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...Egyptian captain for the first time in his career was no ordinary performer: it was the portly mink-coat model, frequent guest on the Tonight show, American Express-card pitchman, would-be movie star and, these days, part-time primissimo tenore. Yes, Giorgio, there is still a Luciano Pavarotti, superstar...
Frank Sinatra, 65, on a benefit for the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center that he will perform with Luciano Pavarotti: "All we have to do is forget ticket sales, match Luciano's weight in diamonds, and we're home free with an unbeatable figure. Fortunately, the figure is Luciano...
...Luciano's Luck, Higgins
Freni is familiar to American audiences from several excellent popular opera recordings-La Bohème and Madama Butterfly with Supertenor Luciano Pavarotti, Aida and Don Carlos with Tenor José Carreras, all conducted by Herbert von Karajan-as well as from films of Bohème and Butterfly shown here in 1965 and 1976. She captivated audiences at her U.S. debut as Mimi at the Metropolitan Opera in 1965 with her technical accomplishment and winsome vocal timbre. But Freni's talent still far outshines her American reputation. Her career has been primarily European: between...
...traveling publicity circus of Modena's other great singer born in 1935, Pavarotti. "I am very happy for Luciano, he is like a brother to me. But it is not my character. I like my privacy. I enjoy singing, I enjoy creating something with my voice. But when it is finished, it is finished." The great American hype machine is wasted on Mirella Freni...