Plácido Domingo

NOTE: The concert is now SOLD OUT, with the exception of a few premium seats at the $750 and $1000 level.

The world’s greatest tenor returns to New Orleans to celebrate the re-opening of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts with a gala concert and dedication of The Plácido Domingo Stage within the theatre. Mr. Domingo will be joined by some of the world’s leading operatic talent, the New Orleans Opera Chorus, and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for a glorious musical feast hosted by Robert Lyall and New Orleans’ own Academy Award nominee, actress Patricia Clarkson.

Event Details

Schedule
Concert: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Champagne Intermission: 7:20 - 7:45pm
Dinner at Antoine's Restaurant: 9:00pm

Concert Line-up
Hosts: Patricia Clarkson and Robert Lyall
Plácido Domingo
Robert Lyall conducting the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Carol Rausch with the New Orleans Opera Chorus

Seating Chart and Ticket Categories

View the seating chart for this event here.

Premium ticket categories and prices are as follows:

DOMINGO CIRCLE $1000*  Limited Availability
Premium Box Seats

The best seats in the house are reserved for the Domingo Circle. This patron level offers the following benefits:

• Free reserved parking at performance and dinner
• Champagne reception during intermission
• A gourmet dinner with Plácido Domingo following the concert
• Prominent listing in the program book as a member of the “Domingo Circle”
• An autographed commemorative photo
• Listing included on NOOA Website
• Mention in Bis! (New Orleans Opera Newsletter)
• A piece of fine jewelry designed to celebrate this memorable occasion
• An invitation to the closed rehearsal

CONDUCTOR CIRCLE $750* Limited Availability
Center Orchestra, Center Balcony- 1st Row

This patron level offers the following benefits:

• Free reserved parking at the performance and dinner
• Champagne reception during the intermission
• A gourmet dinner with Plácido Domingo following the concert
• Prominent listing in the program book as a member of the “Conductor’s Circle”
• An autographed commemorative photo
• A piece of fine jewelry designed to celebrate this memorable homecoming

ARIA CIRCLE$500* SOLD OUT
Left and Right Orchestra

This patron level offers the following benefits:

• Free reserved parking at the performance and dinner
  
• Champagne intermission
• A gourmet dinner with Plácido Domingo following the concert
• Prominent listing in the program book as a member of the “Aria Circle”
• An autographed commemorative photo
  

REMAINING SEATS $45 - $300

• Lower Balcony Rows 1 & 2 - $300** SOLD OUT
• Lower Balcony Rows 3 & 4 - $250 SOLD OUT
• Side Box Seats - $200 SOLD OUT
• Front Parquet - $200 SOLD OUT
• Left and Right Orchestra - $125 SOLD OUT
• Center Lower Balcony - $125 SOLD OUT
• Center Parquet - $115 SOLD OUT
• Side Lower Balcony - $95 SOLD OUT
• Rear Parquet - $95 SOLD OUT
• Side Parquet - $75 SOLD OUT
• Center Rear Parquet - $45 SOLD OUT
• Upper Balcony - $45 SOLD OUT

*Premium ticket prices include a champagne reception during the intermission and dinner with Plácido Domingo following the performance.

** Includes the champagne reception during the intermission

Biography

José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born January 21, 1941), better known as Plácido Domingo, is a world-renowned operatic tenor, known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range. He is considered to be a talented and hard working musician: in March of 2008, he debuted in his 126th on-stage role. In addition to the 126 roles in his official repertoire, he has also recorded four others, giving Domingo more roles than any other active tenor. He is also admired for his acting ability, his musicality and musical intellect, and the number and variety of opera roles that he has mastered. In addition to his singing roles, he has also taken on conducting opera and concert performances, as well as serving as the General Director of the Washington National Opera in Washington, D.C. and the Los Angeles Opera in California. His contracts in both Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. have been extended through the 2010–2011 season.

Plácido Domingo appeared with the New Orleans Opera Association in nine performances from 1962-1971. In at least two instances Domingo was singing these roles for the first time in his career – as Andrea Chenier when he replaced the originally scheduled Franco Corelli who cancelled just before opening night, and as Manrico in Il Trovatore.