Placido Domingo News

Yelena Obraztsova accepting adulation at a special gala concert on Tuesday at the Mikhailovsky Theater to celebrate the renowned singer's 70th birthday.

With less than 15 minutes before the curtain at Los Angeles Opera, patrons cram the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion's mezzanine-level lobby.

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, Chinese pop singer Jay Chou and Chinese pianist Lang Lang joined glamorously-dressed Song Zuying at the Bird's Nest on June 29 to rehearse for tonight's kick-off of Song's summer concert series.

The Movie: My hunch is if you quizzed a group of opera aficionados, hardly any of them would know who Federico Moreno Torroba was.

Baritone Josh Groban is being inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. More than music at Hollywood Bowl The view from the top seats in the Hollywood Bowl is simply panoramic.

Verona will open its 87th Opera Festival on Friday, a summer-long event with five operas and a special evening for tenor Placido Domingo, celebrating 40 years since his debut in the northern Italian town's arena.

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The Arena di Verona, the city's first-century AD Roman amphitheatre, hosts the 87th running of the Verona Opera Festival, which opens with an update of Franco Zeffirelli's production of Georges Bizet's Carmen , conducted here by Placido Domingo and Julian Kovatchev.

MSC Cruises to Christen Newest Ship in Barcelona FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- MSC Splendida, the second in MSC Cruises' luxurious "Fantasia" class of cruise ships, is scheduled to be christened in Barcelona on July 12 during a ceremony featuring several world-class performers.

Manon is sentenced to exile and, not wanting to lose her, Des Grieux arranges to share her fate, in Houston Grand Opera's production of Manon Lescaut .

Sir Paul McCartney is high on the list of candidates being considered to represent Liverpool at the World Expo in Shanghai next year.

Placido Domingo first performed on stage at the Lyric Opera House 43 years ago The concert is adapted from WNO's production of Turandot, running at Washington's Kennedy Center Opera House The management of the Lyric has been actively looking to book attractions like this in recent months since the curtain came down on the Baltimore Opera Company ...

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Trio ... Valda Wilson, Paul O'Neill and Anita Watson. Photo: Carl Court Louise Schwartzkoff May 30, 2009 THREE of Australia's rising opera stars have beaten hundreds to sing for Placido Domingo in one of the world's most prestigious opera competitions.

Milan's La Scala will open its 2009-2010 season with Bizet's "Carmen," under the baton of Emma Dante, the opera house's director Stephane Lissner announced Tuesday.

The push to bring tourism back to Mexico is gaining momentum. A few weeks ago we wrote about the swine flu guarantee being offered by some resorts.

Authorities in Mexico announced three more swine flu deaths and the United States and Canada one more death each as the world's largest vaccine maker signed a deal with the United States to produce a swine flu vaccine.The World Health Organization says at least 46 countries have confirmed more than 12,950 swine flu cases.

More Photos If the rich, famous and pretty are returning to Mexico's beaches now that officials say the swine flu epidemic is waning, won't everyone else? That's the message of a $90 million campaign aimed at luring tourists scared off by the outbreak, which has killed at least 83 people in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY If the rich, famous and prett9 are returning to Mexico's beaches now tha4 officials sa9 the swine fl5 epidemic is waning, won't everyone else? That's the message of a $90 million campaign aimed a4 luring tourists scared off by the outbreak, which has killed at least 88 people worldwide.

THEY may outsell Madonna, but this record-breaking musical trio won't be giving up the day job.