The Three Tenors: Paris 1998

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The Three Tenors: Paris 1998
(Left to right) José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and James Levine
Live album by
The Three Tenors
Released18 August 1998
Recorded10 July 1998,
Paris
Genreopera, operatic pop
Length1:14:16
LabelAtlantic / Warner Music
ProducerTibor Rudas,
Christopher Raeburn
The Three Tenors chronology
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994
(1994) 		The Three Tenors: Paris 1998
(1998) 		The Three Tenors Christmas
(2000)
Singles from The Three Tenors: Paris 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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 10 July 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

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 listing

No.TitleSong InformationLength
1."Io Conosco un Giardino" (sung by José Carreras)from
O sole mio" (sung by The Three Tenors)
written by Eduardo di Capua2:01
20."'O surdato 'nnammurato" (sung by The Three Tenors)written by Aniello Califano / Enrico Cannio1:54
21."Ay, Ay, Ay" (sung by The Three Tenors)written by Osmán Pérez Freire3:09
22."Lolita" (sung by The Three Tenors)written by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia2:36
23."Ständchen" (sung by The Three Tenors)composed by Franz Schubert3:13
24."Dicitencello vuje" (sung by The Three Tenors)written by Rodolfo Falvo3:34
25."Core 'ngrato (Catari)" (sung by The Three Tenors)written by Salvatore Cardillo3:35
26."You'll Never Walk Alone" (sung by The Three Tenors)written by Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers3:24

Tracks 7–14 and 18-26 are medleys.

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australia[6] 16
Austria[6] 8
Belgium (Flanders)[6] 14
Belgium (Wallonia)[6] 8
Dutch[6] 27
Finnish[6] 23
France[6] 6
Germany[6] 3
New Zealand[6] 10
Swedwn[6] 39
Swiss[6] 10
UK[7] 14
US[8][9] 83
US Classical[10] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
German Albums Chart[11] 81

Certifications

Personnel

References

  1. AllMusic
    . Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1135228620
    .
  3. ^ Swed, Mark (July 10, 1998). "The Three Tenors' Cup Runneth Over". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "American album certifications – The Three Tenors – THREE TENORS - PARIS 1998". Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. ^
    Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
    .
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ "The 3 tenors in paris". Official Charts (UK).
  8. ^ "Billboard 200: October 31, 1998 (final week on chart—hover over album listing for "wks on chart" and "peak position" information)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Billboard 200: September 12, 1998 (album peak position)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Billboard Classical Albums: January 8, 2000 (hover over album listing for "wks on chart" and "peak position" information)". Billboard.
  11. GfK Entertainment
    . Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  12. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti – Three Tenors, Paris 98"" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  13. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Paris 1998')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "British album certifications – Pavarotti/Domingo/Carreras – The 3 Tenors In Paris". British Phonographic Industry.
  15. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
    .
  16. ^ "British video certifications – Pavarotti/Domingo/Carreras – The 3 Tenors - Paris 1998". British Phonographic Industry.
  17. ^ "American video certifications – The Three Tenors – THREE TENORS - PARIS 1998". Recording Industry Association of America.
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