Vocal range
Luciano Pavarotti
Tenor · Opera · Classical · Italy · prominent since 1961
Cited range
C3 — C5
Octaves
2.0
Semitones
24
Voice type
Tenor
What is Luciano Pavarotti’s vocal range?
Luciano Pavarotti's vocal range is commonly cited as C3 to C5 — about 2.0 octaves, or 24 semitones, and is usually classified as tenor.
Bright, forward Italian tenor with squillo that cuts; sang nine consecutive high Cs in full voice. That cited span is wider than 8% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Nessun dorma
- High C5 heard in
- Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!
Reading the numbers
- The bottom of this range is unusually high for a tenor: 96% of the 127 tenors here are cited lower than C3.
- The ceiling is modest for a tenor — only 6 of the 127 tenors here stop lower.
- Only 3 of the 127 tenors here work a narrower cited span.
- The span is 8 semitones short of the library median (32 semitones) — a compact working range.
- 3 other voices here carry the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Luciano Pavarotti
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on C3
13 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on C5
32 other voices here reach the same ceiling.