Restaurant dedicated to Pavarotti opens for Expo

(ANSA) - Milan, June 11 - A museum and restaurant dedicated to the late Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti opened in Milan on Thursday to coincide with Expo.
    The Pavarotti Milano Restaurant Museum occupies the fourth floor of the trendy Piazza Duomo 21 lounge-restaurant premises overlooking the Lombard capital's landmark cathedral.
    Opened by Pavarotti International 23 and Seven Stars Galleria, it stands in homage to the maestro and the man - and particularly to his love of the traditional cuisine of his native Modena in the neighbouring region of Emilia Romagna. The menu includes some of Big Luciano's favourite dishes including filled pasta such as tortellini and tagliatelle al ragù. The restaurant-museum includes an area dedicated to live music performances and photographs and other memorabilia linked to the artist who died in 2007 aged 71. The space is intended as a "moment for remembering Luciano", his widow Nicoletta Mantovani said.
    "We remain Luciano's family, we are united in trying to interpret his dreams and it's not easy when a person is no longer alive," she continued. "We are trying to do it without exaggeration, as he would have liked, keeping our feet on the ground."