''The Three Tenors in Concert 1994'' is a live album by
José Carreras,
Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French ...
and
Luciano Pavarotti with
conductor Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Mehta's father was the fou ...
. The album was recorded on July 16, 1994, at the
Three Tenors concert in
Los Angeles
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with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic and the chorus of the
Los Angeles Opera on the night before the
1994 FIFA World Cup Final. An estimated 1.3 billion viewers watched the concert as a television broadcast special across the world.
This concert has been released on home video formats, and re-released on Streaming Video formats on 2019.
Reception
The
AllMusic
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reviewer wrote that the singers displayed "vitality and pizzazz" during the concert. The reviewer remarked on the oddity of a concert by classical musicians held in a sports stadium, but nonetheless believed that the popularity of the tenors made the venue less "ludicrous". The reviewer also found them to be in "fine form" in regard to their singing and singled out certain numbers for praise: Domingo's "
Granada," Carreras' "O souverain, o juge, o père," and Pavarotti's "
Nessun dorma
"" (; English: "Let no one sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera ''Turandot'' (text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni) and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince), ...
", as well as "
La donna è mobile
"" (; "Woman is fickle") is the Duke of Mantua's canzone from the beginning of act 3 of Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Rigoletto'' (1851). The canzone is famous as a showcase for tenors. Raffaele Mirate's performance of the bravura aria at the oper ...
" and "
Libiamo ne' lieti calici
"" (; "Let's drink from the joyful cups") is a famous duet with chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's ''La traviata'' (1853), one of the best-known opera melodies and a popular performance choice (as is this opera itself) for many great tenors and sopranos ...
", which all three men sang together.
Track listing
Tracks 7–10 are a medley titled "A Tribute to Hollywood", and Tracks 14–25 are a medley titled "Around the World", both arranged and orchestrated by
Lalo Schifrin.
Omissions
Not included in the album were these three numbers sung (between 11 and 12 above) at the concert:
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end chart
Sales and certifications
Personnel
*
José Carreras, vocals
*
Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French ...
, vocals
*
Luciano Pavarotti, vocals
*
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Mehta's father was the fou ...
, conductor
*
Los Angeles Philharmonic
*
Los Angeles Opera Chorus
*
Lalo Schifrin, arranger
*David Hewitt (Remote Recording's Silver Truck), sound recorder
See also
*
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (the first Three Tenors concert recording)
*
The Three Tenors: Paris 1998
References
External links
"How The 3 Tenors Sang The Hits And Changed The Game."NPR
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. July 16, 2014.
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