Ciao Maestro...

**pino** · 6th September 2007, 06:35

Italy's great tenor Luciano Pavarotti has passed last night at his home in Modena at the age of 72. I am not an Opera fans but I've loved his unique voice and apprecciated his great effort/work to help children from the whole World.

R.I.P Luciano

**Lalo** · 6th September 2007, 06:49

R.I.P Lucciano Pavarotti

He's been fighting against a pancreas cancer which was removed in surgery a year ago. Too bad the story ended up like this.

**oily oaf** · 6th September 2007, 07:23

Like Pino I'm no opera buff, I remember my mother taking me to Sadlers Wells Opera House in Covent Garden to see Puccini's "La Boheme" and falling asleep at half time, but even an old Philistine like me couldn't fail to be moved by the great man's soaring vocal range as he seemingly effortlessly belted out some of the most difficult Arias in opera.
RIP Big Fella.

**Dave B** · 6th September 2007, 08:42

Thanks in part to his legendary ample size, Pavarotti managed to make the art of opera look almost effortless. I understand that he's not particularly highly rated among purists, but he did wonders for increasing the popularity of opera among the masses, and performed stirling duties for charity.

RIP big guy.

**bowler** · 6th September 2007, 08:46

RIP maestro

**CarlMetro** · 6th September 2007, 08:46

As Dave has said, he brought opera to the masses and will be greatly missed as a consiquence.

RIP Luciano

**Donney** · 6th September 2007, 09:19

A sad loss indeed.

RIP

**ian959** · 6th September 2007, 10:53

Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Thanks in part to his legendary ample size, Pavarotti managed to make the art of opera look almost effortless. I understand that he's not particularly highly rated among purists, but he did wonders for increasing the popularity of opera among the masses, and performed stirling duties for charity.

RIP big guy.

Dave, you have that right for the latter part of his career - made me cringe every time he hacked his way through Nessun Dorma - but you cannot knock the man for bringing opera in some form to a wider audience, nor his efforts for charity.

He will be missed.