De Amerikaanse conductor James Conlon prees as guest speaker de uitzonderlijke deserve van Pavarotti. Also, two dockers van de zanger, Christina and Caterina Pavarotti, woonden de ceremonie bij.
Pavarotti was born in 1935 in Modena. Hij groeide uit tot én van the most important tenors van de 20ste eeuw. Pavarotti was a guest in the largest opera house in the world, but it was also sold over 100 million albums.
De operazanger boekte onder me great commerciële successen as lid van de Drie tenors. Enormously popular were also the benefit concerts Pavarotti & Friends, which were similar to the same works with well-known pop and rock stars.
Pavarotti overleed op 6 September 2007 op 71-year-old leeftijd aan kanker.