Musica lirica

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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.
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Mantua, donde continuó sus estudios de canto
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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 Bohème, Verdi, giving life
to his character, Rodolfo.

It's a resounding success. Pavarotti gets the
first prize and will automatically open the doors
of world opera circuit. Birth of a myth.
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En Reggio Emilia cantará su primera ópera
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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.
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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".
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El Coliseum Covent Garden
Real Opera House Covent Garden
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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
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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.

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During the eighties and early nineties, Pavarotti
became popular worldwide thanks to its popular
frequent recitals and collaborations with pop
stars.
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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.
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Hyde Park de Londres, grandes recitales
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Central Park de New York, grandes recitales
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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.
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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 Caballé, 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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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Teatro Bellini de Catania, Italia. Homenajes
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Fin
Una voz eterna
Lina/07