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Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras sang without Luciano Pavarotti at a
"Three Tenors" concert for the first time in 15 years, a show more about
Mexican music than opera.
Pavarotti announced on Thursday he was pulling out
of the concert in this northern Mexican city for health reasons. The
singer's voice specialist recommended 10 days of rest after a bout with
laryngitis
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The two remaining tenors were joined Saturday by
Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez and two mariachi
bands before a crowd of more than
40,000 people that included Mexican President Vicente Fox and Oscar
Berger, president of Guatemala.
Domingo and Carreras opened the concert by singing
"O Souverain" from Massenet's "Le Cid" and Cardillo's "Core 'ngrato." But
the first ovation
of the night was given to Fernandez, who was accompanied by two mariachi
bands and the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon orchestra.
Domingo, Carreras and Fernandez then came together on stage to sing
Mexican ballads and mariachi songs.
The concert, which began 45 minutes late, was interrupted at times by
people who were left without chairs and shouted in unison "Fraud! Fraud!"
(Agencies) | 
Updated: 2005-06-06 10:47
