Tony11244 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

excellent RIP.

butterflybookmark (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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

toophillip10 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

quando la luce splenderaaaaaaaaaa

Mavus007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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

Kristian2006 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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

GreenFlower412363 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It still sounds fabulous though, Pavarotti is a genius.

GreenFlower412363 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

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