The Three Tenors in Concert 1994


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 night before the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final. 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 at the concert:

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Belgium 34
Belgium 36
European1
France47
Germany2
Netherlands2
Norway19
Spain1
Switzerland3
UK1
US4
US Classical Albums1

Year-end chart

Chart
Peak
position
US Classical Albums2

Personnel