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Pavarotti and I - a true hero

I was very fortunate and lucky to meet Pavarotti in 1982. Its an easy date to remember as it was at a recording session for Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera. I sung in the Junior Royal College of Music choir and on this occasion we were taken by coach to the recording studio and then waited for Pavarotti to arrive.

It was a fairly hot day in London. When he entered the studio, his presence I can only describe as being even larger than he was himself. He had his trademark handkerchief and he greeted the kids in the choir like long lost friends. I'll never forget the warmth and sincerity. His singing was unbelievable, I was standing a few rows behind him and I could hear him as if he was singing head on.

Thank you Luciano for an amazing career

Comments

• i only realised how great he was when i saw a performance of an opera for which i had a DVD with pavarotti performing - well, it was chalk and cheese...

  Posted by: evanx on September 13, 2007 at 08:04 AM

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