Buenos Aires mourns Pavarotti

The media in Latin America, as in much of the world, is filled today with eulogies to the late Luciano Pavarotti, the baker’s son who became the world’s most beloved tenor.

Pavarotti first appeared in Buenos Aires in 1987, performing La Bohème at the celebrated Teatro Colón.

The Italian opera star was embraced in a country where so many trace their ancestry to Italy. Fans recalled his 1999 open-air concert with the legendary Argentine chanteuse Mercedes Sosa at La Bombonera, the stadium of the Boca Juniors soccer club.

In an interview four years ago with the daily La Nación, Pavarotti recalled "beautiful moments" spent in the Argentine capital.

Posted by Patrick J. McDonnell and Andrés D’Alessandro in Buenos Aires