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He posthumously received the Italy-USA Foundation's America Award in 2013 and the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2014. In addition to his very large discography [64] of opera performances [65] Pavarotti also made many classical crossover and pop recordings, the Pavarotti & Friends series of concerts and, for Decca, a series of studio recital albums: first six albums of opera arias and then, from 1979, six albums of Italian song. His first will was opened the day after his death; a second will was opened within the same month of September. [59] He left an estate outside his native Modena (now a museum), a villa in Pesaro, his flat in Monte Carlo, and three flats in New York City. [60] In addition to music, as a child, Pavarotti enjoyed playing football. When he graduated from the Scuola Magistrale he was interested in pursuing a career as a professional football goalkeeper, but his mother convinced him to train as a teacher. He subsequently taught in an elementary school for two years but finally decided to pursue a music career. His father, recognising the risk involved, only reluctantly gave his consent. Pavarotti began the serious study of music in 1954 at the age of 19 with Arrigo Pola, a respected teacher and professional tenor in Modena who offered to teach him without remuneration. According to conductor Richard Bonynge, Pavarotti never learned to read music. [3] Sarajevo authorities name Pavarotti honorary citizen". Deseret News (Salt Lake City). 22 February 2006. Retrieved on 29 April 2017.

His diagnosis came while he was undertaking his international “farewell tour”. He began the 40-city tour in 2004 at the age of 69, performing “one last time” in old and new locations, after more than four decades on the stage. He performed at benefit concerts to raise money for victims of tragedies such as the Spitak earthquake that killed 25,000 people in northern Armenia in December 1988, [50] and sang Gounod's Ave Maria with legendary French pop music star and ethnic Armenian Charles Aznavour. Nicoletta Mantovani on life with Luciano Pavarotti How did Pavarotti become one of the greatest operatic tenors of all time? Obituary: Luciano Pavarotti". The Times. London. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. On 28 April 1965, Pavarotti made his La Scala debut in the revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s production of La bohème, with his childhood friend Mirella Freni singing Mimì and the legendary Herbert von Karajan conducting. Apparently Karajan had particularly asked for Pavarotti; his career was set.Tenor Arias from Italian Opera – Arias from Guglielmo Tell, I puritani, Il trovatore, L'arlesiana, La bohème, Mefistofele, Don Pasquale, La Gioconda and Giuseppe Pietri's it:Maristella. Luciano Pavarotti tenor with Arleen Auger soprano. Leone Magiera (piano) Wiener Opernorchester and choir. Ambrosian Singers New Philharmonia Orchestra Nicola Rescigno 1971

Fleming, Mike Jr. (1 June 2017). "Ron Howard To Direct Feature Documentary on Iconic Opera Singer Luciano Pavarotti". Deadline . Retrieved 8 January 2019. Philip Willan, "Widow settles dispute with Pavarotti's daughters over will", The Independent (London), 1 July 2008 Pavarotti: Music From The Motion Picture and Pavarotti: The Greatest Hits, a new 3CD best of collection, have been released today, coinciding with the theatrical release of Ron Howard’s documentary Pavarotti. Arias by Verdi & Donizetti – Arias from Luisa Miller, I due Foscari, Un ballo in maschera, Macbeth, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il duca d'Alba, La favorita and Don Sebastiano (with the Wiener Opernorchester under Edward Downes, 1968). [66] Holland, Bernard (6 September 2007). "Luciano Pavarotti Is Dead at 71 (Published 2007)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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Castonguay, Gilles (6 September 2007). "Luciano Pavarotti dead at 71". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007 . Retrieved 6 September 2007. Ivan March, Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton (2008), "'The Decca Studio Albums' Disc 1 (1968): Arias by (with VPO, Downes) The Verdi and Donizetti collection was one of Pavarotti's earliest recital discs" in The Penguin Guide to Recorded Music, London: Penguin Books Ltd., 2003 ISBN 0-14-101384-2. p. 1544. Lee, Felicia R. (1 July 2008). "Pavarotti's Daughters and Widow Reach Deal". The New York Times . Retrieved 5 April 2010.

Verismo – Arias from Fedora, Mefistofele, Adriana Lecouvreur, Iris, L'Africaine, Werther, La fanciulla del West, Manon Lescaut, Andrea Chénier. National Philharmonic Orchestra Oliviero de Fabritiis (Riccardo Chailly for Andrea Chénier arias) 1979 Pavarotti cited the experience of performing in the choir, and winning that competition, as the most important experience of his life, and the one that inspired him to become a professional singer. Freedom of London for Pavarotti". Entertainment. BBC News. 13 September 2005 . Retrieved 6 September 2007. In 1998, he was appointed the United Nations Messenger of Peace, using his fame to raise awareness of UN issues, including the Millennium Development Goals, HIV/AIDS, child rights, urban slums and poverty. [52]He made his first international appearance in La traviata in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Very early in his career, on 23 February 1963, he debuted at the Vienna State Opera in the same role. In March and April 1963 Vienna saw Pavarotti again as Rodolfo and as Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto. The same year saw his first concert outside Italy when he sang in Dundalk, Ireland for the St Cecilia's Gramophone Society, he was engaged by the Dublin Grand Opera Society to sing The Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto in May and June, and his Royal Opera House debut, where he replaced an indisposed Giuseppe Di Stefano as Rodolfo. [7] [8] [9] Not many opera singers become household names. But Pavarotti did, and in fact the name ‘Pavarotti’ has become synonymous with opera for music lovers and non-music lovers alike. Volare – 16 songs by Domenico Modugno, Luigi Denza, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Gabriele Sibella, Giovanni D'Anzi, Michael John Bonagura, Edoardo Mascheroni, Ernesto De Curtis, Ermenegildo Ruccione, Pietro Mascagni, Guido Maria Ferilli. arranged and conducted by Henry Mancini 1987 While generally successful, Pavarotti's early roles did not immediately propel him into the stardom that he would later enjoy. An early coup involved his connection with Joan Sutherland (and her conductor husband, Richard Bonynge), who in 1963 was seeking a tenor taller than herself to take along on her 1965 tour to Australia. [13] With his commanding physical presence, Pavarotti proved ideal. [14] However, before the summer 1965 Australia tour Pavarotti sang with Joan Sutherland when he made his American début with the Greater Miami Opera in February 1965, singing in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor on the stage of the Miami-Dade County Auditorium in Miami. The tenor scheduled to perform that night became ill with no understudy. As Sutherland had plans to travel with him on the Australia tour that summer, she recommended the young Pavarotti as he was acquainted with the role. Shortly after, on 28 April, Pavarotti made his La Scala debut in the revival of the Franco Zeffirelli production of La bohème, with his childhood friend Mirella Freni singing Mimi and Herbert von Karajan conducting. Karajan had requested the singer's engagement.