Movie: Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star

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Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti

Self (archive footage)

Éric Chantelauze
Éric Chantelauze

Narrator

Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo

Self

Sting
Sting

Self

Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta

Self

Ève Ruggieri
Ève Ruggieri

Self

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    Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the greatest number, focus is rarely put on the strategy he devised and implemented in order to carry out his actions, nor what his actions reveal of the man and artist, and of the resulting metamorphosis from opera singer to pop artist. Through this angle, this film sets out to pay tribute to the man who summed up his credo, obsession and life’s work, in the following way: “They led the public to believe that classical music belonged to a restricted elite. I was the way to prove to the world that was wrong.

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    2017-09-06

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