BBC: Pavarotti faked final performance

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Pavarotti faked final performance: "Tenor Luciano Pavarotti was miming during his last performance at the winter Olympics in Turin in 2006.

Conductor Leone Magiera has revealed the singer's rendition of Nessun Dorma was pre-recorded, as a live performance would have been 'too dangerous'.

Pavarotti, who died in September, was already suffering pain months before being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Magiera said: 'The orchestra pretended to play, I pretended to conduct and Luciano pretended to sing.'

He added: 'It came off beautifully, no one was aware of the technical tricks.'"

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