Veteran director Ron Howard, who also made the documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week, takes an intimate approach in telling Pavarotti's story, going beyond the public figure to reveal the man himself. With unique access to the Pavarotti family archives, home videos, behind the scenes and extensive live music footage, audiences will be able to see Pavarotti's personal story emerge, right through from his early days growing up in Italy to the moment he became a global star. Watch the trailer  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px}

From the filmmaking team behind the highly-acclaimed documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years, PAVAROTTI is a riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people. Academy Award winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of The Voice...The Man...The Legend. Luciano Pavarotti gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. This cinematic event features history-making performances and intimate interviews, including never-before-seen footage and cutting-edge Dolby Atmos technology. A CBS Films Polygram Entertainment Brian Grazer presentation, PAVAROTTI is an Imagine Entertainment and White Horse Pictures production.  WATCH THE SocialNews.XYZ VIDEO p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px}

If one is an anomaly, two are a coincidence and three are a trend, then Ron Howard might strictly become a music documentarian after "Pavarotti" hits theaters. The documentary about the world-famous Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti comes on the heels of Howard's "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week" and "Made in America," a look at Jay-Z's music festival of the same name. "Look at the way music has become so important in the medium in general, whether it's scripted or documentary. I think it's something to rally an audience around. Technology is such that we can offer a kind of concert experience," Howard told Variety at a screening of the film on Wednesday at CAA in Los Angeles. "Our intention was to make this as much of an opera as it a human-interest story about Pavarotti." The screening last night was hosted by Richard Lovett, Rob Light and Sir Lucian Grainge. A CBS Films Polygram Entertainment Brian Grazer presentation, "Pavarotti" is an Imagine Entertainment and White Horse Pictures production and will be in theaters on June 7. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} READ THE FULL Variety STORY

From the filmmaking team behind the highly-acclaimed documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years, PAVAROTTI is a riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people. Academy Award winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of The Voice...The Man...The Legend. Luciano Pavarotti gave his life to the music and a voice to the world. This cinematic event features history-making performances and intimate interviews, including never-before-seen footage and cutting-edge Dolby Atmos technology. A CBS Films Polygram Entertainment Brian Grazer presentation, PAVAROTTI is an Imagine Entertainment and White Horse Pictures production. Watch the attached trailer p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px}

CBS Films is in final talks to acquire North American rights to Pavarotti, the Ron Howard-directed feature documentary on the iconic tenor Luciano Pavarotti. The plan is for a theatrical release later this year, sources said. The film was scripted by Mark Monroe, who recently worked with Howard in the Grammy-winning docu The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years. It is produced by White Horse Pictures' Nigel Sinclair, Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer, Howard and Michael Rosenberg, and Jeanne Elfant Festa. David Blackman and Dickon Stainer are executive producers. Pavarotti remains one of the best-selling recording artists in history with more than 100 million records sold. As a live performer, more than 1.3 billion people tuned in to watch a single performance of The Three Tenors in 1994 and over his career, Pavarotti entertained over 10 million people in 60 countries. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px} READ THE FULL DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD ARTICLE

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060} This week I'd like to share two new opera releases-one by stunning newcomer Pretty Yende and a second by the renowned veteran Luciano Pavarotti. Both CDs are highly recommended for devotees as well as opera neophytes. This new set features the operatic side of the famous tenor as well as his embrace of Italian popular song. On the album's first CD we hear 25 famous arias tracks by Puccini, Bizet, Donizetti, and others. On the other hand, the second CD features 25 Italian popular song favorites. It's a wonderful selection that shows both sides of his musical personality. Pavarotti, along with singing great operas on the world stage, also worked and recorded with pop icons James Brown, Sting, Bono, and Elton John. Pavarotti was quintessentially Italian-a lover of music, food and wine, and all forms of pleasure. He once said, "One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever we are doing and devote ourselves to eating." It reminds me of something I once heard when the 1996 film Big Night came out: "Whereas other people eat to live, Italians live to eat." This might as well have applied to the great Pavarotti. Luciano Pavarotti - The People's Tenor is KCRW: Los Angeles 'Featured new Release.' READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Like Enrico Caruso before him Luciano Pavarotti, extended his presence far beyond the limits of Italian opera, Blessed with a tenor voice of a rare range, beauty and clarity, his singing dominance during the 1960s, 70s and 80s led to the nickname: 'King of the High C's.' A great humanitarian, Pavarotti in his prime was the best-selling classical singer in the world and arguably the most popular living tenor of his day. The 1993 performance in New York's Central Park was attended by 500,000 fans while millions watched on television. He continued to sing during the 1990s and 2000's and always displayed the ability to deliver his clear ringing tone, and brillance in the higher register. Although LP's career was a mile long, he is probably be best known for the wildly popular performances with the 'Three Tenors' and 'Pavarotti & Friends'. Even today, Pavarotti's powerful sound, natural grace and brilliant color still leads many to consider him the world's greatest voice. Great Performances: Pavarotti: A Voice For The Ages airs this Friday, December 6 @9p PT on KPBS San Diego.
The program celebrates the 50th anniversary since the launch of Pavarotti's phenomenonal recording career. 
 

Pavarotti 50 Greatest Tracks commemorates Luciano Pavarotti's 50th anniversary with Decca Records, and an unforgettable legacy of recorded music from one of the greatest voices of our time.  This definitive collection encompasses iconic Pavarotti selections,  including ‘Nessun Dorma,'‘Caruso,' ‘La Donna E Mobile,'and ‘Granada,' to incredible duets with fellow superstars Frank Sinatra, Bono, Eric Clapton and Sting.  Numerous milestones in the late-opera star's unprecedented career are captured here, including the first ever recording of Pavarotti's voice. The historic recording of the aria from La Bohème, ‘Che gelida manina' (‘Your tiny hand is frozen'), has been lying dormant in the archives for 50 years, only now to be unearthed by Pavarotti's widow, Nicoletta Mantovani Pavarotti, re-mastered and made commercially available for the first time. The 50 Greatest Tracks will be available October 22nd in the U.S. on Decca. On the heels of the commemorative album, PBS will be airing a new television special, featuring highlights of the tenor's career.  "Pavarotti: A Voice For the Ages" is scheduled to air on "Great Performances" in December on PBS stations across the country (check local listings).  Towards the end of his life, Pavarotti said, "I have made so many wonderful recordings with Decca. The company has been a major part of my career – really, it has been part of my family."  Pavarotti truly bridged the gap between opera and pop culture. He said himself, "Some of the great opera arias themselves are really the best pop songs ever written." Already released in the UK, The 50 Greatest Tracks has catapulted the world's most beloved tenor back to the top of the charts in England six years after his passing.  The album made headline news in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent I, The Daily Express and The Evening Standard. The Classic Brit Awards, held at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall on October 2nd posthumously honored Pavarotti with a Lifetime Achievement award, met with a roaring standing ovation which ended the ceremony. Pavarotti had previously agreed to collect the award in person six years ago, but sadly died before the event. The two remaining singers of the Three Tenors joined forces to honor their friend and colleague. José Carreras presented the award to Pavarotti's widow, Nicoletta Mantovani Pavarotti.  Placido Domingo was unable to attend, but recorded a special video tribute and spoke of Pavarotti's "God-given, beautiful voice". Nicoletta Mantovani Pavarotti recently appeared on UK TV including BBC Breakfast and ITV1 News to discuss the impact of Pavarotti's legacy. In 2007, Montovani Pavarotti founded THE LUCIANO PAVAROTTI FOUNDATION (Fondazione Luciano Pavarotti); the philanthropic organization's goals are to continue Pavarotti's legacy through international events, and to support talented young opera singers eager to develop their craft on international platforms.  The work of the Foundation will be expanding from Europe into the United States.Throughout Pavarotti's life, the great tenor constantly heard young singers and gave master classes and lessons to deserving students. He never charged for these services, saying, "Sharing my experience and passion with the young is my way of showing gratitude for the great gift I received." Belcanto, the Luciano Pavarotti Heritagewill be presented on October 19th at New York City's City Center at 8pm. The operatic concert will be presenting young, talented singers who have been selected by the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, withoriginal performances of popular opera arias, classic Neapolitan songs and contemporary compositions.  The event features sixteen singers, dancers, and a 25-piece orchestra and rhythm section.