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Updated: 2004-08-06 11:16

 Book reveals 'petulant' Pavarotti

作为“世界三大男高音”之一,鲁契亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂是当今世界乐坛上最负盛名的歌唱家。多年来,他那优美的歌声广为流传,受到无数听众的喜爱和赞叹。然而,在帕瓦罗蒂前经纪人即将面市的一本自传里,这位受人爱戴的歌王却被描述为一个幼稚、挑剔、好色以及“非常粗鲁无礼”的人。

 

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Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti (R) with his second wife Nicoletta Mantovani.
Opera star Pavarotti's former agent has painted his ex-client as "petulant" and "demanding" in a biography due out in October, says the Washington Post.

Herbert Breslin was Pavarotti's manager for over 30 years before they parted company in January 2003.

He says the book is "the story of a beautiful, simple, lovely guy who turned into a very determined, aggressive and... unhappy superstar."

The Washington Post got an advance copy of the book ahead of its publication.

The book is titled The King and I: The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary.

Mr Breslin wrote in the book that Pavarotti, 68, criticised fellow singer Placido Domingo, saying: "In his dreams, Placido never had a voice like (Pavarotti)."

The newspaper also said Mr Breslin claimed Pavarotti called his associates "stupido" as a term of endearment and insisted on being chauffeured a block from his New York apartment to his dentist.

He also wrote that the opera star was so fearful of food on a tour of China that he took an entire restaurant along with him.

Mr Breslin states that Pavarotti was so concerned with decorum while making romantic comedy film Yes Giorgio in 1982, that he "wouldn't do anything that could make people laugh at him".

Curiously, the book ends with an interview with Pavarotti himself, in which the Post states he says affectionate things about his former agent.

Mr Breslin is credited with helping Pavarotti build-up a following outside of the classical music world, with sell-out arena concerts and television appearances.

Mr Breslin said at the time of the split last year: "We've had enough. I've had enough."

(Agencies)

Vocabulary:
 

paint: to depict vividly in words (描写)

petulant: unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish (脾气坏的)

demanding: requiring much effort or attention (苛刻的)

due: expected or scheduled, especially appointed to arrive (预定的)

adversary: an opponent; an enemy (对手;敌人)

endearment: an expression of affection, such as a caress (喜爱之情的表达)

chauffeur: to serve as a driver for…… (为某人当司机)

decorum: appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety (正派得体的行为)

credit sb. with: (把……归因于某人)

 
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