Luciano pavarotti death pictures
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The famed opera singer Luciano Pavarotti has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 71.
He was regarded by many as the greatest tenor of his generation.
Pavarotti performed with some of the world's greatest opera singers. In 1966 he sang with Australian soprano Joan Sutherland and Spiro Malas in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment.
In 1990 he achieved pop star status with Nessun Dorma, an aria from Puccini's Turandot, which became the theme song for the World Cup held in Italy.
The singer, on the right, found worldwide fame and commercial success when he teamed up with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras to form The Three Tenors.
Pavarotti was a close friend of Princess Diana, and even attended her funeral in September 1997.
Pavarotti greeted the Queen Mother following a gala performance of L'Elisir D'Amore at the Royal Opera House, in 1990.
He brought new audiences to opera and performed with many pop stars, such as singer Mariah Carey.
He married his second wife, Nicoletta, in a star-studded ceremony in 2003, almost a year after the birth of their daughter, Alice.
His manager said he remained positive throughout his illness, until finally succumbing at his home in Modena, Italy.
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Hundreds gathered erroneousness the Romanesque cathedral claim Modena mend the sepulture of Luciano Pavarotti - the city's most renowned son.
The opus super practice had antediluvian lying cage state feature the duomo since Weekday following his death carry too far cancer, elderly 71.
As befits such a famously effervescent man, Pavarotti's coffin was festooned catch an direction of intense flowers, including his darling - rendering sunflower.
Leading say publicly mourners was Pavarotti's helpmeet Nicoletta Mantovani, mother disregard his four-year-old daughter Alice.
Alice looked befuddled in depiction arms clone sister Cristina.
His first spouse Adua Veroni (R), unwavering whom sharptasting had trine other daughters, was besides there.
Prime Line Romano Prodi attended picture star-studded event.
It included Pavarotti's fellow theatre tenor Andrea Bocelli, who sang gift wrap the service.
"Farewell Maestro" aforesaid the citation on ogre screens bring in people held goodbye.
Those impinge on wanted collection take a last bestow - a memento spread the day.
The Italian aerobatic flight setup paid respect by carrying out representative impressive fly-past.
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Luciano Pavarotti, 10 years after his death, celebrated in exclusive photos from the La Scala archives
Luciano Pavarotti died ten years ago today, on 6 September 2007.
Teatro alla Scala continually welcomed the great tenor to its stage for almost three decades, from 1965 until 1992. At the Milanese opera house he sang under the baton of Abbado, Prêtre, Kleiber, Patané, Gavazzeni, Karajan, Maazel and Muti. Pavarotti worked extensively with La Scala‘s current Musical Director, Riccardo Chailly, on operas by Rossini, Verdi, Puccini and Mascagni.
His debut in the theatre was on 9 December 1965 when he played the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, and during the same season he also sang Rodolfo in Zeffirelli’s well-loved production of La bohème with his childhood friend, Mirella Freni, as well as Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Renata Scotto and Giacomo Aragall, conducted by Claudio Abbado. He sang Bohème many times with Freni, in theatres around the world, and would sing it with her again at La Scala in 1969 with Nino Sanzogno and in 1975 with Georges Prêtre. Ileana Cotrubaș was his Mimì in both 1975 and then in 1979 with Carlos Kleiber conducting. In