-Picture taken from TIMELuciano Pavarotti, a classical operatic legend, dies at age 71 today (6th of September 2007) from Pancreatic Cancer at ~0500 hours local time.
'Luciano Pavarotti was born in Modena, Italy, on October 12, 1935. As a young boy, soccer was his favorite pastime and he became known locally as a member of his town's team. His mother, Adele, who worked in a tobacco factory, and father, Fernando, a baker, instilled a love for music and singing in young Luciano. Fernando was himself a talented amateur tenor, and brought his son along to sing in Modena's Corale Rossi. Pavarotti's enthusiasm shifted from football to opera when the chorus took first prize in an international competition in Wales.
Luciano Pavarotti is a giant in the world of opera and classical music. His international fame has helped these forms of music reach a much wider and diverse audience then it ever had before. Even people who've never listened to a single aria, let alone sat through an entire opera, recognize the tenor's name and famous bearded face.
Pavarotti's recordings, which include collections of arias and recitals, anthologies of Italian songs and performances with the other two tenors -- Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras -- have sold in the tens of millions. He also makes the occasional television appearance, whether in performance from New York's famed Metropolitan Opera House, or as a guest on talk shows. Pavarotti has even tried his hand at acting in the movies, playing a famous tenor in 1982's Yes, Giorgio.'
- Quoted from AskMen.com
I really like this quote...
' Audience members at the Metropolitan Opera looked at one another in amazement. Did we just hear what we thought we heard? Onstage, the strapping young Italian tenor singing opposite Joan Sutherland in The Daughter of the Regiment had just trumpeted a ringing high C, then another, and another. He was singing an aria that most tenors transpose down a step, in order to get by on B-flats (tough enough). But this fellow tossed off every high C in the aria with astonishing ease and brilliance — nine in all. The effect was electrifying. Within a day the Met box office was besieged, and Manhattan's media mills swung into action. That was in 1972'
- Quoted from TIME
Its just half a pitch apart, and was already tough enough; yet he could pull it through without much difficulty. Is it talent or hardwork? I'm not sure, but people describe it as God's touch. Magnificent!
I received this slideshow through emails circulation; an inspiring story. Although its nothing much to do with Pavarotti ( about Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras), but everyone should at least watch it ONCE. Its just 6 pages, but its enough to blow you away. I wished I could put it up like a video or something, but I do not know how to, so please download it.
The Two Tenors.
Though the late Luciano Pavarotti is no longer around physically, his voice shall remain alive to eternity!
