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1990 Time Magazine Compact Almanac, The (1991)(Time).iso
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PEOPLE, Page 72He Throws His Weight AroundBy By Howard G. Chua-Eoan. Reported by David E. Thigpen
A sword cracked at the wrong time, and one singer nearly
tripped while running across the stage. But last week critics were
hailing Luciano Pavarotti's directorial debut at Venice's Teatro
La Fenice in Gaetano Donizetti's difficult opera La Favorita.
Originally invited to perform, not to be boss, the singer had
brashly told Teatro officials, "I will come, but not to sing. I
want to direct." At the curtain calls, however, Pavarotti was
humility itself, bowing to the audience with hands folded in front
of him like a bashful schoolboy. Said the astonished star of his
experience: "Technicians and singers were actually following my
orders!" It helps when the director can belt one out louder than
most of the cast.