Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file; Special pages
youtube-dl is a free and open source software tool for downloading video and audio from YouTube [3] and over 1,000 other video hosting websites. [4] It is released under the Unlicense software license. [5] As of September 2021, youtube-dl is one of the most starred projects on GitHub, with over 100,000 stars. [6]
Luciano Pavarotti OMRI (/ ˌ p æ v ə ˈ r ɒ t i /, US also / ˌ p ɑː v-/, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti]; 12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.
Pavarotti & Friends was a series of benefit concerts hosted by Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti between 1992 and 2003 in his home town of Modena, Italy.Proceeds from the events were donated to humanitarian causes including the international aid agency War Child [1] and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. [2]
Title: Luciano Pavarotti, opera star, and family, N.Y.C. Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [between 1979 and 1983] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-gtfy-08090 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Pavarotti donated the proceeds from some of these concerts to Afghan, Angolan and Iraqi refugees. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1995 the concert was for the children of Bosnia affected by the war. The event featured artists such as Meat Loaf and Bono , the Edge and Brian Eno (performing as Passengers ) and was attended by Diana, Princess of Wales .
Rigoletto in a 1982 Italian opera film directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and starring Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberová and Luciano Pavarotti, with the music score conducted by Riccardo Chailly. The film is based upon the 1851 opera of the same name by Giuseppe Verdi to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave .
This concert was in support of the War Child charity, specifically to benefit the orphans of war-torn Liberia. The concert was directed by Spike Lee and featured performances by various musical acts including Pavarotti, Stevie Wonder , Celine Dion , Jon Bon Jovi , Spice Girls , Trisha Yearwood , Eros Ramazzotti and The Corrs .