LOS ANGELES, June 4 (Reuters) - Director Ron Howard did not know much about opera, but he understands drama when he sees it, and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti's life was packed with it. So when it ...

A little “Nessun Dorma” never hurt anyone. To be honest, I know almost zero about opera, but I can appreciate its incredible art form. I did some research online about this iconic aria most famously ...

Decca is releasing a Luciano Pavarotti greatest hits collection, ‘Novatana.’ It's part of a year-long campaign honoring the ...

Before he became a caricature, Luciano Pavarotti was one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century. The format doesn't follow history slavishly, but it does offer a general progression from his early ...

NEW YORK >> Ron Howard recalls seeing his first opera when he was 4 years old. Just don’t ask him to tell you much about it. The budding child star and future director was in Austria with his parents ...

Ron Howard never really thought he’d add documentarian to his résumé. “I always had a bit of an itch to try it, but I was always intimidated by it,” the veteran director tells EW. “I love directing ...

At first glance, archetypal American director Ron Howard does not seem the ideal candidate to make a documentary on Italy’s international operatic sensation, the man with the voice from God, Luciano ...

As a director, Ron Howard has created huge commercial and critical hits, with films like Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and Rush. His new documentary looks at the life and work of opera’s ...

SAN DIEGO — Except for a last-minute substitute for the promised soprano, Luciano Pavarotti’s latest--and, announced, final--visit to San Diego Saturday night at the 14,300-seat Sports Arena proved ...

Jay Coupe, who died Wednesday at 65, was a long-serving, large-living spokesman for America’s Armed Forces who was present at several historically critical events of recent decades — and an opera buff ...

So when it came to making a documentary about the late, beloved "king of the high C's," Howard decided to tell Pavarotti's story largely through some of his most famous arias.