Pavarotti has his moment on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
NewsThe tenor’s daughter, Cristina Pavarotti, and her daughter Caterina, were present at his induction into Hollywood heaven.
Cristina said: ‘It is a tremendous honour to represent my father on this momentous occasion. I wish I could express how much I’d love for him to be here. If I just think back to him, to all he achieved, at the trails he blazed, and at the many emotions given and received, I still feel dizzy. On behalf of myself, my sisters Lorenza, Giuliana, Alice, on behalf of Nicoletta Mantovani and of my daughter Caterina, who’s here with me today, thank you.’
Pretty cool. Not my cup of tea, but Pavarotti made a lot of people very happy over the years.
No mention of Adua (the mother of three of Luciano’s four daughters, as well as his wife for 35 years)?
Ari Bocian, the most elegant and distinctive (not mention beautiful) tenor voice of the last quarter of the 20th century, and all you can manage is a moralistic comment about his marriages? And Barry Guerrero, you make him sound like Bozo the Clown. Yes, he made some clueless PBS subscribers “happy”, but he ravished those of us who know the difference between adequacy and excellence. All-too-human, Pavarotti ended his earthly course in tasteless pandering to a public who hadn’t the slightest idea what it was listening to. But he should be remembered for what he was at the height of his powers, a magnificent tenor–a true rarity.
Mark D, I was only referring to Cristina’s comments at the event, which acknowledged her sisters and Nicoletta Mantovani, but didn’t appear to acknowledge Adua, who, in addition to being her actual mother and Luciano’s wife for nearly 40 years, also played a significant role in making Luciano’s career possible by caring for their children whenever he traveled to perform, and in acting as one of his secretaries who helped manage the business-related aspects of his job. In no way was I intending to be dismissive of Luciano, who, for the record, helped inspire my lifelong passion for opera when I was a child. I sincerely apologize if it came across that way.
No mention of Domingoes call of fame
And so, he takes his rightful place among Groucho Marx and Bugs Bunny.