February 1998. Radio City Music Hall, New York. Luciano Pavarotti was supposed to sing Nessun Dorma live at the Grammys. Hours before the show, his voice was gone. Instead of letting the song go quiet, he made one phone call, and dared Aretha Franklin to sing it in his place, with only twenty minutes to prepare.

What happened at the final note, and the sentence he had whispered to her two nights earlier, turned a cancellation into one of the most unforgettable moments in music history.

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Disclaimer:
This video is a dramatized retelling inspired by the lives and careers of Luciano Pavarotti, Aretha Franklin and C. L. Franklin. Dialogue and certain events have been recreated for storytelling purposes.

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