Several rows closest to the stage were reserved for fan club members and two rows in the middle section were removed for a camera dolly. Rather than being sold, 4,500 tickets for the event were distributed by Carey's fan club, local radio stations, and those with connections to the production. Theatrical scenery in Here Is Mariah Carey (1993) In a chapter from her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, Carey states that she disagreed with the choice: 'Even though it was a beautiful, classic theater, it was not the setting I would have chosen, to be sure nor would most twenty-year-olds in the early 1990s.' Production They chose the 2,700-seat Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady, New York, for its grand architecture, strong acoustics, and proximity to Carey's house with newlywed husband Tommy Mottola.

To select a venue for the taping, a Sony Music production crew evaluated almost two dozen theaters in four U.S. The show would allow Carey to warm up for her forthcoming Music Box Tour, reach an audience unable to see her on a tour date, and give Columbia the ability to release it as a video album in time for the 1993 Christmas shopping season. Before its release later that year, her management team negotiated a deal with NBC for a one-hour television special, Here Is Mariah Carey, to promote the album. Д«y the second quarter of 1993, Carey completed recording material for her third album, Music Box. Its first single, ' I'll Be There', became her sixth number-one song on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart. After the concert was well received by her fans and critics alike, Carey's record label- Columbia-released it as an extended play, MTV Unplugged. As she had not toured, Carey sought to establish herself as a capable live performer and disprove notions by critics that her voice was manufactured in a studio.

In March 1992, following the release of her first and second studio albums Mariah Carey (1990) and Emotions (1991), Mariah Carey performed a concert on the American television program MTV Unplugged. The video also spent six weeks at number one on the Official Charts Company's music videos chart in the United Kingdom. Earning a Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, it was one of the best-selling video albums of 19 in that country. 4 on the United States video album chart published by Billboard. Although they complimented Carey's voice, many felt the non-concert scenes were redundant. Columbia Music Video released it on VHS five days later to generally positive reviews from critics. Lawrence Jordan, who collaborated with Carey on previous occasions, directed the hour-long video.ДЄpproximately 4,500 people attended tapings at Proctor's Theater, and 19 million watched it on television network NBC during its original broadcast on November 25, 1993. In creating the stage for the performance, production designers sought inspiration from works by Boris Aronson and Josep Maria Jujol. She is sporadically accompanied by a band, choir, dancers, and string players. Carey performs ten songs during the video four are from her third studio album Music Box (1993), which Columbia Records commissioned Here Is Mariah Carey to promote. It presents Carey performing live at Proctor's Theatre in Schenectady, New York, in July 1993 and also includes non-concert footage. Here Is Mariah Carey, also known as Mariah Carey or This Is Mariah Carey, is the third video album by American singer Mariah Carey. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, New York, U.S.ДЇantasy: Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden

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