Word: pavarotti
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...moat to ward off invaders, but Federico didn't need one. He was that kind of powerful. Urbino is now a university town with a population of just 15,000, and maneuvering through its narrow, walled streets takes about five minutes, even in a van the size of Pavarotti. We entered the palace and immediately realized that this was not just another of the extravagantly fussed-over behemoths that dot Italy like diners on Route 66. Standing in the Cortile d'Onore, with its perimeter framing a perfect square of sky, you feel the exuberance of Renaissance design...
...dazzling since Franz Liszt set the standard of virtuosity in the mid-19th century, gets the listeners into the tent. Horowitz could always do anything he wanted at the keyboard, whether pounding out octaves or rippling off scales in thirds. But mere technique is not enough. Just as Luciano Pavarotti's high notes, in the tenor's prime several years ago, were backed up by a gorgeous liquid tone and a supple sense of phrasing, so Horowitz's pianism offers many subtleties: the absolute independence of each finger, which makes it sound as though he were playing with three hands...
...post-graduate path has found him poised behind the wheel of Ferraris and performing operas beside Pavarotti in Milan. He even served a stint in the U.S. Army...
...ears, so he followed his longing to Italy, where he hoped to break onto the stage by entering singing competitions. He won the bass category of one contest and went on to make his debut in Milan in a production of La Boheme alongside the now legendary Luciano Pavarotti...
...Seeing a Pavarotti-sized hole in the number of opera productions at Harvard’s other stages, the Dunster House Opera was founded in 1992 to introduce opera as “something undergraduates can tackle, not a lofty art form.” Their annual February productions (Candide closed last week after a successful run) holds auditions in September, and draws on both opera neophytes and more experienced performers from among the undergraduate population...