August 2016

Opening Night with Placido Domingo @ Dubai Opera on 31st August 2016 Dubai Opera will launch with a concert by legendary Spanish tenor and conductor Plácido Domingo. Described as the ‘King of Opera,’ Domingo has performed over 4,000 times and in 147 roles. He has even claimed a Guinness World Record for the size of his repertoire and for having received 101 curtain calls after a performance – Verdi’s Otello at the Vienna State Opera. Apart from the Spanish tenor's concert, there will be a lineup of 49 other concerts in the first four months of the historic arts complex's launch with shows like The Barber of Seville by Rossini, The Pearl Fishers by Bizet, and the Giselle and Coppelia productions of The...