Plácido Domingo

If I rest, I rust®

On August 3, Plácido Domingo returns to Spain for the fourth time this year, to perform in concert at the 2022 Tío Pepe Festival.

After his performances in Spain, Plácido Domingo travels to Malta to join Operalia Laureate Joseph Calleja, as a special guest in his 25th Anniversary Concert.

The Notarial signature of the constitution of the "Association for the Dissemination and Promotion of World Heritage in Spain" - ADIPROPE Foundation - took place on July 18 at the Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo Law Firm in Madrid, together with Plácido Domingo’s announcement of his intention to create an Academy and Theater in Madrid dedicated exclusively to Zarzuela, bearing the names of his parents, Pepita Embil and Plácido Domingo, great interpreters of this genre.

Plácido Domingo reaffirmed his commitment to promote Zarzuela announcing his desire to create an Academy and a Theater devoted to the genre. Both institutions will be located in his natal Madrid and will be named after his parents, Doña Pepita Embil de Domingo and Don Plácido Domingo Ferrer, highly acclaimed Zarzuela singers.

On July 18, Plácido Domingo was bestowed with the Cross of Merit by the Royal Association of Hidalgos of Spain, a prestigious distinction that recognizes the extraordinary merits achieved by people or institutions in the promotion and development of patriotic, cultural or service activities.

On July 17, Plácido Domingo returns to Madrid’s Teatro Real to perform in concert with the acclaimed Bulgarian soprano and Operalia Laureate Sonya Yoncheva. Maestro Jordi Bernàcer conducts the Teatro Real Orchestra.