Luciano Pavarotti Dies

[filkertom]

Great sadness. Luciano Pavarotti, perhaps the greatest tenor of the modern age, has passed away at the age of 71.

Comments

[rook543.livejournal.com]

So, what does this mean?

No sequal to "Yes, Georgio"?

[ladystarblade.livejournal.com]

This is a terrible blow for me...my father (who bore more than a passing resemblence to Mr. Pavarotti) also passed away this year after a very similar bout with cancer, so to lose this great voice in the same way rattles me. Pavarotti was my father's favorite singer, so I literally grew up listening to him shake my soul with "Nessun Dorma."

You can talk about his contributions to music, his uncontainable personality, his showmanship, his art, his everything, but these words from Leonard Bernstein pretty much sum it up for me.

"The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world."

Rest now, Maestro. And thank you.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful quote; I spend much of my life and energy for that same purpose. The world is a sadder, less beautiful place for Mr. Pavarotti's leaving it; thank you for posting.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

I will miss his voice. Knowing it has been silenced is a very sad thought.

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

In the words of an old His Masters Voice advertisement
They are gone, but they are still here...
Thank heavens for the gramophone.
Pavarotti will still be heard, appreciated and compared against his peers for years to come.....

[unclelumpy.livejournal.com]

Buona sera, anima dulce... Buona sera.

[tesral.livejournal.com]

E grazie, padrone.

[dbcooper.livejournal.com]

There are few people whom at 71 I would say are gone too soon.

Mainly, these are people who sowed joy wherever they went, and lived life with gusto.

Pavarotti and my mother are among the very few.

No WAY!!

[celtickittenmew.livejournal.com]

I am officially in mourning for one of the world's greatest living (now dead) treasures. Pavarotti was one of my favorite musicians. I am a vocalist, finishing a second degree in music, and this is traumatizing. How sad and, yet, how good that he is out of pain. I will light a candle for you dear sir. Thanks for letting us know Tom.

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

Damn. My mother loved him. Saw him perform live at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC every chance she got.

Mother now has dementia and usually speaks incoherently. I don't think I'm going to tell her the news.

You know...

[gypsy1969.livejournal.com]

If it weren't for this blog I'd have no idea who just died. Kind of depressing it is sometimes.
More so when it hits home.

[bosswriter.livejournal.com]

While I am not a huge fan of the musical style in which he was a master, I did attend a concert once with a friend and I must say he blew me away. The tone, control, and emotion he sang with was truly awesome.

There will never be another like him.