A special tribute concert, which included Placido Domingo,Jose Carreras,Céline Dion, Andrea Bocelli and Sting, was held Sunday in the ancient site on Petra, Jordan, commemorating the life of the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
The tribute is the brainchild of Nicoletta Mantovani, Pavarotti’s widow and HRH Princess Haya, a fellow UN Messenger of Peace and daughter of Jordan’s late King Hussein. “A concert in Petra was a dream once shared by the late King Hussein of Jordan and Luciano,” said Mantovani. “I am so grateful to Her Royal Highness Princess Haya, for making it possible to turn this dream into a reality.”
The proceeds of the concert will support joint projects in Afghanistan by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). A local charity supporting disabled children in Petra will also benefit from the concert.
For over ten years, until his death in September 2007, Maestro Pavarotti actively supported UNHCR projects in Kosovo, Pakistan, Zambia, and Iraq. For his continuous commitment to refugee causes, Luciano Pavarotti received UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award and was named a UN Messenger of Peace.
The archaeological site in Petra was transformed into a stage for a concert on what would have been Pavarotti’s 73rd birthday.Bono sent a video mesage to Pavarotti’s daughter, during the memorial event to pay tribute to Pavarotti.
“Dear Alice, I’ll tell you who was your dad. He wasn’t just a singer of opera. He was the opera, and a big-hearted friend. He can’t be categorized. He was at the same time expression of good singing, punk rock, winemaker, cheese eater, activist, actor, singer, performer and even a y man”.Bono also spoke of his friendship with Pavarotti, and ended his message with the following: “Pavarotti had to sleep and eat before singing. That’s why any time I went to visit him, I used to came back fattened.”
U2 frontman Bono was also at a memorial event in honour of the singer, and paid warm tribute to him.
Bono and Pav(as he called him)sang many times together, the following vid was part of the "Pavarotti & Friends" show in 2003. A nice version of one of the "Ave Maria", this time with Bono singing it in English.
"Gratia plena" for Luciano!
source:http://u2ol.net/2008/10/bono-pays-homage-as-the-tenors-reunite-for-pavarotti-memorial/
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