Monday, November 2, 2009:
Plácido Domingo to record theme song for awareness campaign.
Plácido Domingo, Gloria Estefan, Luis Fonsi, Arthur Hanlon, Wisin & Yandel, and Enrique Iglesias will be lending their voices to record the theme song for the awareness campaign "Unete Con La Gota de la Vida, Benefiting City of Hope."
The campaign aims to create awareness within the Latin community about the importance of bone marrow donation and encourages the community to register with the National Bone Marrow Registry.
The A-list Hispanic stars have joined the cause and will record an epic song titled "La Gota de la Vida." They will join other music stars to create the theme song
The first recording session will take place in Las Vegas between November 3 and 6. Additional sessions will be held in Miami and Los Angeles. During the same dates, the shooting of the video clip will also take place, led by director Simon Brand and produced by Mauricio Osorio.
Other confirmed stars that will participate include Aleks Syntek, Noel Schrajis, German Montero, Shaila Durcal, and Marcos Witt.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009:
Plácido Domingo will make his debut as baritone in Berlin on Saturday as the Doge of Genoa in Verdi's
Simon Boccanegra in a new production at Berlin's Staatsoper unter den Linden. He'll also perform the role in New York, London, Zürich, Milan and Madrid.
Sunday, October 18, 2009:
Plácido Domingo was honored for life's work with German
Echo award in Dresden's Semper Opera
Friday, October 16, 2009:
Plácido Domingo: "My Greatest Roles Volume 1: Puccini". Available on DVD November 10th
Kultur announces the DVD release of Plácido Domingo: My Greatest Roles Volume 1: Puccini. This 3-DVD set will be available on November 10, 2009 for a suggested retail price of $49.99.
This three opera set includes the greatest roles of Plácido Domingo composed by Giacomo Puccini, Tosca, Manon Lescaut and, La Fanciulla Del West.
Tosca: This highly regarded “live film” production features contemporary Rome as the setting for this innovative version of Puccini’s Tosca. Performed in the Roman locations- and at the same time of day-as Puccini had written into his score: in the 16th century church of Sant’ Andréa della Valle at noon, the nearby Palazzo Farnese that evening and finally at Castel Sant’ Angelo early the following morning. The story and characters of Tosca are largely fictional, but the trappings of satellite technology endowed this production with the same sense of partial reality as a TV news clip. Domingo is accompanied by Catherine Malfatano in the lead role, and it is conducted by Zubin Mehta leading the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Rome RAI.
This set also reprises Plácido Domingo’s roles as Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, and Ramirez in La Fanciulla Del West with Carol Neblett and conducted by Nello Santi with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera.
Street Date: November 10, 2009
SRP: $49.99
SKU: D4603
Run Time: 162 Minutes
UPC: 032031460393
ISBN: 978-0-7697-8921-7
More information on this release and other Kultur DVDs can be found online at
www.kultur.com
Tuesday, October 13, 2009:
Plácido Domingo received the first ever $1 million dollar Birgit Nilsson award at a formal award ceremony in Stockholm.
Domingo, who won the prize for his "unrivaled" contributions to the world of opera, accepted the award from King Carl XVI Gustaf at the Royal Swedish Opera.
Late Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson chose Domingo as the inaugural winner of the prize nearly a decade ago, demanding the name would be kept secret until after her death. She died at age 87 on Dec. 25, 2005.
During the award ceremony, Domingo said he would use the prize money to set up a specific Birgit Nilsson category for Wagnerian singers within the framework of his opera competition Operalia.
In an emotional speech, he said it was "unbelievable" to be standing on the stage where Nilsson had performed so many times, calling her "one of the greatest artists, if not the greatest."
"This is comparable to the Nobel Prize in music," Domingo said.
Nilsson and Domingo first performed together at a matinee production of "Tosca" in 1969.
Presentation of the Birgit Nilsson Prize to Plácido Domingo by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf
Plácido Domingo with the statue of the Birgit Nilsson Prize
Plácido Domingo holding his acceptance speech
Atmospheric image of the Award Ceremony
His Majesty King Carl XVL Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Plácido and Marta Domingo
Tuesday, September 22, 2009:
Domingo in Chengdu, China
Thousands of people in Chengdu were immersed in the golden voice of Plácido Domingo, when he was performing on its sole concert in Chengdu, capital city of southwest Sichuan Province. More than 6,000 dressed audience swarmed into Sichuan Gym and witnessed the historical and exciting moments.
Plácido Domingo and
Virginia Tola, conducted by Eugene Kohn
When Domingo and Chinese soprano Song Zuiying sang The Flame of Love together, the audience's memories were brought back to the spectacular moment of the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games where those two great singers impressed the audience worldwide with this romantic and inspiring song.
At the end of the concert, Domingo and Song joined hands with 100 kids from the earthquake-affected areas in Sichuan to sing the Auld Lang Syne, one of most recognized songs worldwide, leading to the climax of the concert, and delivering a perfect ending.
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