Opera house pays tribute to Pavarotti

The Italian tenor performed at the opera house in the 60s and made a big impression during his time at Glyndebourne.

Sir George Christie, president at Glyndebourne, said: 'I remember Luciano Pavarotti with great warmth and affection from his performances at Glyndebourne in the role of Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo in 1964.

'This was Pavarotti's first professional engagement performing a Mozart opera and he later commented 'What I learned there was to sing piano from Jani Strasser' (head of music at Glyndebourne at the time).'

'His extraordinary musical contribution and his unique personality earned him the fond nickname of Passion Flower whilst he was at Glyndebourne that summer.

'He will be greatly missed by all that knew him then and the audiences world-wide that he went on to captivate with his voice.'

The operatic legend died at his home near Modena at the age of 71, he had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

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