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Quotes by Luciano Pavarotti
帕華洛帝嘉言摘錄
People sign a visitors book outside Modena's cathedral where the body of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, pictured in the frame, lays in state, Italy, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, a day after his death. The body of Luciano Pavarotti lay in state at the city's cathedral Friday as thousands of people queued to pay their respects to the opera singer whose charisma and voice were celebrated around the world. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
2007年九月7日，星期五，人們在安置義大利男高音帕華洛帝遺體的莫德納大教堂外，一本訪客簿上簽名，這一天是在他過世之後隔天。週五，帕華洛帝的遺體安置在這座城市的教堂，而數以千計的人們都排著隊，等著要向這位魅力與歌聲受到全球所稱頌的歌劇歌唱大師致敬。
By The Associated Press
Quotes by Luciano Pavarotti, taken from his 1995 autobiography: "Pavarotti: My World," by Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright.
以下的嘉言錄節錄自帕華洛帝和William Wright合著的自傳：＜帕華洛帝：我的世界＞
"I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out."
「我是一個很單純的人。雖然經歷了這麼多，我一直嘗試讓自己保持最初開始（出發）時的單純。」
"Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given. ... With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance."
「每天我都會提醒自己要（知道）感恩被賜予的一切。… 在歌唱中，你無法知道何時會失去嗓音，而那就會讓你珍惜自己還能作良好歌唱表現的這些所有時光。我總會感謝上帝次賜予了我另一個季節，另一個月的時間，另一場表演。」
"As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully."
「歌劇，作為一種藝術形式，它可說是一種稀有而傑出的創造。對我而言，它可以表達出人類戲劇中，用其他任何方式無法表達出來，或者絕對無法優美地表達出來的許多方面。」
"It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera without trouble."
「唱歌劇並非總是為了得到熱烈起立鼓掌和作出著名的表演。有時你只是很高興能夠沒有問題地，順利完成一部歌劇的表演。」
On the "Three Tenors" concert in Rome in 1990, also featuring Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras:
1990年在羅馬舉辦的「三大男高音」演唱會，還有（由）Placido Domingo和Jose Carreras兩位參與主唱。
"For all three of us, the Caracalla concert was a major event in our lives. I hope I am not immodest to think it was also unforgettable for most of the people who were present."
「對於我們三人而言，這場Caracalla（露天劇院）演唱會是我們生命中的大事。我覺得它對於在場大部份的人而言，也是難忘的體驗，希望我這樣的想法不會顯得無禮。」
"Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life."
「生活中沒有任何的事情，會讓我感到憂鬱或（持續）沮喪。我愛我的生活。」
英文文章來源： http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_en_mu/pavarotti_quotes_1
譯後有感：
最近歌劇界「歌王」的帕華洛帝辭世，令我感到很意外，也悼念起一代歌王的殞落。其實自己對古典音樂和歌劇一直並沒有很熱中，但是曾經有一整年代理時任教非自己本科的表演藝術，針對教科書中的歌劇作過一番探究和欣賞，於是聽了很多遍帕華洛帝唱的＜杜蘭朵公主＞劇中著名詠唱曲 “Nessun Dorma”（「誰也不許睡」；「公主徹夜未眠」），真的讓我覺得歌劇也蠻好聽的，而且在高亢嘹喨歌聲中傳達出戲劇的張力，並且可自成一首首感人歌曲。而後我又接觸了音樂劇的相關影音資料，雖然從音樂劇中發現到熟悉的現代音樂成分（可採用電子音樂、或聽起來像搖滾的音樂），但是歌劇歌手伴隨古典樂演奏，較少借助麥克風，以歌唱實力表現出高亢、渾厚、激昂、悲壯的音樂，真的令人佩服。
這篇帕華洛帝嘉言摘錄中，這段話我覺得頗為發人深省：
With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance.
