Does Luciano Pavarotti’s family fighting over his money?
It was sad to hear that the Maestro died at the age of 71.
When Luciano Pavarotti visited the Philippines to perform in the 1990s, the authorities installed a large screen outside of the Folk Arts Theater so those who couldn’t afford to pay would be able to see him and be awed by his voice, his ability to hit the high C, in which he was popular of. It is known that not every professional tenor singer can do it.
It was a nice evening. People of all walks of life congregated and the outside premises were full. His way of making it into the pop culture was admirable. He showed that classical music isn’t at confined to upper echelon of the society, in which everyone could enjoy and relish.
Not only he performed well, he was also seen with pop singers and was even friends with the deceased Princess of Wales, Lady Diana. Most of all, his founded his yearly Pavarotti and Friends to raise money for humanitarian cause.
His own website is reduced to a black and white border with the quote saying in English and Italian: “I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to.”
Now that he is dead, it is unfortunate that we hear stories such as the controversy within his family.
It was reported that as his health deteriorated his relationship with his second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, 37, also did.
She was Luciano’s producer. They have lived together since 1996 and was married on December 13, 2003, at a ceremony in Northern Italy.
Though the opera star’s dietologist, Professor Andrea Strata, mentioned that it was nothing but a usual husband-wife argument.
“It’s all very sad… he isn’t even cold in his tomb yet and now all this is coming out. I don’t want to say too much, but let’s just say that with every husband and wife there are always things going on and Nicoletta and Pavarotti were no different from any other couple.”
He was close to Pavarotti. While his wife, Franca, revealed that Nicoletta was in frantic when she found out the missing papers for their properties in New York. It happened a month ago when the opera star was taken to the hospital and the seriousness of his pancreatic cancer became obvious.
There were reports that he also changed his will favouring his daughters from his first wife, Adua Veroni. They lived together for more nearly 40 years.
Luciano’s daughters–Lorenza, Cristina and Giuliana–however, were upset over the rumour that they are fighting over their father’s 250-million pounds of property fuelled by Italian and British new agencies. Cristina read a prepared statement over the Italian state yesterday.
“We know that in Italy, as elsewhere, false news and idle inferences that involve us are coming out. This is causing us bitterness.”
Luciano also has a daughter with Nicoletta, the four-year-old Alice.
For a million-selling star like the opera star, the question is: Are they only in it for the money?
Luciano Pavarotti, Nicoletta Mantovani, Adua Veroni, Alice Pavarotti, Lorenza Pavarotti, Cristina Pavarotti, Giuliana Pavarotti
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