Al Martino singing Nessun Dorma !! Couldn't believe it,even more surprised when I read the comment below that he was 80 years old at the time. Wonderful.
I said in another of his videos that he was a very underrated singer, and never got the acclaim he deserved. I feel even strongly about that after hearing this rendition of Nessun Dorma.
I saw him three years ago at the Kimmel Center in Philly. He was 79 years old, but he gave an absolutely wonderful performance. He sang songs that performers half his age would not have been able to sing. He was absolutely amazing. RIP Al Martino.
Great voice, beautiful. Al martino i saw him many times and never was 😞 😥 will never forget you. ❤ and that beautiful voice. ♥ love marti. Missing word disappointed after was.....
Bravo!! What a magnificent performance!! A gorgeous man with a gorgeous voice! I never realized he could sing opera. I wish he were still here so that all of his fans could tell him what a great singer he is and how we miss him. Joanne
A great singer I have listend to him all of my life, but having been a professional singer myself I have to correct you, he is or was not a Tenor he was a Baritone.
Al Martino is an awsome singer to me he has the best voice in the worldand ive heard them all. hats off to Al martino and such a powerful voice at his age
This is a rather refreshing rendition of this iconic opera aria. As a vocalist who sings in both the contemporary and operatic style, I am impressed with Al, who being a soft-voiced "crooner" for almost his entire career, can indeed pull through this classical piece with style and not sounding a bit forceful. Although I must add, as Al was a baritone, the music arranger has lowered the key significantly to suit his vocal range. So I am not surprised that he had done that well. Had he been given the original Tenor key, I am certain he would not even be able to sing through the entire song! Anyway, this is indeed the first time I heard the piece transposed down for a baritone singer to interpret. I am a baritone as well, and I happily sang along with the clip, with virtually no difficulty at all!
Enjoyed reading your comment but disagree with your labeling Al Martino as a crooner. When I think crooner Andy Williams or Matt Monroe come to mind. When I think of Al Martino I think along the lines of a Robert Goulet. Might I suggest a listen to "Here In My Heart" by Al Martino" which I believe is his first hit record.
Mitch Miller, whom I interviewed at length, told me that Al Martino, like Tony Bennett and John Raitt, was in classical terms a tenor without a top-namely, a voice with the timbre but not the range of a tenor. Miller was an in-demand oboist who had played in symphonic and opera orchestras, and knew vocal classifications very well. What Miller’s singers had in common-and the young Al Martino exemplified these abilities-were to able to sing multiple phrases with one breath at full volume, and then sing softly, or “mezza voce,” without resorting to falsetto.
@bluegibby7 I bought his first record & still have it. Here in my heart..He wa the best singer ever. Sang with his heart & soul. . Adored him. Saw him in person too.
Very good, i've always liked Al Martino's voice, specially in "I Have But One Heart", and i never thought that he could sing this music... or sing it like that. Very good isn't nothing, EXCELLENT! And, of course, it's a very beautiful tribute to the great Luciano Pavarotti. 5 stars from me!
Al Martino a Mario Lanza study with the same teacher they were gifted by God is true gentleman and they have brought me more pleasure my life. I did not know that I'm watching oppressed and I am very sad but I was happy to hear him do here in my heart and when I heard that I knew that he studied Opera because the voice is their talent is their God gave him a gift also gave my real on I love both of them I miss them God bless them thank you for the Memories.
I never thought Al had it in him! WOW. Could have been an opera singer if he had chosen that path, for sure. Pavarotti shared his music with all different types of vocalists, and sang with them, and this is definitely "in the spirit" of Pavarotti's view of how music should be enjoyed. TY for posting.
Real singers are boundaryless. Their only limits are those who critique them. Al Martino is a legitimate voice. Period! Always has been, always will be.
he's one of my favorite singers, and he always will be. i am very familiar with his recordings and this is the recording from an album (a great album!) of all italian songs that he made in the early sixties. i think it's a great crime that most of his albums (especially the great stuff from 20th century fox is unavailable) are not released on cd. but i can't pretend (not even to myself) that a man in his eighties is pumping out this youthful sound. and it does him a disservice to think so.
Bless 'im. I've never seen (heard) an Italian/American crooner who didn't love opera and wish in his heart to sing it; Al Martino had a beautiful voice, and he sang a great tribute to Pavarotti. I'm sorry that both of them are gone now. Opera singers we'll always have, for better or worse, but where are we going to find crooners to replace the Al Martinos, the Perry Comos, and (God forbid we lose him too!) the Tony Bennetts?
Danke Dir "Al Cini".....Al Martino war ein soooooo lieber Mensch. Seine Familie ging ihm über alles. Ich hatte das große Glück, Al Martino mehrmals persöhnlich treffen und auch life !!!! inkl. soundcheck....hören zu dürfen.....Danke Dir für Deine Einstellungen hier bei you tube..........
THIS AREA ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY FOR SOME REASON. I AM A VERY BIG LANZA FAN BUT LOVED AL MARTINO'S VOICE ALSO AS YOU MUST KNOW MARIO LANZA GAVE AL MARTINO THE SONG HERE IN MY HEART. THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS LIVING IN SOUTH PHILLY AND MARIO ALREADY HAD HIS BIG SONG BE MY LOVE. MARIO REALLY GAVE AL'S CAREER A BOOST WITH HERE IN MY HEART.
This is a singer (talented; but not an opera singer) performing a tribute to a friend. Martino is not trying here to BE Pavarotti (as already pointed out, Martino's a baritone & not a tenor) but to pay tribute to him by singing an aria for which Pavarotti was famous. It's an insight into a different Martino from "Spanish Eyes", etc. & very pleasant to hear.
Diese Zuschauer - zum heulen. Ich wäre so glücklich gewesen, dabei zu sein, ihn einmal zu sehen und zu hören.Sie wissen gar nicht, was sie erlebt haben.
AL Martino per me, un Spinto Tenore, Very good, and this is the First time that I hear hjis Splendid Voice, Very pawerfull, as Pavarotti But Pavarotti was a Liric Tenor, Very direrent, I Like very Moch this Singer, and this is the first time that I hear his Splendid Voice, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DID NOT know about this so Splendid Spinto Tenor, and I feel very happy about this , because, I am an Spinto Tenor, like Al Martino, but I did not know about this so Splendid singer,, I Hope to hear him in person one day, MY name? HUGO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even if he's "singing" to a recording that he made in his early sixties it's still pretty impressive for a guy who was never an operatic singer. I heard Martino in person when he was in his late sixties and he was excellent.
Al Martino era barítono y esta aria está originalmente compuesta para un tenor, así que el arreglo se adaptó a su rango y el resultado fue extraordinario, de hecho él era grandioso. Y también extraordinario sería que, como en este caso de un cantante popular yendo a la música clásica, otros buenos cantantes no líricos trajeran al público popular maravillosas piezas clásicas que de otro modo quedarían confinadas a una minoría. En Italia Gianni Morandi, cantante popular, hizo algo muy bueno: cantó el aria "Tu che m'hai preso il cuor", de la opereta "Il Paese Del Sorriso", aclarando que no era necesario ser Mario del Monaco o Pavarotti si se hacia con respeto y fue un gran éxito. En los años 40s y 50s el gran Mario Lanza cantó temas populares, no se si fue el primero, pero hoy esto llamado "crossover", se ha hecho común para los cantantes líricos. ¿Por que no popularizar mas lo opuesto?
@Juliaflo To be sure, I can't forget Frankie Laine, not even if I wanted to (which I don't!). In the 50's and 60's he was one of the magnificent performers we all loved. No matter how far away, they seemed like friends because they were as close as only the radio and TV could bring them. Thank goodness for them all.
Al Martino is for me a natur talented singer. He beat 10000 singers. Few understand realy how big hes voice realy have been. If you ever reach 81 year, try to do this after him.
Al Martino singing Nessun Dorma !! Couldn't believe it,even more surprised when I read the comment below that he was 80 years old at the time. Wonderful.
hard to believe he was 80 years old when he sang this,a truly remarkable performance from a truly remarkable artiste. well done Al, rest in peace
He is 80 in this performance. Growing old gracefully, amazing.
Amazingly wonderful, this piece from Al Martino. (at 80 years old)
He's left to the better place.
He'll always be remembered.
i grew up on Al Martino. I cannot get over the depth and strength of his voice even as an older man. AWESOME man.
There is something magical about him beside his voice. The gestures and the smile and the fact the he is one of us. I just adore him. R I P
I said in another of his videos that he was a very underrated singer, and never got the acclaim he deserved. I feel even strongly about that after hearing this rendition of Nessun Dorma.
I am eighty I just upload Ed Nessum Dorma yesterday search Nesssum Dorma Jonathan Chen to watch!
I saw him three years ago at the Kimmel Center in Philly. He was 79 years old, but he gave an absolutely wonderful performance. He sang songs that performers half his age would not have been able to sing. He was absolutely amazing. RIP Al Martino.
Great voice, beautiful. Al martino i saw him many times and never was 😞 😥 will never forget you. ❤ and that beautiful voice. ♥ love marti. Missing word disappointed after was.....
Let's hear more of this man! Great control and beautiful voice.
Excellent and quite surprise to hear this sung by him. It is great. RIP.
Bravo!! What a magnificent performance!! A gorgeous man with a gorgeous voice! I never realized he could sing opera. I wish he were still here so that all of his fans could tell him what a great singer he is and how we miss him.
Joanne
A phenomenal performance by one of the greatest singers ever.
His voice is incredable at that age!
A great performance by a great tenor, his music will live on.
A great singer I have listend to him all of my life, but having been a professional singer myself I have to correct you, he is or was not a Tenor he was a Baritone.
@@7120David You are right
great lip syncing for his age
@@davidingram8734 Why would you think he was lip syncing?
@@7120David One of the best baritones ever. What a voice. Smoother than honey.
From Spanish Eyes to Nessun Dorma. What a wonderful performer!
WOW, had never heard him do this.....outstanding!
Topp of singer
Incredible version.
Bravo! Al Martino straddles the boundary between pop and opera, singing like a professional opera singer.
Al was and is a wonderful singer ____ his voice is forever
What an artist - he could sing anything
A great performer and a great performance who we shall miss greatly
only 5 years ago and still awesome voice. I also did not know he sang opera
He sounds Amazing! Bravo!
My uncle saw him in concert, shortly before he died. He said he was still a fantastic singer right to the end!
So beautifully sung....Thank you Al...You're wonderful
Wow brilliant voice he still hadn't lost it ,what a great looking guy as well ,rest in peace al bless you Shirley h Darlington England 🌹⭐👍😘👌💕✋
He could sing it this way as an old man. Great!
Al Martino is an awsome singer to me he has the best voice in the worldand ive heard them all. hats off to Al martino and such a powerful voice at his age
This is a rather refreshing rendition of this iconic opera aria. As a vocalist who sings in both the contemporary and operatic style, I am impressed with Al, who being a soft-voiced "crooner" for almost his entire career, can indeed pull through this classical piece with style and not sounding a bit forceful. Although I must add, as Al was a baritone, the music arranger has lowered the key significantly to suit his vocal range. So I am not surprised that he had done that well. Had he been given the original Tenor key, I am certain he would not even be able to sing through the entire song! Anyway, this is indeed the first time I heard the piece transposed down for a baritone singer to interpret. I am a baritone as well, and I happily sang along with the clip, with virtually no difficulty at all!
Enjoyed reading your comment but disagree with your labeling Al Martino as a crooner. When I think crooner Andy Williams or Matt Monroe come to mind. When I think of Al Martino I think along the lines of a Robert Goulet. Might I suggest a listen to "Here In My Heart" by Al Martino" which I believe is his first hit record.
Mitch Miller, whom I interviewed at length, told me that Al Martino, like Tony Bennett and John Raitt, was in classical terms a tenor without a top-namely, a voice with the timbre but not the range of a tenor. Miller was an in-demand oboist who had played in symphonic and opera orchestras, and knew vocal classifications very well. What Miller’s singers had in common-and the young Al Martino exemplified these abilities-were to able to sing multiple phrases with one breath at full volume, and then sing softly, or “mezza voce,” without resorting to falsetto.
Excellent voice!
just as good as the opera singers, what a voice
@bluegibby7 I bought his first record & still have it. Here in my heart..He wa the best singer ever. Sang with his heart & soul. . Adored him. Saw him in person too.
Very good, i've always liked Al Martino's voice, specially in "I Have But One Heart", and i never thought that he could sing this music... or sing it like that. Very good isn't nothing, EXCELLENT! And, of course, it's a very beautiful tribute to the great Luciano Pavarotti. 5 stars from me!
A lovely tribute........... whatever was involved.
Thankyou
Al Martino a Mario Lanza study with the same teacher they were gifted by God is true gentleman and they have brought me more pleasure my life. I did not know that I'm watching oppressed and I am very sad but I was happy to hear him do here in my heart and when I heard that I knew that he studied Opera because the voice is their talent is their God gave him a gift also gave my real on I love both of them I miss them God bless them thank you for the Memories.
I never thought Al had it in him! WOW. Could have been an opera singer if he had chosen that path, for sure. Pavarotti shared his music with all different types of vocalists, and sang with them, and this is definitely "in the spirit" of Pavarotti's view of how music should be enjoyed. TY for posting.
Real singers are boundaryless. Their only limits are those who critique them. Al Martino is a legitimate voice. Period! Always has been, always will be.
Absolutely, couldn’t agree more... you can feel the passion.
what a waste, a great voice, brings tears to the eyes he's gone, rest in piece Mr. Martino
he's one of my favorite singers, and he always will be. i am very familiar with his recordings and this is the recording from an album (a great album!) of all italian songs that he made in the early sixties. i think it's a great crime that most of his albums (especially the great stuff from 20th century fox is unavailable) are not released on cd. but i can't pretend (not even to myself) that a man in his eighties is pumping out this youthful sound. and it does him a disservice to think so.
Es fabuloso escucharlo me encanto su voz potente llega a mi corazón gracias desde Chile un abrazo a quien lo comparte 🥰🇨🇱🌎🙏
Hoor dit het liefst gezongen door All Martino !! Supergoe ! I love it !
Bless 'im. I've never seen (heard) an Italian/American crooner who didn't love opera and wish in his heart to sing it; Al Martino had a beautiful voice, and he sang a great tribute to Pavarotti. I'm sorry that both of them are gone now. Opera singers we'll always have, for better or worse, but where are we going to find crooners to replace the Al Martinos, the Perry Comos, and (God forbid we lose him too!) the Tony Bennetts?
awsome job
FANTÁSTICO , AL MARTINO..
stunningly gorgeous.
Danke Dir "Al Cini".....Al Martino war ein soooooo lieber Mensch. Seine Familie ging ihm über alles. Ich hatte das große Glück, Al Martino mehrmals persöhnlich treffen und auch life !!!! inkl. soundcheck....hören zu dürfen.....Danke Dir für Deine Einstellungen hier bei you tube..........
Amazing who knew he could sing opera I have loved him forever
He brought tears to my eyes !!!
Bravo, Al Martino!🌹🌷🌹
He and Ed Ames both kept strong voices on into their golden years.
Amazing he could sing like that at that age!
First time i heard this song was in great yarmouth on holiday watching a comedy act the person singing it was phenomenal ❤
que voz por dios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS AREA ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY FOR SOME REASON. I AM A VERY BIG LANZA FAN BUT LOVED AL MARTINO'S VOICE ALSO
AS YOU MUST KNOW MARIO LANZA GAVE AL MARTINO THE SONG HERE IN MY HEART. THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS LIVING IN SOUTH PHILLY AND MARIO ALREADY HAD HIS BIG SONG BE MY LOVE.
MARIO REALLY GAVE AL'S CAREER A BOOST WITH HERE IN MY HEART.
Remarkable performance considering Al was just one month from his 80th birthday! Way to go, Al!
Great...just G R E A T!!!!!
Figured no way, but Martino hits the slam dunk.
Al Martino,you brought so many tears to my eyes. RIP.
Arent I lucky iwas one of the teen agers who put put al at number one with "" here in my heart ""then I was hooked !!
This is a singer (talented; but not an opera singer) performing a tribute to a friend. Martino is not trying here to BE Pavarotti (as already pointed out, Martino's a baritone & not a tenor) but to pay tribute to him by singing an aria for which Pavarotti was famous. It's an insight into a different Martino from "Spanish Eyes", etc. & very pleasant to hear.
Diese Zuschauer - zum heulen. Ich wäre so glücklich gewesen, dabei zu sein, ihn einmal zu sehen und zu hören.Sie wissen gar nicht, was sie erlebt haben.
oh my god what a beautiful voice and what a legend.
Unreal. Loved it. Thanks for the post
muy buena version..!!! impresionante...
Es fantástico, genial.
Magnifique
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
AL Martino per me, un Spinto Tenore, Very good, and this is the First time that I hear hjis Splendid Voice, Very pawerfull, as Pavarotti But Pavarotti was a Liric Tenor, Very direrent, I Like very Moch this Singer, and this is the first time that I hear his Splendid Voice, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRAVO AL MARTINO. I wondered what happened to Al. Haven't seen him since "Godfather"
He tried and we thank him.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN LUCIANO.
Excelente!!!
Oh he make me fly to sky feeling need more love
Superbe❤❤❤❤
Bravo!
I REMEMBER ONE OF AL'S VERY EARLY RECORDINGS...MY DARLING I LOVE YOU.
One of the greats amazing voice for 80 years old.
I DID NOT know about this so Splendid Spinto Tenor, and I feel very happy about this , because, I am an Spinto Tenor, like Al Martino, but I did not know about this so Splendid singer,, I Hope to hear him in person one day, MY name? HUGO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Superb ----------
RIP, Mr. Martino
Great - What a suprise. RIP.
Al Cini: Are you a descendant of Mr. Martino? In any case, thank you for sharing this video with us. It is so good!
Mr. Martino's birth name was, Jasper Cini. Al is his son. Another singing talent from South Philadelphia!🇺🇸❤
Even if he's "singing" to a recording that he made in his early sixties it's still pretty impressive for a guy who was never an operatic singer. I heard Martino in person when he was in his late sixties and he was excellent.
I read he was 80 when he sang this? Outstanding and moving.
This is great if you've never heard a singer before.
we had some greats - my opinion no one was better than A Martino l
Magnificent
Brilliant
Top of the heap!
Al Martino era barítono y esta aria está originalmente compuesta para un tenor, así que el arreglo se adaptó a su rango y el resultado fue extraordinario, de hecho él era grandioso. Y también extraordinario sería que, como en este caso de un cantante popular yendo a la música clásica, otros buenos cantantes no líricos trajeran al público popular maravillosas piezas clásicas que de otro modo quedarían confinadas a una minoría. En Italia Gianni Morandi, cantante popular, hizo algo muy bueno: cantó el aria "Tu che m'hai preso il cuor", de la opereta "Il Paese Del Sorriso", aclarando que no era necesario ser Mario del Monaco o Pavarotti si se hacia con respeto y fue un gran éxito.
En los años 40s y 50s el gran Mario Lanza cantó temas populares, no se si fue el primero, pero hoy esto llamado "crossover", se ha hecho común para los cantantes líricos. ¿Por que no popularizar mas lo opuesto?
Fantastic. His Italian album, while short, is exceptional.
Tony Bennett was really a jazz singer, don't knock the mans talent. Pavorotti was a one off, brilliantly talented, God rest his soul!!
Berlin's in Germany??? Wow, one learns something new ever day...
oo my god...this man not a opera singer..but RESPECT for do his best...
One word describes him...WOW
Bravissimo........
@Juliaflo To be sure, I can't forget Frankie Laine, not even if I wanted to (which I don't!). In the 50's and 60's he was one of the magnificent performers we all loved. No matter how far away, they seemed like friends because they were as close as only the radio and TV could bring them. Thank goodness for them all.
Bravo
his voice is so great ! i dint know he was sings opera .right no need a mic for opera to sing . rip Al Martino
Al Martino sei un genio la Abruzzo ti porta nel cuore Enzo leone da Nocera inferiore
Al Martino is for me a natur talented singer. He beat 10000 singers. Few understand realy how big hes voice realy have been.
If you ever reach 81 year, try to do this after him.
Bella
@GuinnevereB Brava Guinnevere! I totally agree with your sentiments here. Couldn't have said it any better.
Bravo Al