Pavarotti is dead

[timhau]

The world-renown tenor Luciano Pavarotti died this morning (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/06/pavarotti.dead.ap/index.html) in his home in Modena, Italy.

[Miss Anthrope]

Ah. A man I who inspired me. A man I sang to when practicing my operatic chops. A talented human being. *sad sigh*

[bigred]

RIP. One of the all-time greats.

[Oubliette]

A sad announcement :(

[CptColumbo]

Seeing him perform is one of the greatest experiences of my life.

[CFLarsen]

We often sang together in the shower.










.....wait, that didn't sound right....

[Matteo Martini]

I am particularly sad

[David Swidler]

Pancreatic cancer. Damn.

[This Guy]

In my lifetime, I believe he did more to popularize Opera than anyone.

I never cared for Opera, but I loved to hear him, and enjoyed seeing him (only on TV I regret to say) even more.

He always seemed so cheerful, and almost forced you to smile with him in interviews and stuff.

I'll certainly miss him.

[HarryKeogh]

In my lifetime, I believe he did more to popularize Opera than anyone.

I agree 100%. Ask the average guy on the street to name an opera singer and they'll say "Luciano Pavarotti". Ask them to name another and they'll be stumped (unlike myself who can name Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and that other guy...y'know...what's his face).

Rest in Peace, Maestro.

[This Guy]

We often sang together in the shower.










.....wait, that didn't sound right....

I think that's OK.

It's the toe tapping in the stalls that cause the problems ;)

[Tricky]

He was indeed great. I have to wonder, though, why is it the tenors who always get the headlines? Caruso, Lanza and now Pavarotti. Who are the great Bassos? Is it because tenors always get the "good guy" roles?

[Scott Haley]

He was indeed great. I have to wonder, though, why is it the tenors who always get the headlines? Caruso, Lanza and now Pavarotti. Who are the great Bassos? Is it because tenors always get the "good guy" roles?

I once read that truly great operatic tenors are extremely rare. The article said that there used to be only one in a generation. We get more than one alive at same time today, maybe because the population is higher.

--Scott

[Zep]

Vale, maestro.

[Mobyseven]

:(

Heard the news today - was at dinner and one of my italian friends received a call from his father. All the more appropriate, as we were on dinner break for the opera we're doing at the moment.

To lighten the mood though, has anyone seen Andrea Bocelli's new beard?

No? Neither has he.

[Miss Anthrope]

He was indeed great. I have to wonder, though, why is it the tenors who always get the headlines? Caruso, Lanza and now Pavarotti. Who are the great Bassos? Is it because tenors always get the "good guy" roles?

There's a great answer below your post. Also, most of the leading music is written for tenors. They're the ones who get the leading man roles. It does take a great deal of range do do the tenor parts. The bassos are almost always written for the chorus.

[petra10]

I never knew a thing or cared anything about opera until I heard Pavarotti sing at the world cup.
The man's voice was spellbounding to say the least.Anyone who heard him singing live were very lucky indeed.
A sad day for music.