In 1955, a 19-year-old trainee teacher from Italy arrived in Wales with his dad and a small choir to compete in the annual Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod.
The choir consists of amateurs and has little expectation of success but the group from Modena take first place and change the course of singing history.
For that 19-year-old was Luciano Pavarotti, who would go on to become the most famous tenor in the world and, arguably, of all time.
For him, that win against the odds showed him that a future in singing might just be possible.
Fast forward 40 years and the world-renowned Pavarotti returned to the Denbighshire town where it all began for him, hosting a concert to commemorate that momentous festival.
