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  • Pavarotti given final ovation at tearful funeral| Reuters

    From the page: "MODENA, Italy (Reuters) - About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday, an event Prime Minister Romano Prodi said made Italy "sad but proud" to salute one of opera's greatest tenors. Rock stars, political... more

    Reviewed by Gillonde Sep 08 2007, 02:56pm ( 2 reviews ) • reuters.com

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  • Rated by Gillonde on Sep 08 2007, 2:56pm

    From the page: "MODENA, Italy (Reuters) - About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday, an event Prime Minister Romano Prodi said made Italy "sad but proud" to salute one of opera's greatest tenors. Rock stars, political leaders and loved ones wept and applauded after seeing a film of Pavarotti and his father Fernando performing the hymn Panis Angelicus, giving the singer a standing ovation that lasted several minutes." I get tears in my eye and goosebumps while reading this great report of the funeral of Luciano Pavarotti. I'm not a fan of opera music in general, but Pavarotti was a name that is famous outside that music. Wow.

  • Rated by Thamus on Sep 08 2007, 2:09pm

    The final ovation This is an marvelous report on the funeral of Luciano Pavarotti. I was once a Reuters correspondent long ago, and still feel proud when I see journalism of this standard in this brave new world where Web 2.0 fanatics tell us "moderated journalism is dead." It isn't - not while Reuters and its peers live. Quote: Fourteen pallbearers carried the coffin out of the cathedral to applause and cheers of "bravo" from the crowd as a recording of his most famous aria - "Nessun Dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot" - played over loudspeakers. As Pavarotti sang the song's famous line "All'alba vincero'" - "At dawn I will be victorious" - the air force's aerobatics team soared above the church, marking the blue sky with the green, white and red smoke in the colors of the Italian flag. U2 front-man Bono sat next to film director Franco Zeffirelli at the service, near Pavarotti's widow Nicoletta Mantovani, and ex-wife Adua who sat an opposite ends of the same pew. [PICTURE: © Reuters] Beautiful, accurate, restrained, and yet powerfully moving reporting. Bravo, Reuters.