Pavarotti: My World By Luciano Pavarotti & William Wright
Pavarotti: My World (First Edition Hardcover Copy)
The Intimate, High-Stakes Personal Journey of the World’s Most Celebrated Operatic Tenor
The Intimate, High-Stakes Personal Journey of the World’s Most Celebrated Operatic Tenor
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Pavarotti: My World
- Authors: Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright
- Publisher: Chatto & Windus Ltd, London
- Publication Date: 1995
- ISBN-10: 0701163232
- ISBN-13: 9780701163235
- Edition Details: First UK Edition, First Printing. Standard hardcover release with original unclipped dust jacket.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium textured cloth-covered boards with crisp gilt-stamped typography running down the spine, complete with structurally sound endpapers.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 384 pages. Wonderfully enhanced with individual operational indices, full casting discographies, and a stunning central section featuring high-gloss, full-colour and black-and-white archival photographic plates.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Near Fine (NF) / Mint
- Exterior / Cloth Boards: The cloth casing remains in pristine, near-flawless condition. The structural lines sit perfectly square, the boards are completely flat, and the corners are razor-sharp. The original spine is crisp, rigid, and completely undamaged, showing zero shelf wear or bumping along the board extremities.
- Interior: The text block is robustly bound, tight, and clean. The internal pages show a uniform, natural tanning and browning of the paper stock, an entirely standard aging characteristic for mid-1990s UK book publications. Internal sheets are entirely clean and free of user highlighting, ink annotations, dealer pencil marks, or dog-ears.
- Provenance: An exemplary archival-grade volume showing no signs of institutional library stamps, previous owner nameplates, or remainder marks.
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The Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Condition Details: The original, strikingly illustrated dust jacket retains excellent color contrast and high-gloss quality. It displays only very limited, microscopic signs of handling and light wear and tear along the outer edges. Completely free of fading, structural tears, or open chips, it is beautifully preserved and protected in a clear, archival Cellophane cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1995, Pavarotti: My World is the deeply moving, direct continuation of the legendary operatic tenor's autobiographical journey, pick up where his previous bestseller, Pavarotti: My Story, left off. Written alongside acclaimed biographer William Wright, the narrative offers an unvarnished account of both the fortunate and deeply regrettable events that shaped his historic career. Pavarotti breaks his silence on profound personal trials, most notably the terrifying, life-threatening illness of his youngest daughter, Alice.
He masterfully counterbalances these private anxieties against the stratospheric heights of his global career. The book documents his legendary arena concerts, his genre-crossing pop collaborations, and the historic cultural phenomenon of the "Three Tenors"—detailing his triumphant, high-stakes stadium collaborations with Plácido Domingo and José Carreras. Delivered with his signature larger-than-life warmth and musical passion, this volume stands as an indispensable primary record of the era when opera conquered global pop culture.
Author Profile: Luciano Pavarotti & William Wright
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who became one of the most commercially successful and globally beloved classical vocalists of all time. Famed for the brilliant purity of his tone—particularly his effortless mastery of the high C—he successfully bridged the divide between elite opera houses and mass arena audiences, utilizing his fame to raise millions for international humanitarian causes.
- William Wright (1930–2016) was a highly respected American author, journalist, and biographer who specialized in high-society chronicles and arts history. His collaborative works are widely praised by academics for their narrative speed, elegant conversational prose, and peerless ability to capture the authentic human voice behind monolithic cultural icons.
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