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, at Dodger Stadium, in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the chorus of the Los Angeles Opera on the eve of the 1994 FIFA World Cup final.Isenberg, Barbara and Rohrlich, Ted. "3 Tenors Hit High Note With Arias in Arena". Los Angeles Times (July 17, 1994) 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 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.
Track listing
Tracks 9–12 are a medley titled "A Tribute to Hollywood", and Tracks 20–31 are a medley titled "Around the World", both arranged and orchestrated by Lalo Schifrin. Tracks 31-34 are Encore.
Omissions Not included in the album were these three numbers sung (between 11 and 12 above) at the concert:
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for The Three Tenors in Concert 1994Chart (1994–2007)PeakpositionArgentine Albums (CAPIF)10Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi) Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "The 3 tenors". 2
Chart (1994–95)PeakpositionBelgium (Flanders)34Belgium (Wallonia)36European1France47Germany2Netherlands2Norway19Spain1Switzerland3UK1US4US Classical Albums1
Year-end chart
Chart (1994)PeakpositionUS Classical Albums2
Sales and certifications
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
External links "How The 3 Tenors Sang The Hits And Changed The Game." NPR. July 16, 2014.