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| Top Three Tenors to Sing Forbidden City's Olympic
Bid |
The world top three tenors Lucianno Pavarotti, 66, Placido Domingo,
60, and Jose Carreras 55 will gather again since 1998 World Cup in
Beijing on June 23. This time they will perform and sing their praises
of the Forbidden City's 2008 Olympic Bid. This is to be their first
performance in the new century, and most likely the last one to be
held by the trio.
Being top three tenors enjoying the greatest appeal of world music,
as each of them stands at the core of Western opera, their joint
performance has become a rare legendary gala of world contemporary
classic operas, boldly endowing meanwhile classic arts with commercial
values.
At the close of the 14th World Cup on July 7, 1990, a "century
gala" by the three tenors was held in Caracalla, Rome, attracting
an audience of 6,000 and 1.5bn TV watchers worldwide. Video and
audio products of the performance were sold by 11m pieces. To cheer
the 15th World Cup another large concert was staged on July 16,
1994 in Los Angeles, with an audience of 56,000 and 2bn watching
on TV and 18m CDs sold. This was followed by another successful
show for the 16th World Cup at the La Place de Trocadero and the
foot of Eiffel Tower on July 10, 1998. People at the performance
hit 100,000 and 1.2bn people from 110 countries watched live broadcasting.
July 23 marks the "International Olympic Day". A grand
concert of Western classic opera to be held on the great square
of the Forbidden City can be regarded as a gift from all Chinese
and bliss of the nation's friends worldwide in voicing their support
to Beijing's Olympic bid. The three tenors in recent years only
sing under a few themes as sports, charity, environmental protection
and world peace. Their performance is scheduled at a critical stage
of Beijing's Olympic bid and at a time to showcase a new opened
Beijing embracing friends from all over the world.
(People's Daily 01/18/01)
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