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| name               = Luciano Pavarotti
| honorific_suffix   = [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]]
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| birth_place        = [[Modena]], Kingdom of Italy
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| death_place        = Modena, Italy
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| years_active       = 1955–2006
| occupation         = Opera singer ([[tenor]])
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| children           = 4
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'''Luciano Pavarotti''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]]}} ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|l|uː|tʃ|i|ˈ|ɑː|n|oʊ|_|ˌ|p|æ|v|ə|ˈ|r|ɒ|t|i}} {{respell|LOO|chee|AH|noh|_|PAV|ə|ROT|ee}}, {{IPAc-en|USalso|-|_|ˌ|p|ɑː|v|-}} {{respell|-_|PAHV|-}}, {{IPA|it|luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti|lang}}; 12 October 1935{{spaced ndash}}6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic [[tenor]] who during the late part of his career crossed over into [[popular music]], eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete [[opera]]s and individual [[aria]]s, gaining worldwide fame for his tone and the [[Honorific nicknames in popular music|nickname]] "King of the [[High C]]s".

As one of [[the Three Tenors]], who performed their first concert during the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] before a global audience, Pavarotti became well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. From the beginning of his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy to his final performance of "[[Nessun dorma]]" at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], Pavarotti was at his best in [[bel canto]] operas, pre-''[[Aida]]'' [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]] roles, and [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]] works such as ''[[La bohème]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'', ''[[Turandot]]'' and ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''. He sold more than 100 million records,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4374415.stm |date=23 March 2005 |title=Pavarotti recovers from surgery |newspaper=[[BBC News Online|BBC NEWS]] |access-date=24 January 2025 }}</ref> and the [[Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert|first Three Tenors recording]] became the best-selling classical album of all time. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of [[refugee]]s and the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]], amongst others. He was appointed a [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] in 1988,<ref>{{cite web |title=Pavarotti Luciano |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/15868 |website=[[Quirinale.it]] |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204101901/https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/15868 |url-status=live }}</ref> and died from [[pancreatic cancer]] on 6 September 2007.

==Biography==
===Early life and musical training===
Luciano Pavarotti was born on 12 October 1935 on the outskirts of [[Modena]] in [[Northern Italy]], the son of Fernando Pavarotti, a baker and amateur tenor, and Adele Venturi, a cigar factory worker.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2007 |title=Luciano Pavarotti, 1935 - 2007 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/luciano-pavarotti-1935-2007/ |access-date=6 February 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803210548/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/luciano-pavarotti-1935-2007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although he spoke fondly of his childhood, the family had little money; its four members were crowded into a two-room apartment. According to Pavarotti, his father had a fine tenor voice but rejected the possibility of a singing career because of nervousness. [[World War II]] forced the family out of the city in 1943. For the following year, they rented a single room from a farmer in the neighbouring countryside, where the young Pavarotti developed an interest in farming.

After abandoning the dream of becoming a [[association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], Pavarotti spent seven years in vocal training. Pavarotti's earliest musical influences were his father's records, most of them featuring the popular tenors of the day—[[Beniamino Gigli]], [[Giovanni Martinelli]], [[Tito Schipa]], and [[Enrico Caruso]]. Pavarotti's favourite tenor and idol was [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] and he was also deeply influenced by [[Mario Lanza]], saying: "In my teens I used to go to Mario Lanza movies and then come home and imitate him in the mirror". At around the age of nine, he began singing with his father in a small local church choir.

In addition to music, as a child, Pavarotti enjoyed playing [[Association football|football]]. When he graduated from the Scuola Magistrale he was interested in pursuing a career as a professional football [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], but his mother convinced him to train as a teacher. He subsequently taught in an elementary school for two years but finally decided to pursue a music career. His father, recognising the risk involved, only reluctantly gave his consent. Pavarotti began the serious study of music in 1954 at the age of 19 with [[Arrigo Pola]], a respected teacher and professional tenor in Modena who offered to teach him without remuneration. According to conductor [[Richard Bonynge]], Pavarotti never learned to read music.<ref>{{YouTube|CYJ8Wp2U6w8|"Richard Bonynge Talking Pavarotti" Interview}}</ref>

In 1955, he experienced his first singing success when he was a member of the Corale Rossini, a [[male voice choir]] from Modena that also included his father, which won first prize at the [[Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod|International Eisteddfod]] in [[Llangollen]], Wales. He later said that this was the most important experience of his life, and that it inspired him to become a professional singer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/6981188.stm |title=Pavarotti eisteddfod career start |access-date=7 September 2007 |date=6 September 2007 |publisher=BBC Online}}</ref> At about this time Pavarotti first met Adua Veroni. They married in 1961. When his teacher Arrigo Pola moved to Japan, Pavarotti became a student of [[Ettore Campogalliani]], who at that time was also teaching Pavarotti's childhood friend, [[Mirella Freni]], whose mother worked with Luciano's mother in the cigar factory. Like Pavarotti, Freni went on to become a successful opera singer; they would go on to collaborate in various stage performances and recordings together.

During his years of musical study, Pavarotti held part-time jobs in order to sustain himself—first as an elementary school teacher and then as an insurance salesman. The first six years of study resulted in only a few recitals, all in small towns and without pay. When a [[vocal fold nodule|nodule]] developed on his [[vocal folds|vocal cords]], causing a ''"disastrous"'' concert in [[Ferrara]], he decided to give up singing. Pavarotti attributed his immediate improvement to the psychological release connected with this decision. Whatever the reason, the nodule not only disappeared but, as he related in his autobiography: "Everything I had learned came together with my natural voice to make the sound I had been struggling so hard to achieve".

===Career: 1960s–1970s===
Pavarotti began his career as a tenor in smaller regional Italian opera houses, making his debut as Rodolfo in ''[[La bohème]]'' at the [[Teatro Municipale di Reggio|Teatro Municipale]] in [[Reggio Emilia]] in April 1961. His first known recording of "[[Che gelida manina]]" was recorded during this performance.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.gramophone.co.uk/feature/luciano-pavarotti-the-birth-of-a-legend|title=Luciano Pavarotti – the birth of a legend |first=Philip|last= Kennicott |date=13 March 2015|work=Gramophone }}</ref> Pavarotti's first of two marriages was to Adua Veroni which lasted from 1961 to 2000 and they had three daughters: Lorenza, Cristina, and Giuliana.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Holland|first=Bernard|date=6 September 2007|title=Luciano Pavarotti Is Dead at 71 (Published 2007)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/music/06pavarotti.html|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407130415/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/music/06pavarotti.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Luciano Pavarotti 72.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Luciano Pavarotti in 1972]]

He made his first international appearance in ''[[La traviata]]'' in [[Belgrade]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. Very early in his career, on 23 February 1963, he debuted at the [[Vienna State Opera]] in the same role. In March and April 1963 Vienna saw Pavarotti again as Rodolfo and as Duca di Mantova in ''[[Rigoletto]]''. The same year saw his first concert outside Italy when he sang in [[Dundalk]], Ireland for the St Cecilia's Gramophone Society, he was engaged by the Dublin Grand Opera Society to sing The Duke of Mantua in Verdi's [[Rigoletto]] in May and June, and his [[The Royal Opera|Royal Opera House]] debut, where he replaced an indisposed [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]] as Rodolfo.<ref>Paul Arendt, [https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,2164106,00.html "It Was All About the Voice"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206111033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/07/classicalmusicandopera1 |date=6 February 2024 }}, ''The Guardian''(London), 7 September 2007</ref><ref>Cunningham, Jimmy (13 September 2007). [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+paid+a+fiver+for+a+tenor.-a0168610911 "I paid a fiver for a tenor."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516212207/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+paid+a+fiver+for+a+tenor.-a0168610911 |date=16 May 2013 }}. ''[[Daily Mirror]]''. Retrieved 29 January 2013</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/1963s-theatre-brochure/page/n7/mode/2up "1963 Concert Program, Dublin Grand Opera Society"]</ref>

In 1964, Pavarotti appeared as Idamante in ''[[Idomeneo]]'' at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baidow-Fletcher |first1=Jade |title=Pavarotti at Glyndebourne |url=https://www.glyndebourne.com/archive/pavarotti-at-glyndebourne/ |website=Glyndebourne |access-date=24 December 2025 |date=15 July 2019}}</ref> and was engaged by the Dublin Grand Opera Society to sing Rodolfo in [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[La bohème]]''<ref>[[iarchive:1964s-la-boheme-dgos/page/9/mode/2up]]</ref> and Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi's ''[[La Traviata]]''.<ref>[[iarchive:1964s-la-traviata-dgos|]]</ref> Reviewers favourably comment on his singing.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://operainireland.wordpress.com/1964-la-boheme-puccini-2/|title = 1964 / LA BOHEME / Puccini|date = 16 September 2020|access-date = 18 August 2021|archive-date = 18 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210818001050/https://operainireland.wordpress.com/1964-la-boheme-puccini-2/|url-status = live}}</ref>

While generally successful, Pavarotti's early roles did not immediately propel him into the stardom that he would later enjoy. An early coup involved his connection with [[Joan Sutherland]] (and her conductor husband, [[Richard Bonynge]]), who in 1963 was seeking a tenor taller than herself to take along on her 1965 tour to Australia.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,2164106,00.html Joan Sutherland quoted in Paul Arendt, "It Was All About the Voice,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206111033/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/07/classicalmusicandopera1 |date=6 February 2024 }} ''The Guardian'', (London), 7 September 2007: "The young Pavarotti was a revelation to the opera world. He made his debut in the United States with us in Miami in 1965. He then came as part of our company to Australia, where he sang three times a week for 14 weeks, and we went on to make countless recordings together".</ref> With his commanding physical presence, Pavarotti proved ideal.<ref>[[Richard Dyer (music critic)|Dyer, Richard]], [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/09/06/opera_star_luciano_pavarotti_dies "Opera star Luciano Pavarotti dies: Epic career spanned 40 years"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315223334/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/09/06/opera_star_luciano_pavarotti_dies/ |date=15 March 2011 }}, ''The Boston Globe'', 6 September 2007</ref> However, before the summer 1965 Australia tour Pavarotti sang with Joan Sutherland when he made his American début with the [[Florida Grand Opera|Greater Miami Opera]] in February 1965, singing in [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]]'s ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' on the stage of the [[Miami-Dade County]] Auditorium in Miami. The tenor scheduled to perform that night became ill with no understudy. As Sutherland had plans to travel with him on the Australia tour that summer, she recommended the young Pavarotti as he was acquainted with the role. Shortly after, on 28 April, Pavarotti made his [[La Scala]] debut in the revival of the [[Franco Zeffirelli]] production of ''La bohème'', with his childhood friend [[Mirella Freni]] singing Mimi and [[Herbert von Karajan]] conducting. Karajan had requested the singer's engagement.

[[File:Pavarotti - Sutherland 1976.jpg|thumb|upright|With [[Joan Sutherland]] in ''I puritani'' (1976)]]
During the Australia tour in summer 1965, Sutherland and Pavarotti sang some forty performances over two months, and Pavarotti later credited Sutherland for the breathing technique that would sustain him through his career.<ref>Ariel David, [http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1240287 "World Mourns Italian Tenor Pavarotti"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926211341/http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1240287 |date=26 September 2007 }}, WTOPnews.com, 6 September 2007</ref> After the extended Australian tour, he returned to La Scala, where he added Tebaldo from ''[[I Capuleti e i Montecchi]]'' to his repertoire on 26 March 1966, with [[Giacomo Aragall]] as Romeo. His first appearance as Tonio in Donizetti's ''[[La fille du régiment]]'' took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 2 June of that year. It was his performances of this role that would earn him the title of "King of the High Cs".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2400534.ece|title=Obituary: Luciano Pavarotti|work=[[The Times]]|place=London|date= 6 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725095137/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2400534.ece|archive-date=25 July 2008}}</ref><ref>Warrack, John and Ewan West (1996). "Luciano Pavarotti", ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera'' (3rd edition): Describes Pavarotti as having "... an excellent technique, and a conquering personality."</ref> He scored another major triumph in Rome on 20 November 1969 when he sang in ''[[I Lombardi alla prima crociata|I Lombardi]]'' opposite [[Renata Scotto]]. This was recorded on a private label and widely distributed, as were various recordings of his ''I Capuleti e i Montecchi'', usually with Aragall. Early commercial recordings included a recital of Donizetti (the aria from ''[[Dom Sébastien|Don Sebastiano]]'' were particularly highly regarded) and [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]] [[aria]]s, as well as a complete ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'' with Sutherland.

His breakthrough in the United States came on 17 February 1972, in a production of ''La fille du régiment'' at New York's [[Metropolitan Opera]], in which he hit nine [[tenor C|high Cs]] in the signature [[aria]] and had seventeen curtain calls.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hooper |first=John |date=5 September 2007 |title=Family at Pavarotti's bedside as condition worsens |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/06/classicalmusic.italy1 |access-date=16 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Pavarotti sang his international [[Concert#Recital|recital]] début at [[William Jewell College]] in [[Liberty, Missouri]], on 1 February 1973, as part of the college's Fine Arts Program, now known as the Harriman–Jewell Series.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Tibbetts |first=John C. |date=5 May 1989 |title=A Small Missouri Town Cheers Its Longtime Hero: 'Doc' Pavarotti |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1989/0505/lpav.html |access-date=2 March 2025 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729}}</ref> According to his manager at the time, Pavarotti clutched a handkerchief throughout this recital because he had a lingering cold.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Midgette |first1=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSghpE8IXNsC&pg=PT75 |title=The King and I: The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by his Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary |last2=Breslin |first2=Herbert |date=18 November 2011 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |isbn=978-1-78057-316-8 |language=en}}</ref> Pavarotti himself explained that he needed the handkerchief, since he didn't know what to do with his hands.<ref name=":0" /> The prop became a signature part of his solo performances.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Snowman |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RdkHAQAAMAAJ&q=why+pavarotti+held+handkerchief |title=Plácido Domingo's Tales from the Opera |date=1994 |publisher=[[BBC Books]] |isbn=978-0-563-37045-1 |language=en}}</ref> He began to give frequent television performances, starting with his performances as Rodolfo (''La bohème'') in the first [[Live from the Met]] telecast in March 1977, which attracted one of the largest audiences ever for a televised opera.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From the Archives: Pavarotti at the Met |url=https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/articles/from-the-archives-pavarotti-at-the-met/ |access-date=6 March 2025 |website=Metropolitan Opera |language=en}}</ref> He won [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] awards and [[platinum disc|platinum]] and [[gold disc]]s for his performances.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

In 1976, Pavarotti debuted at the [[Salzburg Festival]], appearing in a solo recital on 31 July, accompanied by pianist Leone Magiera. Pavarotti returned to the festival in 1978 with a recital and as the Italian singer in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' in 1983 with ''[[Idomeneo]]'', and both in 1985 and 1988 with solo recitals. In 1979, he was profiled in a cover story in the weekly magazine ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19790924,00.html|title=Time Magazine Cover: Luciano Pavarotti|date=24 September 1979|publisher=Time–Life|access-date=2 January 2017|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103003043/http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19790924,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> That same year saw Pavarotti's return to the [[Vienna State Opera]] after an absence of fourteen years. With Herbert von Karajan conducting, Pavarotti sang Manrico in ''[[Il trovatore]]''. In 1978, he appeared in a solo recital on ''[[Live from Lincoln Center]]''.

===Career: 1980s–1990s===
At the beginning of the 1980s, he set up The Pavarotti International Voice Competition for young singers, performing with the winners in 1982 in excerpts of ''La bohème'' and ''L'elisir d'amore''. The second competition, in 1986, staged excerpts of ''La bohème'' and ''Un ballo in maschera''. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his career, he brought the winners of the competition to Italy for gala performances of ''La bohème'' in Modena and [[Genoa]], and then to China where they staged performances of ''La bohème'' in Beijing ([[Peking]]). To conclude the visit, Pavarotti performed the inaugural concert in the [[Great Hall of the People]] before 10,000 people, receiving a [[standing ovation]] for nine high Cs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Kevin |date=12 February 1988 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : Pavarotti's 'Harmony' Brings China Closer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-12-ca-28744-story.html |access-date=5 March 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cavanaugh |first=Jean |date=5 July 1986 |title=Personalities |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/07/05/personalities/9e3db218-b939-424c-aedd-34222c6434b8/ |access-date=5 March 2025 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> The third competition in 1989 again staged performances of ''L'elisir d'amore'' and ''Un ballo in maschera''. The winners of the fifth competition accompanied Pavarotti in performances in [[Philadelphia]] in 1997.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

In the mid-1980s, Pavarotti returned to two opera houses that had provided him with important breakthroughs, the [[Vienna State Opera]] and [[La Scala]]. Vienna saw Pavarotti as Rodolfo in ''La bohème'' with [[Carlos Kleiber]] conducting and again Mirella Freni was Mimi; as Nemorino in ''L'elisir d'amore''; as Radames in ''Aida'' conducted by Lorin Maazel; as Rodolfo in ''Luisa Miller''; and as Gustavo in ''Un ballo in maschera'' conducted by Claudio Abbado. In 1996, Pavarotti appeared for the last time at the Staatsoper in ''Andrea Chénier''. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, promoters [[Tibor Rudas]] and [[Harvey Goldsmith]] booked Pavarotti into increasingly larger venues.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

[[File:Vincenzo Mollica, Pavarotti, Lucio Dalla e Zucchero al Pavarotti e friends 1992.jpg|thumb|left|From left: journalist Vincenzo Mollica, Pavarotti, [[Lucio Dalla]] and [[Zucchero Fornaciari|Zucchero]] on the first edition of ''[[Pavarotti & Friends]]'' (1992)]]

In 1985, Pavarotti sang Radames at La Scala opposite Maria Chiara in a Luca Ronconi production conducted by Maazel, recorded on video. His performance of the aria "Celeste Aida" received a two-minute ovation on the opening night.{{fact|date=November 2024}} He was reunited with Mirella Freni for the San Francisco Opera production of ''La bohème'' in 1988, also recorded on video. In 1992, La Scala saw Pavarotti in a new Zeffirelli production of ''Don Carlos'', conducted by Riccardo Muti.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MuQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100 |title=Candid Camera |date=18 April 1994 |publisher=New York Magazine |language=en}}</ref>

Pavarotti became even better known throughout the world in 1990 when his rendition of the aria "[[Nessun dorma]]" from [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[Turandot]]'' was taken as the theme song of [[BBC]]'s coverage of the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] in Italy. The aria achieved pop status, became the World Cup soundtrack, and it remained his trademark song.<ref>{{cite news|title=A riot of colour, emotion and memories: the World Cup stands alone in the field of sport|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/world-cup-russia-2018-preview-lionel-messi-ronaldo-italia-90-98-england-brazil-germany-france-a8392211.html|access-date=20 August 2018|work=The Independent|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525035600/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/world-cup-russia-2018-preview-lionel-messi-ronaldo-italia-90-98-england-brazil-germany-france-a8392211.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by the first [[Three Tenors]] concert, held on the eve of the [[1990 FIFA World Cup Final]] at the ancient [[Baths of Caracalla]] in Rome with fellow tenors [[Plácido Domingo]] and [[José Carreras]] and conductor [[Zubin Mehta]]. The performance for the World Cup closing concert captivated a global audience, and it became the biggest-selling classical record of all time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pavarotti, top tenors sing for World Cup crowds |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/07/08/Pavarotti-top-tenors-sing-for-World-Cup-crowds/1118647409600/ |access-date=24 August 2018 |work=Upi}}</ref> A highlight of the concert, in which Pavarotti sang the opening verses using extended vocal runs for di Capua's "[['O sole mio]]" and which was in turn perfectly repeated note-for-note by Domingo and Carreras. The recorded album sold millions of copies,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.quotidiano.net/musica/2007/09/06/34818-carriera_venduto_milioni_dischi.shtml |title=In carriera ha venduto 100 milioni di dischi – Il mito Pavarotti |language=it |date=6 September 2007 |website=Il Quotidiano |access-date=7 September 2018 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001410/https://www.quotidiano.net/musica/2007/09/06/34818-carriera_venduto_milioni_dischi.shtml/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert|first Three Tenors recording]] became the best-selling classical album of all time.<ref name="Malone2011">{{cite book|first=Gareth |last=Malone|title=Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oydQ714j4w0C&pg=PA34|access-date=30 July 2013|date=2011|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-0-00-739618-4|pages=34–|archive-date=6 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206110805/https://books.google.com/books?id=oydQ714j4w0C&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Throughout the 1990s, Pavarotti appeared in outdoor concerts, [[Pavarotti in the Park|including his televised concert]] in London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], which drew a record attendance of 150,000. In June 1993, more than 500,000 listeners gathered for his free performance on the Great Lawn of New York's [[Central Park]], while millions more around the world watched on television.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |date=28 June 1993 |title=Review/Music; Pavarotti Sings, and the Great Lawn Is All Ears |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/28/arts/review-music-pavarotti-sings-and-the-great-lawn-is-all-ears.html |access-date=5 March 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The following September, in the shadow of the [[Eiffel Tower]] in Paris, he sang for an estimated crowd of 300,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 2002 |title=Pavarotti: The final notes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2067019.stm |access-date=5 March 2025 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Following on from the original 1990 concert, the Three Tenors concerts were held during the three subsequent [[List of FIFA World Cup finals|FIFA World Cup Finals]], in 1994 in Los Angeles, 1998 in Paris, and 2002 in Yokohama.<ref name="FIFA">{{cite book |title=The Music Industry Handbook |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |page=219}}</ref>

[[File:Elton John with Luciano Pavarotti in Modena 1996.jpg|thumb|[[Elton John]] and Pavarotti in Modena, 1996]]

In September 1995, Pavarotti performed Schubert's [[Ave Maria (Schubert)|Ave Maria]] along with [[Dolores O'Riordan]]; [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], who attended the live performance, told O'Riordan that the song brought her to tears.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aleteia.org/2018/01/15/when-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-sang-ave-maria-with-pavarotti|title=When the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan sang 'Ave Maria' with Pavarotti|work=[[Aleteia]]|first=Mauro|last=J-P|date=15 January 2018|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206143958/https://aleteia.org/2018/01/15/when-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-sang-ave-maria-with-pavarotti/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1995, Pavarotti's friends, the singer [[Lara Saint Paul]] (as Lara Cariaggi) and her husband showman Pier Quinto Cariaggi, who had produced and organised Pavarotti's 1990 FIFA World Cup Celebration Concert at the [[PalaSharp|PalaTrussardi]] in Milan,<ref>[http://home.earthlink.net/~beachwoodprs/html/PAVAROTTI.htm Pavarotti, Luciano: ''The Event, The World Cup Celebration Concert (1990)''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124235051/http://home.earthlink.net/~beachwoodprs/html/PAVAROTTI.htm |date=24 January 2009 }}</ref> produced and wrote the television documentary ''The Best is Yet to Come'', an extensive biography about the life of Pavarotti.<ref name="web.archive.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090124172647/http://203.221.255.21/opacs/TitleDetails?displayid=137394&collection=all&displayid=0&fieldcode=2&from=BasicSearch&genreid=0&ITEMID=%24VARS.getItemId%28%29&original=%24VARS.getOriginal%28%29&pageno=1&phrasecode=1&searchwords=Lara%20Saint%20Paul%20&status=2&subjectid=0&index= Pavarotti: ''The Best is Yet to Come''], Penrith City Library Catalogue</ref> Lara Saint Paul was the interviewer for the documentary with Pavarotti, who spoke candidly about his life and career.<ref name="web.archive.org"/>

Pavarotti's rise to stardom was not without occasional difficulties, however. He earned a reputation as "The King of Cancellations" by frequently backing out of performances, and his unreliable nature led to poor relationships with some opera houses.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hooper |first=John |date=5 September 2007 |title=Family at Pavarotti's bedside as condition worsens |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/06/classicalmusic.italy1 |access-date=5 March 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> This was brought into focus in 1989 when [[Ardis Krainik]] of the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] severed the house's 15-year relationship with the tenor.<ref name="Ref-1">Herbert H. Breslin, ''The King and I: The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary'', New York: Doubleday Publishing, 2004 {{ISBN|978-0-385-50972-5}} {{ISBN|0-385-50972-3}}</ref> Over an eight-year period, Pavarotti had cancelled 26 out of 41 scheduled appearances at the Lyric, and the decisive move by Krainik to ban him for life was well noted throughout the opera world,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bourdain |first=G. S. |date=1 September 1989 |title=Pavarotti Vows Not to Sing At Lyric Opera of Chicago |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/01/arts/pavarotti-vows-not-to-sing-at-lyric-opera-of-chicago.html |access-date=6 March 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> after the performer walked away from a season premiere less than two weeks before rehearsals began, saying pain from a sciatic nerve required two months of treatment.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 September 1989 |title=Giacomini to Open Chicago Opera Season |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/14/arts/giacomini-to-open-chicago-opera-season.html |access-date=6 March 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On 12 December 1998, he became the first (and, to date, only) opera singer to perform on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', singing alongside [[Vanessa L. Williams]]. He also sang with [[U2]] in the band's 1995 song "[[Miss Sarajevo]]" and with [[Mercedes Sosa]] in a big concert at the [[Boca Juniors]] arena [[Estadio Alberto J. Armando|La Bombonera]] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1999. In 1998, Pavarotti was presented with the [[Grammy Legend Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Pavarotti {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/luciano-pavarotti/17212 |access-date=5 March 2025 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>

===Career: Early 2000s===
[[File:Luciano Pavarotti 15.06.02 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Luciano Pavarotti performing on 15 June 2002 at a concert in the [[Stade Vélodrome]] in [[Marseille]]]]
In 2001, Pavarotti was acquitted in an Italian court of a dispute concerning his official country of residency and taxable earnings.<ref name="London 2001">"Pavarotti wins tax case.", ''[[The Times]]'', London, 20 October 2001.</ref> Pavarotti long claimed [[Monte Carlo]] in the [[tax haven]] of [[Monaco]] as his official residence, but an Italian court in 1999 had rejected that claim by ruling that his Monaco address could not accommodate his entire family.<ref>"Pavarotti tax bill.", ''[[The Times]]'', London, 27 April 1999.</ref> In 2000 Pavarotti agreed to pay the Italian government more than $7.6 million in back taxes and penalties as a result of tax evasion charges that dated from 1989 to 1995. Pavarotti was subsequently fully acquitted by an Italian court of filing false tax returns in 2001.<ref name="London 2001"/>

On 13 December 2003, he married his second wife and former personal assistant, Nicoletta Mantovani (born 1969), with whom he already had another daughter, Alice. Alice's twin brother, Riccardo, was [[stillborn]] after complications in January 2003. At the time of his death in September 2007, he was survived by his wife, his four daughters, and one granddaughter.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Holland|first=Bernard|date=6 September 2007|title=Luciano Pavarotti Is Dead at 71 (Published 2007)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/music/06pavarotti.html|access-date=31 December 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407130415/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/music/06pavarotti.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lehmann|first=John|date=14 May 2002|title=PAVAROTTI DAUGHTER'S BABY GRAND|url=https://nypost.com/2002/05/14/pavarotti-daughters-baby-grand/|access-date=31 December 2020|website=New York Post|language=en-US|archive-date=9 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209005615/https://nypost.com/2002/05/14/pavarotti-daughters-baby-grand/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Is This Pavarotti's Granddaughter Singing 'Nessun Dorma'?|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pavarotti-granddaughter-singing/|access-date=31 December 2020|website=Snopes.com|date=30 April 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128083204/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pavarotti-granddaughter-singing/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late 2003, he released his final compilation—and his first and only "crossover" album, ''Ti Adoro.'' Most of the 13 songs were written and produced by Michele Centonze, who had already helped produce the "Pavarotti & Friends" concerts between 1998 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000077VOW/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000004272&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0WCRQMKXFXVN29HHF1G8|title=Amazon.com: The Pavarotti & Friends Collection: The Complete Concerts, 1992–2000: Luciano Pavarotti: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|date=12 November 2002|access-date=2 January 2017|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626185600/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000077VOW/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000004272&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0WCRQMKXFXVN29HHF1G8|url-status=live}}</ref> The tenor described the album as a wedding gift to Nicoletta Mantovani. That same year he was made a Commander of Monaco's [[Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco)|Order of Cultural Merit]].<ref>[http://www.legimonaco.mc/Dataweb/jourmon.nsf/100ab120e52ceb84c12568ce002f2909/cde78b23793a6470c1256de9002def94!OpenDocument Sovereign Ordonnance n° 16.053 of 18 Nov. 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024070849/http://www.legimonaco.mc/Dataweb/jourmon.nsf/100ab120e52ceb84c12568ce002f2909/cde78b23793a6470c1256de9002def94!OpenDocument |date=24 October 2012 }}: promotions or nominations in the Order of Cultural Merit</ref>

In 2004, one of Pavarotti's former managers, [[Herbert Breslin]], published a book, ''The&nbsp;King&nbsp;&&nbsp;I''.<ref name="Ref-1"/> Seen by critics as bitter and sensationalistic{{fact|date=November 2024}}, it is critical of the singer's acting (in opera), his inability to read music well and learn parts, and his personal conduct, although acknowledging their success together. In an interview in 2005 with [[Jeremy Paxman]] on the [[BBC]], Pavarotti rejected the allegation that he could not read music, although he acknowledged he did not read orchestral scores.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 September 2005 |title=Transcript of Pavarotti interview |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4283628.stm |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=BBC NEWS}}</ref>

His awards and honours include [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 2001. He also holds two [[Guinness World Records]]: one for receiving the most [[curtain call]]s (165)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/archive/2004/60-minutes-story-about-singer-strikes-false-notes/|title='60 Minutes' Story About Singer Hits False Note|last=Block|first=Mervin|date=15 October 2004|publisher=Poynter Online|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010151700/https://www.poynter.org/archive/2004/60-minutes-story-about-singer-strikes-false-notes/|url-status=live}}</ref> and another for the best-selling [[classical music era|classical]] album (''[[Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert]]'' by [[the Three Tenors]]; the latter record is thus shared by fellow tenors [[Plácido Domingo]] and [[José Carreras]]).<ref>{{cite web |date=2 February 1999 |title=Best-selling album of classical music |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/70135-best-selling-album-of-classical-music |access-date=6 March 2025 |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref>

[[File:Luciano Pavarotti - Concert.jpg|thumb|250px|Pavarotti performing at the [[2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony]]]]

===Final performances and health issues===

Pavarotti began his farewell tour in 2004, at the age of 69, performing one last time in old and new locations, after more than four decades on the stage. On 13 March 2004, Pavarotti gave his last performance in an opera at the [[New York Metropolitan Opera]], for which he received a long standing ovation for his role as the painter Mario Cavaradossi in [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[Tosca]]''. On 1 December 2004, he announced a 40-city farewell tour. Pavarotti and his manager, Terri Robson, commissioned impresario [[Harvey Goldsmith]] to produce the Worldwide Farewell Tour. His last full-scale performance was at the end of a two-month [[Australasia]]n tour in Taiwan in December 2005.

In March 2005, Pavarotti underwent neck surgery to repair two [[vertebrae]]. In early 2006, he underwent further back surgery and contracted an infection while in the hospital in New York, forcing cancellation of concerts in the US, Canada, and the UK.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5212832.stm |title=Pavarotti 'will return to stage' |access-date=5 September 2007 |work=BBC News |date=25 July 2006 |archive-date=26 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826044858/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5212832.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 10 February 2006, Pavarotti performed "[[Nessun dorma]]" at the [[2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony]] in [[Turin]], Italy, at his final performance.<ref name="guardian-lipsync">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/07/classicalmusicandopera.italy |title=Pavarotti mimed at final performance |access-date=7 April 2008 |work=The Guardian |date=7 April 2008 |location=London |first=Tom |last=Kington |archive-date=9 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409034241/http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2271470,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the last act of the opening ceremony, his performance received the longest and loudest ovation of the night from the international crowd. Leone Magiera, who directed the performance, revealed in his 2008 memoirs, ''Pavarotti Visto da Vicino'', that the performance had been recorded weeks earlier.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kington|first=Tom|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/07/classicalmusicandopera.italy|title=Pavarotti mimed at final performance|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 April 2008|access-date=28 August 2009|location=London|archive-date=2 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902054715/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/07/classicalmusicandopera.italy|url-status=live}}</ref> "The orchestra pretended to play for the audience, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing. The effect was wonderful", he wrote. Pavarotti's manager, Terri Robson, said that the tenor had turned the Winter Olympic Committee's invitation down several times because it would have been impossible to sing late at night in the subzero conditions of Turin in February. The committee eventually persuaded him to take part by prerecording the song.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 April 2008 |title=Pavarotti lip-synced final Torino Olympics gig, book reveals |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/pavarotti-lip-synced-final-torino-olympics-gig-book-reveals-1.703144 |access-date=9 March 2025 |website=CBC}}</ref>

===Death===
[[File:Grave of Luciano Pavarotti and his family.jpg|thumb|Grave of Luciano Pavarotti and his family in {{ill|Montale Rangone|it}}]]
While proceeding with an international "[[farewell tour]]", Pavarotti was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]] in July 2006. He sought treatment following this diagnosis, undergoing major abdominal surgery and making plans for the resumption and conclusion of his singing commitments,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202530,00.html |title=Singer Luciano Pavarotti recovering from pancreatic cancer surgery |access-date=5 September 2007 |publisher=Fox News |date=7 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709151758/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202530,00.html |archive-date=9 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but he died at his home in Modena on 6 September 2007. After his death, his manager, Terri Robson, noted in a statement, "The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness".<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/06/pavarotti.dead.ap/index.html "Tenor Luciano Pavarotti dead at 71" on cnn.com, 6 September 2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917080932/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/06/pavarotti.dead.ap/index.html |date=17 September 2007 }}; retrieved on 6 September 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/pavarotti-dead-at-71-manager/2007/09/06/1188783353910.html Pavarotti dead at 71: manager] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907063824/http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/pavarotti-dead-at-71-manager/2007/09/06/1188783353910.html |date=7 September 2007 }}; retrieved on 6 September 2007</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pavarotti Dead at Age 71 |work=CBS News |date=5 September 2007 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opera-star-luciano-pavarotti-dies-at-71/ |access-date=15 June 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615125341/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opera-star-luciano-pavarotti-dies-at-71/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pavarotti's funeral was held at [[Modena Cathedral]]. The then Prime Minister [[Romano Prodi]] and [[Kofi Annan]] attended.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6983912.stm|title=Thousands bid Pavarotti farewell|date=8 September 2007|publisher=BBC News – Entertainment|access-date=2 January 2017|archive-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908185921/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6983912.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Frecce Tricolori]], the aerobatic demonstration team of the [[Italian Air Force]], flew overhead, leaving green-white-red smoke trails. After a funeral procession through the centre of Modena, Pavarotti's coffin was taken the final {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=off|spell=in}} to Montale Rangone, a village part of [[Castelnuovo Rangone]], and was interred in the Pavarotti family crypt. The funeral, in its entirety, was also telecast live on [[CNN]]. The [[Vienna State Opera]] and the [[Salzburg Festival|Salzburg Festival Hall]] flew black flags in mourning.<ref>{{cite news
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  }}</ref> Tributes were published by many opera houses, such as London's [[Royal Opera House]].<ref>{{cite news
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==Other work==

===Film and television===
[[File:Luciano Pavarotti Karen Kondazian 1981 wiki.jpg|thumb|right|Pavarotti embraces [[Karen Kondazian]] on the set of ''[[Yes, Giorgio]]''.]]
Pavarotti's one venture into film was ''[[Yes, Giorgio]]'' (1982), a romantic comedy movie directed by [[Franklin J. Schaffner]], in which he starred as the main character Giorgio Fini. The film was a critical and commercial failure, although it received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Music, Original Song.

He can be seen to better advantage in [[Jean-Pierre Ponnelle]]'s movie ''[[Rigoletto (1982 film)|Rigoletto]]'', an adaptation of the opera of the [[Rigoletto|same name]] also released in 1982, or in his more than 20 live opera performances taped for television between 1978 and 1994, most of them with the [[Metropolitan Opera]], and most available on DVD.

He received two [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s for his [[PBS]] variety specials ''Pavarotti in Philadelphia: La Boheme'' and ''Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto Great Performances''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/luciano-pavarotti|title=Luciano Pavarotti|website=Television Academy|language=en|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129160820/http://www.emmys.com/bios/luciano-pavarotti|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Pavarotti (film)|Pavarotti]]'', a 2019 documentary film about him, was directed by [[Ron Howard]] and produced with the cooperation of Pavarotti's estate using family archives, interviews and live music footage.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Ron Howard To Direct Feature Documentary on Iconic Opera Singer Luciano Pavarotti |url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/luciano-pavarotti-documentary-ron-howard-directing-opera-singer-brian-grazer-nigel-sinclair-1202105775 |website=Deadline |access-date=8 January 2019 |language=en |date=1 June 2017 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108203334/https://deadline.com/2017/06/luciano-pavarotti-documentary-ron-howard-directing-opera-singer-brian-grazer-nigel-sinclair-1202105775/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Humanitarianism===
{{see also|Pavarotti & Friends}}
Pavarotti annually hosted the Pavarotti & Friends charity concerts in his home town of [[Modena]] [[Italy]], joining with singers from all parts of the music industry, including [[B.B. King]], [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Zucchero]], [[Jon Bon Jovi]], [[Bryan Adams]], [[Bono]], [[James Brown]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Dolores O'Riordan]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Céline Dion]], [[Anastacia]], [[Elton John]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Meat Loaf]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[George Michael]], [[Tracy Chapman]], the [[Spice Girls]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Barry White]] to raise money for several UN causes. Concerts were held for [[War Child (charity)|War Child]], and victims of war and civil unrest in Bosnia, Guatemala, Kosovo and Iraq. After [[Bosnian War|the war in Bosnia]], he financed and established the [[Pavarotti Music Centre]] in the southern city of [[Mostar]] to offer Bosnia's artists the opportunity to develop their skills. For these contributions, the city of [[Sarajevo]] named him an honorary citizen in 2006.<ref>[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/635186395/Sarajevo-authorities-name-Pavarotti-honorary-citizen.html?pg=all "Sarajevo authorities name Pavarotti honorary citizen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701042127/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/635186395/Sarajevo-authorities-name-Pavarotti-honorary-citizen.html?pg=all |date=1 July 2018 }}. ''Deseret News'' (Salt Lake City). 22 February 2006. Retrieved on 29 April 2017.</ref>

He performed at [[benefit concert]]s to raise money for victims of tragedies such as the [[1988 Spitak earthquake|Spitak earthquake]] that killed 25,000 people in northern Armenia in December 1988,<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_en_mu/pavarotti Alessandra Rizzo, ''"Italian tenor Pavarotti dies at age 71"'' on yahoo.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911173720/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_en_mu/pavarotti |date=11 September 2007 }}; retrieved on 6 September 2007</ref> and sang Gounod's ''[[Ave Maria (Gounod)|Ave Maria]]'' with legendary French pop music star and ethnic [[Armenian people|Armenian]] [[Charles Aznavour]].

He was a close friend of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]. They raised money for the elimination of [[land mines]] worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.temple.edu/librarynews/2007/09/14/luciano_pavarot_1/|title=Luciano Pavarotti, 1935–2007|last=Harlow|first=Anne|date=14 September 2007|website=Temple University Libraries News|language=en-US|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204134414/https://sites.temple.edu/librarynews/2007/09/14/luciano_pavarot_1/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1998, he was appointed the [[United Nations Messenger of Peace]], using his fame to raise awareness of UN issues, including the [[Millennium Development Goals]], [[HIV/AIDS]], [[child rights]], [[Slums|urban slums]] and poverty.<ref>[https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/org1441.doc.htm ''"Luciano Pavarotti to Promote UN Causes During Series of Concerts, 2005–2006"'', U.N. Press release, 5/4/2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016214846/http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/org1441.doc.htm |date=16 October 2013 }}. Retrieved 6 September 2007</ref>

In 1999, Pavarotti performed a charity benefit concert in [[Beirut]], to mark Lebanon's re-emergence on the world stage after a brutal [[Lebanese Civil War|15-year civil war]]. The largest concert held in Beirut since the end of the war, it was attended by 20,000 people who travelled from countries as distant as [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Bulgaria]].<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9906/14/showbuzz/index.html?iref=newssearch Pavarotti breaks a different kind of sound barrier] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309072338/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9906/14/showbuzz/index.html?iref=newssearch |date=9 March 2008 }}; 14 June 1999; retrieved on 12 October 2007</ref> In 1999 he also hosted a charity benefit concert to build a school in Guatemala, for Guatemalan civil war orphans. It was named after him [[Centro Educativo Pavarotti]]. Now the foundation of Nobel prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum is running the school.

In 2001, Pavarotti received the [[Nansen Medal]] from the [[UN High Commission for Refugees]] for his efforts in raising money on behalf of [[refugee]]s worldwide. Through benefit concerts and volunteer work, he has raised more than any other individual.<ref>{{cite news
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Also in 2001, Pavarotti was chosen one of that year's five recipients by the President and First Lady as an honoree for their lifetime achievements in the arts at the [[White House]], followed by the [[Kennedy Center]]; the [[Kennedy Center Honors]], He was surprised by the appearance of [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] and that year's winner of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]], [[Kofi Annan]], who lauded him for his contribution to humankind. Six months prior, Pavarotti had held a large charity concert for Afghan refugees, particularly children in his home town of Modena, Italy.<ref name="Kennedy Center Honors1">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/|title=Command Performance|last=Farhi|first=Paul|date=3 December 2001|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=20 February 2017|archive-date=8 February 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010208221807/http://www.al-oholicsanonymous.com/interviews/washpost.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Annan Pavarotti">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7fGAXpPxUQ&t=3s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/d7fGAXpPxUQ| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=Luciano Pavarotti – Kennedy center 2001| date=5 July 2013|publisher=Kennedy Center Honors|access-date=20 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
[[File:Handprint of Luciano Pavarotti.jpg|thumb|Handprint of Luciano Pavarotti. Atlantic City Boardwalk New Jersey USA 2006]]
Other honours he received include the ''"Freedom of London Award"'' and The [[Red Cross]] ''"Award for Services to Humanity"'', for his work in raising money for that organisation, and the 1998 ''"[[MusiCares Person of the Year]]"'', given to humanitarian heroes by the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news
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He was a National Patron of [[Delta Omicron]], an international professional music fraternity.<ref>[http://delta-omicron.org/index00.html Delta Omicron] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127130549/http://delta-omicron.org/index00.html |date=27 January 2010 }}</ref>

==Legacy and estate assignment==
His first [[will (law)|will]] was opened the day after his death; a second will was opened within the same month of September.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/italy/story/0,,2172193,00.html |title=Pavarotti's will leaves US property to his second wife |work=The Guardian |date=19 September 2007 |access-date=16 October 2007 |location=London |first=John |last=Hooper |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206110806/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/19/usa.italy |url-status=live }}</ref> He left an estate outside his native Modena (now a museum), a villa in [[Pesaro]], his flat in [[Monte Carlo]], and three flats in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2433004.ece |title=Pavarotti's manager on his last days |work=The Times |date=11 September 2007 |access-date=14 October 2007 |location=London |first=Richard |last=Owen |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206110814/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Pavarotti's widow's lawyers, Giorgio Bernini and Anna Maria Bernini, and manager Terri Robson announced on 30 June 2008 that his family amicably settled his estate—€300 million ($474.2 million, including $15 million in U.S. assets). Pavarotti drafted two wills before his death: one divided his assets by Italian law, giving half to his second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, and half to his four daughters; the second gave his U.S. holdings to Mantovani. The judge confirmed the compromise by the end of July 2008. However, a [[Pesaro]] [[public prosecutor]], Massimo di Patria, investigated allegations that Pavarotti was not of [[sound mind]] when he signed the will.<ref>[http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKL3030679120080701 "Pavarotti's widow and daughters reach inheritance deal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206053058/http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKL3030679120080701 |date=6 December 2008 }}, on uk.reuters.com</ref><ref>Philip Willan, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/widow-settles-dispute-with-pavarottis-daughters-over-will-857662.html "Widow settles dispute with Pavarotti's daughters over will"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910143443/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/widow-settles-dispute-with-pavarottis-daughters-over-will-857662.html |date=10 September 2017 }}, ''The Independent'' (London), 1 July 2008</ref> Pavarotti's estate has been settled "fairly", a lawyer for Mantovani said in statements after reports of a dispute between her and his three daughters from his first marriage.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/arts/01arts-PAVAROTTISDA_BRF.html | work=The New York Times | title=Pavarotti's Daughters and Widow Reach Deal | first=Felicia R. | last=Lee | date=1 July 2008 | access-date=5 April 2010 | archive-date=30 June 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630040720/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/arts/01arts-PAVAROTTISDA_BRF.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

He posthumously received the [[Italy-USA Foundation]]'s America Award in 2013 and the [[Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music]] in 2014.

==Selected discography==
[[File:Dublin Gaiety Theatre Handprint Luciano Pavarotti.JPG|thumb|Handprint of Luciano Pavarotti in front of the [[Gaiety Theatre, Dublin]]]]
In addition to his very large discography<ref>[http://webbeta.sov.uk.vvhp.net/~pavarottiforever/discography.php Pavarotti Forever discography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116152245/http://webbeta.sov.uk.vvhp.net/~pavarottiforever/discography.php |date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> of opera performances<ref>[http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLSIPAVA.HTM Opera discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322024423/http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLSIPAVA.HTM |date=22 March 2008 }} on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk</ref> Pavarotti also made many [[classical crossover]] and pop recordings, the Pavarotti & Friends series of concerts and, for Decca, a series of studio recital albums: first six albums of opera arias and then, from 1979, six albums of Italian song.

===Studio recital albums===
* ''Favourite Italian Arias'' – Arias from ''[[La Bohème]]'', ''[[Tosca]]'' and ''[[Rigoletto]]''. Orchestra of the [[Royal Opera House, Covent Garden]] [[Edward Downes]] [[Decca Records]] 1966
* ''Arias by Verdi & Donizetti'' – Arias from ''Luisa Miller'', ''[[I due Foscari]]'', ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]'', ''Macbeth'', ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'', ''[[Il duca d'Alba]]'', ''[[La favorita]]'' and ''[[Don Sebastiano]]'' (with the Wiener Opernorchester under Edward Downes, 1968).<ref>[[Ivan March]], [[Edward Greenfield]], Robert Layton (2008), "'The Decca Studio Albums' Disc 1 (1968): Arias by (with VPO, Downes) The Verdi and Donizetti collection was one of Pavarotti's earliest recital discs" in ''The Penguin Guide to Recorded Music'', London: Penguin Books Ltd., 2003 {{ISBN|0-14-101384-2}}. p. 1544.</ref>
* ''Tenor Arias from Italian Opera'' – Arias from ''[[Guglielmo Tell]]'', ''[[I puritani]]'', ''[[Il trovatore]]'', ''[[L'arlesiana]]'', ''[[La bohème]]'', ''[[Mefistofele]]'', ''[[Don Pasquale]]'', ''[[La Gioconda (opera)|La Gioconda]]'' and [[Giuseppe Pietri]]'s ''[[:it:Maristella]]''. Luciano Pavarotti tenor with [[Arleen Auger]] soprano. Leone Magiera (piano) Wiener Opernorchester and choir. [[Ambrosian Singers]] [[Philharmonia Orchestra|New Philharmonia Orchestra]] [[Nicola Rescigno]] 1971
* ''The World's Favourite Tenor Arias''' – ''Tosca'', ''[[Carmen]]'', ''[[Aida]]'', ''[[Faust (Gounod)|Faust]]'', ''[[Pagliacci]]'', ''[[Martha (opera)|Martha]]''. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Wiener Volksoper Orchester. Leone Magiera. New Philharmonia Orchestra Richard Bonynge 1973
* ''Pavarotti in Concert'' – Arias and songs by [[Bononcini]], [[Handel]], [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]], [[Paolo Tosti|Tosti]], [[Ottorino Respighi|Respighi]], [[Rossini]]. Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Richard Bonynge. 1973
* ''O Holy Night'' – Songs and carols by Adam, [[Alessandro Stradella|Stradella]], Franck, [[Mercadante]], [[Schubert]], [[Bach]] (arranged Gounod), [[Bizet]], [[Berlioz]], [[Pietro Yon]], [[Alois Melichar]]. [[Wandsworth School Boys' Choir]]. [[London Voices]]. National Philharmonic Orchestra, [[Kurt Herbert Adler]] 1976
* ''O Sole Mio – Favourite Neapolitan Songs'' 13 songs by [[Eduardo di Capua]]: ''[[O sole mio]]'' [[Francesco Paolo Tosti]]: ''[['A vucchella]]'', [[Enrico Cannio]]: ''[[O surdato 'nnammurato]]'', [[:it:Salvatore Gambardella]]: ''O marenariello'', Traditional: ''Fenesta vascia'', Tosti: ''A Marechiare'', [[Ernesto de Curtis]]: ''[[Torna a Surriento]]'', Gaetano Errico Pennino: ''Pecchè?'', Vincenzo d'Annibale: '''O paese d' 'o sole'', [[Ernesto Tagliaferri]]: ''Piscatore 'e Pusilleco'', Curtis: ''[[:it:Tu ca nun chiagne]]'', Capua: ''Maria, Mari'', [[Luigi Denza]]: [[Funiculì funiculà]]. Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna [[Anton Guadagno]] National Philharmonic Orchestra [[:it:Giancarlo Chiaramello]] 1979
* ''Verismo'' – Arias from Fedora, Mefistofele, [[Adriana Lecouvreur]], [[Iris (opera)|Iris]], [[L'Africaine]], Werther, [[La fanciulla del West]], [[Manon Lescaut]], [[Andrea Chénier]]. National Philharmonic Orchestra [[Oliviero de Fabritiis]] (Riccardo Chailly for Andrea Chénier arias) 1979
* ''Mattinata'' – 14 songs by [[Antonio Caldara|Caldara]], formerly attrib. Pergolesi, probably by Vincenzo Ciampi: ''[[Tre giorni son che Nina]]'', Bellini, [[Tommaso Giordani]], Rossini, [[Gluck]], Tosti, [[Donizetti]], [[Leoncavallo]], [[Beethoven]] and [[Francesco Durante]]. Philharmonia Orchestra [[Piero Gamba]] National Philharmonic Orchestra. Antonio Tonini (conductor) 1983
* ''Mamma'' – songs by [[Cesare Andrea Bixio]], [[Ernesto de Curtis]], [[Arturo Buzzi-Peccia]], [[Stanislao Gastaldon]], Cesare Cesarini, A. Walter Kramer, [[Carlo Innocenzi]], [[Giovanni D'Anzi]], [[Eldo Di Lazzaro]], Vincenzo De Crescenzo, Domenico Martuzzi, Aniello Califano, Colombino Arona. Arranged and conducted by [[Henry Mancini]], 1984.
* ''Passione'' – 12 songs by [[Ernesto Tagliaferri]], [[Paolo Tosti]], [[:it:Mario Pasquale Costa|:it:Pasquale Mario Costa]], Teodoro Cottrau, [[:it:Evemero Nardella]], Rodolfo Falvo, De Curtis, Di Capua, [[E. A. Mario]], Gaetano Lama and [[Salvatore Cardillo]]. Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Giancarlo Chiaramello 1985
* ''Volare'' – 16 songs by [[Domenico Modugno]], [[Luigi Denza]], [[Cesare Andrea Bixio]], Gabriele Sibella, [[Giovanni D'Anzi]], Michael John Bonagura, Edoardo Mascheroni, [[Ernesto De Curtis]], Ermenegildo Ruccione, [[Pietro Mascagni]], Guido Maria Ferilli. arranged and conducted by Henry Mancini 1987
* ''Ti Adoro'' – songs by [[Romano Musumarra]], Carlo Mioli, Ornella D'Urbano, Michele Centonze, Andrea Bellantani, Daniel Vuletic, Veris Giannetti, [[Nino Rota]]/[[Elsa Morante]], [[Edoardo Bennato]], [[Hans Zimmer]]/[[Gavin Greenaway]]/Jeffrey Pescetto, [[Lucio Dalla]]. [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] Orchestra di Roma. Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra. Romano Musumarra [[Giancarlo Chiaramello]], 2000

==Selected videography==
* [[Idomeneo (Luciano Pavarotti film)|Mozart: ''Idomeneo'']] (1982), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4234, 2006
* ''[[The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala]]'' (1983), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4538, 2009
* ''[[The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991]]'', Deutsche Grammophon DVD, 00440-073-4582, 2010

== Awards and honors ==
[[File:Luciano Pavarotti.JPG|thumb|Luciano Pavarotti receiving Keys to the City of Portomaggiore, Italy]]

=== Civil awards ===

* 1976 – {{flagicon|ITA}} 3rd Class / Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
* 1980 – {{flagicon|ITA}} 2nd Class / Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
* 1988 – {{flagicon|ITA}} 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]
* 1992 – {{flagicon|FRA}} Officer of the [[Legion of Honour|National Order of the Legion of Honour]]
* 1993 – {{flagicon|MON}} Commander of the [[Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco)|Order of Cultural Merit]] of [[Monaco]]

=== Grammy Awards===
The [[Grammy Award]]s are awarded annually by the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Pavarotti {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/luciano-pavarotti/17212 |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=www.grammy.com |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209225020/https://www.grammy.com/artists/luciano-pavarotti/17212 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Awards table}}
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|[[20th Grammy Awards|1978]]
|Luciano Pavarotti – O Holy Night
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]
|{{nom}}
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|[[21st Grammy Awards|1979]]
|Luciano Pavarotti – Hits From Lincoln Center
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[22nd Grammy Awards|1980]]
|Luciano Pavarotti & the Bologna Orchestra for ''O Sole Mio – Favorite Neapolitan Songs''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[24th Grammy Awards|1982]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Marilyn Horne]], Luciano Pavarotti, [[Joan Sutherland]], [[Richard Bonynge]] (conductor) & the [[New York City Opera|New York City Opera Orchestra]] for ''Live From Lincoln Center – Sutherland/Horne/Pavarotti''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Album|Best Classical Album]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[29th Grammy Awards|1987]]
| Luciano Pavarotti ''Passione Pavarotti – Favorite Neapolitan Songs''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| ''Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording|Best Opera Recording]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[31st Grammy Awards|1989]]
| Luciano Pavarotti, [[Emerson Buckley]] (conductor) & the Symphony Orchestra of Amelia Romangna for ''Luciano Pavarotti in Concert''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]
|{{won}}
|-
| ''Bellini: Norma''
| rowspan="2"|[[Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording|Best Opera Recording]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| ''Mozart: Idomeneo'' 
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[33rd Grammy Awards|1991]]
| rowspan="2"|[[José Carreras]], [[Plácido Domingo]], Luciano Pavarotti, [[Zubin Mehta]] (conductor) & the Orchestra Del [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino|Maggio Musicale]] for ''[[Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert|Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert]]''
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Album|Best Classical Album]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[37th Grammy Awards|1995]]
| rowspan="2"|[[José Carreras]], [[Plácido Domingo]] and Luciano Pavarotti with [[Zubin Mehta]] – ''[[The Three Tenors in Concert 1994]]'' 
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[39th Grammy Awards|1997]]
|[[Frank Sinatra]] and Luciano Pavarotti – [[My Way]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[40th Grammy Awards|1998]]
| rowspan="2"|Luciano Pavarotti
|[[MusiCares Person of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|-
| |[[Grammy Legend Award]]
|{{won}}
|-
|}

=== Emmy Awards===
The [[Emmy Awards]] are awarded annually by the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Pavarotti |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/luciano-pavarotti |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=Television Academy |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129160820/http://www.emmys.com/bios/luciano-pavarotti |url-status=live }}</ref>

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| 1980
| New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Luciano Pavarotti
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts]]
|{{nom}}
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| 1981
| Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne and Luciano Pavarotti
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|1983
| Pavarotti in Philadelphia: La Boheme
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts]]
|{{won}}
|-
| Live From Lincoln Center: Luciano Pavarotti and the Artists
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1985
| Duke of Mantua, Rigoletto Great Performances
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]]
|{{won}}
|-
| 1987
| An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1991
| Pavarotti Plus! Live From Lincoln Center
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1992
| The 100th Telecast: Pavarotti Plus! Live From Lincoln Center
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts]]
|{{nom}}
|-
| 1994
| Pavarotti In Paris
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Cultural Program]]
|{{nom}}
|}

=== Other awards and recognitions ===

* 1965 – "''Principessa Carlotta"'' award
* 1980 – Grand Marshal at the New York City's [[Columbus Day Parade]] on 12 October. He decided to lead the parade riding a horse and wearing a cloak with stripes, stars and the colours of the US flag<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Maurice |date=14 October 1980 |title=CANDIDATES MARCH BEHIND PAVAROTTI; Opera Star Leads Carter and Others in the Columbus Day Parade Chat With a Bishop Carter, Anderson and Bush in Columbus Day Parade |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/14/archives/candidates-march-behind-pavarotti-opera-star-leads-carter-and.html |access-date=18 November 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118162234/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/14/archives/candidates-march-behind-pavarotti-opera-star-leads-carter-and.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1984 – "''Ville de Paris''" awarded by mayor [[Jacques Chirac]]
* 1986 – [[12th People's Choice Awards|Favorite Classical Music Performer award]] from [[People's Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/?year=1986|title=1986 -NOMINEES & WINNERS|access-date=17 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617172202/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/?year=1986|archive-date=17 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1989 – Hamburger [[Kammersänger]] awarded by the [[Hamburg]] Senate<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2015 |title=Bariton Dobber wird zum Hamburger Kammersänger ernannt |language=de |work=[[Die Welt]] |agency=dpa |location=Hamburg |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article137545752/Bariton-Dobber-wird-zum-Hamburger-Kammersaenger-ernannt.html |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=26 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226103232/https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article137545752/Bariton-Dobber-wird-zum-Hamburger-Kammersaenger-ernannt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1990 – [[Billboard Decade-End|Classical Artist of the Decade]] 1980–1989 awarded by [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/95938524/ |title=The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California on May 26, 1990 · Page 44 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date= 26 May 1990|access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807104645/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/95938524/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1993 – World’s Best Classical Artist by the [[World Music Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Music Awards :: Awards |url=http://www.worldmusicawards.com/index.php/awards/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=www.worldmusicawards.com |archive-date=19 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819001006/http://www.worldmusicawards.com/index.php/awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1998 – [[United Nations Messengers of Peace|United Nations Messenger of Peace]] by [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|SG of the United Nations]] [[Kofi Annan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nations |first=United |title=Luciano Pavarotti |url=https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/luciano-pavarotti |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=United Nations |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206110812/https://www.un.org/en/messengers-peace/luciano-pavarotti |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1998 – 22 November the [[Mayor of New York City|Mayor of New York]], [[Rudy Giuliani]], proclaimed Luciano Pavarotti Day to celebrate his 30th anniversary at the [[Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)|Metropolitan Opera House]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Pavarotti {{!}} Offizielle Biografie |url=https://www.klassikakzente.de/lucianopavarotti/biografie |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=www.klassikakzente.de |language=de |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118164121/https://www.klassikakzente.de/lucianopavarotti/biografie |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1999 – Asteroid [[5203 Pavarotti]], discovered by [[Zdeňka Vávrová]] in 1984, was named after him
* 2001 – [[Kennedy Center Honors]] award<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=6 September 2001 |title=Pavarotti, Jones Among Kennedy Center Honorees |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/pavarotti-jones-among-kennedy-center-honorees-78469/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118155005/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/pavarotti-jones-among-kennedy-center-honorees-78469/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2001 – [[List of Nansen Refugee Award recipients|The Nansen Refugee Award]] given by [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] for his work on behalf of refugees and victims of conflict<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of winners, 1954–2012 |url=https://www.acnur.org/fileadmin/Documentos/Eventos/2013/Ganadores_Premio_Nansen_1954-2012.pdf?file=fileadmin/Documentos/Eventos/2013/Ganadores_Premio_Nansen_1954-2012 |website=UNHCR |language=es |access-date=18 November 2023 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206110805/https://www.acnur.org/fileadmin/Documentos/Eventos/2013/Ganadores_Premio_Nansen_1954-2012.pdf?file=fileadmin/Documentos/Eventos/2013/Ganadores_Premio_Nansen_1954-2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2001 – World Social Award received from president [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] in Vienna<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciano Pavarotti |url=https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/4127/luciano-pavarotti |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=LA Phil |language=en |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118165731/https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/4127/luciano-pavarotti |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2004 – [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] Medallion<ref>{{Cite web |title=Il maestro |url=https://www.lucianopavarottifoundation.com/en/maestro-pavarotti/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti |language=en-US |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926013602/https://www.lucianopavarottifoundation.com/en/maestro-pavarotti/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2004 – NIAF Hall of Fame in Music by the [[National Italian American Foundation]]
* 2006 – [[Honorary citizenship]] by the city of [[Sarajevo]] for his efforts on behalf of Bosnian children<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=Sarajevo giving Pavarotti high honor: honorary citizen |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2006/02/22/sarajevo-giving-pavarotti-high-honor-honorary-citizen/28463046007/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118170820/https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2006/02/22/sarajevo-giving-pavarotti-high-honor-honorary-citizen/28463046007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2006 – The Puccini Award in the 36th edition of Puccini Festival Foundation<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Puccini Award |url=https://www.puccinifestival.it/en/puccini-award/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=69° Festival Puccini - Luglio / Agosto 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118171051/https://www.puccinifestival.it/en/puccini-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2006 – ''Premio Donizetti'' in the Bergamo Music Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Pavarotti il Premio Donizetti 2006 |url=https://www.teatro.it/notizie/musica/pavarotti-il-premio-donizetti-2006 |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=Teatro.it |date=4 December 2006 |language=it |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118171335/https://www.teatro.it/notizie/musica/pavarotti-il-premio-donizetti-2006 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2007 – ''Premio Eccellenza nella cultura'' given by Italy's Ministry of Culture [[Francesco Rutelli]], awarded 4 September, two days before his death<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Pavarotti il premio Eccellenza nella cultura - Corriere della Sera |url=https://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2007/09_Settembre/04/pavarotti_premio.html |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=www.corriere.it |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118172138/https://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Spettacoli/2007/09_Settembre/04/pavarotti_premio.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Various [[honorary degree]]s from several universities, including [[University of the Arts (Philadelphia)|Philadelphia]], [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]], [[Oklahoma City University|Oklahoma City]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donovan |first=Joy |title=City Rolls Out Red Carpet for Tenor Luciano Pavarotti Opera Star Receives Honorary Degree, Horse and Artwork From Local Fans |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1983/01/07/rolls-carpet-tenor-luciano-pavarotti-opera-receives-honorary-degree-horse-artwork-from-local-fans/62860846007/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118173658/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1983/01/07/rolls-carpet-tenor-luciano-pavarotti-opera-receives-honorary-degree-horse-artwork-from-local-fans/62860846007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[University of Parma|Parma]], [[University of Urbino|Urbino]] and [[University of San Martín de Porres|Lima]]

=== Posthumous awards and recognitions ===
* 2013 – ''"Premio America"'' awarded by the [[Italy–USA Foundation]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premio America – Fondazione Italia Usa premia Bonino – Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale |url=https://www.esteri.it/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2013/09/20130919_premioamerica/ |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=www.esteri.it}}</ref>
* 2013 – Lifetime Achievement Award at [[Classic Brit Awards|Classic BRIT Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pavarotti wins Lifetime Achievement Award at Classic BRIT Awards 2013 |url=https://www.classicfm.com/artists/luciano-pavarotti/news/pavarotti-lifetime-achievement-award-winner/ |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Classic FM |language=en}}</ref>
* 2022 – Honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], located at 7065 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=LUCIANO PAVAROTTI TO BE HONORED POSTHUMOUSLY WITH STAR ON THE WALK OF FAME |url=https://walkoffame.com/press_releases/luciano-pavarotti-to-be-honored-posthumously-with-star-on-the-walk-of-fame/ |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==

{{Portal|Biography|Opera}}
* [[Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Bosnia]]
* [[Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Liberia]]
* [[Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo]]
* [[Centro Educativo Pavarotti]]
* [[Pavarotti (film)|''Pavarotti'']], a 2019 documentary film by [[Ron Howard]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.lucianopavarottifoundation.com/en/ Official website]
* [http://www.casamuseolucianopavarotti.it/en/ Casamuseo Luciano Pavarotti] – Home in Modena, now a museum
* {{IMDb name|id=0667556|name=Luciano Pavarotti}}
* [http://www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk/CLSIPAVA.HTM Discography] (Capon's Lists of Opera Recordings)
* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=705076ef-a0c5-472f-bebd-3e72174fcaf4|name=Luciano Pavarotti}}
* [http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=11&ref_genre=&ref_item=312 Pavarotti Video Biography by National Italian American Foundation NIAF]

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