Ron Howard's latest music documentary shines a light on opera superstar Pavarotti
Taking inspiration from his friends Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and the late Jonathan Demme, Ron Howard has moved into the music documentary sphere. In 2013 he directed the Jay-Z concert doc "Made in America," and in 2016 he chronicled history's most famous rock band in "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years."
Now he's made one about the most famous opera singer of the 20th century. "Pavarotti," which opens Friday, is a comprehensive look at the singer's operatic life and unparalleled artistry, using concert footage, home movies and new interviews with family members and showbiz colleagues like Bono, who was amusingly arm-twisted into writing a collaboration song for U2 and Pavarotti in 1995.
Howard hasn't stopped making scripted features - his next film is an adaptation of the 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy"
