Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest opera singers of all time and a master for the ages.
What can be said about the late great Italian tenor. A larger than life personality who transcended this own nation, genre and music itself. A philanthropist, a gentleman and a man of the arts and apart of one of the most cherished musical acts The Three Tenors, he alongside with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras broke hearts and elevated minds. What was Pavarotti's story and what journey did he take to stamp his name the pages of not just on opera but history itself.
Luciano Pavarotti was born in the north of Italy near the city of Modena in 1935. In his youth he was an avid football fan and had aspirations of being a professional goalkeeper but life took him down a different path, the pathof music. His father Fernando Pavarotti was an amateur tenor and young Pavarotti learned to appreciate the art from his father. Luciano often listened to his father's recordings, the likes of Gigli, Caruso and Martinelli were among his favorites as a boy. Abandoning his sporting dreams as he grew older he found himself having an overpowering love for music. His mother Adele Venturi wanted her son to be a teacher and Pavarotti was on course to be such and even held teaching post at some stage of his life but decided he wanted to a professional singer and despite the trepidation of his father set out to do so. Thus the musical master as Luciano was born.
Pavarotti as the man of music is a legend. It began as for many artists in his family's local church where he sang in choir. When his power vocal chords developed more he found himself under the watchful eye of his teachers Arrigo Pola first then Enrico Campogalliani who set him on his way. As a young pro the tenor played in small opera houses sometimes without pay and even thought giving at one point butthe Italian rallied and from that point on he never looked back.
A man with a timeless voice and unmistakable allure even at his death on September 6, 2007 gave his best effort and for the world it was almost perfection.
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