“I remember this soprano hitting this note in this unbelievable gown,” Howard said, gesturing with his arms to conjure up the scene. I don’t know what opera it was.” Not exactly the start of a lifelong love affair with opera. Researching the project, Howard studied the plots of Pavarotti’s signature operas like Puccini’s La Boheme and Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and the lyrics to his arias. He became Caruso, his era’s great example of a global superstar as an opera singer. The film touches only lightly on the vocal decline of Pavarotti’s later years, which some critics blamed on his loss of interest in the disciplined life of an opera singer.

Source: thestar June 05, 2019 03:56 UTC