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After the Rolling Stones, Adele and R.E.M and other artists
asked Trump to stop using their music, Pavarotti's family in
Italy made the same request about the maestro's work, according
to a statement.
"As members of his immediate family, we would like to recall
that the values of brotherhood and solidarity which Luciano
Pavarotti expressed throughout the course of his artistic career
are entirely incompatible with the world view offered by the
candidate Donald Trump," the statement said.
"Nessun Dorma" has frequently been played at Trump rallies.
Pavarotti's performance became the tenor's signature aria,
helping to make him one of the most popular opera singers of all
time. Pavarotti died of pancreatic cancer in 2007 at the age of
71.
The lyrics of the aria from Puccini's Turandot are supposed to
be the words of the "unknown prince" in the opera who falls in
love with Princess Turandot and aims to win her hand in
marriage.
Pavarotti's performance climaxes as he repeats the Italian word
"Vincero", or "I will win", three times in a powerful crescendo
as the unknown prince expresses his certainty that he will marry
the princess.
(Reporting by Steve Scherer; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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