I Tre Tenori

I Tre Tenori

• Instrument:
  World’s greatest voices
• Full Names:
  Placido Flamingo
  Luciano Frogerati
  José the Ferret

I Tre Tenori are the greatest singers of their generation in their own minds. They are also the greatest singers of their generation in some other people’s minds. Why just some? Well, let’s be honest… You can’t be all that to everybody — after all, one man’s Caruso is another man’s Kevin Federline. And it is precisely this maddening lack of consensus as to who is The Greatest Voice Of All Time that drives the ambition of these three tenors — sorry boys, we mean I Tre Tenori. Grazie.

Par for the course, this was the most contentious and difficult page of the web site to put together. At issue is the deep resentment Luciano Frogerati, Placido Flamingo and José The Ferret each felt at being grouped together on one page as I Tre Tenori, rather than each being featured on his own page.

The thing is, we’ve tried separating these three before, but they get too content and lose some of the fire that spurs them to greatness — everybody else just tends to agree with them that they’re the best singer in the room, and they lose a bit of their edge and passion. Simply put, the boys need each other to be at their best. Even if it means you have to listen to them talk to each other.

Luciano, Placido and José privately adore being members of The International Band Of Misunderstood Geniuses, although publicly they will always insist that they should be given more solos. They would like their fans to know that lavish gift items may be sent to them, care of I Voce Magnifico, to Pictoria Records, and that if you never actually receive a thank you note, you may at least be heartened to know that before they consume their gift, they will say a blessing to the Gods Of Music that at least one more person has the fine and discriminating taste to recognize Their Greatness. Amen.

I Tre Tenori would also like you to know that, as you undoubtedly have still not satisfied your unquenchable thirst for all things pertaining to them, you will learn even more about them in the book and album The Return Of Phineas McBoof (2009). Lucky you!

Click here to send I Tre Tenori a message in the Forum. They usually respond within 24 hours, unless they are acting huffy or at the spa for the weekend. You can also send Forum messages individually to Luciano, Placido or José, which they love and lord over each other.

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