Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRIwas an Italian operatic tenor who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, gaining worldwide fame for the brilliance and beauty of his tone—especially into the upper register—and eventually established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth12 October 1935
CityModena, Italy
CountryItaly
Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.
I was an elementary school teacher.
The music itself could never take the place of my own passion in life.
Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me.
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.
I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.
If you see me once, you cannot confuse me with another.
Children should be given the chance to play instruments, to sing.
In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.
I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera.
If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less.
I am open to everything.
The reason fat people are happy is that the nerves are well protected.
You don't need any brains to listen to music.