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This combination photo shows director Ron Howard at the Kaleidoscope 5: LIGHT event in Culver City, Calif., on May 6, 2017, left, and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. Howard’s production company announced Thursday, June 1, 2017, that the Oscar-winning director’s next project would be a documentary on famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Thursday, June 1, 2017 | 6 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — Following his successful Beatles documentary, Ron Howard is sticking with music. The Oscar-winner is directing a documentary about Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor who rose to superstar status.
Howard's Imagine Entertainment and White Horse Pictures announced the untitled project Thursday.
Pavarotti transcended opera to become a leading tenor. Howard says Pavarotti's life is full of great drama and contradictions.
The tenor became a best-selling classical artist, with more than 100 million records sold, and he had the first classical album to reach No. 1 on the pop charts. He died from pancreatic cancer in 2007 at age 71.
The untitled documentary does not have a release date.
Howard's last film, "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week — The Touring Years," won the Grammy Award for best music film.
