For the birthday of Luciano Pavarotti
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"People think I'm disciplined. It's not discipline. It's dedication. That's a big difference."
More than almost any other tenor, Luciano Pavarotti was an idol of his time, transcending all genre boundaries. For international audiences, he sometimes took on the characteristics of an opera god, hundreds of thousands made a pilgrimage to his concerts and 50,000 mourners gathered in front of Modena Cathedral for his funeral in 2007. In short: for many, opera and Pavarotti were simply synonymous. If you remember his voice, you could run out of words of praise: beauty, flawlessness, brilliance, brilliance, breathtaking sound. Luciano Pavarotti would have been 90 years old on October 12. For the opera world, he is immortal.