From Gazzetta Di Modena

Friday, 28-May-1999 23:43:53

First duetti of Pavarotti with Morandi and Renato Zero

With the arrival of Renato Zero and Gianni Morandi the tests for " Pavarotti and friends 1999 " are begun yesterday afternoon to the Fine Hotel before and the park Novi Sad then. Today the arrival of the first big foreign ones is previewed: Lionel Richie, Joe Cocker, Gloria Estefan. Superstar Michael Jackson is attended instead for Sunday evening, is previewed imposing measures of emergency. While they continue the preparativi. Supper of gala to the Boario Hole with paste and fagioli and lobster.

They were moved like students to a examination, yesterday to the Fine Hotel, Renato Zero and Gianni Morandi, the first two artists to try to pianoforte the duetti with Pavarotti. But the tenor as every good master knows to make them has helped to exceed the difficulties in cimentarsi to flank of its powerful voice. Big Luciano is in great shape, calm allegro and. Zero have tried " the destined sky " to being dell songs more applauded of the concert. Change of program instead for Gianni Morandi.

" we have begun with trying mine ' If you did not have more te'. Then we have chosen " Maria Maria " one more international, worthy song than one platea world-wide ". Therefore Morandi has explained to us decision to choose a brano from the lyric repertorio for duettare with the tenor " For me, cimentarmi in this air is a stimulating challenge even if the pauira it does not lack ". The emotion has betrayed it also on the theater box of the Novi Sad while with the orchestra and the tenor intonava the strofe of the song.

The atmosphere is to the Aims that to the Novi sad yesterday were much rilassata, the tensions will arrive above all with big foreign and with Michael the Jackson, whose paranoias and fears will risk to put to hard it tries the nerves of the organizers. Pavarotti, Zero and Morandi have tried in front of the television cameras of RAI One, sorseggiando fresh water and eating fruit and some tramezzino in the pauses, then all to the Novi Sad for the first tests with orchestra. Zero and Morandi also has tried the brani that will sing alone (see under). Much satisfied Renato Zero " To sing with hard Pavarotti is a lot, but the push in more exceeding this test arrives to me here from the fact to be to Modena. This city represents very for me, why they have always believed in me species in the more difficult period of my career here, that one of the debuts ". Like never " the sky " " he has It at all costs intentional the master and I have accepted of good degree. For the author of the song this is the definitive consacrazione and is happy that it is touched just to the Sky ". Today poemriggio to the Aims proverannpo the first aliens: Lionel Richie (joint yesterday to Bologna), Gloria Estefan, Joe Cocker and Alex Britti. Jackson is attended in order tomorrow.

Andrea Marini, Modena, May 29, S.Massimimo