Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)
The tenor who made opera a stadium event. Pavarotti turned arias into global pop moments, his voice—and that nickname, "King of the High Cs"—crossing over from opera houses into World Cup broadcasts and prime-time television.
Luciano Pavarotti began his professional career as a tenor in Italy in 1961, finding his footing in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles, and Puccini works like La bohème, Tosca, Turandot, and Madama Butterfly. The 1990 FIFA World Cup changed the scale: as one of the Three Tenors, he sang to a global audience, and that first recording became the best-selling classical album of all time. Televised concerts and media appearances followed, and by the time he delivered "Nessun dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin—his final performance—he'd sold more than 100 million records. Italy named h…
Sourced, dated quotes from Luciano Pavarotti
I remember when I began singing, in 1961, one person said, "run quick, because opera is going to have at maximum 10 years of life." At the time it was really going down.
I think an important quality that I have is that if you turn on the radio and hear somebody sing, you know it's me. You don't confuse my voice with another voice.
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.
I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.
Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given.
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