It’s an experience not unlike being struck by lightning. Most opera aficionados can tell you the exact moment they fell in love with the form. And if that moment happened within the last 40 years, it ...
Luciano Pavarotti was one of the world’s angelic voices — and fans can see where his talent and heart came from in Ron Howard‘s new documentary Pavarotti. The Italian opera singer, who died in 2007 at ...
Opera, opera, opera. What are we to do with opera? Even those who love opera can’t agree on what it is, what it should be, or what it could be. I recently shared a meme on my Facebook page. The meme ...
You could be in real trouble if your last question in Trivial Pursuit is about Luciano Pavarotti. Chances are you don’t know a lot about the late opera singer. Now, director Ron Howard is here to fill ...
Luciano Pavarotti, whose powerful tenor brought opera to the masses and almost unprecedented pop stardom to an opera singer, died early this morning at his villa in Modena, Italy. He was 71. “The King ...
Luciano Pavarotti, 71, who died early Thursday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Modena, Italy, combined a lustrous lyric tenor voice with a radiant and expansive personal charm to win the largest ...
Blindfolded, you could tell it was him. Pavarotti’s voice was like no other; it came at you in a luxurious stream, but it also had a peculiar trumpeting quality to it. But of course, no one wanted to ...
From the humblest of fans to political figureheads, the world mourned yesterday for Luciano Pavarotti, the man who wanted to be a professional footballer, who trained as a teacher but, blessed with a ...
Ron Howard became famous playing Opie Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show" then Richie Cunningham on "Happy Days" before he moved behind the camera to become an Academy Award-winning director. His new ...
Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C’s and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso and one of the few opera singers to win crossover fame as a popular ...