Reader question:
In this sentence – Pavarotti was known as much for his larger than life personality as he was for his voice – please explain "larger than life".
My comments:
Why not, let's begin with Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007). The Italian tenor, one of the best opera singers of his generation, is better known in China as one of the Three Tenors (José Carreras and Placido Domingo being the other two) who performed in the royal Palace in Beijing. Pavarotti also shared the stage with pop singers (Pavarotti with Friends, including notably Bryan Adams), something few classical musicians would stoop themselves to do. In 1993, he sang for 500,000 fans in New York's Central Park. The next year, he performed under the Eiffel Tower in front of 300,000 Parisians. And in 2003, at the age of 68, he married his former secretary Nicoletta Mantovani....
So you see, Pavarotti had quite an appetite (he had a big belly to show for it too) for music and life.
Before giving definitions, let's bring on more people who are considered larger than life. Albert Einstein was larger than life – his influence went far beyond physics. Louis Armstrong was and remains larger than life – he epitomizes jazz. Yao Ming is larger than life – the guy is 7-foot-6, for starters. Michael Jordan is certainly larger than life – it sometimes felt that he was bigger than the NBA in his playing day. Mahatma Gandhi was larger than life despite his small stature – he brought down the British Empire and closed the entire colonial era....
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