Painting was one of Pavarotti's favourite hobbies. In he exhibited a collection of his own works in New York alongside many other artists from his native Modena. This one is entitled 'Portifino'. In Pavarotti began a long love affair with the football World Cup. Not only was a recording of his version of Nessun Dorma used as the theme for the coverage, but he also began to perform alongside Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo as The Three Tenors. This was the start of several crossover collaborations for Pavarotti, and they remained a large feature of his career until his death.
Click below to see the duet. Click below to see them duet on the Spice Girls' 'Viva Forever'. Watch them perform it by clicking below. In , Pavarotti was presented with the Grammy Legend Award. By that time, only 11 other artists had ever been given the same award, including Billy Joel, Liza Minelli and Michael Jackson.
He is pictured here backstage at the Grammys with movie maestro John Williams. His funeral ceremony was an international event attended by celebrities and over fifty thousand music lovers from all over the world.
Sign In. Edit Luciano Pavarotti. Showing all 28 items. Married his assistant, Nicoletta Mantovani in , who bore him twins a boy and a girl in January Unfortunately due to complications at the time of birth only one child survived, daughter Alice.
He also has three grown-up children with his first wife Adua. In December announced a 40 city farewell tour. He was a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center Honors in Married his longtime partner Nicoletta in a song-filled ceremony held in the main theater of the tenor's hometown, northern Italy.
He was discharged two days later after the routine operation. As of his 70th birthday, October 12, , he was the most famous living operatic tenor. Became a teacher and then an insurance salesman. The latter job allowed him to take voice lessons. His three adult daughters by his first wife are Giuliana, Lorenza, and Cristina Pavarotti. The famous opera singer also worked with the late Princess Diana to raise money to help ban land mines worldwide.
Pavrotti performed "Nessun Dorma" during his last major performance, at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, in February While preparing to resume his city farewell tour in July , Pavrotti underwent emergency surgery at a New York hospital to remove a pancreatic tumor.
The tenor underwent another two weeks of treatment in August , at a hospital in his hometown of Modena, Italy. He was released two weeks before his death, attended to at home by cancer specialists.
Pavarotti died in Modena on September 6, , at the age of He was survived by four daughters—three with his first wife Adua and one with his second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani—and one granddaughter.
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A vivid memory, a dream that goes on. Our mission: A vivid memory. Great concerts and exhibitions all over the world, a home-museum in his city. Our mission: A dream that goes on.
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