Placido Domingo became an honorary ambassador in his hometown

Spanish opera star Placido Domingo has received a number of different accolades and awards around the world in his fifty-year career. One of the honorary ones was awarded to him in his hometown these days. He became the honorary ambassador of the Association for the Dissemination and Promotion of the Spanish World Heritage ADIPROPE. The president of the association Ignacio Buqueras y Bach presented him a plaque and a copy of the book Cultural, Natural and Intangible World Heritage of Spain. Although it could be said that the tenor, conductor and artistic director of some opera houses is accustomed to awards and recognitions, his response to the awarding of the title of Honorary Ambassador was noticeably emotional.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, friends. To receive the title of Honorary Ambassador of Spain’s World Heritage from Adiprope and its president Don Ignacio Buqueras y Bach, in my Madrid, in this Teatro Real, which is so dear to me and to which so many experiences unite me, is something for which I am grateful with tremendous emotion and with a deep sense of responsibility. I would especially like to stress and appreciate the importance of your Association. Spain possesses a cultural, natural and intangible heritage of incalculable value. We are the third country with the most properties declared by UNESCO as World Heritage. Throughout my life and my career I have always been proud to try to make known – especially through our music – beyond our borders the beauty, sensitivity, integrity and character of Spain. Your promotion, help in the conservation and dissemination of our Heritage are an example of nobility, service and exemplary will. The honor you have bestowed on me today will always be with me and will encourage me to spread the treasures of our land with even greater strength, wherever my career and my life may take me. Thank you very much« he said in a speech. The Maestro was touched because of the reception of the audience and participants of the event.

Domingo, who still performs a lot despite his stage Abraham, will also perform in Slovenia on Thursday, 8th July again. At the 69th Ljubljana Festival he will sing to Slovenian audiences at a concert of his favorite operettas. With guests, sopranos Sabina Cvilak and Saioa Hernandez, they will perform a selection of compositions by Verdi, Puccini, Giordano and Thomas and the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by maestro Jordi Bernàcer.

Domingo has a dark, dramatic voice with a large vocal range. He has performed in more than 140 different opera roles. They also achieved world fame together with Jose Carreras and the late Luciano Pavarotti as the Three Tenors. He has also performed successfully as an opera conductor for the past twenty years and has also been the artistic director of opera houses in Washington and Los Angeles. In the last decade, interestingly, he has mainly performed in baritone roles. In Slovenia, he performed for the first time in January 2018 in Arena Stožice.

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