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Pavarotti dies aged 71
Level 1 Elementary
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Music quiz
Match these artists with the music genre that they are most famous for and their nationality.
artist
genre
nationality
died in
(year)
aged
Luciano Pavarotti
jazz
American
Elvis Presley
pop
English
Bob Marley
rock and roll
American
Edith Piaf
swing
American
John Lennon
son
American
Johnny Cash
opera
Italian
Ibrahim Ferrer
chanson
American
Billie Holiday
country
Cuban
Frank Sinatra
grunge
Jamaican
Kurt Cobain
reggae
French
Now, in teams, try to guess the year of their death and their age when they died. One point for the closest
answer.
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Key words
Unjumble the letters to ill the gaps. Skim the text to check your answers.
1. The group of people who watch a performance are the ____________. ( uedinaec )
2. Another word for a ight is a ____________. ( tbtlae )
3. The irst time a performer plays in public is his ____________. ( betud )
4. A ____________ is what you give when you entertain people by singing, acting or dancing. ( ereoprfanmc )
5. The place where an event takes place is called the ____________. ( enevu )
6. You can have a good or bad ____________. It depends on what people say about you. ( putnretiao )
7. When you pay ____________ to somebody, you say how and why you admire and respect them. ( brittue )
8. When you have a natural ability to do something, this is called a ____________. ( tifg )
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Pavarotti dies aged 71
Level 1 Elementary
Pavarotti dies aged 71
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Domingo led the tributes to his fellow tenor. “I
always admired the God-given glory of his voice,”
he said. “I also loved his wonderful sense of
humour. We had so much fun during our concerts
with José Carreras.”
Matthew Weaver and agencies
September 6, 2007
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The Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti died
at his home in Modena aged 71. The tenor,
who helped take opera to a new audience, was
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. His
manager, Terri Robson, said Pavarotti died at
5am on September 6. “The maestro fought a
long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer
which eventually took his life. He remained
positive until the end,” Mr Robson said.
7
The British tenor Russell Watson said that
Pavarotti was the man who brought opera to
the people. “The World Cup was the Three
Tenors led by Pavarotti, with a very entertaining
version of Nessun Dorma , in fact, it’s now called
‘Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma ’,” Watson said. “His
voice was so distinctive you only needed to listen
to a couple of bars and you knew it was him, he
had incredible power and control.”
2
Pavarotti made his professional debut in 1961,
as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Boheme at the opera
house in Reggio Emilia. His most celebrated
performance came at New York’s Metropolitan
Opera House where he hit nine high Cs in
Donizetti’s La ille du regiment .
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Another tenor Ian Bostridge agreed. “He was
an old-fashioned star,” he said. “Vocally he was
the best.
9
In a statement, the Royal Opera House said:
“He introduced the extraordinary power of
opera to people who perhaps would never have
encountered opera and classical singing [and] in
doing so he enriched their lives.”
3
But Pavarotti reached a new global audience
during the 1990 football World Cup when his
interpretation of the Puccini aria Nessun Dorma
was chosen as the tournament’s theme tune. It
became an international hit. Later the Essential
Pavarotti became the irst classical album to
reach number 1 in the UK charts.
10
Pavarotti gave farewell performances at the
Royal Opera House in January 2002. “The
applause on those evenings was probably the
most moving and heartfelt in the history of the
Royal Opera,” the statement said. “He had a
unique ability to touch people with the emotional
and brilliant quality of his voice. He was a man
with a most extraordinary gift. He will be missed
by millions of people.”
4
The 1990 World Cup was also the venue of the
irst of the hugely popular Three Tenor concerts
that Pavarotti performed with Placido Domingo
and José Carreras. His most high-proile
performance in Britain was the Pavarotti in the
Park concert in a rainy Hyde Park in 1991. His
friend, Diana, Princess of Wales, was in the
front row.
© Guardian News & Media 2007
First published in The Guardian , 6/9/07
5
Like many opera stars, Pavarotti also had a
reputation for being dificult. At a Royal Variety
performance in Edinburgh he demanded a fully-
itted kitchen to be built into his hotel suite. He
also frequently cancelled concerts at short notice.
But he also raised millions of pounds in a number
of charity performances.
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Pavarotti dies aged 71
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Comprehension check
Are these statements True (T) or False (F) according to the text?
1. Pavarotti helped make opera popular.
2. He once hit nine high Cs in one performance.
3. The Three Tenors were Pavarotti, Domingo and Caruso.
4. The Three Tenors sang the theme tune to the 1994 (football) World Cup.
5. Pavarotti had a number 1 album in the UK.
6. He was a personal friend of Princess Diana’s.
7. He always demanded a fully-itted kitchen in his dressing room.
8. He raised millions of pounds for charities.
9. Pavarotti didn’t have a sense of humour.
10. Pavarotti had a unique voice.
4
Vocabulary
What do these adjectives describe in the article?
1. emotiona l / distinctive / brilliant
_____________________________
2. positive / dificult / tenor
_____________________________
3. heartfelt / moving
_____________________________
4. long / tough
_____________________________
Underline all the other adjectives in the article. Compare your answers with your partner.
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Discussion
Complete the sentences by illing the gaps.
The last music concert or performance I went to was (who or what) _____________________________, at/in
(place) _____________________________, in ___________ (month, year).
I thought it was (adjective) _____________ because (reason) _____________________________________.
Now read your sentences to your partner. Try to ask and answer further questions to keep the
conversation going.
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Webquest
Go to www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2007/sep/06/pavarotti?picture=330690212 to see photos of Pavarotti’s
life. You can also watch videos and listen to him singing by going to www.youtube.com and writing Pavarotti in the
search box.
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Pavarotti dies aged 71
Level 1 Elementary
KEY
1 Music quiz
artist
genre
nationality died in
(year)
aged
Luciano Pavarotti
Elvis Presley
Bob Marley
Edith Piaf
John Lennon
Johnny Cash
Ibrahim Ferrer
Billie Holiday
Frank Sinatra
Kurt Cobain
opera
rock and roll
reggae
chanson
pop
country
son
jazz
swing
grunge
Italian
American
Jamaican
French
English
American
Cuban
American
American
American
2007
1977
1981
1963
1980
2003
2005
1959
1998
1994
71
42
36
47
40
71
78
44
82
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2 Key words
4 Vocabulary: Synonyms
1. audience
2. battle
3. debut
4. performance
5. venue
6. reputation
7. tribute
8. gift
1. Pavarotti’s voice
2. Pavarotti
3. The applause at the Royal Opera House
4. Pavarotti’s battle against cancer
3 Comprehension check
1. True
2. True
3. False (Carreras)
4. False (1990)
5. True
6. True
7. False (in a hotel suite in Edinburgh)
8. True
9. False
10. True
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