Skopje, 14 March 2025 (MIA) – Spanish opera singer and conductor Plácido Domingo will give a concert Friday at Skopje’s Boris Trajkovski Arena. He will perform alongside María José Siri, a world-renowned soprano. The concert, performed by the Macedonian Opera and Ballet orchestra, will be conducted by Jordi Bernàcer from Spain.

Domingo has been in Skopje since this past Wednesday, when he had his first rehearsal with the National Opera and Ballet orchestra.

Plácido Domingo’s Skopje concert is organized by the Macedonian Opera and Ballet and Pragma Production company.

The concert is a chance to put the country on the world map, said Oliver Arsovski, Macedonian Opera and Ballet Director speaking at a news conference last month promoting the concert.

Arsovski said Domingo has a career spanning 50 decades and is an integral part of the global opera scene. The Grammy-winning Domingo, who was a member of the Three Tenors alongside Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras, is also a director and a conductor.

María José Siri, world’s leading soprano, performed in Skopje in 2010 at the May Opera Evenings, he said.

According to Arsovski, Jordi Bernàcer is one of Spain’s top conductors who has been collaborating with Domingo since 2012.

Domingo’s Skopje concert is of great importance for a small country like ours, said Pragma Production official Kristijan Stefanovski adding the Spanish opera singer has been calling the country by its previous constitutional name “Macedonia” in his statements.  

In a video message, Domingo said he was looking forward to performing in Skopje, noting he hoped he would give a concert the audience will remember.

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