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...production is an attempt to top one of the biggest entertainment coups the music world has seen in decades. Four years ago, on the eve of the World Cup final in Rome, the same three tenors came together for the first time to give a songfest in the Baths of Caracalla. The concept was already grandiose, but its success outstripped the wildest expectations of those involved. About 800 million people worldwide saw the television broadcasts. The record turned into by far the best-selling classical album of all time (total sales: around 10 million, and still going strong); only...
...superstars have at least one good motive for getting along well: financial. When they signed contracts for the Rome concert, neither they nor their management teams foresaw the extraordinary revenues that the event would generate. The singers accepted a flat fee from Decca, with no royalties. Economically, it was a disastrous decision. Music-industry sources have it that Pavarotti, who records exclusively for Decca, used his clout to sweeten his deal once it was clear that the album was going through the roof. When word leaked to the others, Domingo, who free-lances primarily with Sony and BMG, was said...
London: Barry Hillenbrand Paris: Thomas A. Sancton, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: James O. Jackson Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Dowell Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...
London: Barry Hillenbrand, Helen Gibson, William Rademaekers Paris: Thomas A. Sancton, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: James O. Jackson, Rhea Schoenthal Berlin: Nomi Morris Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly, Yuri Zarakhovich, Felix Rosenthal Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer, Ron Ben-Yishai, Jamil Hamad Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod Cape Town: Peter Hawthorne New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy, Anita Pratap, Meenakshi Ganguly Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz, Mia Turner Southeast Asia: William Dowell Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America...
London: Barry Hillenbrand Paris: Thomas A. Sancton, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: James O. Jackson Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Dowell Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...