Friday, September 7, 2007

Luciano Pavarotti's last Celebrity Series recital

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(left to right) Former Celebrity Series Executive Director, Walter Pierce; Luciano Pavarotti and current Celebrity Series of Boston President and Executive Director, Martha Jones, backstage after his final Boston recital, Boston's Symphony Hall, April 5, 2000. Photo by Brian Snyder for the Celebrity Series.



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Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Leone Magiera, piano
Symphony Hall, April 5, 2000



Giovanni Battista Bononcini
“Per la gloria d’adorarvi” from Griselda



Ludwig van Beethoven
In questa tomba oscura



Alessandro Scarlatti
Già il sole dal Gange



Vincenzo Bellini
Dolente immagine di Fille mia
Malinconia, Ninfa gentile
Vanne, o rosa fortunata
Bella Nice, che d’amore
Ma rendi pur contento



Giacomo Puccini
“Recondita armonia” from Tosca
“E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca



Francesco Paolo Tosti
Serenata
Non t’amo più
Luna d’estate
Malia



Gaetano Donizetti
“Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore



Francesco Paolo Tosti
Chanson de l’adieu
L’ultima canzone
‘A vucchella
L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra

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Richard Dyer, reviewing for The Boston Globe, said of the evening:

"You've got to love Pavarotti because he is a survivor, still going in one of the biggest careers in the history of opera. One of the most remarkable things about him is that he could make it a lot easier on himself than he ever has...He could have filled the FleetCenter, sung for 25 minutes around a bunch of overtures and flute solos and laughed all the way to the bank. But it was in Symphony Hall that Pavarotti made his Boston debut, more than 25 years ago, and he wanted to sing there again...Older listeners could repeatedly fasten onto a note or a phrase, remember, and play a game - if Pavarotti can still sound the way he did 30 years ago, then we are still ourselves, and the way we used to be, too, way back then. That's why you've got to love the man."




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