Millions mourn the singer who put opera at No. 1

THE death of Luciano Pavarotti, popular champion of what is often described as an elite art form,…

Luciano Pavaroti

Considered by many to be the greatest singer of his generation, opera singer, Luciano Pavarotti, died at the age of 71 to pancreatic cancer on September 6th.

Excerpt from news.scotsman.com:

Pavarotti first achieved stardom in the opera world in the 1960s and 1970s with stunning deliveries of Italian operas. He appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in 1967, playing in Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi (better known as Romeo and Juliet) as the hot-headed Tebaldi. But his later popular performances of favourites like Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s Turandot, at the opening of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, made him opera’s ambassador.

On the eve of the final, he sang with Placido Domingo and José Carreras at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. Italy is opera’s home turf, but the concert was a huge international success. The record by “The Three Tenors” sold more than 750,000 copies.

I think it’s also important to point out that Pavaroitti made Opera popular again.

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