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09-07-2007, 04:44 AM
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Sting, Elton John and Bono have paid tribute to Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, who died on Thursday at the age of 71.
The tenor passed away at his home in Modena, Italy, after battling pancreatic cancer since last year.
Sting says, "We lost a great friend, a great voice and the world is a smaller place without the big man."
Elton says, "It is a sad day for music and a sad day for the world."
U2 frontman Bono adds, "Some can sing opera, Luciano Pavarotti was an opera. He lived the songs, his opera was a great mash of joy and sadness; surreal and earthy at the same time; a great volcano of a man who sang fire but spilled over with a love of life in all its complexity, a great and generous friend.
"Great, great fun, 'The Pavlova' we used to call him. I spoke to him last week - the voice that was louder than any rock band was a whisper.
Sting, Elton John and Bono have paid tribute to Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, who died on Thursday at the age of 71.
The tenor passed away at his home in Modena, Italy, after battling pancreatic cancer since last year.
Sting says, "We lost a great friend, a great voice and the world is a smaller place without the big man."
Elton says, "It is a sad day for music and a sad day for the world."
U2 frontman Bono adds, "Some can sing opera, Luciano Pavarotti was an opera. He lived the songs, his opera was a great mash of joy and sadness; surreal and earthy at the same time; a great volcano of a man who sang fire but spilled over with a love of life in all its complexity, a great and generous friend.
"Great, great fun, 'The Pavlova' we used to call him. I spoke to him last week - the voice that was louder than any rock band was a whisper.