Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

September 6, 2008 1:45:10 AM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: Placido Domingo

Stories

3 Stories

  • September 2007

    • High C is a Drink Best Served Bold

      New York Times  |  Sep 9, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      High C is a Drink Best Served Bold

      (Newser) - Pavarotti’s obits called him “King of the High C’s,” a nickname he earned for hitting a note that many tenors have to fake in falsetto. “It’s the absolute summit of technique,” says a coach. “More than anywhere else in your voice, you have to know what you’re doing.” The alluring note has made and ended operatic careers, and even helped drive one star to suicide, the New York Times reports. More »

      Tags

      opera  • tenor  • Luciano Pavarotti  • Metropolitan Opera  • Placido Domingo  • aria  • Romanticism

    • Thousands Pay Respects to Pavarotti

      Reuters  |  Sep 7, 07 5:53 PM CDT

      Thousands Pay Respects to Pavarotti

      (Newser) - Thousands lined up today to pay respects to opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti at the cathedral in his hometown of Modena, Italy. Though the tenor's family wants a private funeral tomorrow, an international array of celebrities and fans–among them Bono, Andrea Bocelli, and Kofi Annan–are planning to attend, Reuters reports. The tenor died of cancer yesterday at age 71. More »

      Tags

      obituary  • Italy  • funeral  • opera  • Kofi Annan  • tenor  • Luciano Pavarotti  • Bono  • Placido Domingo

    • Opera World Mourns 'King of the High Cs'

      New York Times  |  Sep 6, 07 8:05 AM CDT

      Opera World Mourns 'King of the High Cs'

      (Newser) - Placido Domingo is the better musician, but no other voice could match the late Luciano Pavarotti's, Anthony Tommasini writes in today's Times . The music critic looks at a career dotted with highs as lofty as the high Cs Pavarotti "tossed off" with "ease, pinging tone and utter glee" and concludes his take on Pavarotti's "Nessun dorma" with an unapologetic "Wow!" More »

      Tags

      obituary  • musician  • opera  • Luciano Pavarotti  • Placido Domingo

3 Stories

Today's Most Popular

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »