Luciano Pavarotti: Living

Luciano Pavarotti was Italian operatic tenor. Explore interesting quotes on living.

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“For all three of us, the Caracalla concert was a major event in our lives. I hope I am not immodest to think it was also unforgettable for most of the people who were present.”

Luciano Pavarotti

On the 1990 "Three Tenors" concert in Rome, Italy, with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras
Pavarotti : My World (1995)

“I'm not a politician, I'm a musician. I care about giving people a place where they can go to enjoy themselves and to begin to live again. To the man you have to give the spirit, and when you give him the spirit, you have done everything.”

Luciano Pavarotti

On his charity concerts and relief efforts for Bosnia, in BBC Music Magazine (April 1998)

“I remember when I began singing, in 1961, one person said, "run quick, because opera is going to have at maximum 10 years of life." At the time it was really going down. But then, I was lucky enough to make the first Live From the Met telecast. And the day after, people stopped me on the street. So I realized the importance of bringing opera to the masses. I think there were people who didn't know what opera was before. And they say "Bohème", and of course "Bohème is so good."”

Luciano Pavarotti

As quoted in Opera News (1998), and The New York Times (7 September 2007) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/music/06pavarotti.html?ei=5090&en=863a6b2459941ec6&ex=1346731200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all