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Spanish tenor Placido Domingo performs at the ancient Panathenaic Stadium during a concert along with his compatriot tenor Jose Carreras (not pictured) in Athens, Greece, on 10 July. Spanish tenors Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo delivered a performance at Panathenaic Stadium with a repertoire spanning classical masterpieces, Broadway hits and traditional Spanish and Neapolitan songs.

Placido Domingo at the Sani Festival

Verona's ancient Roman Arena hosted a star-studded classical concert on June 7 to celebrate the addition of Italian opera singing to UNESCO's list of intangible global heritage.

Spanish tenors Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo are set to deliver a historic performance at Athens' Kallimarmaro Stadium (Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue) on July 10. The duo, renowned worldwide for their operatic prowess, are set to captivate their audience with a repertoire spanning classical masterpieces, Broadway hits and traditional Spanish and Neapolitan songs.

Italian melodrama's official recognition as a global cultural treasure was celebrated on Dec. 7 with La Scala's season premiere of Verdi's "Don Carlo," an opera that hits hot-button topics of power and oppression.

Prague has cancelled an October concert by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko over her country's invasion of Ukraine, organizers said on Aug. 17.

Netrebko, whose past support for Russian President Vladimir Putin has led to cancellations of several concerts worldwide, was due to perform at Prague's Municipal House on Oct. 16.

Soprano Anna Netrebko, once among the Metropolitan Opera's biggest box office draws, sued the company and general manager Peter Gelb on Aug. 4, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other violations related to the institution's decision to drop her following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Kicking off the summer program at the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr) is a screening of the revival of Franco Zeffirelli's version of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" as presented last year at the Verona Arena in Italy. With costumes by Anna Anni and sets by El Camborio, it stars the Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and is conducted by Marco Armiliato.

Opera star Placido Domingo faced new accusations of sexual harassment from a fellow Spanish singer in a television program broadcast on Jan 15, three years after such claims prompted an apology and curtailed his career, New York Post has reported.

Ljubljana – The concert of Russian soprano Anna Netrebko at the Ljubljana Festival remains scheduled for 26 September, the festival’s director and artistic director Darko Brlek said on Wednesday after the Ukrainian community in Slovenia called for its cancellation with last week’s petition signed by more than 700 people when the appeal was presented.