The tenor’s youngest daughter (and Nicoletta Mantovani): «Beautiful memories of our lunches and dinners, of when we painted together or played games». His duets: «Fantastic ones with the Spice Girls and Dolores O’Riordan». About the mother: the most important woman in my life
From his father he says he took determination and stubbornness. From the mother one of the most important lessons: to believe in her goals. “As far as looks are concerned, however, I think I’m a nice mix between them, even if I probably look more like my father.” Alice Pavarotti he has 18 years. On Monday, in the park of the Casa Museo di Santa Maria Mugnano nel Modenese – “it is certainly the place that makes me feel closest” – for the first time he presented the concert for the 14th anniversary of the death of Luciano Pavarotti: his father.
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«The most exciting moments were the opening, when I found the audience in front of the rehearsal: there were only the chairs! And then the closing, when all the artists took to the stage. It was an emotional evening. I wanted to live it differently than in other years. No longer just as a spectator: I wanted to be part of it », she says by phone the daughter of the tenor and Nicoletta Mantovani, while he chooses the memories of that father who was from all over the world, but above all his own.
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Memories with parents
«When he is missing I was four years old. I have beautiful and precise memories and are related to everyday life: banal family lunches or dinners, so much affection from both my parents, they who hold me in their arms or we who play. And then the holidays, for example when we went to Barbados, these spectacular beaches and sunsets, and always, again, many simple and beautiful moments“. At home, father and daughter painted together. “Among the many things he knew how to do, there was that too. And I often kept him company and with my hands I smeared the canvases with him ». While it is an induced memory, because others tell him, of when during the auditions he fell off his knees if the singer on duty did not like him. “Following him to rehearsals was always a fun time, I remember this well ».
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Being the daughter of Big Luciano
Alice has never felt bad about being the daughter of such a famous character. “For me it has always been a great honor. I never thought about living in the spotlight, I never worried about what I could say or not say. With my schoolmates I never flaunted him, out of modesty, but if they asked me about him I talked about him calmly“. In June she graduated with 100 from the Marco Minghetti high school in Bologna. Now the international development and cooperation courses are about to begin. “Basically I think that this kind of interest also comes from my father’s sensitivity.” And for sure, he never thought of pursuing an artistic career. “She was a long way from my life until Tuesday! I’ve been studying the script for weeks. My mother was very happy, she enjoyed the evening and I guess she was also proud of me. I hope … Why she is the most special person I know, the most important woman in my life, the best mother I could ever want. Without her I couldn’t have done it. Last year she remarried to Alberto (Tinarelli, ed): it was a beautiful wedding. I think Dad would have liked him to be as happy as he is now. ‘
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The father’s duets
She likes the opera, she breathed it as soon as she was born, she abandoned the piano in middle school, but she has his true passion is rock. That’s why he especially loves certain duets of the Pavarotti & Friends. «Of all I prefer those with Dolores O’Riordan, with Céline Dion and the live forever con le Spice Girls: crazy, wonderful ». Del papa still keeps the hair. “I have a lot of panama in my room, the others are in the House Museum.” If someone asked you today who Luciano Pavarotti was, you would answer like this: “He was a great opera singer, but also a wonderful, generous person with a big heart. Of course, I would have liked it to be present in many important milestones in my life, from the eighth grade exam to the high school diploma. But I know he is with me. Even if not physically, I feel that my father is always with me ».
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September 8, 2021 (change September 8, 2021 | 10:46)
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