Plácido Domingo
It is a great pleasure for the City of Pécs and the University of Pécs to promote the Pécs Plácido Domingo Classics, an international multicultural festival in honour of Maestro Plácido Domingo.
Date of event:
2017. June 22. 21:00 to 2017. June 25. 17:00
The festival organized for the first time this year has Verdi’s La Traviata at its heart, the role of Giorgo Germont sung by world-renowned tenor Plácio Domingo. He’ll be joined by one of the leading sopranos of our time, Marina Rebeka, who, since her international breaktrough in the role of Violetta Valery of La Traviata, has been a regular quest at the most prestigious concert halls and opera houses of the world. Joushua Guerrero, celebrated tenor of the Los Angeles Opera sings the role of Alfredo Germont.
It is a great pleasure for the City of Pécs and the University of Pécs to promote the Pécs Plácido Domingo Classics, an international multicultural festival in honour of Maestro Plácido Domingo. The annual festival will be launched on 22 June 2017 and sponsored by the PTE 650 Jubilee Project.
Placido Domingo, opera singer, conductor, founder of Operalia World Opera Competition, General Director of Los Angeles Opera and former member of “3 Tenors” was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the Senate of the University of Pécs on 7 February, 2016.
