Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star

Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star

2017
52m
8.0

8.0/10

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Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
ARTE MDAM
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
German English French Italian

Keywords

opera classical music biography

Quick Facts

Original Title Pavarotti, chanteur populaire
Release Date September 6, 2017
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt13691756

Cast

Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti

Self (archive footage)

Éric Chantelauze
Éric Chantelauze

Narrator

Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo

Self - Tenor

Sting
Sting

Self - Singer, Songwriter

Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta

Self - Conductor

Ève Ruggieri
Ève Ruggieri

Self - Cinema-goer, Friend

Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Self - Singer

Adua Veroni
Adua Veroni

Self - Pavarotti's First Wife

Leo Nucci
Leo Nucci

Self - Baritone

Leone Magiera
Leone Magiera

Self - Conductor, Pianist

Sergio Segalini
Sergio Segalini

Self - Musicologist

Fred Plotkin
Fred Plotkin

Self - Music Critic

Key Crew

René-Jean Bouyer
Director
René-Jean Bouyer
Writer
Romain Pieri
Writer
Marie Drogue
Producer
Massimo My
Producer