Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti who’s physical profile resembles my own, but who’s extraordinary tenor voice broke the operatic sound barriers of our time, was given a fitting departure in his hometown cathedral of Modena Italy. I am not necessarily a patron of the classics, but the rotund Pavarotti was captivating, engaging, and a natty dresser. He circulated in the operatic, folk, pop and rock music world with ease, having no problem teaming up with the likes of Bono and others artists. He drew fans from every music genre globally.
His teaming up with Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo as the 3 Tenors, even made a fan out of me. As one of Modena own resident’s said, “He was an exceptional man, for his humanity, for his culture and for his friendship.“
But we all have our detractors and oddly in death, Pavarotti’s was the local Modena parish priest the Rev Giorgio Bellei. Who told the Corriere della Sera Newspaper, that having Pavarotti’s funeral in the cathedral amounted to “profanation of the temple”; because he was a divorced man who had a child out of wedlock. I couldn’t agreed more than with Funeral director Gianni Gilbellini statement, that Bellei should have “kept his mouth sewn shut“, in light of the fact he approved Pavarotti’s funeral plans. Here is a man who had a most positive affect on the music scene globally all his life. I wonder what positive effect Bellei has had, on anyone’s life?