The third in a series of seven music features about great 20th-century musicians.
King of the High Cs
A portrait of the Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti
PAVAROTTI'S singing of roles like Manrico in H Trovatore, Rodolfo in La Bohevie and Cavaradossi in Tosca has won him the highest critical acclaim throughout the world and he is acknowledged as a true successor to Caruso and Gigli. In this programme, filmed in Modena, Pesaro and Verona, Pavarotti talks about his life, and performs arias by Verdi, Puccini and Leoncavallo, accompanied by the ORCHESTRA STABILE ROMAGNA conducted by LEONE MAGIERA
Film editor JESSE PALMER
Produced by IAN ENGELMANN