Word: pavarotti
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...Sinatra and Sextet: Live in Paris, a time trip to a swinging 1962 show taken from recently discovered master tapes. Also in the works for 1994 is a sequel to Duets, and though his singing partners have yet to be confirmed, prospects range from Axl Rose to Luciano Pavarotti...
...time when, feeling chilly while riding in a limo in Southern California, she used the cellular phone to call her management company in New York, which phoned the limo service, which phoned the driver, who turned the air conditioning down; the time in New York when she and Luciano Pavarotti competed to see which could arrive later for a dress rehearsal. Battle has a penchant for changing hotel suites in the middle of a stay just to vary the color of her surroundings. After her appearances at the San Francisco Opera this season, the backstage crew sported T shirts that...
...addition to consistent quality, the Spaniard Domingo and the Italian Pavarotti have some other things in common -- among them sound technique and astute judgment in knowing what to sing and, more important, what to avoid. Technically, both are masters of breath control; both know how to "mark," that is, rehearse at half-voice and still give the conductor an exact idea of how their performance will sound at full volume. Singers who can't do that wear themselves out in preparation. Just as important, both have a personality that draws crowds, and both command a larger-than-life persona that...
Both men have well-oiled promo machines, with Pavarotti's the more unbridled. His white handkerchief is as familiar as Michael Jackson's glove. But as Beverly Sills, an acute observer of the opera scene, says, "Forget the hype. Once they get out there, they have to produce, or the hype will just vanish...
...life, out there beyond the hype with only two little vocal cords to depend on. But the sporting life, which both men cherish, is their release. Nobody, for example, dared approach Pavarotti last week, because he was directing a horse-jumping competition in his hometown of Modena. He wasn't riding -- what horse save Bucephalus could carry him? He doesn't care: "I have always loved being around horses, and now I'm crazy about them...