La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
“La Bohème is the opera of my debut and it's like the first love: you can never forget it. Rodolfo is intensely romantic and I think I am, too”.
Favourite opera roles (1986) by Luciano Pavarotti FoundationCasa Museo Luciano Pavarotti
La Bohème
L' Elisir d'Amore by Gaetano Donizetti
“The plot is so inspired and the music expresses it perfectly. Nemorino is half comic and half pathetic, just like life”.
Favourite opera roles (1990) by Luciano Pavarotti FoundationCasa Museo Luciano Pavarotti
L' Elisir d'Amore
Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
“There are many roles for which I feel a special attachment, but if I had to sing just one character for the rest of my days, it would be Riccardo from Un Ballo in Maschera”.
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Un Ballo in Maschera
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
“After a Tosca performance, where I was the painter Mario Cavaradossi, a friend gave me canvases, colors and brushes. I don't know what came over me ... but in the following days and months I began to paint frantically. I even forgot to eat!"
Favourite opera roles (1980) by Luciano Pavarotti FoundationCasa Museo Luciano Pavarotti
Tosca
Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
“Nessun Dorma is one of the most beautiful score ever written and it will remain so forever”.
Favourite opera roles (1997) by Luciano Pavarotti FoundationCasa Museo Luciano Pavarotti
Turandot
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