Pavarotti and my friend

September 7th, 2007

Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntň…

A sullen and secretive tear
That started there in her eye…

Una furtiva lagrima, Nemorino’s aria from L’Elisir d’Amore

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Pavarotti died two days ago. I remember the first time i heard him and got my operatic learning from this chubby affable Italian with a voice from heaven; I had this one cassette and kept listening to it for months in my car in the early eighties. I was trying to “educate” myself in OPERA (and a little bit of latin and italian to understand his lyrics in the pre-internet era). I later bought the CD, and the rest is history…I couldn’t be indifferent to his death, so I put together some of the pictures that I could find from the Metropolitan Opera and I made the image above. The photo below is Pavarotti in 1968.

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Incidentally, a very dear friend of my family, Jamshid Askari, passed away last week at exactly the same age of 71; he was as gentle and kind as an angel with a beautiful voice to match. Roohash Shaad.

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  1. 
			sean Says:
						
    

			September 7th, 2007 at 11:44 pm 

			
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIyzNISw1Q
    

		
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			Daniela Says:
						
    

			September 8th, 2007 at 11:01 am 

			
    “IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO THE SEEDS OF TIME AND SAY WICH GRAIN WILL GROW AND WHICH WILL NOT. SPEAK THEN TO ME…”
    
“SI VOUS ETES CAPABLES DE TROUVER DANS LES SEMENCES DU TEMPS LA GRAINE QUI VA GERMER. INSTRUISEZ-MOI…”
    

    W. SHAKESPEARE, MACBETH
    

    LA VRAIE MORT, C’EST LE RIEN.
    
IL FAUT RESISTER A CELA, QUE LA MORT SOIT QUELQUE CHOSE, QU’ELLE FASSE PARTIE DE LA VIE, QU’ELLE SOIT EN ETAT DE COMPLICITE INCESSANTE.
    
NOTRE FACON D’ETRE AVEC LA MORT, DE RENCONTRER LA MORT, EST TOUJOURS UNE REPETITION.
    
C’EST A LA FOIS LA REPETITION D’UNE MORT, LA REPETITION DU PASSE ET DU FUTUR.
    
ET CHAQUE MORT QUI NOUS ARRIVE EST ALIMENTEE PAR LA SOURCE, LE TORRENT DES AUTRES MORTS.
    
ET CE QUE NOUS PERDONS, A CHAQUE FOIS, C’EST UN ENFANT.
    
LORSQUE MON PERE… - JE CROIS QUE JE NE PARVIENDRAI JAMAIS A ARTICULER CES QUATRE PETITS MOTS SI LOURDS: “MON PERE EST MORT.” - J’AI PERDU L’ENFANT QU’IL ETAIT POUR MOI, L’ENFANT QUE J’ETAIS POUR LUI, L’ENFANT QUE JE SUIS POUR MOI.
    
TOUT POUR MOI DANS LA VIE S’ACCOMPAGNE D’UN INDICE DE “ENCORE”.
    
AINSI, MON PERE EST ENCORE LA.
    
JE NE PEUX PAS TRAVERSER UN JARDIN AVEC LUI ET REGARDER UN FIL D’HERBE POUSSER, SANS ME DEDOUBLER ET ME VOIR, A CE MOMENT MEME, REGARDER CE FIL D’HERBE AVEC MON PERE, BERCEE PAR LES NOTES D’UNE MUSIQUE OUVRANT UN PASSE-FUTUR.
    
NOUS POUVONS VIVRE NOTRE MORT DANS LA FIN BRUTALE D’UN AMOUR, DANS LA PERTE NARCISSIQUE. NOUS DEVENONS MORTELS ET FAISONS LA CONNAISSANCE DE LA MORTALITE DANS CE RAPPORT A L’AUTRE. DE TELLE SORTE QUE LA MOITIE SERA SEPAREE DE LA MOITIE ET DEVRA LA GARDER.
    
QUANT A CEUX QUI EMPORTENT UN MORCEAU DE NOUS-MEMES, IL Y A UN TISSAGE A FAIRE, C’EST UN IMMENSE TRAVAIL.
    
RENOUER SANS CESSE, TENDRE L’OREILLE, TENDRE L’ATTENTION.
    
CE N’EST PAS UN SE RAPPELER, MAIS APPELER, EVOQUER.
    
NOTRE SORT, C’EST DE NE PAS LAISSER DERRIERE NOUS.
    
MES CONDOLEANCES A VOUS ET A LA FAMILLE DE VOTRE AMI.
    

    Rome, le 8 septembre 2007
    

    D
    

		
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			Flory Says:
						
    

			September 8th, 2007 at 7:11 pm 

			
    Wow!! Pavarotti has been really a loss.
    

    The Job you did is really very good, as usual my friend
    

    Great Job!!
    

		
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			Caliméro Says:
						
    

			September 9th, 2007 at 11:15 am 

			
    See:
    
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=pavarotti&go.x=11&go.y=16&go=go&uri=%2Fradio4%2F
    

		
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			Marie-Ancolie Romanet Says:
						
    

			October 5th, 2007 at 3:57 am 

			
    Discovering your photos day after day, I’m in awe with your work.
    

    I have been shocked when great Luciano Pavarotti passed away, and so many tears came into my eyes.
    
I have never ever seen him on stage, but I have so many LP’s and Cd’s from the beginning, that I can listen to him whenever I want.
    
Now, i’m quite sure that he sings in duet with magical Caria Callas, and they are also with Victoria de los Angeles too.
    
Your composition is very lovely and B/W is perfect.
    
Also, to finish, it is also very sad that this friend of your family is now with angels too.
    
Blessings and prayers for you and them.
    

    and thank you for the tribute towards paul Louis Villani. I really love his photo.
    

		
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