I do appreciate opera and I did always enjoy Pavarotti. I was at that concert also, SINS.

This sad occasion provided an opportunity to talk to my budding musician son (aged 15) about musical literacy and musical humor. I described the encore in the first Three Tenors concert as an example, and went from there to describe other kinds. Luciano lived a full life, not as long as one would hope, and experienced the kind of death many fear.

With his passing I think the reputation for high maintenance (if a diva is a female goddess of the opera, does that make him a devo? a devus?) needs to diminish and let his voice tell the whole story.

SRS