Pray for Pavarotti

Maureen here.

I'll blog about something happier in the next couple of days, but I just read that Luciano Pavarotti is gravely ill as a result of the cancer he's been fighting.

I am not an opera expert, but I think his version of 'E lucevan le stelle' from Tosca should be his automatic ticket into heaven when the time comes.

Here's a YouTube link to see him sing this aria in character as Cavaradossi.

Il dio è con voi, Luciano.

- Edited on Sept. 6 to add:

And now the voice is silenced.