<P> Pavarotti gave a rendition of "Nessun dorma" at his final performance, the finale of the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, although it was later revealed that he had lip - synched the specially pre-recorded performance (at the time of his Winter Olympics appearance, Pavarotti was physically incapable of performing as he was suffering from pancreatic cancer, to which he succumbed the following year). His Decca recording of the aria was played at his funeral during the flypast by the Italian Air Force . In 2013, the track was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry . </P> <P> On 7 May 2016, Andrea Bocelli sang "Nessun dorma" in the King Power Stadium, home of Leicester City Football Club, before Leicester City's final home match of the 2015--16 Premier League season against Everton F.C. . Leicester's manager Claudio Ranieri stood beside Bocelli for the performance . After the game, Leicester were presented with the Premier League trophy for the first time in their history . </P> <P> "Nessun dorma" (often in adapted versions of the score) has been performed by many pop and crossover singers and instrumentalists . </P> <Ul> <Li> In what the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences called "the greatest last - second substitution act in Grammy history", Aretha Franklin sang a "soul - infused" version of the aria in place of Luciano Pavarotti when throat problems caused him to withdraw from the 40th Annual Grammy Awards show . </Li> <Li> Anohni, lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons, recorded the aria with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, as part of an advertising campaign for the Italian coffee company Lavazza in 2009 . </Li> <Li> Jeff Beck's 2010 album, Emotion & Commotion, includes an instrumental version of this aria where the guitar takes the place of the human voice to an orchestral accompaniment . </Li> <Li> In 2007, Chris Botti recorded a trumpet version of "Nessun dorma" for his album Italia . </Li> <Li> The 1989 song "A Love So Beautiful", co-written by Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne, borrows the aria's melody . </Li> <Li> The 2002 album Warriors of the World by the band Manowar features a version of the aria . </Li> </Ul>

Nessun dorma from the opera turandot by puccini