As one of sport’s most vis­ible am­bas­sad­ors and a big loy­al soc­cer fan him­self, Plácido Domin­go re­turns to Rio de Janeiro for the the biggest in­ter­na­tion­al event of the year: the fi­nals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It is a spec­tac­u­lar even­ing from the HS­BC Arena in Barra de Tijuca fea­tur­ing Lang Lang, the sop­rano Ana María Martínez, and Brazil’s own Or­questra Sinfônica Brasileira, con­duc­ted by Eu­gene Kohn. The pro­gramme in­cludes high­lights from Domin­go’s op­er­at­ic rep­er­toire as well as an ar­ray of pieces from oth­er genres ran­ging from oper­etta, Broad­way, Za­r­zuela and pop­u­lar mu­sic from around the world.

“I al­ways think mu­sic and sport are the two great things many people can un­der­stand without any need to really speak the lan­guage.” - Plácido Domin­go

Gomes
O guarani Overture

Villa Lobos
Bachianias brasileiras #5

Giordano
Andrea Chénier Nemico della patria

Leoncavallo
I pagliacci Coro di campane

Verdi
Un ballo de maschera Alzati Eri tu che m’acchiavi

Rachmaninoff
Piano Concert no. 2 3rd movement

Verdi
Il Trovatore Mira d’acerbe lagrime

Leigh
The Man of La Mancha The Impossible Dream

Loewe
My Fair Lady I Could have Danced

Bernstein
West Side Story Tonight

Chopin
Heroic polonaise

Moreno
Torroba La Maravilla Amor, vide de mi vida

Chapí
Las hijas del Zebedeo Las carceleras

Moreno
El gato montés Me Ilamabas, Rafeliyo?

Williams / Hamilton
Fantasia Finale

Velázquez
Besame mucho

Zequinha de Abreu
Tico-Tico no Fubá

Lehár
The Merry Widow Lippenschweigen

Jobim
Garota de Ipanema [sung by Paula Fernandez]

Chinese Folklore
Spring Festival Overture Fantasy

Obradors
Del cabello más sutil

Filho / Figueiredo
Hino do Rio Cidade marvilhosa