The Three Tenors

E61927
musical group opera ensemble vocal trio

The Three Tenors were a famous operatic singing trio—Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras—renowned for their crossover concerts and recordings that popularized opera worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Carreras–Domingo–Pavarotti (The Three Tenors) 1
The Three Tenors in Concert 1990 1
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
opera ensemble ⓘ
vocal trio ⓘ
activeYearsEndYear early 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear 1990 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
genre classical crossover ⓘ
opera ⓘ
hasGenreCharacteristic mix of opera arias and popular songs ⓘ
stadium-scale concerts ⓘ
hasInfluenced classical crossover market ⓘ
subsequent opera supergroups ⓘ
hasMember José Carreras ⓘ
Luciano Pavarotti ⓘ
Plácido Domingo ⓘ
inception 1990 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locationOfFirstPerformance Baths of Caracalla, Rome ⓘ
notableAchievement achieved multi‑platinum album sales worldwide ⓘ
popularized opera to a global mass audience ⓘ
set records for classical music sales ⓘ
notableEvent 1990 FIFA World Cup Final concert in Rome ⓘ
notableSong Ave Maria ⓘ
Because ⓘ
Funiculì, Funiculà ⓘ
Granada ⓘ
La donna è mobile ⓘ
Wine, Women and Song ⓘ
surface form: Libiamo ne' lieti calici

"My Way" ⓘ
surface form: My Way

"Nessun dorma" ⓘ
surface form: Nessun dorma

O Sole Mio ⓘ
notableWork The Best of The Three Tenors ⓘ
The Three Tenors Christmas ⓘ
The Three Tenors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Three Tenors in Concert 1990

The Three Tenors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Three Tenors in Concert 1994

The Three Tenors: 30th Anniversary Edition ⓘ
The Three Tenors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Three Tenors: Paris 1998
performedAt 1990 FIFA World Cup Final festivities ⓘ
Champ de Mars ⓘ
surface form: Champ de Mars, Paris

Dodger Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Munich ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
Yokohama ⓘ
surface form: Yokohama, Japan
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
Sony Classical ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

"Nessun dorma" → associatedWith → The Three Tenors ⓘ
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
subject surface form: Nessun dorma
José Carreras → memberOf → The Three Tenors ⓘ
Luciano Pavarotti → memberOf → The Three Tenors ⓘ
Plácido Domingo → memberOf → The Three Tenors ⓘ
subject surface form: Somewhere
this entity surface form: Carreras–Domingo–Pavarotti (The Three Tenors)
Plácido Domingo → notableWork → The Three Tenors ⓘ
The Three Tenors → notableWork → The Three Tenors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Three Tenors in Concert 1990
The Three Tenors → notableWork → The Three Tenors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Three Tenors in Concert 1994
The Three Tenors → notableWork → The Three Tenors self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Three Tenors: Paris 1998