184K views · 9.5K reactions | Happy birthday to the Maestro himself! Luciano Pavarotti was born on this day in 1935. Here he is singing 'E lucevan le stelle' from Puccini's 'Tosca' in Hyde Park in 1991. | Decca Classics | Facebook

In the final scene of David McVicar’s thrilling production of Puccini’s Tosca, the title character leaps off the parapet of the iconic Castel Sant’Angelo after realizing that Cavaradossi’s execution was real. Last week, we went behind the scenes with sopranos Angela Gheorghiu and Liudmyla Monastyrska to rehearse this dramatic conclusion. Gheorghiu takes the stage tomorrow, April 8, and Wednesday, April 12, and Monastyrska returns to the stage Saturday, April 15, for the final performance this se

108K views · 6.2K reactions | Maestro Pavarotti sings this short romanza, "Recondita armonia", and channels the character of Cavaradossi, who compares his love, Tosca, to the portrait he is painting  | Luciano Pavarotti | Facebook