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Plácido Domingo will sing again in Spain. A year and a half after his last performance in our country, in December 2019 in Valencia, the tenor converted into a baritone will meet again with the Spanish public on June 9, at the

National Auditorium in Madrid

. It will be at a recital by the Fundación Excelentia

for the benefit of the Red Cross

. Specifically, for the Red Cross Responds' a project created to help the most vulnerable people affected by the pandemic.

In addition, Domingo will perform at the next edition of

the Starlite festival in Marbella

on August 18, as announced by the organization of the cycle in a joint press release.

Soprano Ainhoa ​​Arteta will accompany the maestro in a celebration of the half-century career in Spain of whom he was named "Best tenor of all time" by the BBC.

In addition, "new dates in Spain" for the Madrid singer will be announced shortly, as well as other appointments on the international calendar.

"It will be a great emotion to sing to my people,"

says Domingo at the prospect of these performances.

"I am happy that this charity concert can be held,"

says the tenor before the appointment on June 9. "Music unites us and melts into the heart of the Red Cross Responde solidarity project, which was born more than a year ago to reduce the impact of the pandemic on the entire population and especially for the most vulnerable in our country. I warmly thank all the artists who have joined and who continue to join with enthusiasm in this initiative, the Santa Cecilia Classical Orchestra that will accompany us and the Excelentia Foundation for making this event possible ".

At the National Auditorium, Domingo will be accompanied by

Maria José Siri, Jorge de León, Virginia Tola, Nicholas Brownlee, Marina Monzó and Pablo Sainz Villegas

, in a program entitled "#VocesResponden.

The reunion with the Spanish public takes place a year after what should have been the grand gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of its debut in Madrid, in two performances of 'Luisa Fernanda' at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, and that

the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM)

of the Ministry of Culture canceled.

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