The Metropolitan Opera

on Wednesday, the celebrated tenor Luciano Pavarotti passed away at the age of 71.

Pavarotti made history with appearance in La Bohème: in the 1977 inaugural Live from the Met telecast, conducted by James Levine, with soprano Renata Scotto as Mimì.

coincidentally on the same day, we caught Met's The Magic Flute.
the performance was brilliant.
the set, the choreography, the costumes, the orchestra conducted by James Levine and most importantly the singing.
Erika Miklosa was mesmerizing.

the next show that will be on screen is The First Emperor featuring Plácido Domingo, Pavarotti's best friend and rival.

Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti both made their debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1968 and rose to become two of the world's most recognizable tenors.

one of my first impressions of the two came from The Three Tenors Concert at the opening of the 1990 World Cup in Rome, featuring Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and of course Jose Carreras.


'nuff said.
do catch the performance between 20th - 26th September.