With José Carreras and Plácido Domingo, Pavarotti was one of The Three Tenors, a triumvirate launched at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. By then, he'd already performed and recorded a large operatic repertoire and had a huge audience. But the Rome concert changed everything, and he became a superstar, attracting collaborators from every walk of musical life. A genuine lyric tenor, he stayed close to his natural repertoire, singing Donizetti, Bellini, Puccini, and Verdi—his sweet, effortless voice won his numerous admirers. Late in life, he tried out some major dramatic roles, like Verdi's Otello—with surprising success. But it was the larger-than-life, cuddly tenor who had long before won the world's hearts.