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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday october 12, 1985 if Pavarotti planning to play the future by ear at age 50,  Pavarotti is to ovine Forward to the future Ivich  Confidence he has ill i had but perhaps with i Little less bravado. On saturday the world re mined ichor will spend his birthday with his wife and three daughters at the family Home in Modena Llali. But even As the mile Stone approaches he is not a Man who reflects Back on his Quarter Century of opera triumphs As much us he looks Forward to his next Challenge from wherever it comes. I really Don t plan  he said in a recent interview in Philadelphia when 1 think there is something new some new idea or people come to me with new ideas then i say yes i am Einbu Siamof of new tilings i think 1 will always be like that. I feel thai doing something new for the world of opera is difficult. I just play by car and if something important is coming out i will do it with great  Pavarotti acknowledges that his voice has matured with age but says he is unconcerned about the Day his mid Range weakens and High is become unassailable. The voice it becomes More a Little  he shrugs. It becomes a Little demanding ,. You have to move and Vocalic More to train the voice More than if you arc 20 or 30, but that is for everybody i am nut an  after a Short foray into school leaching and an even Shorter career As an insurance Salesman Pavarotti made his stage debut in 1961 in Reggio a Milieu Italy playing Rodolfo in   mis debut at the Mot in new York came four years later in the same role. He has since gone on to play the Lead roles in the would s great operas on the world s greatest stages he has made recordings of both opera and contemporary music has mide frequent television upper  both in the United states and abroad started in his own movie and even made a commercial for Ameri can express. Yet despite the tangible Success Pavarotti is still a Man who dreams of the perfect performance before the perfect audience and not one comprised of Heads of state or Royal families. "1 have a fantasy he says. I would like very much losing for my Public. My Public these two words my Public there is no Queen no Mother father wife sister no people in my dream privileged or other. To have my own there my own who were so generous with me All these years. And even if i have to do a dream i think my audience Are still the most important thing of  he thinks about what he is saying and then amends it. I really would like to have my grand Mother who died there. She did not really have the Opportunity to see me Al the top but that is just a Little  almost throughout his career Pavarotti has been a Man of both considerable size and considerable reputation ministering to politics television evangelist Pat Robertson says lie is com ing under increasing pressure from some conservatives a photo Luciano Pavarotti with the director of the opera company of Philadelphia Margaret Anne Everitt at a birthday Celebration in that City. To run for president and said he is locked in intense prayer Over whether to seek the 1988 Republican nomination. Robertson a Baptist Clergyman who founded the Christian broadcasting network of Virginia Beach va., said it was too Early to Tell if he would run for the White House. But in an interview after a speech to the City club of Chicago Robertson 55, said he is under pressure from conservatives who fear that when Reagan goes the so called Reagan revolution will be at an end. They want someone who will stand tall and stand  i Don t want  he said. But i was brought up with a sense of obligation a noblesse oblige to ask myself if i can make a difference in my  in his speech Robertson attacked Congress for fail ing to Muster the political will to lower the Federal deficit. He also criticized the supreme court for altering the Constitution by judicial  and he expressed Hope that president Reagan would stand by his commitment to the space based strategic defense initiative Al next month s Summit Wilh soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in go Nita Switzerland. Robertson is the Host of inc daily news and inter View program the 700  Job fair too successful so Many people turned out for a Job fair sponsored by a Houston Texas television station thai station officials asked Job Hunters to stay away. About 18,000 people showed up for Kyrc s Job fair and police were called out to control the c own waiting to get inside the station s Southwest Houston building said Bob Richardson. Kyrc assistant new director. It s been an overwhelming Success but it s been too much of a Success Richardson said. Traffic Buill up on an already Busy freeway near the station he said. Station officials asked people to stay away from the event although the station was trying to accommodate those who had already showed up Richardson said. Houston s metropolitan transit authority provided transportation to and from the Kirc building and Richardson said officials put some of the departing crowd on City buses. We Salute the United states Navy 2 on october 13th its 210th anniversary ._.,. \ " 1 anchors aweigh a i  
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