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Show SECTION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007 EDITOR Elyssa Andrus eandrusheraldextra.com 344-255- 3 Pavarotti's univers; al appeal will be missed Luciano Pavarotti was more than a singer of incredible gifts. Pavarotti will be remembered because he had the charisma to convince any listener that opera could be amazing, transporting stuff. With him as a name brand, opera was something that gobs of people came to know, at least a little. In my imagination, the time I heard Pavarotti was form, his sweet tenunforgettable. He was in p or spinning and pinging with the best of them. The rest of the cast was stellar, and the hall was small enough so that the audience could appreciate every little wink and smile. Sadly, that wasn't what really happened. The truth is that I saw Pavarotti in June 2000 at Cleveland Browns Stadium, as one of The Three ' Tenors. From a stage on the field, Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras trotted out a series of excerpts from famous operas. The lineup included Pavarotti's signature aria, "Nessun Dorma," from Puccini's "Turandot." Luciano In retrospect, watching PavaPavarotti rotti come onstage like the super- star that he was, arms held high to acknowledge the applause even before it began, was as exciting as any of the sing- a tip-to- itiilfiut ifniKi ing. Those of us in the better seats (chairs on the field) sat in the sun, preposterously attired in formal gear. I sweltered through the show in my long skirt and top, aclmiring parts of the performance but disappointed by lost opportunities. Why not hand out programs with translations, so people hearing "Nessun Dorma" for the first time knew the story of the icy Princess Turandot and the three riddles she asked her suitors? Afterward, I struggled with balky technology when I tried to file my deadline review. Not exactly a perfect sunset kind of memory. See PAVAROTTI, C6 tltttttru it Jti; k fitjl)lt iiftt: !!:: hi ItU-- ' 7 ttii'i u i fFS 1 siJttltlMU t In- ( 74 I- - -- .. , ll IM 1 I! ,i m.i :: if - t,;n i . M.-.- v 'll! - - "tut- !: - tisv ijr.jtif inv ;it ;mtMM iMicvjltil , ;o- ns Ifiil itiHtllt itrcl tj1 . ?; it Itf: ; rs t jkviwniti: it ii j ttihjvi tjti: jliitiii ttu; -- iJtlf: It is Ml j ii knit i '77 i 7 l: Elaine Guregian AKRON BEACON JOURNAL Ii' - ii I. I i I ' 1 II : t I - Los Angeles Times file photo Ed Begley Jr. (shown in 1996) is seen as a role model for resource conservation. II- i Getting the goods on celebrity green iff il - . - - ; i til ..it M .1 Ii Gina Piccalo LOS ANGELES TIMES 1 No, it's not easy being green, least of all for Hollydecadence. Sowood living in manse in Malibu lar panels on a just don't scream "Live simply!" Ditto hopping onto a private plane to get to the Live Earth concert. Of course, celebrities don't let their lavish lifestyles stop them from preaching about temperance. living isn't about great sacrifice, they contend, it's about making small but powerful changes. It's about voting green. It's about buying greea Besides, they say, they're doing their part by h message using their fame to broadcast a that reaches millions of people. Isn't that enough? It might have been, a few years back. But then, rather quickly, the green movement became part of the mainstream. For the rich and famous, the . the next guy got so fierce competition to that the next logical place to take the Greening of Hollywood was the expos e : sussing out the hypocrites. Every media outlet and Web site (green or otherwise) has upped its scrutiny of stars. As a cause, environmentalism is now all about ritual is tied your personal choices directly to our dwindling water supply, for example so the lives of green stars are expected to be 1 i .I i 50,000-square-fo- i ly pro-Eart- n green-speakin- g teeth-brushin- g See GREEN, C4 Mission Reunions Send information about LDS missionary reunions scheduled near general conference ' weekend to dhnewsheraldextra.com by Sept. 15 to be published in the Sept. 30 Issue of LDS Week. Include name of mission, mission ' president, day, time and address, contact Info end any other Info. Photo Uhntratton by AARON TAYLORDsily Herald |