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When Pl\xe1cido Domingo, Jos\xe9 Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti teamed up for their first joint performance on 7th July, 1990 in Rome, it was intended as a one-off collaboration to celebrate the FIFA World Cup.\xa0\nBut the concert triggered instant worldwide fame for the trio, who became known as The Three Tenors, and their live recording became the biggest-selling classical album of all time.\n\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider how, by mixing showtunes with opera, the Tenors created the \u2018classical crossover\u2019 genre that spawned Russell Watson, Il Divo and Katherine Jenkins; explain how Carreras\u2019 recovery from leukemia was the reason for the concert coming together; and reveal how their iconic Nessun Dorma encore was nearly not included at all\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018TENORS, ANYONE? THE BIG THREE ARE MAKING A MINT, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECCESSARILY CORRUPT THEIR ART\u2019 (The Washington Post, 1995): https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1995/10/29/tenors-anyone-the-big-three-are-making-a-mint-but-that-doesnt-neccessarily-corrupt-their-art/a0ab8ac1-5ea8-4487-85f7-f554681c0d70/\n\u2022 \u2018Profile: The Three Tenors\u2019 (The National, 2015): https://www.thenational.scot/news/14852450.profile-the-three-tenors/\n\u2022 \u2018The Three Tenors sing "O Sole Mio" at Terme di Caracalla\u2019 (1990): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLZSgP0QMY\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices