Last night at Scala Placido Domingo was given his due after 40 awesome years of work at the Milanese opera house in the form of a big partyparty -- a gala night where he sang alongside Nina Stemme and Kwangchul Youn. At the end of the recital, he basked in a 25-minute standing ovation, with half-crazed, half-naked opera fans eventually chasing him around the cobblestone streets when he made it out of the theater.
Opera Chic is told that, in recent memory, say in the last 20 years, only Lenny's last concert here drew a similar reaction from the audience.
Here's a video -- NOT taken by Opera Chic -- of a few seconds of the post-concert cheering for the big man.
