After a long battle with pancreatic cancer, tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died at age 71.
Read the New York Times tribute to the “Italian singer whose ringing, pristine sound set a standard for operatic tenors of the postwar era” here. View and listen to NPR’s tribute to “The King of the High Cs” here.
Hear a celebration of Pavarotti’s life and career on Performance Today.
Read “Pavarotti: High Cs and other heights” in the LA Times here.
Nessun Dorma

Schubert’s Ave Maria

Celeste Aida

Una Furtiva Lagrima

A sensational moment from The Three Tenors phenomenon

Pavarotti at age 33


I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to.
–Luciano Pavarotti, 1935 – 2007