Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London.
And even now, the courage that Placido Rizzotto showed can still be an inspiration.
But Placido Rizzotto's state funeral is of course much more than just a family affair.
As the Three Tenors, he, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras sold out stadiums around the world.
In December 2012, Slim sponsored a gala charity concert in Acapulco featuring Spanish tenor Placido Domingo.
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Its workers, who initially endured threats from the gangsters, chose to call their new vineyards after Placido Rizzotto.
Nobody has done more to preserve Rizzotto's memory than his nephew, who was also named Placido Rizzotto in the dead man's honour.
His plans also include free screenings of performances in cinemas and online chats with stars such as Darcey Bussell and Placido Domingo.
At the 2011 edition of Placido Domingo's Operalia, an international contest to identify new talent, she won first prize among the women.
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Placido Domingo's recently vacated post as artistic advisor to the Washington National Opera (WNO) will be filled by the opera director Francesca Zambello.
The Marlins were 1 for 20 with runners in scoring position this season before Placido Polanco's two-run single during the big seventh off Greg Burke.
On the same evening, Placido Domingo will present winners of his Operalia competition and musicians involved in his development programme at the Washington Opera.
You can hear him sing Verdi at our website, npr.org, where you can also hear Placido Domingo and Joan Sutherland talk more about Pavarotti's voice.
He hopes the Placido Rizzotto story will help redress those perceptions.
Gergiev conducted at the opening, which included performances from Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, who sang Wagner, and the supreme Russian ballerina of modern times, Ulyana Lopatkina, who performed to Tchaikovsky.
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As the Three Tenors, he, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras sold out stadiums around the world, and their accompanying CD was one of the biggest-selling classical recordings of all time.
Since 1978, the Kennedy Center has chosen only two Hispanics among more than 170 honorees: Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and U.S.-born performer Chita Rivera, who is of Puerto Rican descent.
Placido Domingo, the 72-year-old tenor taking on yet another baritone role, was warmly applauded when he walked onstage Thursday night in his first appearance as Giorgio Germont, father of the young hero, Alfredo.
Placido Polanco was 2 for 3 with a double in his return from an oblique strain that had sidelined him since March 1, and the Marlins beat the Mets 4-2 Saturday as Justin Turner became the latest injured New York player.
With Paolo Bonacelli as a priest who urges the assassin to take God into his heart, and the beautiful Violante Placido as a prostitute who falls in love with the assassin after he performs an act of sexual gallantry that no man experienced with prostitutes would likely perform.
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