Decca: 0743188

Pavarotti: The Last Tenor

A unique behind-the-scenes film of the great Italian tenor. Tracing an eventful year in his life and his reflections on an extraordinary career. Narrated by Ian McKellen

Bixio:

Mamma, La mia canzone al vento

Bizet:

Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen

Borne/Bizet

Capua:

O sole mio

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

Torna a Surriento

Leoncavallo:

Pagliacci: I zampognari!...Don din don

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba

Mascagni:

Pourquoi me reveiller (Werther)

Meyerbeer:

L'Africana: O Paradiso

Puccini:

Recondita armonia (Tosca)

Tosca: 'E lucevan le stelle'

Manon Lescaut: 'Tra voi, belle'

Turandot: 'Nessun dorma'

Verdi:

Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller)

Luisa Miller Overture

Va, pensiero (from Nabucco)

La mia letizia infondere (from I lombardi)

I vespri siciliani Overture

Rigoletto

Verdi's most popular opera with an all-star cast, headed by the great tenor. Filmed on location in Italian Renaissance landmarks. Production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

Wagner:

Treulich gefuhrt, Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin