NEW YORK — Placido Domingo has starred on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for a whopping 50 years – and is still singing, amazingly, at age 78. On Sunday, the Met literally turned the tables and threw a dinner on the same stage for the Spaniard’s golden anniversary. On Sunday, he remembered his Met debut a half century ago, when he was suddenly called to replace an ailing singer. He was speeding in from his home in Teaneck, New Jersey, vocalising behind the wheel when the driver in the next car started laughing at him. Domingo rolled down his window and yelled out, “Why are you laughing?”The man said,”because I’m going to the Met and I’m already hearing the opera.”Domingo shouted back, “Well, you’ll be hearing me tonight!”

Source: National Post April 29, 2019 03:33 UTC