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UPDATE – Plácido Domingo concert in a new location
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Due to the huge interest in Plácido Domingo’s free concert in Budapest, the event has been moved to the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, fidelio.hu reports. The concert starts at 8:30pm on August 10.
The concert remains free. Gates open at 7pm, and the guests will receive tickets with their designated seats at the entrance, in the order of arrival. The Arena has the capacity to admit 12 thousand people.
According to fidelio.hu, Plácido Domingo found the former location, the square in front of the St. Stephen’s Basilica gorgeous, but he is happy that now more people can enjoy the concert.
The location change was necessary since more than 13 thousand people have expressed interest in the event on Facebook, and there is a 70% chance that it’s going to rain.
According to the MTI, the concert will feature the works of composers such as Berlioz, Giordano, Gounod, Verdi, Massenet, Rodgers, Loewe, Bernstein, Imre Kálmán, Ferenc Lehár, Ferenc Erkel, Torroba, Vives, and Sorozábal.
As Daily News Hungary has previously reported, besides the popular opera arias, the concert programme contains songs from operettas and musicals, as well as zarzuelas, which recall the singer’s Spanish roots.