Nessun dorma
Renato was a fan of Aston Villa F.C. and during the early 1990s was asked by manager Ron Atkinson to sing "Nessun dorma" at half time following a particularly poor first half performance by the team. On completion of his performance Atkinson told the players "Now that is passion! Go and show me some of that in the second half"! When Atkinson appeared on the TV show "Room 101", Atkinson claimed that only Luciano Pavarotti could sing "Nessun Dorma" better than Renato.