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  Pavarotti Review: Ron Howard brushes lightly over the flaws of an opera messiah

  Dir: Ron Howard. Featuring: Luciano Pavarotti, Nicoletta Mantovani, Placido Domingo, Angela Gheorghiu, and Carol Vaness. 12A, 114 minsLuciano Pavarotti, the great opera singer, is on a canoe in the middle of the Amazon. It’s 1995, during the height of his fame, and he’s in the middle of a pilgrimage to a sacred place in the world of classical music: the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, at the very heart of the jungle. When he finally arrives at this magnificent, gilded theatre, he steps out onto the s

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  Ron Howard frames Pavarotti story through arias for new documentary

  Director Ron Howard did not know much about opera, but he understands drama when he sees it, and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti's life was packed with it. "I didn't know very much about opera," said Howard. "Pavarotti," arriving in U.S. movie theatres on Friday, uses rarely seen performances, home video and interviews with the singer's family and friends, including his second wife Nicoletta Mantovani, as well as archive material with some of his famous friends such as Princess Diana, Nelson M

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  Lorry driver’s opera singer daughter wins prestigious prize previously awarded to Pavarotti

  A London opera singer is following in the footsteps of Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli by winning a prestigious Italian arts award. Mezzo-soprano Carly Paoli, 28, will tomorrow receive the Premio Barocco, which recognises achievements in art and culture. Established in 1969, the prize has been awarded to opera greats Pavarotti and Bocelli as well as Pope Benedict XVI, film director Franco Zeffirelli and actresses Sophia Loren and Dame Helen Mirren.

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  Donald Trump calls Pavarotti 'good friend' despite singer's widow demanding he stopped using his music for campaign

  Donald Trump has claimed to have been “great friends” with legendary opera singer Luciano Pavarotti – a claim the late tenor’s family would likely dispute. Mr Trump made his claim at a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. In his opening remarks, Mr Trump called Italy a “beacon of artistic and scientific achievement,” and lauded Italian artists like composer Giuseppe Verdi and Mr Pavarotti.

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  Classic Brit Awards Pay Tribute To Pavarotti

  Luciano Pavarotti has posthumously received the lifetime achievement award at this year's Classic Brits, six years after he was too ill to accept it himself.

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  Placido Domingo In Hospital With Blood Clot

  Opera singer Placido Domingo is being treated in hospital for a blood clot in the lung.

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