Placido Domingo to receive lifetime award in Austria

SOAVE – Placido Domingo will make his initial general public look due to the fact recovering from coronavirus to accept a lifetime achievement award in Austria future week.

The famed tenor will obtain the honor on Aug. 6 in Salzburg by the firm guiding Austria’s New music Prize at an invitation-only ceremony. The award, selected by a jury of journalists, acknowledges Domingo, seventy nine, as ‘’one of the finest and most influential vocal actors in the earth,’’ expressing ‘’he has established global requirements at the greatest amount for a long time.’’

Domingo, who was addressed for coronavirus in Mexico, will go on to perform this summer season in Caserta, in close proximity to Naples, and on Aug. 22 at the Arena di Verona in northern Italy, where by he will also sing in a concert Aug. 28 and perform on Aug. 29.

Even in advance of the virus closed opera homes in the course of the United States, Domingo observed his U.S. engagements canceled subsequent studies final summer season by The Related Push detailing allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate sexually charged behavior by much more than 20 females. Domingo has denied the allegations, but issued an apology just after the American Guild of Musical Artists and LA Opera deemed credible the sexual harassment allegations.

European venues, meanwhile, have stood guiding him, with performances canceled only due to closures forced by the coronavirus. Since European lockdowns have eased, classical tunes performances are step by step resuming and Domingo also has a comprehensive slide calendar, just months just after recovering from the virus.

In a assertion, Domingo welcomed the information of the Austrian New music Theater unique prize “with great satisfaction,’’ noting that it coincides with the 45th anniversary of his debut in Salzburg.

‘’It is these a sensitive instant in background for all of us, for our overall health and for the overall health of the total earth,’’ Domingo said. ‘’The concept of the Austrian New music Prize is basically amazing: the promotion of the arts, and particularly of tunes, is crucial to attain the electrical power for a new beginning.’’

The lifetime award previously went to German tenor Rene Kollo, U.S. mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry, conductor Zubin Mehta and American tenor Neil Shicoff. The Austrian New music Awards ended up started in 2014.