Pavarotti 30th Anniversary Gala Concert (1998)

Celebrating a great artist is always a gala occasion but when the honoree is the legendary Luciano Pavarotti the event is one to treasure To pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of Pavarottis Met debut the company featured him in fully staged excerpts of three operas Act II of Donizettis LElisir dAmore Act III of Puccinis La Bohème the opera he sang at his debut and Act IV of Verdis Aida Joining the superstar tenor were colleagues like Ruth Ann Swenson Leo Nucci Daniela Dessì Maria Guleghina and Dolora Zajick all conducted by James Levine