Not only was he able to draw fans from outside the opera world due to his rockstar-like stage presence, but his talent was undeniable.
Luciano Pavarotti One doesn’t need to love opera to know the name, Luciano Pavarotti. The event was made possible by generous gifts from Ann Ziff and the Marc and Eva Stern Foundation. Here are the 25 best opera singers of all time: 1. Mary Hayley chaired the gala, which raised a record-breaking $2.6 million. I come from a family of 4th generation musicians and classical singers, and I wanted NOTHING to do with the whole thing. Since Lifehouse was never brought to the stage, all we. County Supervisor Hilda Solis who presented Domingo with a proclamation declaring it “Placido Domingo Day” in L.A.įollowing a sustained standing ovation for the stars, more than 400 gala-goers joined Marta and Placido Domingo and conductor James Conlon, for an elegant, onstage dinner of heirloom beets and goat cheese salad, pan-roasted branzino, with potato-leek puree and spinach, and a Black Forest Namelaka for dessert.Īmong the locals in the crowd were Alicia and Ed Clark, Carol and Warner Henry, Alyce Williamson, Michele and Rupert Hemmings, Ellen and Jim Strauss, Geneva and Charles Thornton, Allan Edmiston, Elizabeth and Stanislas DeBreu and Diane and Craig Bergman. Townshend was no stranger to rock opera, and he intended Lifehouse to follow his previous project, Tommy.
The eclectic program featured old crowd-pleasers from Saint-Saens, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Offenbach, Verdi, Lerner and Loewe, zarzuela by Sorozabal and, would you believe, Garth Brooks in person? Also taking turns at the mic were L.A. The wavy black hair has turned to silver and the voice has mellowed to baritone, but at 76, Domingo still delivers the same razzle-dazzle that has kept the L.A Opera thriving for more than 31 years.The L.A Opera Chorus and a pantheon of artists turned out for the gala concert, including Uzo Aduba, Mario Chang, Ermonela Jaho, Nino Machaidze, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Janai Brugger, Michael Fabiano, Ana Maria Martinez, Morris Robinson, Arturo Chacon-Cruz, Nancy Fabiola Herrera and Nelson Martinez. He has sung 148 roles, logged 4,000 appearances and won a dozen Grammys. 21 - 50 years to the day that he sang the title role in Alberto Ginastera’s “Don Ronrigo” - Domingo was back on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of his Los Angeles debut in 1967. But when Smith opened his eyes, he saw a 467-pound fake rock hanging just inches from his face.
Weve grown so accustomed to singing the song during ballgames that it feels. It’s hard to believe that a half-century has elapsed since a charismatic, young tenor named Placido Domingo dazzled us with his first appearance at the Los Angeles Music Center. She’d probably decided to alter the choreography and had come to stand over him, he thought. Joe Stone is the youngest son of the founder of TK Records, Henry Stone.