La Scala's virtual opening night of
the year to be screened worldwide Monday will be "a night to
remember," star tenor Placido Domingo said after recording his
aria.
"It will be a unique premiere," said the Spanish tenor of the
show, dubbed 'a rivedere le stelle', that will be be broadcast
live on RAI TV and Eurovision and streamed all over the world.
"Let's hope this pandemic ends, the public wants to be here and
we want them; in any case this premiere will be remembered,"
said Domingo after recording the aria from André Chenier.
Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, one of the 24 stars lined up for
the event, said "it will be La Scala's greatest ever opening and
it will be a watershed".
He noted that the line-up rivalled that assembled by the pop
world for Band Aid or We Are The World.
"We are the opera," he said, underscoring the "hunger" of so
many in the sector.
"We need a medium to continue to put on a show," said Grigolo.
La Scala Superintendent Dominique Meyer said "it has been
exciting to see that the opera world wanted to give us a hand,
to La Scala and to Italy".
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