Luciano Pavarotti, né le 12 octobre 1935 à Modène et mort le 6 septembre 2007 dans la même ville, est un ténor italien.
Souvent cité comme le plus grand et le plus populaire chanteur d'opéra depuis Enrico Caruso,, il a chanté les plus grands airs du bel canto, notamment, Verdi et Puccini, et a également collaboré avec des artistes venus de divers univers musicaux lors de concerts à but humanitaire , comme Lucio Dalla, Ian Gillan, Eros Ramazzotti, Bryan Adams, Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Queen, Florent Pagny, U2, Sting, Elton John, Céline Dion, Barry White, James Brown, Zucchero, Dolores O'Riordan, ou encore les Spice Girls.
En plus de quarante ans de carrière, il a contribué à populariser la musique classique au cours de nombreux concerts télévisés, particulièrement lors des séries de représentations des Trois Ténors . Le nombre total de ses albums vendus est estimé à environ cent millions,. Wikipedia
“Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given.”
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
Contexte: Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given. … With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance.
“I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to.”
Penso che una vita per la musica sia una vita spesa bene ed è a questo che mi sono dedicato. <br class="br">As quoted at a tribute page on his official website, lucianopavarotti.com (September 2007) http://www.lucianopavarotti.com
On the 1990 "Three Tenors" concert in Rome, Italy, with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras
Pavarotti : My World (1995)
As quoted in 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
On his charity concerts and relief efforts for Bosnia, in BBC Music Magazine (April 1998)
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
As quoted in A Gift of Days: The Greatest Words to Live By (2009), p. 81, by Stephen Alcorn
