Pavarotti The Great

IBD ^ | September 6, 2007

[Kaslin]

Globalization: There's a fallacy out there about art and commerce being mutually exclusive. But one of opera's greatest, Luciano Pavarotti, saw no contradiction. His great commercial success enriched everyone else too.

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Pavarotti, who died Thursday, was mourned around the world — from the farthest reaches of northern China, to the placid American heartland, and across the cities of Europe.

The Vienna and Salzburg opera houses raised black flags in mourning. Presidents around the world sent words of tribute.

Little wonder: The great, ebullient opera tenor contributed so much to what might have otherwise been a minor, specialized art form confined just to Europe. Not only was Pavarotti one of the greatest artists of all time; he was also one of the most universal.

The son of a baker and a factory worker from Modena, Italy, he achieved all he did because he married his extraordinary gifts to commerce and technology.

Within the exclusive world of opera, Big Pav ignored the tut-tutting of dour arts cognoscenti who derided his outreach to the masses as vulgar. Pavarotti's use of his commercial appeal revived interest in the art and inspired many. He had no apologies about it it.

[FormerACLUmember]

Pavoratti and (Yes, I swear) James Brown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIyzNISw1Q

[Kaslin]

Hmm, interesting. Pavarotty made it geat though

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Pavoratti and (Yes, I swear) James Brown.

Hmm, interesting. Pavarotty made it geat though

Pavoratti? Pavarotty? The man gets no respect.

[Free State Four]

There were the Beatles.

There were the Rolling Stones.

There was Morrison and Hendrix and Dylan and ....

But even combined, they pale in comparison to Pavarotti.

[alisasny]

I , in all honesty believe , that some have posted GREAT pavarotti videos on YOUTUBE and mispelled his name on purpose so it would stay on for a longer time before the “ castrati” would figure it out and remove it for terms of use violations.

Call me nuts but after witnessing this all day I happen to think I am right : )

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Call me nuts but after witnessing this all day I happen to think I am right : )?

Sounds plausible so I won't call you nuts.

[Exit148]

Pavarotti, and his world of music, will live on long after those other guys you mentioned.

[alfie]

i will miss his fantastic voice. went to see him in chicago years back and was enthralled. only thing that bothered me and the rest of audience with his performance is that he didn’t end with “Nesun Dorma” his signature song and my favorite. so sad.

[MindBender26]

Pavoratti at his best:

Nessun Dorma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4

(remember the final assisination scene from “Sum of All Fears”?)

Ave Maria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYrmYXsujI&mode=related&search=

It’s like listening to God singing.

[WestCoastGal]

We were indeed lucky to have this beautiful voice to listen to for many years.

I have tapes of the Three Tenors which I adore.

Nessun Dorma by Pavoratti is one of few songs that can give a person chills when listening to it. You can close your eyes and go to another place for a few minutes. :)

I will miss him. Rest in peace.

http://www.lucianopavarotti.com/

[TheOldSchool]

I grew up in Alabama listening to country music by the likes of Jones, Gosden and Haggard. One day in the middle 70s, I was flipping through the stations and stopped on a PBS station when I head a voice making the most beautiful sound I had ever heard. Thoughts of finding a radio station transmitting directly from heaven with a single angel singing popped into my thoughts. Pavarotti, singing Nesun Dorma, gave me goose bumps and changed my life forever. In that 3 minutes of listening to the aria, I began a journey of appreciation of the “art” of Opera and how to listen to, understand and appreciate it. If you understand the musical “instrument” of an opera is the human voice, you will gain a new appreciation of the musical presentation. In my opinion, Luciano Pavarotti was the best “instrument” that ever existed. Rest in Peace!

[firewalk]

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