'' Notte Magica - A Tribute to the Three Tenors'' is the fourth

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by Italian

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, with the participation of

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as a performer and conductor. The recording was released worldwide on September 30, 2016 by Sony Masterworks. It peaked at number 1 on the Billboard

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and it was certified platinum in Italy by the

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Recording

The album was recorded on July 1, 2016 at the Il Volo concert in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence with the orchestra of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo. It pays tribute to

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on the occasion of the twenty-sixth anniversary of their iconic first concert held on the eve of the Italia '90 World Cup and features a selection of the repertoire performed by Domingo, Pavarotti and Carreras during their tournées, including popular Neapolitan songs, Italian and international classics, themes from musicals and classical opera arias.

himself took part in the concert, conducting the orchestra in eight pieces, with Maestro Marcello Rota alternating as conductor, and joining the trio to sing "Non ti scordar di me". The project was also supported by the

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Foundation.

Promotion

Il Volo began to promote the album in September 2016, performing "Nessun Dorma" on NBC's ''

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'' Season 11 finale, joined on stage by AGT contestants Laura Bretan, Sofie Dossi and Viktor Kee. Shortly before the release of the album, the audio version of "My Way" exclusively premiered on

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magazine's official website on September 14, 2016 and the audio version of "Maria" on broadwayworld.com on September 22, 2016. On September 28, 2016

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magazine's website shared an exclusive first look at "Granada" video. The trio performed the bonus track "Adeste Fideles" on NBC's '' Today Show'' in New York City on December 23, 2016 and came back to the show on March 3, 2017 to perform "Nessun Dorma", just before starting their ''Notte Magica World Tour'' from the

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on March 4.

Track listing

Standard Edition

Deluxe Edition

Personnel

Il Volo * Piero Barone – vocals (tenor) * Ignazio Boschetto – vocals (tenor) * Gianluca Ginoble – vocals (baritone) Additional musicians *

- conductor (on "La forza del destino", "Nessun dorma", "Granada", "Una furtiva lagrima", "E lucevan le stelle", "En aranjuez con tu amor", "No puede ser", "Libiamo ne' lieti calici"), vocals (in "Non ti scordar di me") * Marcello Rota - conductor * Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Palermo - orchestra * Schola Cantorum Labronica - choir (in "Nessun dorma", "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", "Adeste Fideles") * Maurizio Preziosi – choir conductor * Coro delle voci bianche della scuola musica di Fiesole - choir (in "Mamma") * Joan Yakkey - choir conductor Production and technical * Michele Torpedine - producer * Maurizio Maggi – audio recording engineer * Matteo Maddalena - audio recording engineer * Luciano Serena - mastering, mixing, sound supervision * Giampiero Grani - arranger, orchestration (on "La danza", "Torna a Surriento", "Core ‘ngrato", "My Way", "Tonight", "’O surdato ‘nnammurato", "Cielito lindo", "’O sole mio"), musical consultant * Diego Basso - arranger, orchestration (on "Mattinata", "Mamma") *

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- arranger, orchestration (on "Maria") * Fabrizio Francia - arranger, orchestration (on "Non ti scordar di me") * Vincenzo Anselmi - arranger, orchestration (on "Non ti scordar di me") * Celso Valli - producer, arranger (on "Ave Maria, Mater Misericordiae") * Marco Borsatti - engineer, mixing (on "Ave Maria, Mater Misericordiae") * Giordano Mazzi - editing, programming (on "Ave Maria, Mater Misericordiae") * Giovanni Gastel - photography * Angelo Trani - live photography * Daniela Boccadoro - artwork * Cristian Biondani - director * Eugene O’Connor - director of photography * John McCullagh - director of photography * Max Bettoni - producer * Fabio Battistin – producer * Mirko Serino - editor * Francesco De Cave - show designer * Igor Ronchese - set designer * Alessio Guerrieri - stage manager * Fabio Venturi - live sound engineer * Enrico Belli - live sound engineer * Andrea Tesini - monitor engineer

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References

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