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Welcome to a buzzing Royal Opera House in London for a unique event.

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Some of the world's finest opera stars to grace the world's stages,

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all gathered here under one roof tonight to honour Placido Domingo.

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Tonight's line up couldn't really get any better.

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We have the tenors Rolando Villazon and Joseph Calleja,

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the great Wagnerian soprano Nina Stemme,

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the mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato

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and the very pick of the next generation of singing stars, too.

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They are all joined on stage by the orchestra of the Royal Opera House,

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conducted by their charismatic music director Antonio Pappano.

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Placido's legacy will be something to cherish

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in future years.

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Because of its having encompassed

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so many different elements in the music business.

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From Otello to crossover, and from conducting to administration.

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As a leader of a major singing competition.

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As a nurturer of new talent, and important talent.

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As an ambassador for classical music all over the world.

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I mean, the list is just never ending, and I think...

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Wow, what an achievement.

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A sentiment surely shared by the sell out audience

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here at Covent Garden.

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And indeed, by opera lovers around the world.

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So, to get us off to a flying start, here is the tenor Rolando Villazon

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as the poet Hoffmann with The Ballad of Kleinzach.

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# Click-clack, click-clack

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# Behold, behold Kleinzach!

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CHORUS SING

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# Crick-clack, crick-clack, crick-clack

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-# Crick-clack

-Crick-clack

-Crick-clack

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# Behold, behold Kleinzach!

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# As for the features of that face

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AUDIENCE LAUGH

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# Kleinzach!

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# Flick-flack, flick-flack

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# Behold, behold Kleinzach!

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# Flick-flack, flick-flack, flick-flack

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# Behold, behold Kleinzach! #

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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The Ballad of Kleinzach from Offenbach's Tales Of Hoffmann,

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sung by Rolando Villazon

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and the chorus of the Royal Opera with an unexpected contribution

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from Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera.

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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Next, L'Elisir d'Amore by Donizetti.

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We're going to hear a duet in which the peasant Nemorino

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has taken a draught of love potion.

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Actually, it's only red wine.

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But his increasing indifference provokes the village beauty Adina

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to find him just a little more fascinating that she bargained for.

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Joseph Calleja sings the part of Nemorino

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and he's joined by Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva who sings Adina.

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# La la la la la la la la

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HE HICCUPS

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# La la la la la la la la

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# La la la la la la la la

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# La la la la la

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# La la la la la la la la

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# La la la la la la la laaaaah

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SHE LAUGHS

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# Tomorrow she'll be in love with me

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THEY HARMONISE

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THEY SING TOGETHER

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THEY HARMONISE

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# Yes, tomorrow she will love me

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# La la la la la la

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# My lesson has succeeded

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# All that was so upsetting

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# I hope to be forgetting

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# My suffering will not make her laugh much longer

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THEY SING TOGETHER

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# Tomorrow will be different, tomorrow she'll love me

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# The more he tries to break away, the stronger love will be

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-# Tomorrow she will love me

-The stronger love will be

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-# Tomorrow she will love me

-The stronger love will be

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-# Tomorrow she will love me

-The stronger love will be.

-#

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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Quanto Amore from Donizetti's comic opera L'Elisir d'Amore.

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The Elixir Of Love. Sung by Sonya Yoncheva and Joseph Calleja.

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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Next, Che Gelida Manina from Puccini's opera La Boheme.

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It's mid-winter and the poverty-stricken poet Rodolfo,

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writing alone in his garret,

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is interrupted by the entrance of a young girl, Mimi.

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Her beauty overwhelms him and in the moonlight their hands touch,

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he opens his heart.

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Rodolfo is sung by the Romanian tenor Stefan Pop.

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# Please do. #

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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Che Gelida Manina from La Boheme by Puccini. Performed by Stefan Pop.

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Now, a soprano aria as brilliant as it is challenging.

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Ah! Non Credea Mirarti from La Sonnambula by Bellini.

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In this scene, Amina mourns the lost love of her fiance Elvino.

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Realising that her love for him is true,

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Elvino advances and places a ring on her finger, her joy is boundless.

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Amina is sung by Julia Novikova.

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# You faded like the love that lasted a single day

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# You faded like the love that lasted a single day

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# You faded like the love that lasted a single day

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# You faded like the love that lasted a single day

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# You faded like the love that lasted a single day

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# You faded like the love that lasted a single day...

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THE CHORUS SING

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SHE HITS HIGH NOTE

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# We will make this place a paradise of love...

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THE CHORUS SINGS

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SHE HITS HIGH NOTE

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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Ah! Non Credea Mirarti from La Sonnambula by Bellini.

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The Russian soprano Julia Novikova

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with the chorus of the Royal Opera House.

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Not surprisingly, bringing the house down.

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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The showcase aria now from La Donna Del Lago by Donizetti.

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Based on Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady Of The Lake.

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This demands a wide range and a very flexible voice.

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Who better to perform it than the American mezzo soprano

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Joyce DiDonato?

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Tanti Affetti is sung by the heroine, Elena,

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who expresses her happiness and gratitude to the king

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who has given his blessing to her forthcoming marriage.

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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# You have restored my happiness

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# You have restored my happiness

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# You have restored my happiness

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# You have...

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# Restored...

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# My...

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# Happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Fate's cruelty

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# Between my father and my lover

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# Oh, what a blessed time...

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# Ah, who could have hoped

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# Ah, who could have hoped

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# For such happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# In happiness

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# In happiness

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# In happiness

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# Between my father and my lover

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# Oh, what a blessed time

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# Ah, who could have hoped

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# Ah, who could have hoped

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# For such happiness

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# Happiness

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# Between my father and my lover

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# Oh, what a blessed time

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# Ah, who could have hoped

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# For such happiness

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# Between my father and my lover

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# Oh, what a blessed time

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# Ah, who could have hoped

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# For such happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Now you can live in happiness

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# Happiness

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# Happiness

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# Happiness. #

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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Tanti Affeti from Donizetti's opera La Donna Del Lago,

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sung by Joyce DiDonato.

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AUDIENCE CHEER

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And now one of opera's all time hits,

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The Pearl Fishers' Duet by Bizet.

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Set in ancient Ceylon,

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two friends reminisce about a beautiful girl with whom they

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were both in love, but renounced so as to remain loyal to each other.

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Here is the great man himself, Placido Domingo,

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joined by Joseph Calleja.

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AUDIENCE APPLAUD

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# I can still see her

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# No, nothing

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# Nothing must part us

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# No, nothing

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# Let us swear to be friends

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# Let us swear to be friends

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# I shall cherish you as a brother

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AUDIENCE CHEER AND APPLAUD

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Au Fond Du Temple Saint by Bizet, from his opera The Pearl Fishers.

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Joseph Calleja with Placido Domingo, there, singing the baritone parts.

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Antonio Pappano conducted the orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

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It is remarkable that even now, aged 71,

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Placido Domingo's energy and zeal for everything associated with Opera

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remains undimmed.

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Let's take a moment to hear from some of tonight's stars

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on what this truly great artist means to them.

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Well, there's only one Placido Domingo

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and I honestly don't know any other singer in history

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that have managed that kind of schedule,

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that kind of hectic life without...

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diminishing the, the...

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quality of the output.

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I think that, by that alone, and, of course,

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the fact that he sang a gazillion different roles, is extraordinary.

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Placido stands for a very holistic

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and almost a divine concept where acting and musicality,

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singing beautifully and, I mean, in Placido's case, he even conducts.

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It's the music, it's the...

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visual thing, it's everything in one beautiful entity, so to say.

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It's, it's fantastic. I...

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I'm not sure we will have anyone like him ever again.

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Placido has created this legacy

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of defining what our generation of singers is and what we are about.

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And I think we all, knowing that we carry the title of a competition

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with his name on it, I think we know that we need to be committed artists

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and we need to be committed performers to the public.

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We watch him giving back to us, as young artists, and we think,

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"OK, not only are we, hopefully, lucky enough to have a career

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"but there's also an afterlife to that.

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"We need to make sure that we're bringing along the next

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"generation behind us, and the next generation."

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This isn't just a gift that is given to you, that you get to shine in the

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spotlight, but there's also a sense of civic duty that follows as well.

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He has certainly blazed that path.

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We all, my generation of singers,

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are a consequence of this incredible artist.

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We have learnt from his way of performing, just as he is,

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obviously, the consequence of a great history that, you know,

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has Caruso, has Di Stefano, has Maria Callas in it

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but, to me, he really is the great example

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of the complete opera artist.

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So, on with the gala, here at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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Next, Nina Stemme ecstatically in love

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in Richard Wagner's opera Tannhauser.

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# Wie jetzt mein Busen hoch sich hebet

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# So scheinst du jetzt mir stolz und hehr

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# Der mich und dich so neu belebet Nicht weilt er ferne mehr!

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# Sei mir gegrusst!

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# Sei mir gegrusst!

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# Du, teure halle

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# Sei mir gegrusst! #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Dich, Teure Halle from Tannhauser by Richard Wagner.

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Now an aria that needs no introduction -

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just think carefree duke, his roguish take on the fairer sex

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and one of the most catchy tunes ever written.

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Here again is the tenor Stefan Pop.

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# La donna e mobile

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# Qual piuma al vento

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# Muta d'accento

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# E di pensiero

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# E di pensiero

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# E di pensiero

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# La donna e mobile

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# Qual piuma al vento

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# Muta d'accento

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# E di pensiero

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# E di pensiero

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# E di pensiero. #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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That was Verdi's famous aria La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto.

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Stefan Pop, a new kid on the block and surely one to watch out for.

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The composer Puccini was a master of nostalgia,

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never more so than in this next duet,

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which opens this last act of La Boheme.

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Marcello, sung by Placido Domingo,

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and Rodolfo, by Rolando Villazon, are unable to work.

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They are haunted by memories of happiness

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and yearn for their girlfriends to return.

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THEY SING WITH EACH OTHER

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The duet O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni from La Boheme by Puccini.

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An aria, now, from Andrea Chenier by Giordano, Nemico Della Patria.

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# E in un sol bacio e abbraccio

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# Tutte le genti amar! #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Nemico Della Patria from Andrea Chenier by Giordano,

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sung by the inimitable Placido Domingo.

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Now another showcase aria -

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Depuis le jour from Charpentier's opera, Louise.

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Our heroine has returned to the Paris she adores

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and into the arms of her lover.

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She sings of the joys of being together

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and the realisation this love is not merely a dream.

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Here again is Sonya Yoncheva.

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APPLAUSE

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# Ah!

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# Je suis heureuse...

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# Trop heureuse

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# Et je tremble delicieusement...

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# Au souvenir charmant

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# Du premier jour

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# D'amour! #

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APPLAUSE

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Depuis le jour from Charpentier's opera, Louise.

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performed by Sonya Yoncheva.

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Well, no gala would be complete without this next piece.

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Surely the most recognisable of all opera arias,

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Nessun Dorma from Puccini's opera, Turandot.

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It is night and the people of Peking are hunting down Prince Calaf.

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Meanwhile, he dreams of thawing the Princess Turandot's icy heart

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and claiming a kiss.

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Joseph Calleja sings the part of Calaf.

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# Vincero

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# Vincero... #

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APPLAUSE

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I must say, that never fails.

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Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Puccini,

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sung quite magnificently by Joseph Calleja,

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along with the chorus of the Royal Opera House.

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More Verdi now, and the Act II duet from Rigoletto,

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sung by Julia Novikova and Placido Domingo.

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Here, Gilda opens heart to her father, the court jester, Rigoletto,

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and she confides how the charlatan Duke has dishonoured her,

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but begs her father nevertheless to forgive him.

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Rigoletto, though, swears vengeance.

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# Il cor parlo

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# Tutto ora scompare l'altare si rovescio

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# Ah

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# Piangi

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# Piangi fanciulla piangi

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# Scorrer

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# Scorrer fa il pianto sul mio cor

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# Piangi, fanciulla piangi

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# Compiuto pur quanto a fare mi resta

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# Piangi, fanciulla piangi

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# Scorrer fa il pianto sul mio cor

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# Piangi, fanciulla...

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APPLAUSE

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# Come fulmin scagliato da Dio

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# Te colpire il buffone sapra

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# Mi tradiva, pur l'amo, gran Dio!

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# Per l'ingrato ti chiedo pieta!

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# Ah!

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APPLAUSE

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Julia Novikova as Gilda and Placido Domingo as Rigoletto,

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joined by Jihoon Kim as the Count Monterone

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and Nigel Cliffe as the Usher.

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And Placido Domingo joined now by this most remarkable line-up

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of opera stars.

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Just how often do they all get to share the same stage?

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And the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House,

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conducted by their music director, Antonio Pappano.

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And the chorus director, Renato Balsadonna.

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All here to honour one of the world's greatest living artists,

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Placido Domingo.

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But sadly that is all we have time for.

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So, from me, Katie Derham, goodbye.

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