PLÁCIDO DOMINGO UK EXCLUSIVE AT THE M.E.N ARENA

World-famous tenor, Plácido Domingo, announces his only UK show of 2007 with a night at the M.E.N Arena on Tuesday 2 May. Tickets, priced £45, £65 & £95, now on sale.

Marking his first solo appearance in this country for over a decade, the Spanish tenor, who rose to prominence as one of The Three Tenors - alongside Luciano Pavarotti and Jose Carreras - has been hailed in the international press as “The King of Opera” and “The greatest operatic artist of modern times”.

Born in Madrid to parents who were Zarzuela performers, Plácido Domingo moved to Mexico at the age of eight. He went to Mexico City's Conservatory of Music to study piano and conducting, but eventually was sidetracked into vocal training after his voice was discovered. He made his operatic debut at Monterrey as Alfredo in La Traviata and then spent 2 ½ years with the Israel National Opera in Tel Aviv, singing 280 performances of 12 different roles. In 1966, he created the title role in the United States premiere of Ginastera's Don Rodrigo at the New York City Opera while appearing there in standard repertory as well. His Metropolitan Opera debut came in 1968, as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur. He has subsequently appeared there in more than 590 performances of 42 different roles and is now in his 38th consecutive season with the company (2006/7).

Domingo appears regularly at the big opera houses of the world, including Milan's La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, Paris' Bastille Opera, the San Francisco Opera, Chicago's Lyric Opera, the Washington National Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Real in Madrid, and at the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals.

Plácido Domingo
M.E.N Arena > Tuesday 2 May 2007
Box Office > 0870 190 8000
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*Tickets may be subject to a booking fee and are available via the 24 Hour Ticketmaster Hotline 0870 190 8000; to personal callers from the MEN Arena Box Office (10am-6pm: Mon-Sat); via post (send sae & cheque payable to SMG UK Ltd) ; via e-ticket centres at selected Virgin Megastores and via www.men-arena.com Special Needs Ticketline 0161 950 5229 (10am-5pm: Mon-Fri). Group Bookings: 0870 169 6888.

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For further information please contact:
Matt Ward
M.E.N Arena
T: 0161 950 5556
E: matt.ward@men-arena.com

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