Tenor Placido Domingo wins opera gong
October 15th, 2009
London, October 15 (ANI): Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has been honoured with the first Birgit Nilsson prize at a ceremony in Stockholm.
The renowned opera singer, one of the remaining Three Tenors, compared the 1-million-dollar accolade to winning “the Nobel music prize’.
The 68-year-old said the award was ‘without hesitation the highest and the most emotional’ one of his 40-year career, reports the BBC.
The veteran performer collected his prize from the King of Sweden, saying he would use the money to create a new award in honour of Nilsson’s most famous work. (ANI)
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