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Taormina Film Festival Kicks Off With Super-Tenors Placido Domingo, Vittorio Grigolo; Amber Heard Makes Her First Film Fest Appearance Since Johnny Depp Trial
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The newly rebooted Taormina Film Festival kicked off on Friday night in the Sicilian city’s landmark Teatro Antico amphitheatre in an unusual but magnificent style with benefit event “Pavarotti Forever”.
Placido Domingo, who was part of the famed The Three Tenors trio with Pavarotti and José Carreras, was among those celebrating the memory of the super-tenor in an event mixing filmed archive material and live performances.
The 82-year-old Spanish star was joined on stage by Italian opera singer Vittorio Grigolo, long tipped as Pavarotti’s successor, and a host of other top classical music stars including Marcelo Àlvarez, Aida Garifullina and Andrea Griminelli.
Talking to Deadline after the concert, Domingo admitted it was emotional singing and then looking up at the big screen to see interviews and performances from the former maestro.
“We have so many amazing memories of our friend and it’s very sad that he can’t be here now but life is life and so we remember these days with a great friend, a great artist and we have had so much fun singing and then to be able to look up at him on the screen is just beautiful,” he said.
Beatrice Venezi, who is co-artistic director of the film fest along with Barrett Wissman, conducted the orchestra on the balmy summer evening as the artists paid tribute to some of Pavarotti’s most famed arias from operas such as La Bohème and Rigoletto.
Domingo and Grigolo praised Venezi’s conducting skills and said it was refreshing to see a female conductor on the podium for such an important evening.
“Luciano loved female talents in this business, and I think he would have loved seeing a strong woman conduct this event,” said Grigolo.
Friday’s night concert also featured a number of young
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