Luciano Pavarotti

Also known as Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

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Luciano Pavarotti was an Italian opera singer with a tenor voice who lived from 1935 to 2007 and became one of the most famous performers of his time. He is remembered as an important figure in opera who helped bring the art form to wider audiences around the world.

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Luciano Pavarotti
Mirella Freni & Luciano Pavarotti - Love Duets from Puccini's Operas
Pavarotti, My Own Story by Luciano Pavarotti (1981-03-01)
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Acting · Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all time.

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Pavarotti: The Lost Concert - Live at Llangollen 1995 — Self - Tenor2025
The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend — Self2024
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life — Self (archive footage)2022
The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World — Self (archive footage)2020
Pavarotti — Self (archive footage)2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast — Self - Singer (archive footage)2019
Adrian — Self (archive footage)2019

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Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, gaining worldwide fame for his tone and the nickname "King of the High Cs".

As one of the Three Tenors, who performed their first concert during the 1990 FIFA World Cup before a global audience, Pavarotti became well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. From the beginning of his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy to his final performance of "Nessun dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Pavarotti was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles, and Puccini works such as La bohème, Tosca, Turandot and Madama Butterfly. He sold more than 100 million records, and the first Three Tenors recording became the best-selling classical album of all time. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1988. Pavarotti died from pancreatic cancer on 6 September 2007.