China to be honored guest at 35th Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato
Chichen Itza Will Be Serenaded by Placido
Domingo
Want
to be part of a historic moment in history? Come to the Yucatan this 4th of October for a day full
of culture and music, and witness a spectacularperformances
of opera by Spanish tenor Placido Domingo. The
concert, called “Las Mil Columnas” (The
Thousand Columns), will take place at the foot of the Kukulkan
Pyramid of Chichen
Itza.
This magnificent spectacle will celebrate Chichen Itza’s
20th anniversary as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as its recent
designation, in 2007, as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World.. This concert will also feature performances by the
soprano Ana Maria Martinez and Mexico’s
most important living romantic singer and composer, Armando Manzanero.
The rehearsal, taking place two days prior to the concert,
will be open to the Mayan community that resides in the area; a gesture showing
how important it is that the Mayan also benefit from the tourism that has
developed in this archeological zone.
For now, details are still in the works as to how the stage,
electricity and other factors will be set up to help protect the archeology.
The price of admittance will range from $50 up to $900, and the money raised
will go towards a special fund to help preserve the area, which is of huge
significance to Mexico
and its culture and heritage.
