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
It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.
Am I afraid of high notes? Of course I am afraid. What sane man is not?
Horse riding is a perfect comparison with singing.You must know where the double fences are.
It is a very honest world, our work. I think you cannot fake anything.
If you know why you fall in love, you aren't in love
Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.
Music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion.
Learning music by reading about it is like making love by mail.
I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to.
When I'm about to train a new opera, I first listen to how Jussi Björling did it. His voice was unique and it's his path that I want to follow. I would more than anything else wish that people compared me with Jussi Björling. It's like so I'm striving to sing.
Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.
The rivalry is with ourself. I try to be better than is possible. I fight against myself, not against the other.
If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.
One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.