Luciano Pavarotti was one of classical music’s biggest stars. We remember the tenor who famously \u2018couldn\u2019t act for toffee\u2019, but brought opera to an audience of millions <\/p>
For some, their introduction to <\/span>Pavarotti <\/span>may have been an enthralling opera at the Met or Covent Garden; for others it would have been a drenched night in Hyde Park or a balmy evening in the company of Domingo and Carreras. For others still, it was Lineker scoring, Gazza crying and Pearce missing from the spot.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Whatever image or event they might associate it with, more people have become familiar with Luciano Pavarotti\u2019s tenor voice than any other.<\/span><\/p>\n Luciano Pavarotti <\/span>was, in short, the most famous opera singer that the world has known.<\/span><\/p>\n Opera critic and broadcaster Christopher Cook<\/b> assesses just what it was that brought Pavarotti into the ranks of superstardom\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n The heavens opened and the traffic jammed up around the park. St John\u2019s Ambulance volunteers treated 193 people who were said to be suffering from hypothermia. <\/span><\/p>\n The Prince and Princess of Wales were drenched when the star suggested that they should fold up their umbrella because the people behind them couldn\u2019t see. And when the best known tenor in the world hit his final top note in \u2018Nessun dorma<\/a><\/strong>\u2019, 100,000 cheered him to the damp skies. They must have heard the roar from one end of London to the other.<\/span><\/p>\nWho was Pavarotti?<\/span><\/h2>\n