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1615-13 Various Miami Beach mh PAVAROTTI 01/25/1995 THE MIAMI HERALD Copyright (c) 1995, The Miami Herald DATE: Wednesday, January 25, 1995 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: LIVING PAGE: lE LENGTH: 56 lines SOURCE/CREDIT LINE: GAIL MEADOWS Herald Arts Writer PAVAROTTI PARTYGIVERS: MONEY WAS WELL SPENT So how much did Luciano Pavarotti' s Sunday Beach concert cost to stage? Maybe $2 million, guesses impresaria Judy Drucker, whose Concert Association of Florida helped put on the show. The money came from the association, Miami Beach, Fisher Island, Pavarotti producer Tibor Rudas and Jose Isaac Peres, a Brazilian entrepreneur who ' s planning a condo project at 15th Street and Ocean Drive. Investors called it money well spent. Said Beach Mayor Seymour Gelber: "We spend $300, 000 to put an advertising insert in The New York Times and tons of money sending tourism bureau people all over Europe. The amount of money we spent ($200, 000) pales into insignificance to the value the city gets. " The city provided the warm-up act, showing on a Jumbotron screen promotional videos touting the South Beach resurgence. The Concert Association budgeted $750, 000 for the event and hopes to make a $200, 000 profit, Drucker said. The association sold more than 1, 000 tickets to a post-concert banquet, for which patrons coughed up $500, $1, 000 and $2,500 per seat. Drucker spent $80, 000 alone to rent the 100- by 150-foot banquet tent that required steel sub-flooring because it was erected on sand. There was a 40-by-40 catering tent and a 20-by- 40 entry tent where VIP credentials were checked. Peres agreed to put the party tent on the site where his Il Villaggio condo complex is planned, and then forked over another $400, 000 to underwrite the VIPs ' food, set off fireworks launched from a barge offshore, fly in 130 guests from South America, and provide mini-replicas of his condo made out of mineral rocks, presented to VIP dinner guests in black velvet bags. Fisher Island donated 15 villas for seven days to Pavarotti ' s entourage of 20 -- average rate $5, 600 a week, according to Frank Weed, CEO and managing director of Fisher Island. The city ' s $200, 000 -- about three-fourths of it from sources other than tax money -- went for police, firefighters, rescue workers, security lighting, portable toilets, shuttle buses, wheelchair ramps, planking, garbage removers and Parks and Recreation crews to clean the sand, said assistant city manager Mayra Diaz-Buttacavoli. Promoters could only estimate what producer Rudas paid Pavarotti, soprano Cynthia Lawrence, the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra or the University of Miami Chorale. "Luciano might get $45, 000 or $50, 000, " Drucker said. "But they do this all over the world. I imagine there' s a yearly price. " Rudas, who contributed $100, 000, will market a CD and video of the performance. Twenty-four hours after it was over, Gelber was still beaming. "My only complaint was that the towing companies clearing the streets were enjoying it a little too much, " he said. TAG: 9501060566 19 of 37, 7 Terms mh PAVAROTTI 01/23/1995 THE MIAMI HERALD Copyright (c) 1995, The Miami Herald DATE: Monday, January 23, 1995 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: FRONT PAGE: lA LENGTH: 133 lines ILLUSTRATION: color photo: Luciano Pavarotti (a) , Luciano PAVAROTTI with Cynthia Lawrence, June Dell (a) ; photo: Allen Stein pours champagne for friends (a) , crowd at the concert (a) SOURCE/CREDIT LINE: MARTIN MERZER and LYNN CARRILLO Herald Staff Writers PAVAROTTI RIDES A WAVE OF ADORATION The ocean murmured at the shore like an undercurrent of timpani. The sun faded behind Art Deco buildings, soft and mauve. Now, slowly, the music bloomed, flowered, burst to a crescendo. The large man in the faded jeans and luminous shirt paused, arms at his side, head bowed, the familiar, oversize handkerchief clutched in his left hand. Before him stretched a multitude of people, some in expensive seats, very many billowing along the beach, dissolving into the waning light. And now Luciano Pavarotti, the famed and magnetic Italian tenor, a man considered by many the finest singer of his time, bowed his body into the climax of Agustin Lara' s Granada, one of his signature pieces. And he sang -- no, he proclaimed -- his music. And a chill pulsed through the crowd. And the fans punctuated this performance with applause. And they cheered and they cheered. And it was magic. "Oh God, I can feel my blood going through my veins, " said Terry Caputo of Pompano Beach, each word requiring sublime effort. "This is something. This is something to tell my grandchildren. " "Pavarotti on Miami Beach, " a concert, an event, a cultural milestone for South Florida, materialized with nary a hitch Sunday. Police estimated that 125, 000 people attended, though any such appraisal was merely a guess. But this was fact: Sitting in paid seats, swarming along the margins, congregated like supplicants before huge video screens, the audience filled the flat, wide beach from 10th Street to 14th Street. More bobbed offshore in scores of boats. More watched and listened from cafes, terraces and rooftops along Ocean Drive. Blocks inland, more opened their windows, beneficiaries of a sound system that had some dead spots but generally served the crowd well. "This is like a civilized Woodstock, " said Mara Alexander, nibbling pate, sipping Moet & Chandon champagne as she stood atop the Adrian Hotel, which she owns. A huge mass of people, all there for an opera singer. But of course, this was no ordinary opera singer. Joined by soprano Cynthia Lawrence, accompanied by the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and the University of Miami Chorale, Pavarotti filled the afternoon and evening with music and his captivating sense of joy. Elayne Sampson of Hillsboro Beach, sitting in unofficial row 114, the very first rank of beach chairs and blankets and bath towels behind 113 rows of paid seats: "It ' s more than his voice. It ' s the way he smiles at you, his magnificent warmth. I woke up early to get here and I 've been sitting on the beach for hours. I wouldn 't do that for anybody but Sinatra and Pavarotti. " Sinatra and Pavarotti. Two very different singers and people (imagine Sinatra allowing fans to tailgate a concert for free) , but united in this: They attract vast numbers of admirers. Before the concert, Pavarotti was asked why he makes his work so accessible. His answer: "I always have the feeling that music is like sports. Everybody must see sports. Everybody must hear music. " Sunday, in Miami Beach, it seemed that everybody did. On a bright, cheerful day, South Florida simply sparkled in its full array of diversity. Suburbanites mingled with Art Deco types; the bejeweled privileged assembled at the same open-air "theater" as the T- shirt-and-frayed-shorts crowd. Look, over there, middle-age strangers sharing a bottle of wine. And there, a college student studying trigonometry as she awaits the concert. And right there, a beer seller wearing a tuxedo shirt tossing a football to a young boy wearing a Jewish skullcap. "What a great day, " said James Foxx of Fort Lauderdale, the beer seller. "This is fun, " said Rafi Farber, 11, of Miami Beach, the lad with the football. And over here, Emilio Cuzan of Miami is explaining the finer points of opera to his son, Cesar, 14 , who says his two favorite singers are Pavarotti and rapper Snoop Doggy Dog. "Some of my friends like opera too, " confessed Cesar, "but they don' t talk about it too much. " America, you gotta love it. They came by car, bus, boat, water taxi, bicycle, every conveyance imaginable. Those who drove and did not use a special park-and-ride service fought heavy traffic and encountered scarce parking. But overall, police reported a reasonably smooth operation, with no major incidents of crime or frustration. About 8, 000 people bought "preferred" seats for prices ranging from $50 to a breathtaking $2, 500 . They entered through a special gate, found their reserved places on plastic folding chairs, touched elbows with the elite. Later, after a dazzling fireworks show, those whose seats cost at least $500 joined The Man at a chi-chi party for 1, 040 "patrons. " On the guest list: almost-governor Jeb Bush, U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, Gloria and Emilio Estefan. But that was just a small corner of the action. The day really belonged to the masses, the people who arrived early to decamp without charge on the beach, behind or alongside the official seating area. The faithful began gathering at dawn, initially in sleepy pairs or quartets, their lawn chairs lazily etching furrows in the sand. Later, with the sun higher in the sky and the concert drawing near, they arrived in great waves. Alain and Linda Hariouk of Fort Lauderdale claimed a slice of beach at 7 a.m. , nine hours before show time. They brought 8- year-old son Kalen. Why arrive so early? Alain Hariouk: "My son, he loves music. We wanted to make sure he had this experience. " Actually, Kalen had two experiences. Pavarotti thrilled early arrivers with a live, in-person sound check. Appearing several hours before the show, he cruised through a few numbers with the orchestra -- to great acclaim from the audience. It was only a taste of what was to come, both from Pavarotti and from his admirers. The main course came around sunset, and it was marvelous. r Upon his arrival in Miami, Pavarotti was asked how his fans could demonstrate their affection. "To make me feel very good, " he said, "all they have to do is applaud. " Luciano Pavarotti must have felt very good indeed Sunday night. cutlines DAVID BERGMAN / Herald Staff MAGIC ON MIAMI BEACH: 'To make me feel very good, ' Luciano Pavarotti said, ' all they have to do is applaud. ' Many thousands did. The crowd stretched from 10th Street to 14th Street. SEAN HEMMERLE / For The Herald TOASTING THE TENOR: Allen Stein of Miami Beach pours champagne for some friends in the free seats. CARL JUSTE / Herald Staff CENTER OF ATTENTION: ' It ' s more than his voice. It ' s the way he smiles at you, his magnificent warmth, ' one fan said of the famed tenor. CARL JUSTE / Herald Staff ALL EYES: June Dell, of New Jersey, looks for celebrities among the huge crowd at South Beach. CARL JUSTE / Herald Staff BUENAS NOCHES: Soprano Cynthia Lawrence reacts to Pavarotti ' s farewell in Spanish. KEYWORDS: STATISTIC MB TAG: 9501050892 20 of 37, 18 Terms mh PAVAROTTI 01/15/1995 THE MIAMI HERALD Copyright (c) 1995, The Miami Herald DATE: Sunday, January 15, 1995 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: FRONT PAGE: lA LENGTH: 187 lines ILLUSTRATION: photo: Stage director Anthony Stivanello gives Luciano PAVAROTTI guidance as Joan Sutherland rehearses, Luciano PAVAROTTI in February 1965, Judy Drucker on the Beach (a) SOURCE/CREDIT LINE: MARTIN MERZER Herald Senior Writer MEMO: PAVAROTTI ON THE BEACH: see PAVAROTTI MANIA at end of text PAVAROTTI ON THE BEACH A huge throng will assemble for the outdoor spectacle. Parking, crowd control and other logistics -- wait till you hear about the Crowd Pleaser toilets -- demand military-like strategy. Everyone worries about rain. The Super Bowl? Nah, this is way bigger. This is . . . Pavarotti, Luciano Pavarotti, the world- famous Italian tenor. On Miami Beach, literally on Miami Beach. Next Sunday evening. Free to the masses, and a whole lot of masses are mapping their plans. Between 100,000 and 200, 000 people are expected to cram into a half-mile stretch of South Beach. To hear an opera singer. Who says we South Floridians ain 't got no class? "I call it Pavarotti pandemonium, " said Judy Drucker, the veteran South Florida promoter -- and former Pavarotti backup singer -- who is organizing an event that almost defies organization. "The phones are going crazy. The fans are going crazy. I 'm going crazy. "When have people been able to sit on the beach and look at the sunset and listen to Luciano Pavarotti with a full orchestra and a 100-voice choir?" The question is rhetorical, but here ' s the answer: never before. How big is this? It ' s so big that the Federal Aviation Administration will divert jetliners flying to or from Miami International Airport. Wouldn' t want to overfly the site and pollute Pavarotti ' s well-rounded tones. "This is the first time anything of this magnitude has ever been done in South Florida, " said Mayra Diaz Buttacavolli, a Miami Beach assistant city manager assigned to coordinate everything from police protection ( 133 officers) to refreshment stands (about 50) to post-concert garbage collectors ( 16) . But the music, don't forget the music: Pavarotti and soprano Cynthia Lawrence, the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and the University of Miami Chorale. Opera aficionados are ecstatic. The thought of seeing and hearing Pavarotti in this setting -- at 10th Street and the beach, the Atlantic Ocean to their left, the sun setting over the Art Deco district to their right -- is almost too much to bear. And for free. "He ' s bringing his music to people who can't afford the price of an opera ticket or some of his records, " said Gerald Molk, 73, a retiree from Lake Worth who sculpted a bust of Pavarotti and hopes to hand it to his idol. "But down deep, these people have the same feelings as anyone else. "You look at a flower and you know it ' s pretty and you appreciate it. You hear his voice and you know it ' s pretty and you appreciate it. "Italy should insure this man' s life forever. He' s a gem. I talk about him and I get goose bumps. " Eight thousand "preferred" seats were offered at prices ranging from $50 to -- brace yourself -- $2,500 . The best seats were quickly devoured by the international jet set. Only a few hundred of the $145 and $90 seats remain. But everyone else is invited to bring towels or low-profile beach chairs and encamp, free of charge, behind the reserved seats. That area will begin at 12th Street and stretch along the wide, hard beach as far as 21st Street. Huge video screens and powerful sound systems will bring the crowd Pavarotti ' s every utterance and gesture. The Pavarotti on Miami Beach concert will be videotaped for subsequent sale and possible use on television, a prospect that thrills tourism-conscious leaders of Miami Beach. "This is solely a Miami Beach event, and our beaches will be seen all over the world and no amount of paid advertising can match that, " Miami Beach Mayor Seymour Gelber said. "I really think this is the most important event in the city' s history. "I mean, this is Pavarotti. " The most acclaimed classical singer of his time and maybe all time, Pavarotti, 59, has cannily exploited television and free concerts elsewhere to promote his artistry and his celebrity. He has played many large, outdoor venues -- New York' s Central Park, London' s Hyde Park, Paris ' Eiffel Tower. But never one like this. "Now he ' s chosen the Beach, and the location is so novel that the enthusiasm has been picked up by people who worship this sort of thing, " said Herald music critic James Roos, who has known Pavarotti for many years. "I asked him, 'Why Miami Beach? ' His answer was, 'Why not? ' " Why not, indeed. But what hath it wrought? No one can know. Promoters and city officials are simply unable to predict the turnout. They guess at a minimum of 100,000 and a maximum of 200, 000, a rather wide range. "We 're dealing with an unknown, " assistant city manager Buttacavolli said. "All we can do is prepare for the most. The concert will end somewhere imm between 12th Street and 21st Street. " In addition to feverish interest among South Floridians, inquiries have come from Europe, South America and Australia. Some tourists planning to attend the Super Bowl at Joe Robbie Stadium the following Sunday now will arrive early enough to go to the concert. The spectrum of expected celebrities extends from Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel to actors Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone. Whatever the number of concertgoers, traffic problems are inevitable on the relatively narrow strip of land. Organizers are begging people to park their cars at distant hubs and use Metro-Dade' s park-and-ride service. Another traffic jam might develop offshore as boats jockey for position near the beach. In addition to the police officers and street cleaners, a corps of paramedics and lifeguards is being assembled. Drucker: "I 've never had a concert before where I had to hire lifeguards. " Hundreds of people will serve as ushers or in other support roles. Dozens of food and beverage stations will be erected, featuring cheese sandwiches, fruit platters, iced tea, wine coolers. Hot dogs will be as scarce around here as songs by Metallica. "We ' re having a classy event, " Buttacavolli said. And, of course, there are those portable toilets -- about 75 of the usual variety, best left undescribed. But Drucker, always willing to learn new skills, also found a better breed. "I am now an authority on porta-toilets, " she said. "You have no idea. We 've gone down and inspected them all . " No. 1 on her porta-toilet hit parade is a little number called the Crowd Pleaser. How does it please the crowd? "It ' s air conditioned and has eight stalls. It ' s superb. But I ' ll tell you, I never was taught that in music school. " Ordinarily a whirling dervish of a woman, Drucker is now spinning at warp speed. Hundreds of details must be handled by her and fellow promoter Tibor Rudas, who represents Pavarotti. Drucker had to buy $50, 000 worth of plywood as a foundation for the reserved seats. She had to find quick-drying seat cushions in case it rains, which she promises it will not. "It wouldn't dare. " She had to find a sound system capable of overcoming competition from the pounding surf. Another solution was offered by Lenore Toby-Simon, the aide who arranged that diversion of jetliners. "We could try to divert the ocean, " Toby-Simon said. She appeared to be joking. Drucker and her assistants are assembling 1, 040 goodie bags for the well-heeled "patrons, " whose expensive tickets and corporate contributions are financing the show for the rest of the audience. (Don' t breathe a word of this, but the bags will contain samples of Godiva Liquers, Absolut Vodka, Perugina Chocolates, San Pelligrino water, Tiffany' s perfume, Salvatore Ferragamo scarves or neckties and other high-gloss items. ) At one point last week, Drucker had to drive her pearl- white Cadillac to the Port of Miami and claim the huge stage, the same one used in Los Angeles last year by Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras for their Three Tenors concert. Drucker: "It' s the first time in my life that I ever had to claim a stage -- 'Hey, that ' s my stage. Give it to me. ' " No doubt can exist that this concert is special for Drucker, and not only because of its magnitude. For one thing, she has known Pavarotti for exactly 30 years -- ever since he made his American debut at Dade County Auditorium and she was singing with the Greater Miami Opera. A huge picture of "Luciano" dominates the wall behind her desk. In his autobiography, Pavarotti wrote: "Since Judy has become so important and today hires me to sing, I make it a rule always to be particularly nice to the ladies of the chorus. " For another thing, she grew up in Miami Beach. "I used to pack up my lunch in a brown bag and spend the whole day on the beach, right there on 10th Street, and then watch the sunset. Now, I 'm on the beach again and I 'm bringing back Luciano Pavarotti. "I 'm very, very proud to be presenting this. It ' s the culmination of my life ' s work. I hope the whole world comes and joins us. " And uses the park and ride. PAVAROTTI MANIA Here is a prelude to the many details concerning next Sunday' s concert by Luciano Pavarotti: * When: 4 p.m. Jan. 22 . The concert is expected to last about 2 1/2 hours. * Where: The stage will be constructed around 10th Street and Ocean Drive. Reserved seats will extend to 12th Street, but free seating/standing is available from 12th Street north to 21st Street. Video screens and loudspeakers will be set up at strategic points. A * Cost: Tickets for reserved seats are $90 and $145, available through Ticketmaster ( 358-5885 in Dade, 523-3309 in Broward, (407 ) 966-3309 in Palm Beach) . * Getting there: With a huge crowd expected and parking very limited on Miami Beach, authorities are urging concertgoers to use a park-and-ride system established for the event. Parking lots will be set up at the Golden Glades interchange, the FIU Tamiami campus, Government Center, Watson Island and the Diplomat Mall in Hallandale. Bus rides from those points will cost $6; service begins at 1 p.m. * For more information: See The Herald' s Weekend section on Friday for a complete survival guide to the concert. And look for Music Critic James Roos ' interview with the celebrated tenor in The Arts next Sunday. cutlines Herald File Photo/1965 MIAMI DEBUT: Stage director Anthony Stivanello gives Pavarotti guidance as Joan Sutherland rehearses at Dade County Auditorium. Herald File Photo ALL SMILES: Pavarotti, beardless and 30 years younger than today, at his first Miami Opera Guild luncheon in February 1965. TAG: 9501040830 26 of 37, 30 Terms mh FRIENDS OF ART DECO LOOK BACK, LOOK AHEAD 01/12/1995 THE MIAMI HERALD Copyright (c) 1995, The Miami Herald DATE: Thursday, January 12 , 1995 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: NEIGHBORS MB PAGE: 1 LENGTH: 105 lines ILLUSTRATION: color photo: Postcards shown in front of Art Deco hotel (a) ; photo: Marlin Hotel (a) , losellev Casteneda prepares for Art Deco Weekend (a) , Art Deco Weekend poster (a) SOURCE/CREDIT LINE: LYNN CARRILLO and RAFAEL LORENTE Herald Staff Writers JEFFERY A. SALTER / Herald Staff CHUCK FADELY / Herald Staff MEMO: COVER STORY See FESTIVAL PARKING box at end of text FRIENDS OF ART DECO LOOK BACK, LOOK AHEAD Once a row of unnoticed and crumbling old buildings, Ocean Drive is now the center for vogue and tourism. The strip has hosted two international parties in the past year and is gearing up for another big celebration this weekend. The 18th Annual Art Deco Weekend festival between Fifth and 15th streets starts Friday and continues through Sunday against a backdrop of renovated 1930s hotels. The festival has changed, along with the buildings and lifestyle it celebrates . In 1977, a few early members of the Miami Design Preservation League held the first festival to attract attention to the crumbling architecture of South Beach. Attendance was low. By 1986, attendance broke 100, 000, and signs of renewed life were cropping up around South Beach, and particularly Ocean Drive. By 1992 the festival had grown to include lectures and films and a crowd of more than 400, 000 people as Ocean Drive and the rest of South Beach were booming. Over the past year, the boom was heard internationally with delegates to two major events descending on the strip. Delegates to Pow-Wow, a convention last May of international tour operators and travel agents, were wined and dined at upscale restaurants. In December, media from around the hemisphere partied there during the Summit of the Americas. On the heels of this weekend' s Art Deco Weekend is a concert Jan. 22 on the beach by famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. "Some years are more productive in terms of construction and some in terms of productivity, " said Tony Goldman, chairman of the Ocean Drive Association and proprietor of the Park Central Hotel, 640 Ocean Dr. "This has been a very good year overall . " Construction on Ocean Drive, although slower than previous years, has had significant accomplishments with the opening of three hotels and five restaurants . "Ocean Drive is like a beautiful smile, " Goldman said. "When we first started the teeth were decayed, now we are nearing a pearly-white smile. " The Netherlands condominium, built at 1330 Ocean Dr. in 1935 as one of the largest hotels on Ocean Drive, reopened last year and houses a designer clothing boutique, the Island Trading Post and The Lab. "The Gianni Versace palace, which is near completion, stands as a real example of quality restoration, " Goldman said of the 1930 Mediterranean-style Amsterdam Hotel at 11th Street and Ocean Drive. Versace, the Italian designer, converted the building into his Casa Casuarina estate. Upcoming Ocean Drive developments include construction of a 20, 000-square-foot retail complex and condominium at Ocean Drive and 15th Street and the beautification of Lummus Park, Goldman said. Meanwhile, merchants are primping for Art Deco Weekend, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people from all over South Florida and the world. This year' s festival celebrates that diversity with a Latin American theme, which includes such performers as Cuban singer Celia Cruz and Israel "Cachao" Lopez . The festival also will feature films and lectures highlighting Art Deco architecture from countries such as Brazil and Argentina. "We didn't understand that Art Deco existed in all these countries until recently, " said Mike Kinerk, co-chairman of the Art Deco Weekend Committee. "This is information that ' s only come to light recently because nobody really cared about Art Deco. " Among the many exhibitors will be Jim Morrison, who is bringing 3,000 vintage postcards of Art Deco hotels to the 10th Street Auditorium, 1001 Ocean Dr. Morrison fell in love with South Beach' s architecture 20 years ago during a postcard show in Melbourne. He drove to Miami Beach right after the show and was amazed by the dilapidated hotels full of retirees. Over the years, he watched the city change during frequent visits from his home in Maryland. "I 'd come down every three years or so and then one year the neon was up, " Morrison said. "It just blew my mind. " This will be Morrison ' s third year at the show. His visits in 1993 and 1994 were soggy ones, and Art Deco Weekend promoters are hoping for better luck this year. They've even bought rain gear to sell, just in case. Parking, as usual, will be a headache. Park and ride from Watson Island in Miami will not be available, so festivalgoers will have to rely on scarce street parking and a shuttle service from various city lots. The food available this weekend also will be different. For years, restaurateurs on Ocean Drive complained about the food vendors at the festival hurting their business. This year, there will be about half as many vendors and they ' ll be located in areas where there are few or no restaurants. The street ' s restaurants will take the vendors ' place, offering pizza, sandwiches and special menus from which people can eat in a hurry. Many of the longtime vendors worry they will eventually be phased out altogether. "Every year they go to less and less vendors, " said Bob Kasselakis, of Greek Flame Food. Kasselakis will be at 11th Street and Ocean Drive this weekend hoping to make up for the last two years when rain cut his business in half. "They have a problem with the restaurants, " he said. "I don' t think it ' s fair. Everybody' s got to make a living. " CUTLINES: TRETTY AS A PICTURE: Some of the 3, 000 vintage postcards of Art Deco hotels that will be on display at the 10th Street Auditorium, 1001 Ocean Dr. , are compared to the real buildings along the fabled street. DOLD IMAGES: The poster for this year' s festival. GETTING READY: At the Art Deco Welcome Center at 10th Street and Ocean Drive, Miami Design Preservation League intern Iosellev Casteneda unpacks goods to be offered for sale at Art Deco Weekend Friday through Sunday. LOOKING BACK: The Marlin, at 12th Street and Collins Avenue, is among the many restored area buildings. TAG: 9501030505 27 of 37 , 27 Terms mh PAVAROTTI ON MIAMI BEACH 10/20/1994 THE MIAMI HERALD Copyright (c) 1994, The Miami Herald DATE: Thursday, October 20, 1994 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: 1B LENGTH: 34 lines ILLUSTRATION: photo: Luciano PAVAROTTI will sing on the beach near 10th Street. SOURCE/CREDIT LINE: JAMES ROOS Herald Music Critic PAVAROTTI ON MIAMI BEACH Famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti will sing on Miami Beach Jan. 22 -- literally on the beach. The same stage used by Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for the second Three Tenors concert -- a recent public television smash -- will be reconstructed on the sands of South Beach at 10th and Ocean Drive. Most of the tickets will sell for $50 to $190, with a special allotment of 1, 000 ranging from $250 to $2 ,500 . But "we 're going to sell only about 7, 000 to 8, 000 tickets, " said Judy Drucker of the Concert Association of Florida. Drucker, who is presenting the concert with impresario Tibor Rudas, mastermind of the L.A. concert, said "We ' ll put up a fence closing off the last row of seats, and anyone on the beach after that will hear the concert free. " Drucker said PBS will likely broadcast the concert, which will be called Pavarotti on Miami Beach, and that it will be videotaped for later distribution. In addition to his solo program, Pavarotti will be joined by soprano Cynthia Lawrence of Chicago Lyric Opera in the first act of Puccini' s La Boheme. The Florida Philharmonic will accompany the singers. The concert, coincidentally, marks the 30th anniversary of Pavarotti ' s American debut -- which took place at Dade County Auditorium, with the Greater Miami Opera, now the Florida Grand Opera. TAG: 9403140617 31 of 37 , 9 Terms Transfer complete. Press [RETURN] to return to Menu: Type first letter of feature OR type help for list of commands FIND MOD PRT S-DB DB OPT SS WRD QUIT ♦QUIT Save options? YES NO GROUP *NO *Connection closed by foreign host. 1- SII 2- SAVE 3- DUMP 4- Exit :4