a tribute to a legend .

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

*the king of the high C's*

this man was a legend among the all the famous tenors in opera history . "he was only the son of a baker & a cigar factory worker , young Luciano was raised just outside Modena, the first boy born in the apartment block for 10 years, and thus treated like a young prince by a flock of adoring women .

his vast physique enabled his perfect pitch to reach the back of the opera house , but he was also capable of light, delicate phrasing .

at Covent Garden in 1966 , playing Tonio in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment , Pavarotti was tricked by his conductor and became the first tenor to hit all nine high C's of the first aria .

the three tenors : Pavarotti with Domingo and CarrerasIn 1990 , with his fellow tenors Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras , Pavarotti took opera out of the concert hall and into the stadium when he performed at the World Cup closing ceremony in Rome . he also made Puccini's Nessun Dorma forever his own .

Pavarotti joined Domingo and Carreras again under the Eiffel Tower as part of the 1998 World Cup celebrations . this concert was televised to an estimated two billion people, a world record.

in his later years , Pavarotti's fluctuating weight contributed to poor health . he began to eschew the hard graft and variety of opera , in favour of the easy money of mass concerts ."

quote from the BBC NEWS network

but as we all know he will always be in our hearts and his music will live on forever .
may you rest in peace
god bless .