Pavarotti gets final ovation at funeral

About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday, an event Prime Minister Romano Prodi said made Italy "sad but proud" to salute one of opera's greatest tenors.

Rock stars, political leaders and loved ones wept and applauded after seeing a film of Pavarotti and his father Fernando performing the hymn Panis Angelicus, giving the singer a standing ovation that lasted several minutes.

"The death of Pavarotti has made us feel poorer," said Archbishop Benito Cocchi, leading the service at the cathedral in Modena - the town where Pavarotti was born the son of a baker and died a superstar.