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Pavarotti dies aged 71
Level 2 Intermediate
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Music quiz
Match these artists with the music genre that they are most famous for and their nationality.
artist
genre
nationality
died in
(year)
aged
Luciano Pavarotti
jazz
American
Elvis Presley
pop
English
Bob Marley
rock and roll
American
Edith Piaf
swing
American
John Lennon
son
American
Johnny Cash
opera
Italian
Ibrahim Ferrer
chanson
American
Billie Holiday
country
Cuban
Frank Sinatra
grunge
Jamaican
Kurt Cobain
reggae
French
Now, in teams, try to guess the year of their death and their age when they died. One point for each
closest answer!
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Key words
Fill the gaps using these words from the text.
debut
critic
interpretation
succumb
bar
theme tune
good cause
tribute
1. When you lose your ability or will to ight something, you ____________ to it.
2. A ____________ is someone whose job it is to write about ilms, books, music or plays.
3. The irst time a performer performs in public is his/her ____________.
4. A piece of music that is played at the beginning and end (and sometimes) throughout a ilm, tournament, etc. is
called a ____________.
5. A section in a line of music, containing several notes, is called a ____________.
6. An ____________ is a performer’s unique way of performing a certain piece of music.
7. When you pay ____________ to someone you say how you admire them and why.
8. A ____________ is usually an organization, plan or activity that helps people or animals in need.
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Pavarotti dies aged 71
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Pavarotti dies aged 71
pounds for good causes around the world in a
number of charity performances.
Matthew Weaver and agencies
September 6, 2007
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Domingo led the tributes to his fellow tenor. “I
always admired the God-given glory of his voice,”
he said. “I also loved his wonderful sense of
humour and on several occasions during our
concerts with José Carreras we had trouble
remembering that we were giving a concert before
a paying audience, because we had so much fun
between ourselves.”
1
The Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti died at his
home in Modena aged 71. The tenor, who helped
take opera to a new mass audience, had been
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and
had further treatment in August 2007.
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His manager, Terri Robson, said Pavarotti died
at 5am on September 6. “The maestro fought a
long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer
which eventually took his life. Characteristically,
he remained positive until inally succumbing to
the last stages of his illness,” Mr Robson said in a
statement.
8
The British tenor Russell Watson told GMTV that
Pavarotti was “without question” the man who
brought opera to the people. “The World Cup was
the Three Tenors led by Pavarotti, with a very
entertaining version of Nessun Dorma , in fact, it’s
now called ‘Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma ’,” Watson
said. “His voice was so distinctive you only needed
to listen to a couple of bars and you knew it was
him, he had incredible power and control.”
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Pavarotti was considered by some critics to have
been the greatest tenor since Enrico Caruso. He
made his professional debut in 1961, as Rodolfo in
Puccini’s La Boheme at the opera house in Reggio
Emilia. His most celebrated performance came at
New York’s Metropolitan Opera House where he
hit nine high Cs in Donizetti’s La ille du regiment .
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Another tenor, Ian Bostridge, agreed. “He was
an old-fashioned star”, he said. “Vocally he was
the best.
10
In a statement, the Royal Opera House said:
“He was one of those rare artists who affected
the lives of people across the globe in all walks
of life. He introduced the extraordinary power of
opera to people who perhaps would never have
encountered opera and classical singing [and] in
doing so he enriched their lives. That will be his
legacy.”
4
But Pavarotti reached a new global audience
during the 1990 football World Cup when his
interpretation of the Puccini aria Nessun Dorma
was chosen as the tournament’s theme tune. It
became an international hit. Later the Essential
Pavarotti became the irst classical album to reach
number 1 in the UK charts.
5
The 1990 World Cup was also the venue of the
irst of the hugely popular Three Tenor concerts
that Pavarotti performed with Placido Domingo and
José Carreras. His most high-proile performance
in Britain was the Pavarotti in the Park concert in a
rain-sodden Hyde Park in 1991. His friend, Diana,
Princess of Wales, was in the front row.
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Pavarotti gave farewell performances at the Royal
Opera House in January 2002 when he sang in
Tosca , despite the death of his mother in the inal
stages of rehearsals. “The applause on those
evenings was probably the most moving and
heartfelt in the history of the Royal Opera,” the
statement said. “He had a unique ability to touch
people with the emotional and brilliant quality of his
voice. He was a man with the common touch and
the most extraordinary gift. He will be truly missed
by millions.”
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Like many opera stars, Pavarotti also had a
reputation for being demanding. At a Royal
Variety performance in Edinburgh he reportedly
demanded a fully itted kitchen to be built into his
hotel suite. He also frequently cancelled concerts
at short notice. But he also raised millions of
© Guardian News & Media 2007
First published in The Guardian , 6/9/07
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What do you know?
Skim-read the article to ind out the answers to the following questions.
1. What was the cause of Pavarotti’s death?
2. Where did Pavarotti irst perform professionally?
3. Who were The Three Tenors?
4. What is the Essential Pavarotti?
5. What was the weather like at his Hyde Park concert in 1991?
6. Which famous person sat in the front row in Hyde Park?
7. How did he raise money for good causes?
8. Which piece of operatic music do people usually associate with Pavarotti?
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Vocabulary: Adjectives
1. Find at least three adjectives in the article that describe Pavarotti’s voice .
______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Find at least four adjectives in the article that describe Pavarotti .
______________________________________________________________________________________
3. What do the adjectives moving and heartfelt describe in the article?
______________________________________________________________________________________
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Grammar: Second conditional
1. Tick the correct answer(s).
We use the second conditional to:
Talk about a condition that cannot be fulilled because it is unreal.
Refer to the past.
Refer to the present and the future.
Imagine the consequences if an unreal condition was fulilled.
Talk about something that always happens.
2. Talk in pairs or small groups.
Ask: If you could go back in time, who would you like to see perform?
Answer: If I could go back in time, …
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Discussion: Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a popular radio programme in the UK where guests are asked to say which music
they would take with them to a desert island.
Imagine you are going to be a guest on the programme. Write down your top ive music choices:
1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
4. ___________________________________
5. ___________________________________
Now walk around your class and try to ind at least one person who has a similar taste in music to you.
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Webquest
Go to www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2007/sep/06/pavarotti?picture=3 30690212 to see photos of
Pavarotti’s life. You can also watch videos and listen to him singing by going to www.youtube.com and
typing Pavarotti in the search box.
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KEY
1 Music quiz
artist
genre
nationality died in
(year)
aged
Luciano Pavarotti
Elvis Presley
Bob Marley
Edith Piaf
John Lennon
Johnny Cash
Ibrahim Ferrer
Billie Holiday
Frank Sinatra
Kurt Cobain
opera
rock and roll
reggae
chanson
pop
country
son
jazz
swing
grunge
Italian
American
Jamaican
French
English
American
Cuban
American
American
American
2007
1977
1981
1963
1980
2003
2005
1959
1998
1994
71
42
36
47
40
71
78
44
82
27
2 Key words
4 Vocabulary: Adjectives
1. succumb
2. critic
3. debut
4. theme tune
5. bar
6. interpretation
7. tribute
8. good cause
/de I bju:/
1. emotional, distinctive, brilliant, God-given
2. opera star, tenor, positive, demanding
3. the applause at the Royal Opera House in 2002
5 Grammar: Second conditional
We use the second conditional to:
3 What do you know?
1. Pancreatic cancer
2. The opera house in Reggio Emilia
3. Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and José Carreras
4. A classical album that reached number 1 in the
UK charts.
5. Rain-sodden
6. Princess Diana
7. By giving charity performances
8. Nessun Dorma
Talk about a condition that cannot be fulilled because
it is unreal.
Refer to the present and the future.
To imagine the consequences if an unreal condition
was fulilled.
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