Three tenors to set spirits soaring

As they rehearsed in overcoats, hats and scarves on a chilly evening yesterday, their voices occasionally soared over the rooftops of the streets around the tower, wafting a breath of sweetness over the traffic jams.

Football is a common passion for the tenors, whose lofty arias have since 1990 been married with television images of thegame8217;s moments of high skill and intense emotion. Their Los Angles World Cup concert in 1994 showed to 1.3 billion television viewers worldwide.

They all went to the 1990 and 1994 World Cup finals, and Carreras has said they were coming to Paris because 8220;we want to get good tickets for the final.8221;

There will be songs in six languages 8212; French, Italian English, German, Spanish and Portuguese 8212; to tweak as many sentimental strings as possible.