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The regretted tenor’s widow, Nicoletta Mantovani Pavarotti, recently decided to sue two of her dead husband’s friends because they made accusations at her address and discussed in public the state of their marriage after his death.
Nicolleta says she will not tolerate such affirmations, and if they were to stop she wouldn’t have filled a lawsuit,but [...]

Pianist Anthony Spiri has well distinguished himself with his sensitive and probing interpretations of the keyboard music of the sons of Johann Sebastian Bach, having recorded C.P.E. Bach for Camerata and Orfeo and a particularly outstanding outing with W.F. Bach on the Oehms Classics label, previously noted here. This Arte Nova recording of Johann Christian [...]

There we have it, the man’s just died a few days ago and the females will not let him rest in peace. The women in the life of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti could be in for a battle over his 250 million fortune. While the opera superstar’s three adult daughters, who have sided with their [...]

The funeral service for Luciano Pavarotti has begun in his hometown of Modena, Italy, with singers Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and U2 rocker Bono among the stars in attendance. i was surprised that none of the cable news covered the funeral. All I saw was less than 1 minute snippets on the news. What a [...]

Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti has died, his manager has announced. He was 71. The Italian tenor was said to be in a “very serious” condition on Wednesday night, after falling unconscious. A local TV news station in Modena, northern Italy, reported Pavarotti was on his death bed after suffering kidney failure. Man this person is [...]

Luciano Pavarotti is getting a new government award for his work promoting Italian culture in his country and abroad.
The 71-year-old tenor, who has been fighting pancreatic cancer, is the first recipient of the prize, the Culture Ministry said Tuesday. No date has been set for the award ceremony.
“This prize fills me with joy and pride,” [...]

 
Bryn Terfel has pulled out of his highly anticipated appearance in the Royal Opera’s production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, citing “a particularly stressful family situation” involving one of his children.
The Welsh bass-baritone was to have sung Wotan/The Wanderer in the performances scheduled for next month. It was supposed to have been his first performance [...]

A specially written ballet has been performed in Milan to mark the 10th anniversary of fashion designer Gianni Versace’s death.
Thanks Gianni, With Love was put together by French choreographer Maurice Bejart, for whom Versace designed many stage costumes.
About 1,500 guests, including Versace’s favourite models, attended the show at the La Scala opera house.
The designer was [...]

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has said he sees no reason why a Little Britain musical adaptation would not be a success.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, Lloyd Webber said that his children were fans of the show and would not watch anything else.
“The only thing my kids wanted to do was see Little Britain. Forget [...]