"I remember when I began singing, in 1961, one person said, "run quick, because opera is going to have at maximum 10 years of life." At the time it was really going down. But then, I was lucky enough to make the first Live From the Met telecast. And the day after, people stopped me on the street. So I realized the importance of bringing opera to the masses. I think there were people who didn't know what opera was before. And they say "Bohème", and of course "Bohème is so good.""
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As quoted in Opera News (1998), and The New York Times (7 September 2007)
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Luciano Pavarotti
1935 – 2007
italienischer Tenor
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