Three Tenors Press Conference with Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo & James Levine (March 6, 1997)
The Three Tenors were an operatic singing trio, active during the 1990s and early 2000s, and termed as a supergroup (a title normally reserved for rock and pop groups)[1] consisting of Italian Luciano Pavarotti and Spaniards Plácido Domingo and José Carreras. The trio began their collaboration with a performance at the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy, on 7 July 1990, the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final, watched by a global television audience of around 800 million.[2] The image of three tenors in formal evening dress singing in a World Cup concert captivated the global audience.[3] The recording of this debut concert became the best-selling classical album of all time[4] and led to additional performances and live albums. They performed to a global television audience at three further World Cup Finals: 1994 in Los Angeles, 1998 in Paris, and 2002 in Yokohama.[3] They also toured other cities around the world, usually performing in stadiums or similar large arenas to huge audiences.[5][6] They last performed together at an arena in Columbus, Ohio, on 28 September 2003.
The Three Tenors repertoire ranged from opera to Broadway to Neapolitan songs and pop hits. The group's signature songs included "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's opera Turandot, usually sung by Pavarotti, and the ballad "O Sole Mio", which all three tenors typically sang together.[7]
José Plácido Domingo Embil[a] (born 21 January 1941)[1] 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, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the most prestigious opera houses in the world. Although primarily a lirico-spinto tenor for most of his career, especially popular for his Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most acclaimed Otello of his generation.[2][3][4] In the early 2010s, he transitioned from the tenor repertory into exclusively baritone parts, most notably Simon Boccanegra. As of 2020, he has performed 151 different roles.[5][6]
Domingo has also achieved significant success as a crossover artist, especially in the genres of Latin and popular music. In addition to winning fourteen Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, several of his records have gone silver, gold, platinum and multi-platinum. His first pop album, Perhaps Love (1981), spread his fame beyond the opera world. The title song, performed as a duet with country and folk singer John Denver, has sold almost four million copies[7] and helped lead to numerous television appearances for the tenor. He also starred in many cinematically released and televised opera movies, particularly under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli. In 1990, he began singing with fellow tenors Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras as part of The Three Tenors. The first Three Tenors recording became the best-selling classical album of all time.[8][9]
Growing up working in his parents' zarzuela company in Mexico, Domingo has since regularly promoted this form of Spanish opera. He also increasingly conducts operas and concerts and was the general director of the Los Angeles Opera in California from 2017 to 2019.[10][11] He was initially the artistic director and later general director of the Washington National Opera from 1996 to 2011. He has been involved in numerous humanitarian works, as well as efforts to help young opera singers, including starting and running the international singing competition, Operalia. In the years 2019-2021 he has performed continuously on stages in Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Graz, Madrid, Mérida, Milan, Monte Carlo, Moscow, Munich, Palermo, Rome, Salzburg, Sofia, Verona, Versailles, Vienna and Zurich.
James Lawrence Levine (/lɪˈvaɪn/ liv-EYEN; June 23, 1943 - March 9, 2021)[1] was an American conductor and pianist. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976 to 2016. He was terminated from all his positions and affiliations with the Met on March 12, 2018, over sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied.[2]
Levine held leadership positions with the Ravinia Festival, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1980 he started the Lindemann Young Artists Development Program, and trained singers, conductors, and musicians for professional careers.
After taking an almost two-year health-related hiatus from conducting from 2011 to 2013, during which time he held artistic and administrative planning sessions at the Met, and led training of the Lindemann Young Artists,[3] Levine retired as the Met's full-time Music Director following the 2015-16 season to become Music Director Emeritus.
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Placido Domingo's sneeze was the highlight of this program.
@uppityglivestockian
11 ай бұрын
@Prague, 😂 it was such a real, unguarded moment. The world wasn't supposed to see this footage, but now we can, and I thank God for it. It humanizes all four great artists, which in this era of AI and algos, is now a real rarity.
@PragueImport
11 ай бұрын
Totally agree! @@uppityglivestockian
Loved this. Very funny!
This a great video. It shows the real personalities of each of them.
@ellenlyons7413
11 ай бұрын
or lack of
@sofiacastrejon808
10 ай бұрын
Why do you say that?
@agathamantanes1252
10 ай бұрын
@@ellenlyons7413 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
thank you
Thanks
Very muddled but fun
mark love you
TIL they had zoom meetings in 97
hi mark love you'
13:26 😂😂
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Fantastic upload! All historic documentation of these great artists deserve to be shared with the world, and curated such that they survive the ravages of time. I keep lobbying YT/Google/Alphabet to announce that it will donate generously to the cause of preserving art for the sake of improving the lot of humanity. Certainly more tangibly so than some alleged climate change guesswork-for-dollars and chicken-littleing just to spook the kids so they harass their parents to pony-up. The bio info you provide in the Description of two of the greats, Maestro Levine and Maestro Domingo, is a value add. While I suspect much of it is from Wikipedia (based on the footnote marks), and as a result of the attack both men were subjected to from the metoo extortion cartel (which you do not dwell on, bravo), some of the contents of their pages will be the result of vandalization. (For instance, Domingo's height, an undisputed 6'2" tall man -- some men in the entertainment field in particular have their alleged height included, but many do not -- is listed as «5'9"» the last time I checked. It's ridiculous. lol Clearly the result of a stubborn hater.) Particularly in Domingo's case, he has more than a few wiki pages and they are all quite lengthy. Ahem. The unguarded moments captured while they hurry-up-and-wait (thanks tv and film producers) and the tech diffs add a delightful context and a useful reference point for students of tv technology history as well. Playlisted, Liked, blah blah blah. Mil gracias. Paz.
@PragueImport
11 ай бұрын
The persistence of the incorrect height on that Wikipedia page only underscores the exaggerations about PD's arrogance and ego. He or his management would have addressed it if it mattered to him. Evidently, he has had other priorities.
@Sacha_Kudli
11 ай бұрын
Greetings my good friend ! A real gem ! i wonder where the owner found this video . I like how everything is a bit messy here , interruption , mic problems lol it makes it charismatic . I love the mamma mia from Pavarotti at 1:36 followed by Domingo's warm laughing . It's amazing how these 4 giants of opera had such a good chemistry between them . I'm sure they had evenings with pasta and wine together and often had an excellent time. I really don't see some ego here. Totally agree with the great Domingo at 6:56 , its exactly that . I discovered opera thanks to those 3 . Well in fact when i saw him in Paris amigo , he was not as tall as i thought so . I was 5.10 at the time and he was a bit shorter than me , no doubt that he was 6.2 in the 70s 80s 90s , he was always towering practically everyone in the movies. With age sometimes you just shrink a bit. Anyway happy hearing from you compadre . Cioa Cioa ! S
@uppityglivestockian
11 ай бұрын
@@Sacha_Kudli Hola mi amigo, como estas! I'm gonna guess the uploader used to work for the original production company / tv station and was able to perhaps make a copy or even allowed to take home original recordings that otherwise were going to be thrown out. When I was young, I had no idea how much the media lies to the public, so they could repeat rumors as if factual and I would simply believe them. That's how they would drive up viewership / readership / and now clicks, because controversy sells fast (the "bitter" rivalry between Domingo and Pavarotti bs). You were 5'10" at the time? Are you still growing? While it's true that we tend to shrink as we age, a loss of about one inch is normal for men. So to reconcile the difference between 6'2" and 5'9" would require a different explanation. Here's how I am confident he was 6'2" and may now be 6'1", or to be very conservative, that he was 6'1" and is now 6': I compare his stature to that of other men also known to be a certain height, esp of men who've never been reported to be shorter than their claimed height. For instance, Sherrill Milnes, who is an undisputedly tall man, reported to be 6'3"-6'4". When he stands next to Domingo in their concert at the MET of 1983, Domingo is about 1-2 inches shorter. When Milnes and Domingo stand next to Levine, the difference in height is quite pronounced. Just remembered-- there's a clip from a gala hosted by Beverly Sills where Domingo sings Quando le ser and he stands next to her afterward. It's an upload by Yoland Kwok titled "Placido Domingo in 1980 Gala of Stars sings Luisa Miller." I'd post the link but sometimes YT deletes it. Anyway, she remarks how nice to stand next to him and then explains why. At about the 10 minute mark, go check it out. I believe you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ! lol Maybe he was slouching when you met? Maybe he was on a lower step or on a down slope? Maybe you were taller than you remember? All I know is I have many photo/video examples of him standing next to people known to be tall and he's the same height or taller, or only slightly shorter. How tall was Pavarotti? I heard he was 6'1" and when he stood next to the very tall Joan Sutherland, he is clearly taller than her--the same with Domingo. Carreras was 5'8-10" and he is markedly shorter than both of them. It's obvious in the famous Three Tenors Concert at Caracalla. But people are getting taller and taller over all. I've seen Domingo lately standing next to very tall sopranos, who are also wearing high heels, and they seem to dwarf him. All I know is I've never come across any news articles, reports, reviews or personal recountments (such as by Sills and others of his contemporaries) where he is referred to as anything but tall, dark, and handsome. In any case, good to hear from you joven, hasta, ~A.
@GabriellaCorelli
11 ай бұрын
Spot on! It is funny to see men go on about Mr. Domingo's height ☺@@PragueImport
@Sacha_Kudli
11 ай бұрын
@@uppityglivestockian Buenos Dias amigo ! I'm fine thanks ! I came back a couple days ago from my summer job , it's always nice to just chill after a long period of hard work you know ? Everything feels better after an effort. Oh yes i get what you mean , i was quite naive too at the time , thinking that everyone only had good intentions . I never thought some people could be so malicious or immoral . Not everyone of course ! I just saw the Luisa Miller Gala ! "I'm standing next to a tenor wearing high heels " 😆 Well i'm 21 now and i'm 5.11 (180cm) , i think i've finished growing 😄 ! But yes when i met him at 19 years old i was 5.10 without a doubt . So i did my research amigo to find his height before and now . -In the 80s next to Julio Iglesias who stands 6 ft , he is slightly taller. -In the 90s next to Prince Charles who stands 5.10 , he is also taller but there's not a big difference -In the 80s next to Ruggero Raimondi who's 6,3 , he is a bit shorter than him If you want my advice , i'm practically sure he was 6,1 (185cm) at the time and now he's around 5.8. My grandfather really shrank with time , it's not surprising. 6,1 is very tall , especially for a tenor ! Of course , this is just a guess . Always a pleasure hearing from you ! Hasta ! S