philster61 (September 6, 2008 at 2:41 pm)

Im starting to doubt that this was prerecorded at all.Look closely and youll see cold breath coming out of his mouth relative to the amount of breath he would use if he were actually singing.Why would he do that if he was lip-synching? Look even closer and you see that the phrasing totally matches his mouth movements.Nessun Dorma is a very very difficult song to mime to let alone sing.I dont think he mimed this at all regardless of what Leone Maggioro has said.

TwilightLink293 (September 2, 2008 at 2:47 pm)

world will never forget u Luciano Pavarotti......

bugred (September 1, 2008 at 6:31 am)

oh that explains it. Ok thanks a lot, now i can understand why ppl get goosebumps. Great explanation btw.

tardsy7 (September 1, 2008 at 1:52 am)

It takes a lot for me to cry, and that was it. I salute you Pavarotti, we'll miss you!

oprah22 (August 31, 2008 at 5:39 am)

lip syncing =[ but still great emotional performance none the less

ZacharyWDS17 (August 31, 2008 at 3:42 am)

Humans are animals too, so in moments of anger, fear, or other high emotions, we enter the "fight or flight" mode. Our Hair stands on end and our heart rate increases. In the wild, we would do that to prepare the body to fight or run away. We dont have hairy bodies anymore (for the most part) but the muscle in the hair folicle still reacts, causing a raised, noticeable bump. Simple as that really.

bugred (August 31, 2008 at 2:11 am)

ah ok thank you. Now i understand. So why does the body create goosebumps in emotional situations?

berkleealex (August 30, 2008 at 8:31 pm)

The emotion in 1:40-1:48 makes the whole thing magical, or moreso. This brings tears to my eyes, and i'm not exactly the opera crowd. A fingerpicker from Kentucky lol. Amazing, doesn't matter when he recorded it...look at the effect it had on everyone. Look at the effect it has coming from a bad quality YouTube video!!

689433 (August 30, 2008 at 7:18 pm)

moving...simply moving... in my opinion he knew this would be his last performance...specially when he sang..AVE MARIA.

ZacharyWDS17 (August 29, 2008 at 5:41 pm)

Excuse the rude people who cant answer a simple question. People get goosebumps for a number of reason, one of these reasons are emotional situations. As you sould know, this is the last performance Pavarotti ever gave before he died of cancer. People regarded him as the greatest opera singer in the world and this performance (as people knew he would be dying soon) is basically him taking a final bow before retiring from music, and eventually life. Basically, its like a goodbye performance.