Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star (2017)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Luciano Pavarotti

Self (archive footage)

Éric Chantelauze

Narrator

Plácido Domingo

Self - Tenor

Sting

Self - Singer, Songwriter

Zubin Mehta

Self - Conductor

Ève Ruggieri

Self - Cinema-goer, Friend

Mariah Carey

Self - Singer

Adua Veroni

Self - Pavarotti's First Wife

Leo Nucci

Self - Baritone

Leone Magiera

Self - Conductor, Pianist

Sergio Segalini

Self - Musicologist

Fred Plotkin

Self - Music Critic

Director & Crew

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