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Luciano Pavarotti

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Biography

Arguably no other opera singer in music history achieved the same level of international celebrity as tenor Luciano Pavarotti; his voice -- robust, resonant, and immediately recognizable -- launched him into the stratosphere of household recognition usually reserved for pop stars and Hollywood icons, and in the process spurred opera itself on to new peaks of mainstream popularity. Born in Modena, Italy, on October 12, 1935, as a boy he enjoyed local fame as a member of the town's soccer team, and first sang in the chorus with his father, himself a fine amateur tenor and devoted opera buff. After the chorus won first prize in an international competition, the young Luciano Pavarotti's future was cemented: his solo debut came in 1961, portraying Rodolfo in a performance of La Boheme at the opera house in Reggio Emilia. His early success led to engagements throughout Italy and eventually Amsterdam, Vienna, Zurich, and London; Luciano Pavarotti's American debut came in February 1965, in a Miami production of Lucia Di Lammermoor with Joan Sutherland (the first of their many pairings).

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    Qui dove il mare luccica
    E tira forte il vento
    Sulla vecchia terazza
    Davanti al golfo di surriento
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    Caruso - (5:44)  -  11,489 plays
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    Luciano Pavarotti
    Nessun Dorma
    ITALIAN
    Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
    Tu pure, o, Principessa,
    Nessun Dorma - (3:16)  -  10,314 plays
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    Che bella cosa 'na iurnata 'e sole
    N'aria serena doppo 'na tempesta
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    Che bella cosa 'na iurnata 'o sole
    Ma n'atu sole, cchiu bello, oje
    O Sole Mio - (3:05)  -  5,613 plays
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