The Three Tenors: Paris 1998
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The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 (re-released with the subtitle The Concert of the Century) is a live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor James Levine. The album was recorded at a Three Tenors concert on July 10, 1998 during celebrations for the FIFA World Cup. The concert took place in front of the Eiffel Tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. The Orchestre de Paris accompanied the singers. The audience at the live concert numbered around 150,000 people.[2] A sound system and large screens were placed along the Champ de Mars for the crowds further back to see and hear the performance.[2] Producer Tibor Rudas claimed prior to the concert that 2 billion viewers were expected to watch the televised performance worldwide.[3]
As in their two previous recorded concerts in Rome in 1990 and Los Angeles in 1994, Spanish tenors Carreras and Domingo and their Italian colleague Pavarotti performed a variety of operatic arias, Neapolitan songs, zarzuela romanzas, art songs, and popular music. Atlantic Records and Warner Music jointly released the audio version of the concert on August 18, 1998, while Universal Music and Decca Records released the video album on VHS and DVD. The album went gold in the United States and France.[4][5]
Track list
| No. | Title | Song Information | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Io Conosco un Giardino" (sung by José Carreras) | from Maristella by Giuseppe Pietri | 2:11 |
| 2. | "Amor ti vieta" (sung by Plácido Domingo) | from Act II of Fedora by Umberto Giordano | 1:52 |
| 3. | "Granada" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti) | written by Agustín Lara | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Jeg elsker Dig (I Love but Thee)" (sung by José Carreras) | written by Edvard Grieg | 2:50 |
| 5. | "Memoires de Danton" (sung by Plácido Domingo) | written by Plácido Domingo Jr. | 4:02 |
| 6. | "Caruso" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti) | written by Lucio Dalla | 5:27 |
| 7. | "Sous le ciel de Paris (Under Paris Skies)" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Jean Dréjac and Hubert Giraud | 1:55 |
| 8. | "Solamente una vez" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Agustín Lara | 2:08 |
| 9. | "Ah! Maria, Marí" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Eduardo di Capua | 1:45 |
| 10. | "Torero Quiero" (sung by The Three Tenors) | from El gato montés by Manuel Penella | 1:05 |
| 11. | "Parlami d'amore" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Cesare Andrea Bixio | 2:49 |
| 12. | "Tu, ca nun chiagne!" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Ernesto de Curtis | 2:36 |
| 13. | "Manhã de Carnaval" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Luiz Bonfá / Antônio Maria | 2:24 |
| 14. | "Ti voglio tanto bene" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Ernesto de Curtis / Domenico Furno | 3:12 |
| 15. | "Voce 'e notte!" (sung by José Carreras) | written by Ernesto de Curtis | 3:39 |
| 16. | "Quiero Desterrar de Tu Pecho el Temor" (sung by Plácido Domingo) | from es by Reveriano Soutullo / Juan Vert | 4:52 |
| 17. | "Nessun Dorma" (sung by Luciano Pavarotti) | from Act III of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini | 2:58 |
| 18. | "Parce que (Because)" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Frank Teschemacher / Guy d'Hardelot | 2:05 |
| 19. | "O sole mio" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Eduardo di Capua | 2:01 |
| 20. | "'O surdato 'nnammurato" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Aniello Califano / Enrico Cannio | 1:54 |
| 21. | "Ay, Ay, Ay" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Osmán Pérez Freire | 3:09 |
| 22. | "Lolita" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia | 2:36 |
| 23. | "Ständchen" (sung by The Three Tenors) | composed by Franz Schubert | 3:13 |
| 24. | "Dicitencello vuje" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Rodolfo Falvo | 3:34 |
| 25. | "Core 'ngrato (Catari)" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Salvatore Cardillo | 3:35 |
| 26. | "You'll Never Walk Alone" (sung by The Three Tenors) | written by Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers | 3:24 |
Tracks 7–14 and 18-26 are medleys.
Chart performance
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
Weeks on chart |
|---|---|---|
| Australian[6] | 16 | 3 |
| Austrian[6] | 8 | 16 |
| Belgian (Flanders)[6] | 14 | 7 |
| Belgian (Wallonia)[6] | 8 | 17 |
| Dutch[6] | 27 | 6 |
| Finnish[6] | 23 | 3 |
| France[6] | 6 | 14 |
| German[6] | 3 | 18 |
| New Zealand[6] | 10 | 3 |
| Swedish[6] | 39 | 3 |
| Swiss[6] | 10 | 10 |
| UK[7] | 14 | 9 |
| US[8][9] | 83 | 10 |
| US Classical[10] | 1 | 98 |
Certifications
Audio album certification
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Video album certification
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Personnel
- José Carreras, vocals
- Plácido Domingo, vocals
- Luciano Pavarotti, vocals
- James Levine, conductor
- Orchestre de Paris, orchestra
- Lalo Schifrin, arranger
References
- ^ Erlewine, Steven Thomas. The 3 Tenors: The Concert of the Century (Paris 1998) - Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ a b Dauncey, Hugh; Hare, Geoff (2014). France and the 1998 World Cup: The National Impact of a World Sporting Event. London: Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 1135228620.
- ^ Swed, Mark (July 10, 1998). "The Three Tenors' Cup Runneth Over". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "American album certifications – Three Tenors, The – THREE TENORS - PARIS 1998". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "French certifications – Domingo" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "CARRERAS / DOMINGO / PAVAROTTI WITH LEVINE - THE 3 TENORS - PARIS 1998 (ALBUM)". lescharts.com (French charts with additional information from other countries).
- ^ "The 3 tenors in paris". Official Charts (UK).
- ^ "Billboard 200: October 31, 1998 (final week on chart—hover over album listing for "wks on chart" and "peak position" information)". Billboard.
- ^ "Billboard 200: September 12, 1998 (album peak position)". Billboard.
- ^ "Billboard Classical Albums: January 8, 2000 (hover over album listing for "wks on chart" and "peak position" information)". Billboard.
- ^ "Austrian album certifications – Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti – Three Tenors, Paris 98"" (in German). IFPI Austria.
- ^ "French album certifications – Domingo – LES 3 TENORS A PARIS 1998" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Paris 1998')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- ^ "British album certifications – Placido Domingo". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Placido Domingo in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "American album certifications – Three Tenors, The – THREE TENORS - PARIS 1998". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "French video certifications – Domingo – LES 3 TENORS A PARIS 1998" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ^ "British video certifications – Placido Domingo". British Phonographic Industry. Select videos in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Placido Domingo in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ "American video certifications – Three Tenors, The – THREE TENORS - PARIS 1998". Recording Industry Association of America.