MODENA, Italy – Luciano Pavarotti received a final, tearful standing ovation at his somber funeral Saturday after a recording of the Italian tenor and his father singing “Panis Angelicus” filled his ...

About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday and Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Italy was “sad but proud” to salute one of the greatest tenors ...

MODENA, Italy – Luciano Pavarotti received a final, tear-stained standing ovation after a recording of the great Italian tenor singing a duet of “Panis Angelicus” with his father was played during an ...

Rome - Luciano Pavarotti was "calm" about his impending death, a doctor who treated him said on Thursday as first details of the opera legend's funeral were announced. Pavarotti, 71, died at his villa ...

Two official programs from the funeral service for late Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti were posted for sale yesterday on the online auction site eBay, with the pricier one offered at €50,000 ...

Luciano Pavarotti’s voice rang out a final time today inside Modena’s cathedral in northern Italy, as a recording of the great tenor singing with his father highlighted a funeral attended by family, ...

MODENA, Italy (Reuters) - About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday, an event Prime Minister Romano Prodi said made Italy "sad but proud" to ...

Luciano Pavarotti was eulogized Saturday as a “great artist” with “a profound sense of humanity” in the same cathedral where he once sang in the children’s choir. During a musical career that spanned ...

Thousands of Luciano Pavarotti's grieving fans are expected at the tenor's funeral later tonight (AEST), including rock stars and world statesmen who want to honour a man who took opera to the masses.

Among the guests at the funeral were Romano Prodi, the Italian prime minister; Bono, leader of rock group U2; Franco Zeffirelli, film director; and Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general. Friends ...