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Live At Gotham Hall
Live At Gotham Hall, is a live promotional presentation, available on DVD, of the concert of ''Il Divo'' in the Gotham Hall of New York, of December 2004. It was the first concert of Il Divo, and the first DVD. Smart of songs It contains a concert with five songs in direct; Personal Voice * Urs Bühler * Sébastien Izambard * Carlos Marín * David Miller References See also * Il Divo discography * Il Divo videography The videography of Il Divo composes by the documentaries or concerts published in format DVD, Blu-ray or Digital distribution, digital format, or by the videos musical officials, that have published by the discográficas associated to the quart ... {{authority control 2004 video albums Il Divo albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Divo
Il Divo (; ) are a multinational classical crossover vocal group. Formed in the United Kingdom in 2003, it is a male quartet that was created and then promoted by British media magnate Simon Cowell for Syco Music, a record label that he had administered. The original members selected by Simon Cowell are Swiss tenor Urs Bühler, American tenor David Miller, French tenor Sébastien Izambard, and Spanish baritone Carlos Marín. As of 2004, the group has released ten studio albums: '' Il Divo'' (2004), '' The Christmas Collection'' (2005), '' Ancora'' (2005), '' Siempre'' (2006), '' The Promise'' (2008), '' Wicked Game'' (2011), '' A Musical Affair'' (2013), '' Amor & Pasión'' (2015), '' Timeless'' (2018), and ''For Once in My Life: A Celebration of Motown'' (2021); as well as a compilation album, '' The Greatest Hits'' (2012). Two other albums – '' An Evening with Il Divo: Live in Barcelona'' (2009) and '' Live in Japan'' (2014) – presented recordings of live concerts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nella Fantasia
"" ("In My Fantasy") is a song sung in Italian based on the theme "Gabriel's Oboe" from the film '' The Mission'' (1986). With music by composer Ennio Morricone and lyrics by Chiara Ferraù, "" is popular among classical crossover singers, and was originally released in 1998 by Sarah Brightman. It has since been covered by many artists. Origin "" first appeared on the Sarah Brightman album '' Eden'' (1998). A music video for the song was released on Brightman's '' Diva: The Video Collection'' in 2006. On the March 1999 video recording of her concert '' One Night in Eden'', when introducing the song, she said: Lyricist In the liner notes Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets that come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or cassette j-cards. Origin Liner notes are descended from the prog ... of ''Eden'', the lyricist of the song was named as "Ferraù". In a review of a Sarah Bright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Divo Videography
The videography of Il Divo composes by the documentaries or concerts published in format DVD, Blu-ray or Digital distribution, digital format, or by the videos musical officials, that have published by the discográficas associated to the quartet; Sony Music; Sony Music Entertainment, Syco Music or Columbia Records. ''Il Divo'' Is a grouping of singers of classical training, that tackles the popular repertoire and have transformed in an unprecedented success all over the world. The group is a vocal concept, based in the technical faculties of his singers, choosing a repertoire of the most varied, in style and period, that accompanies of an orchestra. Music videos Video albums: Documentary and concert TV appearances * It Takes Two (BBC 2 London 13 November 2015) * ¡Qué tiempo tan feliz! (Telecinco Spain - 7 November 2015) * Loose Women (ITV1 TV London 4 November 2015) * QVC TV (London 3 November 2015) * Music Industry Trusts Award (London 2 November 2015) * Asaichi (NHK T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Miller (tenor)
David Miller (born April 14, 1973) is an American tenor. Since 2004, he has been a member of the successful classical crossover group Il Divo, who have sold over 30 million copies worldwide. As well, Miller shared a Tony Award with the other members of the ensemble cast of Baz Luhrmann's 2002 revival of ''La bohème'' in 2003. Background and personal life Miller was born in San Diego, California, but raised in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado. As a student at Heritage High School (Littleton, Colorado), Heritage High School in Littleton, Colorado, Littleton, he starred in high school productions as the Rooster in ''Annie (musical), Annie'' and Noah in ''Two by Two''. He was also a member of the Colorado Children's Chorale but only took music seriously in high school after being asked to audition for ''Annie'' due to the lack of male cast members with the ability to sing. Uninterested in his father's suggestion that he join the military, he went on to Oberlin Conservatory of Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Marín
Carlos Marín Menchero (13 October 1968 – 19 December 2021) was a Spanish baritone and a member of the classical crossover group Il Divo, which has sold over 28 million records worldwide. Early life Born in Rüsselsheim, West Germany, and raised in Madrid, Spain, Marín started his career in music early in life, recording his first album when he was eight years old, produced by Dutch singer-songwriter and record producer Pierre Kartner. The record, named The ''Little Caruso'', contained songs like " O Sole Mio" and "Granada". At eight years old, he sang "Granada" in front of an audience of 800 people. At age ten he recorded a second album called ''Mijn Lieve Mama'' (My Dear Mother). This musical beginning led him to study piano and solfeggio. During this period Marín lived in the Netherlands in Eindhoven, but moved back to Spain when he was twelve. In Spain he won several awards in television contests like "Gente Joven" (Young People) and "Nueva Gente" (New People) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Izambard
Sébastien Izambard (; born 7 March 1973) is a French singer, composer and record producer. His vocal range is classified as popular melody or ''vox populi'' with a tenor tessitura. He has been a member of the classical crossover group Il Divo since 2004, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide discs. In 2000, he launched the solo album titled ''Libre'', reaching number No. 1 ranking with the single "Si tu savais" achieving excellent sales ranking in France, Canada and Belgium. Currently, Izambard writes, produces and composes for pop artists of international stature. Izambard is an active member of the French organization ''AMTM'' (Assistance Médicale Toit du Monde) and global ambassador for the Sanfilippo Children's Foundation. Early life Izambard's parents divorced and his father left when he was six. He grew up in a poor single-parent household and lived with his mother in a room little bigger than 100sqft on the top floor of a block of apartments in Paris with her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urs Bühler
Urs Toni Bühler (born 19 July 1971) is a Swiss classically trained tenor. He is a member of the classical crossover group Il Divo, who have sold over 30 million copies worldwide discs. Early life His musical training started at the age of five, when Bühler began singing in a choir and also learned to play violin, clarinet, piano, guitar, and drums. His musical career, though, started when he was fifteen in an entirely different genre from lyrical song. He was a member of a cover band and later the lead singer of a heavy metal band called "Conspiracy" when he was seventeen years old in Luzern. Career Tenor At that time, Bühler was already receiving music lessons at the Academy for School and Church Music. His progress in the field led him to move to Amsterdam, where he studied voice at Sweelinck Conservatorium with Udo Reinemann, a well-known German baritone. Under the private tutoring of Swedish tenor Gösta Winbergh of the Royal Swedish Opera and French tenor Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Revaux
Jacques Abel Jules Revaud (; born 11 July 1940), known as Jacques Revaux (), is a French songwriter, most famous for his 1968 writing collaboration with singer Claude François on the song "", whose text was reworked by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka into the English language as "My Way", which was in turn a hit first recorded by Frank Sinatra. He co-founded Trema Records with Regis Talar. Revaux also wrote many hit songs for another French singing star, Michel Sardou Michel Charles Sardou (; born 26 January 1947) is a French singer and occasional actor. He is known not only for his love songs ("La maladie d'amour", "Je vais t'aimer"), but also for songs dealing with various social and political issues, su .... References External links * 1940 births Living people People from Indre-et-Loire French male songwriters French songwriters Male songwriters {{France-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and actor. His songs include " Diana", “ You Are My Destiny", “Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby". Anka also wrote the theme for ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, " She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song " My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. He co-wrote three songs with Michael Jackson: " This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard") " Love Never Felt So Good", and " Don't Matter to Me", which became posthumous hits for Jackson in 2009, 2014, and 2018, respectively. Early life Paul Albert Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. According to Anka's autobiography, ''My Way'', both of his parents we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Way
"My Way" is Paul Anka's English-language lyrical adaptation of the French song " Comme d'habitude", released by Frank Sinatra in 1969. The original song was written by Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, and Claude François, and was first recorded by the latter in 1967. The song was a success for a variety of performers, including Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Sid Vicious. Sinatra's version of "My Way" spent 75 weeks in the UK top 40, which is the 4th most weeks in UK chart history. Background In 1967, Jacques Revaux wrote a ballad named "For Me", with English lyrics about a couple falling out of love. According to Revaux, the demo was then sent to Petula Clark, Dalida, and Claude François, to no avail. Revaux rejected a version by Hervé Vilard, the singer of the international hit " Capri c'est fini" and reworked the track into "Comme d'habitude" ("As Usual") with the help of Claude François. It was released in November 1967 and was at the top of the French pop chart for o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Bigazzi
Giancarlo Bigazzi (5 September 1940 – 19 January 2012) was an Italian music producer and composer. He was a former member of comedy music group Squallor. Life and career Born in Florence, he was one of the best known Italian songwriters and lyricists of the 1970s and 1980s. He wrote some of the most successful Italian pop records, many of which became international hits, such as “Gloria”, “Self Control”, “No Me Ames”, “Tu”, “Take the Heat off Me”, and “Ti amo”. He was also a film score composer; among his soundtracks are ‘’Forever Mary’’, ‘’ Boys on the Outside’’ and the Academy Award-winning ‘’Mediterraneo’’. He began his career at a very young age, writing major hits for Riccardo Del Turco (“Luglio”), Caterina Caselli (“Il carnevale”), Mario Tessuto (“Lisa dagli occhi blu”), and Renato dei Profeti (“Lady Barbara”). Throughout the 1970s, Bigazzi established himself as a prolific lyricist and composer, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
