Placido Domingo
![Placido Domingo, ever busy, led eight singers from Los Angeles Opera's Domingo-Thornton Young Artists Program in an opera-zarzuela concert at the Broad Stage Thursday night. Mezzo-soprano Erica Brookhyser kisses Domingo while soprano Valerie Vinzant looks on.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fc18ef5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/500x333+0+0/resize/500x333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2Ffe%2F99de32079f332e53c1949af2db2e%2Fla-et-0522-placido01-l2s3n7nc.jpg)
Placido Domingo, ever busy, led eight singers from Los Angeles Opera’s Domingo-Thornton Young Artists Program in an opera-zarzuela concert at the Broad Stage Thursday night. Mezzo-soprano Erica Brookhyser kisses Domingo while soprano Valerie Vinzant looks on. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
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Placido Domingo conducted a chamber-sized delegation from the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Placido Domingo conducting Thursday night at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The evening’s first half was opened with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” Overture. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Placido Domingo leans into a phrase while conducting Thursday’s concert. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Placido Domingo mops up. Members of the L.A. Opera Orchestra enjoy the moment. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
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Placido Domingo is back to full-steam-ahead after successful colon cancer surgery in March. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)