The Three Tenors in Concert 1994

The Three Tenors in Concert 1994
Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti, and Mehta
Live album by the Three Tenors
Released	August 30, 1994
Recorded	July 16, 1994, Los Angeles
Genre	Opera, operatic pop
Length	1:13:22
Label	Atlantic / Teldec / Warner Music
Producer	Tibor Rudas, Christopher Raeburn
The Three Tenors chronology
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (1990) The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994) The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 (1998)
Singles from The Three Tenors in Concert 1994
"Libiamo" / "La donna è mobile"

The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 is a live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor Zubin Mehta. The album was recorded on July 16, 1994, at the Three Tenors concert in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the chorus of the Los Angeles Opera on the night before the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final.^[1] An estimated 1.3 billion viewers watched the concert as a television broadcast special across the world.^[2]

This concert has been released on home video formats, and re-released on Streaming Video formats on 2019.^[3]

Reception

The AllMusic 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", as well as "La donna è mobile" and "Libiamo ne' lieti calici", which all three men sang together.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Song Information	Length
1.	"O souverain, ô juge, ô père" (sung by José Carreras)	Act III, Scene 3 of Le Cid by Jules Massenet	5:00
2.	"Amor, vida de mi vida" (sung by Plácido Domingo)	from Maravilla composed by Federico Moreno Torroba	3:21
3.	"Pourquoi me réveiller" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)	Act III of Werther by Jules Massenet	2:38
4.	"With A Song In My Heart" (sung by José Carreras)	from Spring Is Here by Rodgers and Hart	3:15
5.	"Granada" (sung by Plácido Domingo)	written by Agustín Lara	3:35
6.	"Non ti scordar di me" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)	written by Ernesto De Curtis	3:19
7.	"My Way" (sung by The Three Tenors)	music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, English lyrics by Paul Anka	4:01
8.	"Moon River" (sung by The Three Tenors)	composed by Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music)	1:38
9.	"Because" (sung by The Three Tenors)	by Guy d'Hardelot	2:23
10.	"Singin' in the Rain" (sung by The Three Tenors)	lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown	2:18
11.	"Tu, ca nun chiagne" (sung by José Carreras)	written by Ernesto De Curtis	2:55
12.	"Vesti la giubba" (sung by Plácido Domingo)	Act I of Pagliacci, written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo	2:38
13.	"Nessun dorma" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)	Act III of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini	3:24
14.	"America" (sung by The Three Tenors)	Act I of West Side Story, composed by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	0:54
15.	"All I Ask of You" (sung by The Three Tenors)	Act I of The Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber	1:59
16.	"Funiculì Funiculà" (sung by The Three Tenors)	composed by Luigi Denza	1:21
17.	"Sous les ponts de Paris (Around the World)" (sung by The Three Tenors)	composed by Vincent Scotto	2:00
18.	"Aquarela do Brasil" (sung by The Three Tenors)	written by Ary Barroso	1:26
19.	"Be My Love" (sung by The Three Tenors)	music by Nicholas Brodzsky, lyrics by Sammy Cahn	1:48
20.	"Marechiare" (sung by The Three Tenors)	written by Paolo Tosti	3:09
21.	"Lippen Schweigen" (sung by The Three Tenors)	composed by Franz Lehár	2:37
22.	"Santa Lucia luntana" (sung by The Three Tenors)	written by E. A. Mario	3:27
23.	"Those Were the Days" (sung by The Three Tenors)	lyrics by Gene Raskin	2:21
24.	"Te Quiero Dijiste" (sung by The Three Tenors)	by María Grever	2:28
25.	"Torna a Surriento" (sung by The Three Tenors)	composed by Ernesto De Curtis	3:51
26.	"La donna è mobile" (sung by The Three Tenors)	Act III of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi	2:16
27.	"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (sung by The Three Tenors)	Act I of La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi	3:20

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:

No.	Title	Song Information	Length
1.	"Amor, vida de mi vida" (sung by Plácido Domingo)	composed by Federico Moreno Torroba	3:16
2.	"Ave Maria" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti)	composed by Franz Schubert	3:32
3.	"E lucevan le stelle" (sung by José Carreras)	Act III of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini	3:34

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 Chart (1994–2007) Peak position Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[5] 10 Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 1 Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[8] 2 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 1 Chart (1994–95) Peak position Belgium (Flanders)[11] 34 Belgium (Wallonia)[11] 36 European 1 France[11] 47 Germany[11] 2 Netherlands[11] 2 Norway[11] 19 Spain[12][13] 1 Switzerland[11] 3 UK[14] 1 US[15] 4 US Classical Albums[15] 1

Year-end chart Chart (1994) Peak position US Classical Albums[16] 2

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[17]	Platinum	60,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[18]	2× Platinum	100,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[19]	2× Platinum	100,000^*
Brazil	—	200,000[20]
Canada (Music Canada)[21]	3× Platinum	300,000^^
Germany (BVMI)[22]	3× Gold	750,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[23]	Gold	28,684[23]
France (SNEP)[24]	Platinum	300,000^*
Mexico	—	100,000[25]
Netherlands (NVPI)[26]	4× Platinum	100,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[27]	Platinum	15,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[28]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[29]	Gold	50,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[30]	Platinum	50,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] video	2× Platinum	100,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32]	2× Platinum	600,000^^
United States (RIAA)[33] video	5× Platinum	500,000^^
United States (RIAA)[34]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[35]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

• José Carreras, vocals
• Plácido Domingo, vocals
• Luciano Pavarotti, vocals
• Zubin Mehta, 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

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16. "Billboard's year-end ranking of the top jazz and classical albums, based on a survey of retail sales and broadcast play from Dec. 4, 1993 through Nov. 26, 1994". UPI. December 16, 1994. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
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25. "No fue el mejor año, pero varios artistas mexicanos tuvieron éxitos en 1994". La Opinión (in Spanish). December 26, 1994. p. 3D. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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29. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
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External links

• "How The 3 Tenors Sang The Hits And Changed The Game." NPR. July 16, 2014.