Opera legend José Carreras has promised a magical midsummer night when he performs his first concert in Cork next year.

A kind of magic.

LYNN Barber has just published a memoir, A Curious Career, about her days as Fleet Street’s greatest interviewer. Nobody can get to the nub of a celebrity like "the demon Barber".

The mystery buyer of Charles Haughey’s mansion wants to restore the 18th-century palatial spread to its former glory.

The former home of ex-Taoiseach Charles J Haughey is up for sale with a pricetag of €7.5m.

Lady Gaga enjoyed her “first real Marilyn moment” as she serenaded former US president Bill Clinton at a charity concert in Los Angeles, at which Bono also sang.

JOAN SUTHERLAND, one of the 20th Century’s greatest opera singers, has died aged 83.

Part of the stage for a weekend concert by Elton John at Mexico’s famed Chichen Itza ruins collapsed as it was being built, injuring three workers, authorities said today.

World renowned playwright Brian Friel joined the walk of fame at one of Dublin’s top theatres today.

IN THE wake of Andy Reid’s recent admission that he has lost nine kilos through a personal fitness regime, Giovanni Trapattoni has insisted that the Sunderland player’s weight was never an issue in his non-selection for Ireland.

FORMER Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan was jumping around on a beach yesterday filming the video for her latest single.

The late Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson (pictured) left a rich secret when she died in 2005 – her choice for the first winner of her million dollar music prize, tenor Placido Domingo.

Some of the world’s biggest classical and pop music stars are performing a private benefit concert in the ancient red-rock city of Petra in Jordan to honour the late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, with proceeds going to aid Afghan refugees.

MUSIC can influence the taste of wine, according to a study that suggests what songs go well with which types of wine.

Late opera legend Luciano Pavarotti mimed during his last ever live performance, according to a new book written by his longtime conductor.

The Three Tenors have officially retired following the death of Luciano Pavarotti last year.

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI’S widow is suing two friends of the late tenor for €29.6 million, claiming their comments about her marriage were defamatory, her lawyer said yesterday.

Luciano Pavarotti’s widow said she felt compelled to set the record straight over “unseemly” gossip in the Italian media alleging financial and family problems.

IT has been interesting to read the many tributes to the late, great Luciano Pavarotti.

LA BOHEME, I Pagliacci, Panis Angelicus — nothing fazed the great Luciano Pavarotti.

Funeral cards and official programmes for opera star Luciano Pavarotti's farewell Mass in Modena, Italy are available to fans on auction site eBay.

Late opera singer Luciano Pavarotti removed his wife's name from the ownership of his $16.8m (€12m) mansion two months before he died.

Late opera legend Luciano Pavarotti's daughters have denied a rift over the star's $500m estate.

Luciano Pavarotti’s daughters have reportedly complained about British media reports that they are squabbling with the late tenor’s second wife.

Late opera legend Luciano Pavarotti has made a posthumous comeback to the UK singles chart.

Luciano Pavarotti could make a surprise appearance in the top 10 of the UK singles chart today after people rushed to download one of his best known tunes in the hours after his death.

Luciano Pavarotti’s voice rang out a final time today inside Modena’s cathedral in northern Italy, as a recording of the great tenor singing with his father highlighted a funeral attended by family, dignitaries and close friends.

Verdi’s “Ave Maria” wafted through Modena’s cathedral today as the world bade farewell to Luciano Pavarotti with a funeral close to his classical roots, attended by family, dignitaries and close friends and followed by admirers around the world.

The voice that captivated millions of fans across the globe boomed out around an Italian piazza today in final tribute to legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

Late opera star Luciano Pavarotti had grown tired of listening to his own music by the time of his death on Thursday, and preferred to hear the sounds of fellow tenor Placido Domingo more than anything else.

Hundreds of mourners are paying their respects to Luciano Pavarotti, whose body is laying in state in his hometown of Modena, Italy.

Tributes have poured in for Luciano Pavarotti after he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 71 yesterday.

Pavarotti credited his Dublin performance in 1963 with his international success. Jim Morahan traces the connections.

THOUGH the legacy of great creative artists assumes a permanent place in the consciousness of humanity until relatively recently the work of great performing artists died with them. They left nothing but memories.

Friends and admirers of Luciano Pavarotti joined in a chorus of grief as the world paid homage to the thrilling voice and ebullient personality of the great Italian tenor who died today.

Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high Cs and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world’s most beloved tenors, died today, his manager said.

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who has pancreatic cancer, was in “very serious” condition after his health deteriorated, the Italian news agency AGI reported tonight.

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who has pancreatic cancer, will remain in hospital for several more days to have further tests, Modena Polyclinic said today.

Opera star Luciano Pavarotti has decided to remain in a Modena, Italy hospital, despite being given the all-clear by doctors to leave.

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who was admitted to an Italian hospital last week with a fever, is expected to be released imminently and plans to resume recording a new album, his manager said today.

Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who was admitted to the hospital last week with a fever, is expected to be released “imminently” and is in high spirits and ready to resume recording a new album, his spokeswoman said today.

Doctors treating Luciano Pavarotti in an Italian hospital are "very positive" about the star's illness.

LUCIANO Pavarotti has been hospitalised in stable condition with a fever in his home town of Modena, in northern Italy, officials and his manager said yesterday.

Opera star Luciano Pavarotti has been admitted to hospital for observation in his hometown of Modena in northern Italy, hospital officials there said today.