Pavarotti's last performance
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WITH a global audience, it should have been the climax of Luciano Pavarotti’s career. However, when the star tenor made his last public appearance, at the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006, disease and a failing voice led him to fake a live performance of his trademark aria Nessun Dorma. The disclosure comes in an affectionate but candid memoir published last week by Leone Magiera, a conductor and pianist who performed at Pavarotti’s side in more than 1,000 concerts. It paints a warts-and-all portrait of the singer’s passions for food and women, his triumphs and blunders.
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