Who would tell Fernando Pavarotti, a baker from

Modena that humble fan of opera, Pavarotti, his

only son, was to be the biggest myth of twentiethcentury bel canto. Born on 12 October 1935,
Luciano Pavarotti grew up surrounded by music
and soon learned that the vocation of his father was
also his. With him he took his first artistic steps in
the chorus of the Teatro de la Comunn of their city,
and lived with him for the first time this magical
feeling go on stage and thrill the audience with her
voice.

Plaza Mayor de Mdena

Modena, his hometown

Catedral de Mdena

It was during the International

Singing Competition in
Llangollen (Wales), where father
and son won the first prize along
with the Choir of Gioachino
Rossini. We are in 1955. There is
no turning back. The young
Luciano decided to pursue
singing professionally and
pursue a career as a tenor, so,
while studying in the "Scuola
Magistrale ", where after
graduating he worked as an
elementary school teacher,
decides to continue studying
singing, first with Arrigo Polo in
Modena and then with Ettore
Campogalliani in Mantua.

Mantua,
donde
continu
sus
estudios
de canto

Opera Rigoletto: An intense drama of passion, deceit, filial love and

revenge with a central figure, Rigoletto, the hunchbacked court
jester of the Duchy of Mantua. In the picture the house of Rigoletto

Piazza Broletto. Mantua

On April 29,
1961 Pavarotti is
presented to
Opera
Competition
Internazionale
in Reggio
Emilia. It is the
first time they
played an entire
opera, nothing
less than "La
Bohme, Verdi,
giving life to his
character,
Rodolfo.

It's a
resounding
success.
Pavarotti
gets the first
prize and
will
automaticall
y open the
doors of
world opera
circuit. Birth
of a myth.

En Reggio
Emilia cantar
su primera
pera

Reggio Emilia

His first international

appearances are in
Amsterdam, Vienna,
Zurich and London in
1963. In the year 1965
made his debut as
Edgardo in "Lucia di
Lammermoor" in
Miami, with the
famous soprano Joan
Sutherland, in a
production that would
take them to Australia
and marking the
beginning of what
would be a joint
success story. But
without doubt, the
milestone this year
was his debut

again at La Scala in
the role of Rodolfo,
the character who
would give him more
joy throughout his
career. Years later
return to Milan to
play characters like El
Duque, from
"Rigoletto", Tybalt
( "I Capuleti ei
Montecchi" by
Bellini) and Des
Grieux ( "Manon" by
Massenet), or the
"Requiem" by Verdi
to celebrate the
Toscanini's centenary
in 1976.

1965, ser su debut en La

Scala de Miln

La Scala

Ten years before Pavarotti's name has already been established internationally in
Covent Garden in London, where he is awarded the title "King of the Octave Do".

Covent Garden de Londres. Lo

llaman Rey de la Octava Do

El
Coliseum
Covent
Garden
Real Opera
House
Covent
Garden

In 1967 debut in San Francisco and in 1968 at the Metropolitan Opera House in New
York where he performs the feat of singing nine high C in an aria from "La fille du
regiment," he worth a Time magazine cover

1968, debuta en el Metropolitan

Opera House de New York

Apart from its ability and

expressive voice, his stage
performance also reaches the
genius, especially in comic
roles, which is particularly
convincing. Over the years, as
his voice grows and darkens,
has expanded its repertoire
and the great tenor roles to
add other more dramatic as
Radames in "Aida" or Prince
Calaf in "Turandot",
culminating in 1992 Otello,
the most important and
difficult role in the career of
this unique opera singer.

During the eighties and early nineties, Pavarotti became popular

worldwide thanks to its popular frequent recitals and collaborations
with pop stars.

He is the first conceived the

opera as a mass spectacle.
Still remember his
performances in Hyde Park
in London (where he sang in
front of Charles and Diana
of Wales), Central Park in
New York in a concert
broadcast live on television
to millions of people around
the world, or under Eiffel
Tower delivered before
300,000 fans.

Hyde Park de Londres,

Londres
grandes recitales

Pars,
Pars grandes
recitales

Central Park de New

The performances with his colleagues Jos Carreras and Plcido

Domingo in the name of "Three Tenors" indisputable landmark in
the popularization of the genre.

From 1990 and for

several consecutive
years, Pavarotti was
actively involved with
the organization War
Child to raise funds
for the construction
of a music therapy
center in Mostar.

Thus, annually organized

concerts in his hometown of
Modena, under the title of
"Pavarotti and friends",
which also involved other
personalities of international
music. Among the long list of
colleagues with whom he has
worked are also those already
mentioned Domingo and
Carreras, the Montserrat
Caball, Kiri Te Kanawa,
Renata Scotto, Andrea Bocelli
and Claudio Abado directors,
Herbert von Karajan and
Leonard Bernstein, to name
only some of the best known.

His discography includes

collections of arias and recitals, a
live concert at Carnegie Hall,
anthologies of Neapolitan and
Italian songs and performances
with several non-bel canto singers
such as Sting, Bryan Adams,
Caetano Veloso, Celine Dion or the
singer of the U2, Bono, with whom
Pavarotti, and left tracks recorded
for history, has forged a strong
friendship. His anthology disc
"Essential Pavarotti" was the first
classical record in staying at
number one in the UK singles
chart for five weeks ....

Concierto
en vivo
en el
Carnegie
Hall

In January 2003, his partner

Nicoletta Mantovani gave
birth prematurely to twins,
but only one of them, Alice,
survived. Pavarotti had
three daughters (Lorenza,
Cristina and Giuliana) of his
former wife, Adua Veroni,
which broke up when he
began his relationship with
Nicoletta, until then his
personal secretary. In
December 2003 and 68
years, married his second
wife, she of 33, in a civil
ceremony in the theater in
his hometown, Modena.

On 7 July 2006, the

singer is hospitalized in
New York because of
pancreatic cancer. On
his departure, while
recovering from
surgery at home in
front of the Adriatic,
said to the Corriere
della Sera: "I am
optimistic and I will be
unto death".

On September 6,
2007, died at his
home and the
funeral was held in
his hometown. The
tenor was buried at
Montale Rangote
cemetery near his
villa on the outskirts
of the city, which are
buried his parents
and his son Richard,
who died shortly
after birth in 2003.

Teatro Bellini de Catania, Italia. Homenajes

Lin

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