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Rose bouquets for Mark

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Pavarotting
An epitaphany shared with Don

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The Fat Man Has Sung
Another epitaphany shared by Monty, Don and Me

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No, Giorgio

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Nessun Dorma? Pavarotti Dorma, That's For Sure.
Molto bene a Monty

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Down for the Tenor Count
La Fama Per Don
Luciano Pavarotti, the tax dodging, wife dumping King of the High Cs, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. Clutching a handkerchief in his sweaty paws, Pavarotti earned a reputation as one of the world’s great operatic stars from the 1960s through the 1980s, at one point nailing 9 straight high Cs in a performance at the New York Metropolitan Opera. Although his popularity with audiences ballooned faster than his weight, his stature took a hit with high-brow critics who decreed that anything popular must suck when he toured with Placido Domingo and The Other Guy as the Three Tenors starting with the 1990 World Cup. He holds the Guinness World Record for most standing ovations with 165, and performed before audiences at outdoor concerts in excess of 500,000. He is the only opera star ever to perform on Saturday Night Live, not counting Opera Man. Less well received was his venture into romantic comedy, in Yes, Giorgio as nobody seemed to accept a love affair with the Stay Puft Opera Singer and Pavarotti earned Razzie nominations as Worst Actor and Worst New Star. In later years, Pavarotti showed a greater interest in the all you can eat bar at Sizzler than in learning his roles, or even in showing up for performances, leading to a lifetime ban from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and some audience members booing a performance at La Scala in Milan.