jenni4claire Says:

May 3, 2008 - Why does he laugh when he says 'she is 22 years old'? Is 22 much too young?

Mortimer123 Says:

May 8, 2008 - It's reflection on the passage of time and his own advancing age.

jenni4claire Says:

May 9, 2008 - Ah. Thought as much but then I wondered. What would be the usual age for a soprano to make her debut?

Jussijoosua Says:

May 12, 2008 - It all depends. Karita Mattila was 21 when she won a major national competition in Finland and 23 when she won the first BBC Singer of the World-competition which launched her international career. But there are also sopranos who have made their debuts much older. Another Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski was close to 30 when she won the same national competition Mattila won few years before.

kungura Says:

Jun 2, 2008 - And yes, 22 is far to young for the voice to endure heavy opera (for both men and women, the voice is still maturing till mid-late 20's)

fakespotter Says:

Jul 19, 2008 - hmm not sure but my fakemeter detects some fake in this vid

Yoni89 Says:

Jul 22, 2008 - men's voices mid to late 30's.

boomsloot Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Cause He wants to be 22 again, or he is just making a sexual remark to her.

boomsloot Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - I hate soprano's singing this aria. Cherobino is a teenager. This girl UNDERSTANDS perfect what the aria is all about. BUT....EASY please! it is not an intercity train. She should listen to Von Stade and learn from her!

jenni4claire Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - As a chat up line, it needs work. I prefer the idea that he is thinking of himself at 22 and how long ago it seems. Not sure why it struck me so.

jenni4claire Says:

Aug 30, 2008 - I thinks its his toupee setting off your alarm. Everything else seems pretty legit to me. You don't suppose that she's lip-synching, and its really Pav singing that for her?

Shadia851 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - who´s that girl?

Shadia851 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - do you know,who she is?

Shadia851 Says:

Sep 4, 2008 - oh sure suzanne mentzer

loveluciano1 Says:

Sep 5, 2008 - for my opinion, i always thought that luciano pavarotti laugh because he hed difficulties to read and spell family names like mentzer or schtehschneider, the name he presented before. there is a names that for italian like him are breaking the teeth. i don't sure i right, but i sure what i think.

jenni4claire Says:

Sep 13, 2008 - Probably! I had not thought of that: he could be laughing at himself, as he keeps stumbling over the American names. There is something utterly charming about it, whatever the reason for it.

sedahedonja Says:

Sep 14, 2008 - Susanne Mentzer, she really "became" a soprano after and u can find her on several cds and dvds...

loveluciano1 Says:

Sep 15, 2008 - yes you are right, there is something charming about luciano's laughing. but is doesn't matter what is the really reason why he laughing. he himself, all of him is charm.

Cirifischio88 Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - Mezzo soprano, as Pavarotti say to her in the clip.

Cirifischio88 Says:

Nov 16, 2008 - Well, Schtehschneider is really very hard to spell for an italian, but not Mentzer. He laught cos she is so young, while his prime is going away.She is so young and fresh, "la bella Susanna".

loveluciano1 Says:

Nov 17, 2008 - I think Mentzer is hard too to spell, not like Schtehschneider, but the combination of the words "tz" is not exist in italy, i think, and is a little strange for italian to spell it. besides that all the students there in masterclass are young and fresh, so why he laugh because susanne? because she is a women or because he mention her age?! you want to tell me?

Cirifischio88 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - He says: "23 years old" an then he laughts. The tz combination isn't in italian, but it is easy to spell the name like Menzer, simply.

loveluciano1 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - the debate about the real reason of pavarotti's laugh can continue forever, because we don't know really the reason. i still not convinced about what you told me, but let keep that as it is, a mystery.

avth76 Says:

Nov 27, 2008 - don't know....the first thing that came to my mind when i watched this was....well, Luciano liked the ladies. C'mon folks put 2 and 2 together here....or 6 and 9....whatever... :)

loveluciano1 Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - I don't think so, although i believe too that he liked this lady and why not? she beautiful and sung very good.