“This follows the revelation, in April, that Luciano Pavarotti lip-synched and his backing orchestra mimed their performance at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.”
It was among the famed Italian tenor's last major public performances. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer later that year and died in September 2007.
"Pavarotti's great career therefore ended with a virtual performance, something sad but inevitable," his longtime conductor and pianist Leone Magiera wrote in the book Pavarotti Visto da Vicino (Pavarotti Seen from Up Close).
It was among the famed Italian tenor's last major public performances. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer later that year and died in September 2007.
"Pavarotti's great career therefore ended with a virtual performance, something sad but inevitable," his longtime conductor and pianist Leone Magiera wrote in the book Pavarotti Visto da Vicino (Pavarotti Seen from Up Close).