Luciano Pavarotti

Oscar-winning director Ron Howard’s intimate portrait of legendary opera star Luciano Pavarotti, with epic performances and never-before-seen footage.

Luciano Pavarotti at his best during the 1978 Christmas concert. The first video recording of this great singer in a magnificent performance of sacred music at the historic Montreal Notre-Dame Basilica.

The legendary Luciano Pavarotti duets unforgettably with a host of the world’s greatest musical stars, including Elton John, Bono, Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and many more, in a programme featuring such classics as Live Like Horses, Miss Sarajevo, The Magic Of Love, It’s A Man’s World and ’O sole mio.

Italian opera star Giorgio Fini (Luciano Pavarotti) is on tour in the U.S. when he discovers that he has lost his voice. Seeking the help of a throat doctor, Giorgio is surprised that his physician, Pamela Taylor (Kathryn Harrold), happens to be a gorgeous woman. The unlikely couple begin a relationship, much to the chagrin of Giorgio's protective manager, Henry Pollack (Eddie Albert). As Giorgio and Pamela embark on a romance, can they bridge the cultural gap between them?

A portrait of one of the most celebrated opera singers in history and his quest to breathe new life into his art form by reaching broader audiences.

A stellar cast brings Puccini’s spellbinding opera to life, seizing every opportunity to thrill the audience. Luciano Pavarotti is Cavaradossi, the painter and political revolutionary in love with the beautiful and famous singer Tosca (the riveting Shirley Verrett). Rome’s diabolical chief of police, Baron Scarpia (Cornell MacNeil), wants Tosca for himself—but he underestimates the fury of a woman in love. With torture, murder, and a suicide in its final moments, Tosca packs more dramatic punches than most other operas—and this classic telecast captures them all. James Conlon conducts in a production by the incomparable Tito Gobbi, one of the great Scarpias of the 20th century.

Luciano Pavarotti is the elegant, reckless Duke of Mantua whose betrayal of the innocent Gilda (Christiane Eda-Pierre) leads to a tragic ending. Louis Quilico plays Rigoletto, the court jester and Gilda’s father, who has dedicated his life to keeping his daughter away from the Duke—only to have her sacrifice her own life for the villainous nobleman. James Levine’s conducting brings out the scorching drama in Verdi’s unforgettable score.

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