Placido Domingo, the world famous tenor, will be throwing his support behind the rebuilding of Christchurch when he comes to New Zealand in October.
The Spanish-born singer has postponed another commitment in order to support the people of Christchurch. He will be performing at the CBS Arena.
Southern Opera Trust Chair, Christopher Doig, who arranged the concert performance, said that the trust was not in a position to pay the singer’s usual fee.
Placido had become a patron of Southern Opera some years back and he had an affinity with New Zealand, he told Television New Zealand.
“So he has a hook with Christchurch, but particularly the earthquake. He lost family members in the Mexican earthquake, and so he’s halved his fee in order to come to New Zealand on the basis that we make grants to earthquake relief in Christchurch,” said Mr Doig.
The February 2011 magnitude 6.3 Christchurch earthquake resulted in the death of 181 people and caused considerable damage in the eastern suburbs and especially the central city area where many iconic structures, including arts buildings, were located.
The one-off performance will benefit the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Court Theatre, which were hard hit by the earthquake. The charities lost their base at the now-damaged Arts Centre.
Placido Domingo lost four members of his family during the 1985 Mexican earthquake in which 10,000 people died.
The Spanish-born singer has postponed another commitment in order to support the people of Christchurch. He will be performing at the CBS Arena.
Southern Opera Trust Chair, Christopher Doig, who arranged the concert performance, said that the trust was not in a position to pay the singer’s usual fee.
Placido had become a patron of Southern Opera some years back and he had an affinity with New Zealand, he told Television New Zealand.
“So he has a hook with Christchurch, but particularly the earthquake. He lost family members in the Mexican earthquake, and so he’s halved his fee in order to come to New Zealand on the basis that we make grants to earthquake relief in Christchurch,” said Mr Doig.
The February 2011 magnitude 6.3 Christchurch earthquake resulted in the death of 181 people and caused considerable damage in the eastern suburbs and especially the central city area where many iconic structures, including arts buildings, were located.
The one-off performance will benefit the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Court Theatre, which were hard hit by the earthquake. The charities lost their base at the now-damaged Arts Centre.
Placido Domingo lost four members of his family during the 1985 Mexican earthquake in which 10,000 people died.
