GREAT LUCIANO PAVAROTTI DIED

arminfo
2007-09-06 10:35:00

ArmInfo. The famous Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died today morning
at Modena hospital. Worsening of his condition was noted Wednesday
evening and the doctors could not save him.

As the foreign Mass Media report, the day before, the Italian vice
Prime Minister, Minister of Culture Francesco Rotelli announced of
awarding Pavarotti with special prize for excellence in cultural
achievement.

In July 2006, Pavarotti underwent surgery in New York for pancreatic
cancer and retreated to his villa in Modena. The Maestro fought a
long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually
took his life.

Luciano Pavarotti was born on October 12, 1935, in the Italian
city Modena.

The love for music was inculcated to the future singer by his father,
who often brought him the records of the great singers.

Even at school, he was attending the choir. Then, in 1961, Pavarotti
won the prestigious Concorso Internazionale and made his operatic
debut at the Reggio Emilia Theater as Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini’s
"La Boheme. In 1996, he became a soloist of "La Scala". Later, he
left the opera stage and appeared only at concerts. As RIA "Novosti"
reports, the masetro made his farewell tour over 40 cities of the
world being 70 years old.