Once upon a time, Harvey Goldsmith CBE received a lovely gesture from the late, great Luciano Pavarotti. Well, kind of...

“I’m partial to the odd chocolate,” begins the legendary promoter who first met Pavarotti in 1985. Goldsmith – who, for 23 years, enjoyed a highly successful business relationship and friendship with the tenor – goes on to recall the time he entered a room to find a tray of luxurious chocolate truffles laid out before him.

“I’ve bought these chocolates ...