Plácido Domingo was unique
“For so many years I wanted to come to Armenia. Both for me and my group it’s great honor to perform in a country like Armenia,” world wide famous Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo said in a meeting with Armenian journalists.
We can say for sure that for Armenian fans of classical music it’s a real honor to have chance to enjoy renowned tenor on Armenian stage.
Sport&concert complex after Karen Demirchyan was full of tenor’s fans. The concert was organized by “Yerevan perspectives” 11th musical international festival and was attended by President of the country Serzh Sargsyan. Best sopranos of the world accompanied him – Anna Maria Martinez, Armenian baritone Barseg Tumanyan, Rozy Armen Svazlyan, directors Israel Gurski and Edward Topchyan, Armenian state philharmonic orchestra.
The tickets cost 20-150 thousand AMD. People were enjoying Domingo standing in the corridors, sitting on the chairs, those who couldn’t buy tickets collected on the entrance of the complex.
Musical masterpieces of George Bize’s "Carmen," Charles Guno and Rikhard Wagner's " Faust”, Alfredo Katalani’s "La Valley", Giuseppe Verdi’s " Simon Bokanegra "," Nabucco ", Franz Lehari’s "word of smiles" and other famous artists’ works were performed during the concert.
After the concert it could be heard that Armenian fans titled the concert “unique.”