BUENOS AIRES, March 25, 2011 (AFP) - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on Thursday offered a concert of arias, operettas, popular songs and a tango, before a fervent crowd that gathered around the Obelisk of Buenos Aires. The concert had been suspended by rain Wednesday and Thursday coincided with the reference in Argentina of the coup that installed a dictatorship in 1976, so the center of the city, despite the national holiday, it looked very lively, including marches demonstrators and fans of Domingo.
The singer could not, however, give a concert scheduled at the Teatro Colon, following a trade dispute the mayor of Buenos Aires with the musicians, professionals and employees of the traditional lyric room. "I understand the rights of trade unions. As a singer, I've been singing for over 50 years, and 15 as stage director, I understand the issues from all points of view, as director, as a singer and musician, "he said Sunday at a news conference.
Accompanied by 64 musicians, most of them from the Philharmonic orchestra and the Teatro Colon, the tenor could sing again in a city that worships and where not acted since 1998. The presentation took place on a warm night with a slight breeze, which helped the public attendance, which organizers estimated at approximately 125,000 people.
The famous tenor arias shared with several young soprano Virginia Tola Argentina, they performed excerpts from 'Rigoletto' and 'Aida' by Verdi. "With your permission can not miss in a place like 'al aperto', a scene Aida "he said. Sunday referred to the conflict in Argentina and highlighted Colosseum his admiration for the musicians of the Columbus.
"I always said that the columns of this great drama were the orchestra and chorus and more than 900 people working in this wonderful theater, my admiration for all," and received a standing ovation. The show took place in an impressive stage set up at the foot of the obelisk, just 300 meters from the theater.
"You have a theater that can boast, so I hope that all workers agree with the government that supports for the Columbus can move forward, "said the tenor whose performance in the country was organized by the Beethoven Foundation. Theater workers were released before the show a statement indicating that "only the teacher (Sunday) and the public we owe respect, but not to the authorities over the years have shown steady contempt." 
The singer could not, however, give a concert scheduled at the Teatro Colon, following a trade dispute the mayor of Buenos Aires with the musicians, professionals and employees of the traditional lyric room. "I understand the rights of trade unions. As a singer, I've been singing for over 50 years, and 15 as stage director, I understand the issues from all points of view, as director, as a singer and musician, "he said Sunday at a news conference.
Accompanied by 64 musicians, most of them from the Philharmonic orchestra and the Teatro Colon, the tenor could sing again in a city that worships and where not acted since 1998. The presentation took place on a warm night with a slight breeze, which helped the public attendance, which organizers estimated at approximately 125,000 people.
The famous tenor arias shared with several young soprano Virginia Tola Argentina, they performed excerpts from 'Rigoletto' and 'Aida' by Verdi. "With your permission can not miss in a place like 'al aperto', a scene Aida "he said. Sunday referred to the conflict in Argentina and highlighted Colosseum his admiration for the musicians of the Columbus.
"I always said that the columns of this great drama were the orchestra and chorus and more than 900 people working in this wonderful theater, my admiration for all," and received a standing ovation. The show took place in an impressive stage set up at the foot of the obelisk, just 300 meters from the theater.
"You have a theater that can boast, so I hope that all workers agree with the government that supports for the Columbus can move forward, "said the tenor whose performance in the country was organized by the Beethoven Foundation. Theater workers were released before the show a statement indicating that "only the teacher (Sunday) and the public we owe respect, but not to the authorities over the years have shown steady contempt."
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