Hi, Listers.
i'll try to translate the review from a big Brazilian daily newspaper on
Pavarotti's performance in San Salvador, Brazil:
Heavy rain, some coughing and little voice was what L.Pavarotti brought to
an audience of 7,000 people in S.S. for his performance with Gal Costa and
Maria Bethânia ( 2 popular Brazilian singers ) to celebrate Brazil's 500th
anniversary.
... What was new was seeing the voice once considered one of the most
beautiful in the world completely without timbre, coughing, shortening and
escaping from high notes, snipping phrases and not integrated with the
orchestra... Bethania's lower pitches ( she's a contralto ) were the best
during that night.
The rain is over, Pavarotti is back. It all seemed to be leading to a happy
ending. However,since the first chords of "Addio, Fiorito Sil', we could
notice it wouldn't be like that. Pavarotti didn't even have to project his
voice: microphones would help him, all he had to do was sing. But not even
that could he do. The tenor 'was defeated' not only by the 6 opera arias,
but also by the Italian songs.
In ' O Sole Mio', chaos was installed, on and off the stage. Pavarotti,
Bethânia and Gal each sang at a different note, a different rhythm and
different lyrics... The audience, supportive throughout the whole
presentation, ended up being driven away by the falling rain that started
over at that very moment. There could be no better ending for this authentic
musical 'Titanic' than water. A lot of water.
Moral: if he can, why can't we? :-)
Bye,
Caio Rossi
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