 DALLAS, TX. (Top40 Charts/ HDNet) - Broad General Director Placido Domingo will take the LA Opera into homes throughout the United States as HDNet presents The Placido Domingo 40th Anniversary Gala Concert on Sunday, June 1 at 8:00pm (eastern daylight time) with an encore presentation at 11:00pm ET to accommodate West Coast prime time. The concert celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the superstar tenor's first professional appearances in Los Angeles and features arias and duets sung by Mr. Domingo and the internationally acclaimed soprano Patricia Racette. The concert is led by LA Opera Music Director James Conlon, conducting the LA Opera Orchestra. "Opera is an art form for everyone, and HDNet is helping us to capture this experience for music lovers throughout the United States," said Mr. Domingo. "Long before television existed, opera was the popular form of entertainment bringing theatre to the masses, so it's exciting and ironic that we now can use television to bring opera music back to the public." "This is an exciting new development for LA Opera and an important continuation of our commitment to bringing opera to all audiences," said LA Opera's Chairman and CEO, Marc I. Stern. "The special HDNet presentation, combined with this season's Great Performances telecast of our production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, our recent DVD releases of both Mahagonny and our production of La Traviata, as well as the coming second season of our 'LA Opera on Air' broadcasts locally on KUSC and nationally and internationally on WFMT and XM Satellite Radio, truly enable the Company to reach out to a large and enthusiastic audience around the world." "The Placido Domingo 40th Anniversary Gala is a perfect addition to the outstanding programming that HDNet has to offer," added Mark Cuban, President and Co-Founder of HDNet. "Plus, our presentation of this concert in full 1080i high definition and 5.1 surround sound will let our viewers feel as if they are actually in the audience instead of in their own homes."
For advance review copies of Placido Domingo 40th Anniversary Gala Concert please contact: Colette Carey at [email protected] or 303-542-5576
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