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- <title>
- May 25, 1992: The Kid's All Right
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- May 25, 1992 Waiting For Perot
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- PEOPLE, Page 75
- The Kid's All Right
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- <p>By MICHAEL QUINN
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- <p> Not too long ago, honey-toned tenor LUCIANO PAVAROTTI made
- the decidedly unlikely claim in an American Express commercial
- that he went unrecognized in hotels. But if you don't recognize
- him in the his latest ads, you have a good excuse -- the
- three-year-old shown is 53 years and hundreds of pounds away
- from the most popular opera singer since Caruso. The image of
- the infant Pavarotti appears on posters for his June concert in
- a most unoperatic venue: the East Hall of the Atlantic City
- Convention Center (capacity for the evening: 12,000), where Miss
- America was crowned last fall. The event is sponsored by that
- well-known cultural institution, the Trump Taj Mahal
- casino-hotel. The best seats in the house are going for $150.
- From New York City's Madison Square Garden to Rome's World Cup
- soccer matches, such monster recitals have become almost
- commonplace for Pavarotti. They may turn purists pale but
- certainly help shake off opera's elitist reputation.
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