Showing posts with label The Three Tenors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Three Tenors. Show all posts
Monday, January 21, 2013
Happy birthday, Placido Domingo
It is the birthday of Spanish tenor Placido Domingo (1941), who is best known as one of the Three Tenors (along with Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti) whose series of performances during the 1990s and early 2000s thrilled opera lovers and reenergized the art form. Not only were the concerts well attended but the recordings made from them produced The Three Tenors in Concert, a record breaking best-selling album in classical music. Subsequent albums were also quite popular. Today Domingo is general director of the Los Angeles Opera. Here is Domingo performing the area No puede ser from the Spanish opera Romance Marinero.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Happy birthday, Jose Carreras
It is the birthday of Spanish tenor Jose Carreras (1946), who is best known for his performances in operas by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini as well as his appearances with Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and Italian tenor Luciano Pavarot
ti in the fame series of The Three Tenors concerts for 13 years beginning in 1990. Here is his performance of the immensely popular Music of the Night from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Happy birthday, Luciano Pavarotti
It is the birthday of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti (1935), one of the most beloved opera stars of all time. Here is his performance of Ave Maria during the Three Tenors concert in 1994. Enjoy.
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