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Three Tenors 'top cultural moment'
12:53pm Thursday 22nd May 2008
The launch of the Three Tenors has beaten the iPod and the emergence of Brit Pop as the best cultural moment of the last 21 years.
The Three Tenors, launched in 1990 with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, topped the survey to mark the 21st anniversary of Hay Literary Festival.
The Globe theatre reopening in 1997 was second, followed by the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in the same year.
The launch of the iPod in 2001 was fourth, with River Dance (1994), which shot to fame after appearing on the Eurovision Song Contest, taking fifth place.
The top ten was completed by the publication of Salman Rushdie's novel Satanic Verses, Nigel Kennedy recording his best-selling version of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, the broadcast of the Wallace and Gromit film A Grand Day Out on Channel 4, the completion of St Mary Axe, the building known as the Gherkin, and director George Lucas announcing the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
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The Three Tenors - with Luciano Pavarotti - launched in 1990
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