| Main Performers | Luciano Pavarotti - vocal |
| Orchestra or Band | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Overture: 'La Forza Del Destino', Verdi (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Recondita Armonia' from Tosca, Puccini (Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Ah, La Paterno Mano' from Macbeth, Verdi (Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Dance of the Persian Slaves' from Khovanshchina, Mussorgsky (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'La Mia Letizia Infondere' from I Lombardi, Verdi (Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Quando Le Sere Al Placido...L'ara,O L'avello' from Luisa Miller, Verdi (Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
INTERVAL
'Fra Poco A Me Ricovero' from Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti (Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Overture - Un Giorno di Regno', Verdi (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Lamento di Federico' from L'Arlesiana, Cilea (Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'Royal Hunt and Storm' from The Trojans, Berlioz (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra),
'E Lucevan Le Stelle' from Tosca, Puccini (Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) |
| Royal Presence | HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother |
| Performance Notes | Although Luciano Pavorotti had first appeared at the Hall in 1964 as one of the singers in a BBC Henry Wood Proms concert, this was he's Royal Albert Hall headline debut. He appeared with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Herbert Adler, in aid of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra National Appeal. More than £100,000 was raised with which the RPO launched its £1 million national appeal.
The concert was filmed by the BBC and broadcast on BBC One on 3 May 1982 at 21:50.
Mrs Patrick Campbell-Preston and Sir Martin Gilliat were in attendance.
Pavarotti was paid close to £15,000 for his appearance.
"PAVAROTTI. ROYAL PHILHARMONIC.
Almost 18 years ago a youthful, slim tenor, then quite unknown, appeared at the Albert Hall for a Glyndebourne Prom performance of 'Indomeneo.' Last night he rturned as the world famous singer, idolised in pop star fashion, to the same venue in a gala concert given in aid of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's national appeal, in the presence of the Queen Mother.
In the intervening time, Pavarotti's figure has filled out to generous proportions and it is supplemented, as prop, by the now-familiar white hdnkerchief. His voice has, of course, grown into a larger, more expressive instrument but at the same time it has not lost the elegance."
(The Daily Telegraph, 14 April 1982) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1982/42),
Digital Photograph |