Talk:Luciano Pavarotti

message: Why is their no mention of his tax evasion between 1989-95 in which he was fined 4.55 million and had to pay 11 million in back taxes. this seems like a big omission
  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.105.59.110 (talk) 15:44, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tax evasion between 1989-95 

message: I've semi-protected this article because all the recent edits by unregistered users have been vandalism.  Let me (or any other admin) know if you'd like it to be unprotected.  -- ☑ SamuelWantman 06:51, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
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message: The article says that he married Adua Veroni in 1961, and then later that they had three daughters and were married for 34 years-- but it fails to make any mention of the end of this marriage in 1995 or thereabouts.  How did it end?  Divorce?  Death? siafu (talk) 23:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They were divorced. It attracted a lot of press coverage at the time as it was very protracted. They separated in 1995 and filed for divorce, but the final settlement wasn't reached until 2000. I'm surprised the article doesn't make that clear. Actually, the whole article could use a lot of improvement. It's very "bitty" Voceditenore (talk) 09:00, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Marriage(s)

message: Please change 
   He also sang with U2, in the band's 1995 song "Miss Sarajevo," 
to 
   He also sang with U2, in the band's 1995 song Miss Sarajevo, 
in order to provide a direct link to the song, the album, performances, etc.
12.183.71.67 (talk) 18:51, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Rodhullandemu 18:59, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 12.183.71.67, 20 October 2010 

message: In the second-to-last paragraph in the section "1980's - 1990's", when the subject is of the Saturady Night Live episode with Vanessa L. Williams, would you kindly include the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale as well? If you see any video of the clip, a portion of the PBCC is shown quite clearly.
Thanks!
Shadowgodlordking (talk) 18:57, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
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message: I think the article needs to mention his various recordings. They are hardly referred to. yet his very few movies and other minor activities. For example, his recording with Dame Joan Sutherland of Turandot was ground breaking. Robauz (talk) 11:43, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of entry on Recordings 

message: Should we mention that they worked together in the song roots bloody roots?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.83.44.55 (talk) 23:45, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pavarotti and Sepultura 

message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo6dDQiBGyI This video, in which Pavarotti asks for an F#, proves that he didn't have perfect pitch.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.238.202 (talk) 01:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That is your opinion.  Find a source that says this to back up the statement.  Skinsmoke (talk) 14:19, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

text: This issue has been raised before (see Archive 1). All important statements in the article must be properly referenced, and the "perfect pitch" claim has been challenged more than five years ago. Therefore, I have removed it. Whoever wants to put it back, must provide a reliable source that supports it. GregorB (talk) 20:49, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pavarotti Did Not Have Perfect Pitch 

message: Sort of a small thing, but in the "1980s–1990s" section please replace "Grammy Legend Award" with "Grammy Legend Award".
24.41.47.147 (talk) 05:08, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, thanks for the suggestion. Voceditenore (talk) 05:29, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 24.41.47.147, 13 June 2011 

message: Could someone set up a musical artist infobox for Pavarotti? I would but I don't know too much about the genres he falls into, etc...Capt Jim (talk) 23:12, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Opera. And yes, I will. Spidey665 03:28, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but why? And is this outdated information? I was surprised at the lack of an InfoBox for Luciano Pavarotti and was about to add one. Then I noticed in the wiki comments the restriction: "please do not add an infobox, per Wikipedia:WikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes". I went to the WikiProject_Opera page, and it has no information about InfoBoxes at all. This suggests to me that the stricture against InfoBoxes might be outdated. Can anyone provide any information about this? I think an InfoBox for Pavarotti would be very useful here. Thanks. SeanAhern (talk) 18:01, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe it is time to add an infobox to all opera-related pages. I see no restrictions listed in the WikiProject_Opera page.--ItemirusMessage me! 11:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The project guidelines page moved, but the project's views on using them hasn't changed. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/Article guidelines#Infoboxes. If the consensus on this page is to have one for this article, a simple  is preferable to the  which is designed for pop singers. Voceditenore (talk) 17:59, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: Please replace  with , which is more specific and not so incredibly large in size.
64.134.125.128 (talk) 17:07, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done and thanks for suggesting that. The other one was absurd! Best, Voceditenore (talk) 17:38, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone has reverted my edit without explanation. It seemed a sensible thing to replace it with the more specific template (which has been around since 2009) and as far as I could see was used in the articles for the other nominees from that year. If the massive full template is to be used, it should hve its default state set to collapsed. I have changed it back and invited the editor to explain the rationale here. Voceditenore (talk) 06:31, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree that the full template is too large.  Not only should we have the default state collapsed, but we should also have an option to restrict the output to only the row for that year.  Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:16, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Much better. :) Voceditenore (talk) 05:37, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Voceditenore, the only reason I did that is because the IP was running a bot and I reverted all of their edits. Besides, at that time, it was easier to just group the templates so that they would eventually get deleted as a five link template is in and of itself absurd. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
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message: Please add this to the 1960s to 1970s portion of the page. Pavarotti is a Sinfonian and therefore should be represented as so on his page. 
"In 1978 Pavarotti was initiated as an honorary member of the University of Miami’s Beta Tau Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a fraternity dedicated to the advancement of music in America."
Rouquayro (talk) 19:32, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source for that? Voceditenore (talk) 20:13, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: , unless a source is provided--Jac16888 Talk 21:12, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *Even if a reference were provided, this is quite trivial information about a non-notable event. It pertains to a local chapter of a college social fraternity (albeit one whose members are interested in music). Organizations like this often bestow "Honorary Memberships" as they add prestige to the organization. Pavarotti has received a Grammy Legend Award, Kennedy Center Honors, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, his country's highest honour, and numerous other notable awards. So I'd say that this is not really a useful addition to the article at all. I suggest you add his name to a list of honorary members at the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia article, properly referenced, of course. Voceditenore (talk) 23:35, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
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message: Pavarotti was not simply an opera singer, but had also crossed over into popular music.  It is normal convention for articles on popular singers to include a discography, including chart positions.  This appears to be a glaring omission in this article (I would imagine that it would need to be split out as a separate article, with a link from this page).  I am not sure what the convention is for articles on opera singers (the guidelines make no mention one way or another), but in any case, the guidelines for one genre should not take overriding precedence when an artist covers multiple genres.  Discogs, which is not always comprehensive but is at least a starting point, lists 63 albums, 47 compilations and 15 singles released.  As an example, see Plácido Domingo discography, which is linked from Plácido Domingo, or Katherine Jenkins discography, which is in the more usual format and is linked from Katherine Jenkins.  Skinsmoke (talk) 14:34, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Several opera singers have separate discography pages. See :Category:Opera singer discographies. There's no reason why someone couldn't start one for Pavarotti. Note that while Discogs has a lot of information... there is sometimes listing of multiple albums, which are really the same one, re-issued, inclusion of "pirate" recordings, etc. The Katherine Jenkins discography is more like pop singers' discographies because she is not an opera singer. Athough she sings/records some opera arias, she has never sung in an opera nor has she even recorded a full-length opera. Opera singers' discographies are largely filled with recordings of full length operas or opera aria collections. In those cases, other kinds of information is highly relevant, e.g. the conductor, orchestra, opera house, the role they sang, other principal singers etc. How they "charted" is relatively unimportant, more important is the critical reception, awards, etc. This is why they look different. Andrea Bocelli discography is an example of mixed formats for this very reason. Although much of his output is pop or crossover, he has recorded several full length operas. (Unlike Katherine Jenkins, he has also has sung in live operas in opera houses.) Pavarotti's pop/crossover output is only a small proportion of his recording history, but there's no reason why it couldn't be included in a discography for him. Voceditenore (talk) 16:51, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography 

message: His first international concert was in Dundalk Ireland ,  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Louth4sam (talk • contribs) 13:32, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: First concert outside Italy

message: His first international concert was in Dundalk Ireland , 
Louth4sam (talk) 13:37, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Very interesting and many thanks for the suggestion. Voceditenore (talk) 16:25, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
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message: Why is there nothing in the article about how fat he was?  It was one of his notable characteristics.  HandsomeMrToad (talk) 06:04, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fat 

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message: I feel that the footage at the Kennedy Center Honors, where the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan bears tribute to the work Pavorotti had contributed as a humanitarian. We have included videos before in our biographies (Frank Zappa]] being a case in point, and this would violate no copyright in the United States, since it is overseen by the President (G.W. Bush then). I haven't the talent to do this- would anyone help? Here is the video- it can be paired down just to this extraordinary tribute concert in the White House and Kennedy Center Honors: . This is a top-ranked article in importance, yet it is still lacking in an editor who will take those plentiful resources to tie together  I am quite ill, and know nothing of opera, but will assist in whatever capacity to such a person. Thank you for this consideration. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 14:04, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
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message: Pavarotti is in a person infobox. Shouldn't he be in a musician's infobox? --Leahtwosaints (talk) 02:16, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Infobox person is preferable for classical musicians. Infobox musican is designed for pop musicians. It has inappropriate parameters and is missing other appropriate ones. Voceditenore (talk) 07:51, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
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message: The surname of his mother was VENTURI, not "Venuri". Also, he never used the surname of the mother, neither was legal in Italy the double surname at the time of his birth. --95.237.249.104 (talk) 12:10, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
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message: Why does the article not mention the many of his infidelities that are well documented?
Moreover, there was a book written that he mimed his final performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics, although this has been disputed. I honestly don't think it takes anything away from the show itself, but it would be nice to have closure.
I look forward to having both points addressed. By the way, I'm a massive fan of Pavarotti; in fact, he is assuredly my most favourite opera singer of all time, but I still think we should be honest to his legacy, warts and all.
Electricmaster (talk) 12:17, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frequent infidelities and an accusation of miming his final performance. 

message: The following sentence which is originally mine was modified by someone and is now a run-on sentence:
A highlight of the concert, in which Pavarotti sang the opening verses using extended vocal runs for di Capua's "O Sole Mio" and which was in turn perfectly repeated note-for-note by Domingo and Carreras to the delight of the audience.
ADD at end of sentence: “…, became one of the most famous moments in contemporary operatic history.” Or something to that effect. As currently written, the grammar is incorrect. 
David Fishkin
dfishkin007@gmail.com 71.183.83.180 (talk) 12:55, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. RealAspects (talk) 13:00, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
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message: In "Other awards and recognitions", for the year 1980, it says "...riding an horse..." which is grammatically incorrect. It should be "a horse".
Change "an horse" to "a horse". 203.30.15.37 (talk) 06:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The suggestion was implemented in this edit. Liu1126 (talk) 09:49, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
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