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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.
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www.lucianopavarotti.com

Ciao!

From U2.com:


“Some can sing opera, Luciano Pavarotti was an opera.

No one could inhabit those acrobatic melodies and words like him. He lived the songs, his opera was a great mash of joy and sadness; surreal and earthy at the same time; a great volcano of a man who sang fire but spilled over with a love of life in all its complexity, a great and generous friend.

Great, great fun, The Pavlova we used to call him. An emotional arm twister if he wanted you to do something for him he was impossible to turn down. A great flatterer.

When he wanted U2 to write him a song he rang our housekeeper, Theresa, continually so we talked about little else in our house.

When he wanted U2 to play his festival in Modena, he turned up in Dublin unannounced with a film crew, and door-stopped the band. His life and talent was large but his sense of service to the weak and vulnerable was larger.

We wrote Miss Sarajevo for him. He had worked on the humanitarian crisis that was the war in Bosnia. We travelled together on a UN air force flight to Mostar... all of us earnest in hard hats, just about strapped into this industrial aircraft with the big man handing out parmigiano from Reggio Emilia, “the best cheese in the world" he kept saying… deadpan… to make us laugh.

In Pesaro, in his summer house, he lived an almost bohemian life with a recording studio set up in an out house - but did all his vocals in his bedroom... there was a hammock hung between two marine pines for a siesta. He liked to eat, sleep and then warm up his vocals though I remember more eating than warming up. When we first recorded with him I left a stone heavier than I arrived.

Intellectually curious, couldn’t stick to his own generation - loved new ideas, new people, new song forms.

A sexy man whose life lit up again when he fell in love with Nicoletta and as he watched Alice play in the yard. He loved all his daughters so much.
The sadness of losing his only boy his only silence.

I spoke to him last week... the voice that was louder than any rock band was a whisper. Still he communicated his love. Full of love.

That's what people don't understand about Luciano Pavarotti. Even when the voice was dimmed in power, his interpretive skills left him a giant among a few tall men.”

Bono

My mom loves him. I wonder if she knows yet?

i remember getting chills watching him perform at the Olympics.

One of the greatest tenors of the second half of the 20th century. He will be missed.

It hurt my heart to hear this on the news this morning.

Very sorry to hear that

RIP

magnificentsynthesizer said:

I hope ure not talking abt the Torino 2006 Closing Ceremony... b/c that wasn't Pavarotti. That was Andrea Bocelli.

Pavarotti was such a beautiful human being. He had such a strong passion for music and truly loved it- and you heard it in every note he sung. He was also a humanitarian, helping artists in other countries and raising money for several causes. He wanted to make a difference- and he did.


Ti amo, Pavarotti. Lui ha dato il mondo cosí molto.


Sorry if my italisn isn't right.
[Edited 9/6/07 12:42pm]

NewPowerSista said:

I love that video! I watched it a few months ago, and it's a great and moving performance by both. You can tell James can barely believe this craziness is happening, but he's loving it all the same.

A true, if unexpected, union in song.

And both are now gone.

RIP Pavarotti, one of the great tenors of his generation.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.
Benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus
Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum. Benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen

So many legends passing on before their time. RIP Pavarotti.

tznekbsbfrvr said:

Hmm.

Well tell me who this is and where he's at:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZaufjDVYivc

He was definitely one of the leading figures and icons in Opera in the last century. My grandfather loves him and I'm sure he's saddened by this. We're losing a lot of legends these days. There will probably never be another like Pavarotti. RIP.

The only bright part of this is that I'M NOW THE WORLD'S GREATEST TENOR!!!



...Seriously, though, I never took the time to learn his work while he was alive (I'd love to learn now), but he was clearly an extraordinary talent with a phenomenal voice and a great musical legacy. May he rest in peace.
[Edited 9/6/07 16:47pm]

I don't know a thing about Opera Music. But I know Pavarotti. There was a certain passion in the way he would sing. Even though I could'nt understand the lyrics, I could feel what he was singing about. Very few singers have that gift. My Condolences

He definitely made you stop and listen. RIP

Prayers to his family.

The end of an era. R.I.P.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

and to that I must add

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JGmu2JyjBM4

tznekbsbfrvr said:

looks like Pavarotti to me

What a giant. He will be missed.

banks said:

thats andrea bocelli!!!

Sooo sad and so true...





Prayers and much strength to his family, friends and colleagues.

Rest in peace Luciano Pavarotti
and may the LOVE you've shared in this world with Your Heavenly Voice live on in our hearts forever&always.

nd33 said:

Che Bella!!!!

How about THIS -

My First, My Last, My Everything - Pavarotti and BARRY WHITE!!!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ygdWY&NR=1