Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71
Thursday, 6 September 2007
Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died, his manager has announced.
The singer, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, died at his home in the northern city of Modena, at the age of 71.
He had been admitted to hospital there with a fever on 8 August. He was released two weeks later following diagnostic tests.
Pavarotti had cancer surgery in July 2006 in New York, and had not made any public appearances since then.
He last sang in public in early 2006, when he performed his signature Puccini aria Nessun Dorma at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Turin.
He had undergone five bouts of chemotherapy in the past year.
- Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/06/2007
正在看电视上帕瓦罗蒂的介绍!
今天早上我也听到这条消息!
冒险家Steve Fossett失踪
Steve Fossett,第一位驾驶飞机不加油不着陆环球飞行,第一位乘坐热气球环球飞行,可能还是滑翔机滑翔飞行高度的世界纪录保持者,在内华达州失踪。失踪前一个晚上(星期一)他驾驶着一架单引擎飞机从飞机场起飞,之后就没有人再次看到他。他没有制定飞行计划,因此搜救者也无从着手。飞机是从内华达州西部Smith峡谷南端一个农场的私人飞机场起飞。 - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/06/2007
吃太多了,太胖了 - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/06/2007
Hail to the powerhouse! His gigantic voice won't die.
He was God's vocal representative on this planet. - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/06/2007
HeyHey: Now, touche even believes God :-) This time, all glory gives to 帕瓦罗蒂 :-)
touche wrote:
Hail to the powerhouse! His gigantic voice won't die.
He was God's vocal representative on this planet. - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/06/2007
有人一直怕瓦落地,现在终于落地了,深切怀念他。 - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/07/2007
心里响起<我的太阳>,一轮光辉的太阳终于落山.天不生帕瓦,歌剧如长夜,在茫茫夜色中,6个高音C的巅峰上,只留下斯人的背影,孤独而卓绝,断肠人,在何方?其独步天下的绝技,又有何人能继?
悼念! - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/07/2007
Married a too young wife and can not meet her sexual demanding. - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/07/2007
也有不胖的男高音, Bocelli可以顶上去。 - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/07/2007
Bocelli 还是没有Pavarotti那般黄钟大吕。
WOA wrote:
也有不胖的男高音, Bocelli可以顶上去。 - Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/07/2007
又是tummy thinking, 腰带上捆个枕头不就象大钟了嘛?
July wrote:
Bocelli 还是没有Pavarotti那般黄钟大吕。
- Re: 帕瓦罗蒂 Pavarotti diesposted on 09/07/2007
不一样。用那用得生霉的帽子,波切利是婉约派,帕瓦罗蒂是豪放派。
波切利有点缠绵。他是盲人,看他唱歌时I have to look away,不是歧视残废同志,而是本能地不忍。
昨天回家路上,听到电台里都在播帕瓦罗蒂的歌唱,差点滚下几颗鳄鱼泪。
- posted on 09/08/2007
World Bids Farewell to Luciano Pavarotti
By COLLEEN BARRY – 1 hour ago
MODENA, Italy (AP) — Luciano Pavarotti's voice rang out a final time Saturday inside Modena's cathedral, as a recording of the great tenor singing with his father highlighted a funeral attended by family, dignitaries and close friends.
Guests gave the tenor one last standing ovation when "Panis Angelicus," the 1978 duet Pavarotti sang with his father, Fernando, inside Modena's Duomo came to a close.
The duet was one of the most poignant moments of the funeral, which began with a moving rendition of Verdi's "Ave Maria" and a message of condolences from Pope Benedict XVI saying Pavarotti had "honored the divine gift of music through his extraordinary interpretative talent."
Thousands watched the invitation-only service from a huge television screen erected in Modena's main piazza, where a recording of the tenor's most famous works had boomed out during two days of public viewing.
Italy's air force precision flying team flew over the cathedral at the end of the service, releasing red, white and green smoke in the colors of the Italian flag.
Pavarotti's white maple casket, covered in sunflowers — his favorite — lay before the altar during the service, with his wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, looking on. Sitting nearby were Pavarotti's three daughters from his first marriage.
Also on hand were the Italian premier, Romano Prodi, U2 lead singer Bono, film director Franco Zeffirelli and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Also invited were Stephane Lissner, general manager of Milan's La Scala Opera House, where Pavarotti appeared 140 times, once receiving boos; and the Metropolitan Opera's former general manager Joe Volpe.
A message from Pavarotti's 4-year-old daughter, Alice, was read out during the service as Mantovani sobbed.
"Papa, you have loved me so much, I know you will always protect me. I will hold you dear to my child's heart every tomorrow," it said.
Pavarotti died on Thursday in his home on Modena's outskirts after battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year. He was 71 and was beloved by generations of opera-goers and pop fans alike for his breathtaking high "Cs" and his hearty renditions of folk songs like "O Sole Mio," and popular tunes like "My Way."
Tenor Andrea Bocelli sang Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus" while the Rossini Chorus performed hymns throughout the service, which was celebrated by Modena Archbishop Benito Cocchi and 18 other priests.
Bulgarian-born soprano Raina Kabaivanska, a fellow Modena resident who had worked with Pavarotti, cried as she sang the "Ave Maria" from Verdi's "Otello" as the ceremony began. Flautist Andrea Griminelli played the "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from Gluck's "Orfeo e Euridice."
Cocchi said the presence of so many dignitaries at the funeral was a sign "of the esteem, of the affection and of the gratitude that universally surrounds the great artist."
But he said it was also significant how local Modenese had rendered homage to their native son, applauding out of respect when Pavarotti's casket was brought to the cathedral on Thursday for public viewing.
The applause, he said, "was not joyous as in other occasions, but intense and sincere."
"The death of Luciano Pavarotti has made us feel more impoverished," he said. "The maestro was and will always be a symbol for our city."
Modena city officials estimated that roughly 100,000 people viewed Pavarotti's body over two days.
"Modena is known for its cappelletti (a type of tortellini), balsamic vinegar, Ferrari and Pavarotti. It's a collection of important things that Modena has given to the world," said Susy Cavallini, a 43-year-old Modena resident as she emerged Saturday from the cathedral.
The tenor was to be buried in Montale Rangone cemetery, near Modena, where members of his family, including his parents and stillborn son Riccardo, are buried.
Pavarotti's classical career, with his imposing presence, emotional depth and boyish, charming ease all adding to his technical prowess, was the stuff of opera legend. But his legacy reached beyond the opera houses to reach the masses, working with fellow opera stars and pop icons alike.
These far-from-the-opera house performances, including memorable nights under the stars at Rome's ancient Baths of Caracalla with Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo, in the "Three Tenors" concert, rescued musical art from highbrow obscurity.
Pavarotti was the best-selling classical artist, with more than 100 million records sold since the 1960s, and he had the first classical album to reach No. 1 on the pop charts.
That Pavarotti — a divorced man who had a child out of wedlock — was given public viewing and a funeral in the cathedral spurred some debate here. A Modena parish priest, the Rev. Giorgio Bellei, told Corriere della Sera that the move amounted to "profanation of the temple." Other critics noted that last year the church refused to grant a religious funeral to a paralyzed man who had a doctor disconnect his respirator.
Funeral director Gianni Gibellini said Bellei should have "kept his mouth sewn shut" and Archbishop Cocchi appeared to address the issue, saying "Pavarotti, with a faith that he never repudiated or hid and which he expressed consistently with his singing, is no stranger in this cathedral."
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