Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C’s and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso and one of the few opera singers to win crossover fame as a popular ...

Luciano Pavarotti undoubtedly was the most famous opera singer of his generation. From “O Sole Mio” to the aria of Tonio from Donizetti’s “La Fille Du Regiment” (“The Daughter of the Regiment”), the ...

It’s an experience not unlike being struck by lightning. Most opera aficionados can tell you the exact moment they fell in love with the form. And if that moment happened within the last 40 years, it ...

Ron Howard became famous playing Opie Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show" then Richie Cunningham on "Happy Days" before he moved behind the camera to become an Academy Award-winning director. His new ...

Blindfolded, you could tell it was him. Pavarotti’s voice was like no other; it came at you in a luxurious stream, but it also had a peculiar trumpeting quality to it. But of course, no one wanted to ...

Watching Ron Howard enlist an all-star cast of experts, industry luminaries and celebrities to catalog Luciano Pavarotti’s many, many achievements as a singer, it’s easy to think that the filmmaker ...

Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor with a glorious voice that made him the opera world’s greatest star as he brought classical singing to the masses on a scale never before imagined, died today. He ...

When Luciano Pavarotti died of pancreatic cancer in 2007, many opera lovers had mixed feelings. The tenor was only 71 and it hadn’t been so long since he was the reigning star of his generation, still ...

MODENA, Italy (Reuters) - Like most Italian boys, Luciano Pavarotti used to dream of being a soccer star. Instead, he rose to opera stardom and entranced stadium audiences with his singing voice ...

You don't need to know an aria from a canzonetta — or, for that matter, even know that they're operatic terms — to appreciate the documentary "Pavarotti." That's because director Ron Howard is more ...

Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world's most beloved tenors, has died, his manager told The Associated Press. He was 71. Pavarotti died at his ...

Luciano Pavarotti, whose powerful tenor brought opera to the masses and almost unprecedented pop stardom to an opera singer, died early this morning at his villa in Modena, Italy. He was 71. “The King ...