biography
pronunciation:
[pavarotee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1935– )
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| biography:
| Tenor, born in Modena, N Italy. He abandoned a career in school-teaching to become a singer, and won the international competition at the Teatro Reggio Emilia in 1961, making his operatic debut there in La Bohème the same year. He took part in the La Scala tour of Europe in 1963–4, toured Australia with Joan Sutherland in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1965, and made his US debut in 1968. His voice and performance are very much in the powerful style of the traditional Italian tenor. He is now internationally known as a concert performer, and has achieved a large popular following through his recordings and television appearances. He appeared in the film Yes, Giorgio in 1981, and published a volume of autobiography the same year. |
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