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Luciano Pavarotti, the bearded opera legend, died early Thursday after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. With his noted girth and cheeky duets with pop singers, the 71-year-old tenor was that rare maestro of classical music who was as instantly recognizable around the world as superstars from MTV and the movies...
...announcement of a special Italian government prize for Luciano Pavarotti is the clearest sign to date that the ailing opera legend is indeed fighting for his life. Diagnosed last year with pancreatic cancer, Pavarotti, 71, spent much of August in the hospital in his hometown of Modena, and rumors about his condition - both dire diagnoses and reports of miraculous recoveries - have swirled all summer in the Italian gossip press. But when Italy's Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli on Tuesday said that Pavarotti would be awarded the first-ever "Excellence in Italian Culture" prize, he spoke solemnly of the bearded tenor...
...Pavarotti burst onto the opera scene in the mid 1960s, building a reputation as one of the great performers of the century, noted for his impassioned style as he hit the high C's and gripped his ever-present white dinner napkin. He achieved worldwide fame with live television appearances, both of classical operas and duets with such singers as Stevie Wonder and Celine Dion. He is also one-third of the Three Tenors, alongside Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras...
Agrado is one of Almodóvar's great creations, and the avatar for his artistic message. Her name means pleasure, and she is a sort of Falstaffian clown - colorful, pleasure-seeking and lovable. She sees life as a bagatelle, not a soap opera. If there is a complaint to be made about this adaptation it is that Australian-born writer Samuel Adamson ultimately ignores the Agrado spirit by deciding in the final scenes to take himself and the play too seriously...
...APEC is impossible to ignore. For its sake guards patrol the Harbour Bridge, dummy motorcades race through the streets, zoo animals are being moved to an island in the harbor so VIP wives can view them in peace, and a 3-m-high wall is going up around the Opera House. Even Sydneysiders who've missed the preparations know that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum Leaders' Week, which runs from Sept. 2-9, will be giving them a public holiday. It's the biggest event the country has held since the 2000 Olympic Games, involving 20 presidents and prime...