A report on Luciano Pavarotti
Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all time.
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Plácido Domingo
19 linksSpanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator.
Spanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator.
In 1990, he began singing with fellow tenors Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras as part of The Three Tenors.
Joan Sutherland
10 linksAustralian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
Accompanying her was a young tenor named Luciano Pavarotti.
The Three Tenors
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The Three Tenors were an operatic singing group during the 1990s and early 2000s, consisting of Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras, and Italian Luciano Pavarotti.
Mirella Freni
9 linksItalian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses.
Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses.
Born in Modena, she had the same wet-nurse as Luciano Pavarotti, with whom she grew up and who was to become a frequent tenor partner on stage.
Nessun dorma
7 linksAria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot (text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni) and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera.
Aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot (text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni) and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera.
Although "Nessun dorma" had long been a staple of operatic recitals, Luciano Pavarotti popularised the piece beyond the opera world in the 1990s following his performance of it for the 1990 World Cup, which captivated a global audience.
José Carreras
8 linksSpanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.
Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.
He gained fame with a wider audience as one of the Three Tenors, with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, in a series of large concerts from 1990 to 2003.
Turandot
4 linksOpera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.
Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.
Turandot best-known aria is "Nessun dorma", which became globally popular in the 1990s following Luciano Pavarotti's performance of it for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Metropolitan Opera
8 linksAmerican opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Other celebrated singers who debuted at the Met during Bing's tenure include: Roberta Peters, Victoria de los Ángeles, Renata Tebaldi, Maria Callas, who had a bitter falling out with Bing over repertoire,, Birgit Nilsson, Joan Sutherland, Régine Crespin, Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballé, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, James McCracken, Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Corelli, Alfredo Kraus, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Vickers, Tito Gobbi, Sherrill Milnes, and Cesare Siepi.
Giuseppe Di Stefano
3 linksItalian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s.
Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s.
Luciano Pavarotti said he modeled himself after Di Stefano.
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
3 linksCarreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (re-released as The Three Tenors in Concert) is a live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor Zubin Mehta.