Covid, Placido Domingo: “I’m cured, it’s a terrible disease”

“I know what Covid is, because I was sick and luckily it went well for me. It is a terrible disease”. This was said to Adnkronos by the great tenor Placido Domingo interviewed in the foyer of La Scala on the occasion of the Premiere of Macbeth. “Many people are no longer there because of Covid, I have also lost friends. We hope and above all we pray that Covid will pass: it is no longer possible to live like this”. THE TRIBUTE TO MATTARELLA – “Tonight I saw something incredible: I congratulate the Italians because the ovation that the audience of La Scala bestowed on the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella was an extraordinary gesture and of great emotion. a sign that the Italians are happy with this President, they love him. So they wanted to thank him and acknowledge his merits “. THE VOICES AND THE INTERPRETERS OF MACBETH – “Wonderful voices, the whole cast is very good, and Anna Anna Netrebko is really in great shape: for the soprano the first two acts are deadly and she was an incredible performer. This is an opera. difficult, but Anna makes it incredibly easy: it’s wonderful – said Placido Domingo -. The musical part with the orchestra conducted by Maestro Chailly is extraordinary, it really gave us a great show. It’s wonderful to hear singing like this, it makes us dream ” As for the contemporary staging of Verdi’s opera, Domingo observed: “We are used to seeing these modern settings, especially with Davide Livermore, who did a great job. We really don’t know where we are with these sets, but the story is still there. we understand well “. The famous tenor then said he was “very excited because today it is exactly 52 years since my debut at La Scala”.