Placido Domingo, the 72-year-old tenor taking on yet another baritone role, was warmlyapplauded when he walked onstage Thursday night in his first appearance as Giorgio Germont, father of the young hero, Alfredo.
On 87, he cut the first ball of a Bresnan over for four, drove the next past mid-off for another boundary, worked a couple off the next ball, and still had time in the same over to drive the Yorkshire bowler over mid-on to reach a century that was warmlyapplauded.