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...Monaco had to throw Boccanegra together in eight days-the chronically overbooked Placido Domingo was late in starting rehearsals; Vladimir Chernov, the Boccanegra, was silenced by flu; and Cheryl Studer, who was to sing Boccanegra's daughter, canceled. In a remarkable piece of last-minute luck, the Met was able to sign Te Kanawa. On opening night the ensemble came through under conductor James Levine's eloquent direction. Only the massive council-chamber scene looked tentative. Viva grand opera that is grand...
...vary Marx's formulation slightly, history repeats itself -- the first time as an enchanting evening of song, the second time as an example of extreme bad taste and lazy greed. What was wonderful in Rome in 1990 was awful in L.A. as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras sight-read their way through arias and show tunes on a set that included a waterfall. And no, the Brindisi from La Traviata -- the sequel's intended Nessun dorma -- did not fly to the top of the charts...
...promoter, come from Hungary. Behind that will be an instant park made from 30 truckloads of assorted greenery -- amid which two four-story-high waterfalls will come plashing down. Except during the performance. In deference to the three supertenors who will make up the dream program -- Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti -- the cascades will be stilled. This Saturday's concert (to be aired live on PBS and repeated the next night) may mark the final of the World Cup, but will anyone in Los Angeles be thinking about soccer...
...backstage sturm und drang of the Kathleen Battle affair, the Metropolitan Opera put an enthralling tempest where it belongs -- before an audience. The occasion was a spectacular new production of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Otello, in which astute direction, dazzling conducting and a first-rate cast led by Placido Domingo all combined to create a profound operatic experience...
...Placido Domingo in a triumphant new Otello...