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Placido Domingo 70th Birthday Gala

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Music: Classical: Opera

18/03/2011

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Bryn Terfel, Dolora Zajick and others perform works by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Puccini.

At Madrid's Teatro Real, stars including Bryn Terfel, Dolora Zajick and Rene Pape perform works by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Puccini to celebrate the great tenor Placido Domingo.

On 21st January 2011, the world's greatest tenor Placido Domingo celebrated his 70th birthday in Madrid, the city of his birth. At the Teatro Real, in the presence of the Queen of Spain, a host of international stars including Bryn Terfel, Dolora Zajick and Rene Pape performed in his honour, singing music by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Puccini.

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