AP reporting that Luciano Pavorotti has died. Details to be released soon...http://www.foxnews.com...
I was surprised to see this, but then when I clicked the link, I was even more surprised to learn that he was 71! I didn't think he was that old. I wasn't a big fan of his music, but he was a legend. I'm sure he will be missed by many.
Same, I was shocked to learn he was 71 as well. He was a true icon, and his music has lifted me up out of the dumps more than once. For those that think they aren't familiar with Luciano Pavarotti's music, you probably are, and you just don't realize it. He was an iconic figure and probably the best tenor of our generation. For those that want to hear bit of Pavoratti, there is a copy of Nessun dorma at Fangbear. It sounds especially sad to me rightnow: http://www.fangbear.com/2007/09/06/luciano-pavarotti-dead-at-71/ RIP to a true legend..
May he RIP. His wikipedia page contains more info on his death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Pavarotti
Wow. As many I am also surprised of his age, I wasn't a total fan of his music, but some of it I enjoyed. But he was a very good, suttle person. May he rest in peace. He won't be forgotten.
In the annals of that rare and coddled breed, the operatic tenor, it may well be said the 20th century began with Enrico Caruso and ended with Pavarotti. Other tenors — Domingo included — may have drawn more praise from critics for their artistic range and insights, but none could equal the combination of natural talent and personal charm that so endeared Pavarotti to audiences. "Pavarotti is the biggest superstar of all," the late New York Times music critic Harold Schonberg once said. "He's correspondingly more spoiled than anybody else. They think they can get away with anything. Thanks to the glory of his voice, he probably can." In his heyday, he was known as the "King of the High C's" for the ease with which he tossed off difficult top notes. In fact it was his ability to hit nine glorious high C's in quick succession that first turned him into an international superstar singing Tonio's aria "Ah! Mes amis," in Donizetti's "La Fille du Regiment" at the Met in 1972. In the 1990s, Pavarotti's teaming with Domingo and Carreras became a music business phenomenon and spawned copycats such as the Three Irish Tenors. Nothing short of a true SuperStar, we will miss you Luciano
we played his version of nessun dorma at my grandpa's funeral three weeks ago perfect voice sleep well