Addio, Luciano
I weep for Pavarotti; he is dead…
I get out my two-CD set of Pavarotti’s Greatest Hits (London/Decca 417 011-2). They’re all there: “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot, “Recondita Armonia” from Tosca, “Di quella pira” from Il Trovatore, and so much more. My two favorite selections - how often I’ve played them over the years! - are the “Ingemisco” from Verdi’s Requiem, and Panis Angelicus by Cesar Franck. This is music to make the soul soar, above sorrow, above death.
We weep for Pavarotti - but we will treasure these gifts of his forever!
Luciano Pavarotti: Septemer 12, 1935 - September 6, 2007
