Tony11244 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

excellent RIP.

butterflybookmark (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Even if he did lip sync this, at least we all know that he did have a magnificent voice. He probably needed to give his voice a rest, considering that he's not as young as he used to be...

1990140 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

he did lip sync it, wikipedia isn't a reliable source, but many other places do say it

toophillip10 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Just a hint, it's not always the best idea to quote wikipedia. It's too unreliable - and all of this talk is detracting from Pavarotti's incredible last performance. Let sleeping dogs lie.

marco260488 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

quando la luce splenderaaaaaaaaaa

Mavus007 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I assume he would be singing... It just would not be played through the "speakers". It was all pre-recorded.Also yes, Happy late birthday Maestro.

dee1153 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Yes, he probably did... hey, he WAS a masterpiece! The greatest tenor of all time!!

Kristian2006 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I'll bet when he was born, instead of the simple crying that babies usually do, he probably cried an operatic masterpeice. :P

GreenFlower412363 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

It still sounds fabulous though, Pavarotti is a genius.

GreenFlower412363 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Yeah , wikipedia said he did lip synch Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, Pavarotti Visto da Vicino, that the performance was prerecorded 2 weeks earlier "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful," Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the sub-zero conditions of Turin in February