Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Pavarotti, chanteur populaire (original)
Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the greatest number, focus is rarely put on the strategy he devised and implemented in order to carry out his actions, nor what his actions reveal of the man and artist, and of the resulting metamorphosis from opera singer to pop artist. Through this angle, this film sets out to pay tribute to the man who summed up his credo, obsession and life’s work, in the following way: “They led the public to believe that classical music belonged to a restricted elite. I was the way to prove to the world that was wrong.
Starring Luciano Pavarotti, Éric Chantelauze, Plácido Domingo, Sting, Zubin Mehta, Eve Ruggieri
It's a documentary and music movie, and has a rating of 6.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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Not found streaming from Italy.
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