22 Feb 2007

Pavarotti’s heir breaks rules with encore on the high Cs

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/opera/article1421347.ece

Photo: Decca and James McMillanRichard Owen Rome [Times Online, 22 February 2007]

The Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez appears to have the crown of Luciano Pavarotti within grasp after ecstatic applause forced La Scala opera house to break a 70-year-old taboo and allow him to give an encore of an acclaimed aria.