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Luciano Pavarotti, the world-famous tenor, tells his story. "I want to tell the people who are interested in me," says Pavarotti in his preface, "about all of the fun and excitement I have had. I have tried to explain how I feel about the things that are important to me and to pass on whatever wisdom I have gained as an artist and as a human being."Black-and-white photographs.

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Library Journal Review

Pavarotti's recordings, television appearances, crossover projects, and stadium concerts have made his name a household word. When he speaks of being recognized by a small, ragged boy selling bread on a roadside in Mexico, it is only a little surprising. In this second collaboration with Wright (following Pavarotti: My Own Story, LJ 3/1/81), the singer discusses events in his career and personal life over the last 15 years. He is disarmingly frank about his eccentricities and his failures and justifiably proud of his many accomplishments. He gives us a backstage view of the Philadephia Vocal Competition, his trip to China to perform La Bohème with competition winners, and the phenomenally popular Three Tenors concerts with Placido Domingo and José Carreras. While cynics may feel that he is overrated and too commercially successful to be taken seriously as an artist, he argues persuasively that he does opera a service by broadening its audience. Like Pavarotti himself, this second book is hard to resist and will be welcomed by his many fans. Highly recommended for public libraries. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/15/95.]-Susan McCaffrey, Legg Middle Sch. Lib., Coldwater, Mich. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Miami Beach officials reroute air traffic to keep noise from interfering with a Pavarotti outdoor concert; in London, the Prince and Princess of Wales, John Major and scores of others endure a downpour without umbrellas (which are kept furled so as not to block anybody's view of the stage) at a Pavarotti park performance. That's his world. Yet the tenor, again writing with Wright, his coauthor on Pavarotti: My Story, attempts in these pages to project the image of a simple man who disdains being set apart. And he pulls it off. He further disarms us by not dodging the scandals of recent years: his lip-synching rock concert; being booed at La Scala. The book lets us catch up on Pavarotti's doings of the last 15 years, for example, the international vocal competition he holds in Philadelphia, the horse show he inaugurated in Italy, his tours, family, health. An unexpected mean streak surfaces on occasion when Pavarotti relates embarrassing episodes concerning friends who have displeased him. If much of what is covered here is of little moment, readers will find that Pavarotti's exuberance more than compensates for the banal stretches. Photos not seen by PW. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Much like Maria Callas four decades ago, Pavarotti is an opera singer whose celebrity spills over into the nonopera world. His second collaborative autobiographical endeavor with writer William Wright follows their best-selling Pavarotti: My Story, published 15 years ago. Here the great tenor talks about issues that have arisen since then, relating his remembrances in a topical rather than strictly chronological fashion. He's been performing for 35 years and has not lost one iota of passion for it. He discusses some of his happy moments on the operatic stage in recent years and some of his unhappy ones, the rigors of concert singing, important people in his life (personal and professional), the two "Three Tenors" concerts and all the necessary preparation, and his sponsorship of the Philadelphia Vocal Competition, among other subjects. No great secrets are revealed; instead, we are reaffirmed in our conviction of Pavarotti's dual appeal of professionalism and humanness. This is not a particularly exciting book, but it is engaging and informative enough to hold the attention of opera buffs as well as newer fans of the author's music. (Reviewed Sept. 1, 1995)0517700271Brad Hooper

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Born in Modena, Italy, Luciano Pavarotti learned to sing as a boy alto in a church choir and the Chorale Gioacchino Rossini, an amateur group. He began his career as a school teacher and an insurance salesman, but, after continued vocal study, he began to sing professionally in 1961. He had been performing for five years, in Europe, America, and Australia, when he achieved international fame from his performance as Tonio in La Fille du regiment at Covent Garden. Among his most famous roles are those of Rodolfo in La Boheme and Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore.

In 1982, Pavarotti appeared in an unsuccessful film, Yes, Giorgio, in which he plays an opera superstar who pursues an independent female doctor during an American tour. In 1991 the tenors Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Pavarotti teamed up to record In Concert, which has sold over 5 million CDs and cassettes worldwide. In Concert rose to number one on the U.S. classical charts for that year. It was also ranked number 43 on Billboard's pop charts, the highest any classical recording has climbed since rock-and-roll dominated album charts in the mid-1960s. He died on September 6, 2007 from pancreatic cancer.

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