Il Divo to recreate the quality of Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo. Cowell conducted a worldwide search for young singers who were willing to embark on the project, a search that lasted nearly three years, from 21 January 2001, until 16 December 2003, when the fourth member, American tenor David Miller, was signed. Prior to "Il Divo", Miller and his European counterparts Spanish baritone, Carlos Marín, Swiss tenor Urs Bühler and French pop singer, Sébastien Izambard were each enjoying moderate success in their own right. The first album ""Il Divo"", was recorded in February 2004 in Sweden, with the Quiz
Operatic pop Vaudeville, musical comedies, jazz and operettas, examples include Irving Berlin's "That Opera Rag", Billy Murray's "My Cousin Caruso" and Louis Armstrong's riffs on "Rigoletto" and "Pagliacci". The subgenre subsequently dwindled after the 1920s but revived during the rock music era with albums such as The Who's "Tommy" and Queen's "A Night at The Opera". In 1986, operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti had a hit with the Lucio Dalla song "Caruso", which helped to spark a recent flourishing of operatic pop. Other singers, including Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, and Katherine Jenkins, also recorded the number. Bocelli, in particular, soon became a leading