This one-hour program airing in late November and December is dedicated to the great tenor, Luciano Pavarotti. It includes his performances of “Nessun Dorma” and other beloved arias from La Boheme, Rigoletto and Aida. See Pavarotti in some of his finest performances and in duet ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES marks the first anniversary of the passing of one of opera's most cherished voices with Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias, Wednesday, September 10 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Presented by Thirteen/WNET New York and combining archival and rarely ...
Pavarotti's friends and colleagues remember his life. Read what they have to say of the late master. "He was like a, let's say prima donna? Yes, why not? Prima donna can be also a tenor, and we need prima donnas on stage to catch the ...
Metropolitan Opera Archives "Che gelida manina" "Che gelida manina" ("Your tiny hand is frozen"), from Puccini's La Boheme (1896), stacks high in any tenor's repertory, but none higher than Pavarotti's. The role of the romantic poet Rodolfo fits him like a glove and was the ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET pays tribute to the life of Luciano Pavarotti, who died on September 6, 2007, with an encore performance of one of his most treasured roles, Nemorino in Donizetti's "L'Elisir D'Amore" ("The Elixir of Love"). The two-and-one-half-hour, two-act opera was originally ...