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...presenting the city as a shiny new capital of a postnational world. It was also a quadrilingual glimpse into a multicultural future. Music at the celebrations that opened the Games came from an atlas of names -- Ryuichi Sakamoto, Angelo Badalamenti (of Twin Peaks fame), Andrew Lloyd Webber; Placido Domingo was followed by a sea of "living sculptures" designed by a man from the West Indies. And some of the grandest cheers of all came as the unfamiliar Lithuanian flag hung over costumes fashioned by Issey Miyake...
CONCERT FOR THE LIFE OF PLANET EARTH, Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, Rio, June 7 Actor Jeremy Irons is the host of this charity event, which features performances by Placido Domingo, Wynton Marsalis and other artists, as well as a fireworks display. The nonpaying public can watch the festivities on large screens flanking the lagoon...
...dozens of auditoriums and outdoor sites for nearly 400 official and unofficial events, among them an environmental technology fair, a scientific symposium and a meeting of mayors. Peter Max's art will appear on special postage stamps. A Robert Rauschenberg poster will be slapped up on walls. Placido Domingo will headline a star-studded musical tribute to the planet. And a full-size replica of a 9th century Viking ship will sail in from Norway carrying messages of goodwill from children all over the world...
WHAT A CAREER. TENOR PLACIDO DOMINGO has made 79 opera recordings, and his repertory encompasses Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Puccini, as well as French and Spanish opera. Pavarotti may rival him in vocal beauty, but no singer today is as versatile. So when Deutsche Grammophon set out to recap his two decades with the label, there was plenty to choose from. The first of 10 CDs of highlights to be released this year is Arias, Songs & Tangos. It is a monument to his vigorous musicianship. Over time Domingo's voice has become darker and richer, his style more fluent...
Most of the theaters, shopping plazas and historic sites-including monuments to revolutionary hero Jose de San Martin and writer-president Domingo Sarmiento--are within walking distance of the city's center...