A treat for Hong Kong opera lovers: Placido Domingo in Nabucco at the Met to be screened in HD
Tenor’s final performance of the Verdi classic at the Metropolitan Opera in New York is being filmed in HD and will be shown on the big screen in Hong Kong in March and April
After more than half a century as an operatic powerhouse, Placido Domingo might easily take success for granted. Instead, each time he storms onstage as the ruthless ruler in Verdi’s Nabucco, he feels he has “more than ever to prove”.
“Because there are no excuses right now,” Domingo says. “I have made a long and beautiful career, and if I go out there it’s because I’m doing it well. Otherwise people will say, ‘Why is he doing it,’ you know?
“So there is always a reason to have butterflies,” he adds, in an interview at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Domingo, who turns 76 this month, is enjoying a triumph in Verdi’s third opera, which tells the story of the Babylonian tyrant Nebuchadnezzar and his sacking of the temple of Jerusalem. Hong Kong opera lovers will be able to catch this production in March and April as part of ongoing concert series “The Met: Live in HD”, with screenings at UA Cine Times, Bethanie Cowsheds, AMC Pacific Place and The Grand @ Elements.
Originally a tenor, Domingo began turning to baritone roles in 2009 as the high notes became elusive. Although his sound lacks the weight and colours of a true baritone, audiences are still eager to see him: his Nabucco performances at the Met, like most of his appearances, have almost completely sold out.
