Star for Luciano Pavarotti on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

A new star shines on the sidewalk of Hollywood Boulevard: Luciano Pavarotti was honored on the iconic

during a ceremony in which his daughter Cristina, on behalf of all the heirs, and James Conlon, the director of the Opera Los Angeles, paid homage to the legendary Italian tenor.

The dedication of the star n.

2730, traditionally attributed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and positioned next to those of Sydney Poitier, Stan Lee, Ennio Morricone and Lina Wertmuller, precedes by a few days the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of the myth of world opera.

"If I think of my father, of the roads he has opened and of the many emotions given and received, I feel a sense of vertigo", said Cristina also on behalf of her sisters Lorenza, Giuliana and Alice, of Nicoletta Mantovani and of her daughter Caterina, recalling Luciano after the performances, when "happy, but tired and hungry, sometimes still wearing the costume of the scenes, remained to sign autographs for hours, so as not to upset even an admirer".