A live performance available as either a BluRay or a DVD / CD set, Live in Barcelona captures Il Divo's April 3, 2009, performance at Palau Sant Jordi. The video portions contain the complete 24-track performance; the CD is a truncated ten-cut sampler, designed as a bonus rather than the main attraction. That main attraction is the extravaganza captured on video, where the operatic quartet runs through all manners of pop standards - "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Unbreak My Heart," "Nights in White Satin," "The Winner Takes It All, "" My Way, "" The Impossible Dream "- sometimes translating the lyrics out of English so they feel more like opera. Naturally, this live set won't convince doubters, but those who have loved any of the group's five studio albums will find this a satisfying spectacle.

The initiator of the quartet was Simon Cowell - a British record producer known for working with the command «Boyzone» and participation in the creation of TV show «American Idol». Inspired by a joint entry by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman, he decided to create an international pop quartet, whose members sang as a "three tenors", and looked like the model "Armani". Casting was conducted in the course of two years in Spain, Switzerland, France and the United States - in each country was chosen by party.

Il Divo's debut album went on sale in 2004 and noted in the first place in many national charts. The next year, followed by a drive Ancora (1 st place in the UK, 1 st place in the U.S.). With written in English, Italian, Spanish, French and Latin. Their style can be defined as a hybrid of traditional pop music to opera. They recorded a duet with Celine Dion and Toni Braxton (with whom performed the official anthem of the world soccer championship 2006). In the same year took part in the tour, Barbra Streisand, which brought record fees.