This radiant man with exceptional bel canto, whose fame went beyond the opera circle and was recognized by millions of not always passionate opera fans, became legendary during his lifetime. The fate of Luciano Pavarotti seemed to be more than happy. He performed in the largest theaters in the world with triumphant success, received the highest fees, sang what he wanted, the audience invariably received him with delight. Was his path to Olympus so simple, did luck always smile on him? The famous Italian tenor admitted that he had experienced times of depression more than once and for a long time could not get rid of the depressed state. This book of memoirs, previously unpublished in Russia, based on the memoirs of the artist himself, in many ways brings us closer to the personality of the great of our great contemporaries.