Word: tomba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doing so disproves the theory that a singer who loses much weight loses vocal beauty. The voice is in lustrous condition. Pavarotti gave a virile E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, an aria that is often more wept than sung. He took on Beethoven's In questa tomba oscura, an unyielding piece, though a war-horse of recital repertory. In the last two bitter words, ingrata, ingrata, he showed how a bold singer with operatic instincts can bring pathos to the whole song. Perhaps the most perfect, if not the most ambitious number was Tosti's limpid Ideale...