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Luciano Pavarotti was born on the 12th of October 1935 in a public housing block on the outskirts of Modena. He grew up in a cramped two-room apartment with his parents Fernando and Adele before the family moved to the countryside during World War II in 1943.
Luciano Pavarotti made his professional opera debut as Rodolfo in La bohème at the Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia in April 1961. This performance included his first known recording of the aria Che gelida manina.
Luciano Pavarotti earned the nickname King of the High Cs after hitting nine high Cs in the signature aria of La fille du régiment during his breakthrough performance at New York's Metropolitan Opera on the 17th of February 1972. He also became the first tenor to deliver nine natural high Cs in that aria during a performance at Covent Garden on the 2nd of June 1966.
Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in Modena on the 6th of September 2007 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2006. The cancer had already undergone metastasis despite successful surgery to remove the tumor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Luciano Pavarotti performed his final concert on the 10th of February 2006 as the last act of the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy. He sang Nessun dorma but prerecorded the song and lip synced the performance due to health issues.
Luciano Pavarotti released his final compilation and first crossover album titled Ti Adoro in September 2003. The album contained 13 songs written and produced by Michele Centonze and was described by the tenor as a wedding gift to his second wife Nicoletta Mantovani.