Luciano Pavarotti says he’ll retire in 2005
ByJun 25, 2002 10:00 PM
Famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, during a Tuesday (6/25) interview on CNN’s “Connie Chung Tonight,” said that he will retire on his 70th birthday, Oct. 12, 2005.
Famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, during a Tuesday (6/25) interview on CNN’s “Connie Chung Tonight,” said that he will retire on his 70th birthday, Oct. 12, 2005.
After that date, he joked, “I never sing even in the bathroom, not even when I’m taking the shower.”
Pavarotti recently took a beating in the press for being a no-show for the May 11 season finale at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. Pavarotti told Chung that he did not show up because he was ill with laryngitis and could not talk.
“It’s stupid, absolutely stupid, to make such a big fuss,” he said.
Pavarotti also said that he plans to marry his longtime companion Nicoletta Mantovani, 32, later this year.
Two U.S. concerts are ahead for Pavarotti in 2002: Sept. 20 in Phoenix and Sept. 28 in Hartford, Conn.