LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Ron Howard did not know much about opera, but he understands drama when he sees it, and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti's life was packed with it. So when it came to ...

A little “Nessun Dorma” never hurt anyone. To be honest, I know almost zero about opera, but I can appreciate its incredible art form. I did some research online about this iconic aria most famously ...

Pavarotti died on September 6, 2007, at the age of 71, at his home near Modena in northern Italy. His manager, Terri Robson, ...

A celebration of some of Pavarotti's finest performances from the BBC archives, capturing how he became the biggest opera star of modern times.

The Three Tenors were an operatic supergroup formed by Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras. The trio first ...

Before he became a caricature, Luciano Pavarotti was one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century. The format doesn't follow history slavishly, but it does offer a general progression from his early ...

At first glance, archetypal American director Ron Howard does not seem the ideal candidate to make a documentary on Italy’s international operatic sensation, the man with the voice from God, Luciano ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: What drew you to Pavarotti? Why a documentary on Luciano Pavarotti? RON HOWARD: Pavarotti became, to me, quite obvious. And because he’s so charismatic, his life’s journey is ...

Ron Howard never really thought he’d add documentarian to his résumé. “I always had a bit of an itch to try it, but I was always intimidated by it,” the veteran director tells EW. “I love directing ...

NEW YORK >> Ron Howard recalls seeing his first opera when he was 4 years old. Just don’t ask him to tell you much about it. The budding child star and future director was in Austria with his parents ...