Luciano Pavarotti

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Luciano Pavarotti

• The Golden Voice
• Bringing opera to the masses

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Early Life

• Born in north-central Italy in 1935 to a poor
  baker and a cigar factory worker.
• Early musical influences were his father's
  recordings of Beniamino Gigli, Enrico Caruso, and
  Giovanni Martinelli.
• Age 9 he began singing with his father in a small
  local church choir.
• Age 19 took lessons from Arrigo Pola, a
  professional tenor for free.
• Pavarotti discovers that he has perfect pitch.

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Beginning his Musical Career

• Started an elementary school teacher
• Musical success as a member of the Choral Rossini
  inspires Pavarotti to go pro
• Debuted as Rodolfo in La Boheme at the Teatro
  Municipale in Reggio Emilia in April 1961
• In 1963, the celebrated Joan Sutherland choses to
  tour to Australia with Pavarotti.
• Pavarotti later credited Sutherland for the
  breathing technique that would sustain him over
  his career.

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Success

• By the late 1970s popularity soared in the opera
  houses across the world
• Known for the brilliance and beauty of his tone,
  especially into the upper register.
• His high C became one of his trademarks.
• Noted for charity work for refugees and Red Cross
• In 1990 he brought hits previously confined to
  the opera world to a much wider audience through
  "The Three Tenors" ( him, Placido Domingo, and
  Jose Carreras)
• Released Opera Made Easy Series in the 1990s

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Legacy

• Final Performance Nessun Dorma at the 2006
  Olympics
• Remembered as the Golden Voice of Opera
• Brought opera to the common people

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• I think a life in music is a life beautifully
  spent and this is what I have devoted my life
  to.
• Luciano Pavarotti
• (1935 2007)

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Nessun Dorma

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vZaufjDVYivc