciate opera more. Their singing style is excellent and to make it among many many great performers is exceptionally difficult, so to make it to the very top their performance has to be perfection. I've even watched a few full performances of opera and enjoyed them, Yes I still prefer rock and metal to listen to but I also love Beethoven and like many many other styles of singing. Only music styles I'd say i don't like are rap and it's off shoots and jazz.