World Renowned Tenor Placido Domingo Performs on the Big Screen at Participating Theatres Across Canada
Concert captured live in Toronto in high-definition and digital surround sound
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/14/11 -- (TSX: CGX)- Cineplex Entertainment, via our Front Row Centre Events and the Capital One BlackCreek Summer Music Festival are pleased to announce Placido Domingo in Concert will be presented at participating movie theatres across Canada on Saturday September 17th at 1:00 p.m. local time and Wednesday, September 21st at 7:00 p.m. local time. This concert performance was captured live, in high-definition, at the inaugural Capital One BlackCreek Summer Music Festival in Toronto, ON in June 2011. Acclaimed Metropolitan Opera soprano Sondra Radvanovsky joins Placido Domingo for this extraordinary evening of music.
"Front Row Centre Events continue to provide our guests with the ability to be a part of exclusive events such as this exquisite concert from Toronto with one of the famed Three Tenors," said Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. "For many years our guests have enjoyed Placido Domingo in various roles in the Met Live in HD series and now they can revel in an evening of his music as he performs many great opera selections."
Accompanying Placido Domingo during his first Toronto appearance in over a decade is Sondra Radvanovsky. Together the two performers, with the backing of the 62-member BlackCreek Festival Orchestra and 50-voice Chorus treat the audience to a selection of Italian opera arias and duets. Seven encores and many standing ovations later, the magnificent concert concluded with a dazzling fireworks display resulting in an explosion of colour on the big screen.
Tickets for Placido Domingo in Concert can be purchased at participating theatre box offices, through the Cineplex Mobile Apps and online at or our mobile site
Placido Domingo in Concert can be enjoyed at the following theatres:
About Cineplex Entertainment
Cineplex Inc. ("Cineplex") is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,351 screens serving approximately 70 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the exclusive provider of UltraAVX™ and the largest exhibitor of digital 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of approximately 10,000 employees, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. Cineplex shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "CGX". For more information, visit .
About Front Row Centre Events (FRC)
Brought to you by Cineplex Entertainment, Front Row Centre Events bring world class entertainment to your local Cineplex Entertainment theatre and other participating locations! Presented in high-definition with digital surround sound, guests can experience the best in original one-night only and series-based programming. With the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series, Broadway productions, live broadcasts direct from the stage of London's National Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet performances, classic films, concerts, live sporting events and documentaries, Front Row Centre Events put you in the centre of the action on the big screen!
About the Capital One BlackCreek Summer Music Festival
The new Capital One BlackCreek Summer Music Festival launched its inaugural season at the Rexall Centre on the campus of York University on June 4, 2011 with Placido Domingo in concert. The 2011 season spanned 12 weeks, from June to August, and showcased such renowned artists as James Taylor, Lionel Richie, Barry Manilow, Chris Botti and Pink Martini, John Fogerty and Levon Helm; jazz legends Tony Bennett and Diana Krall, country superstars Alan Jackson and Brad Paisley, pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch leading an evening of "The Very, Very Best of Broadway; "and world renowned classical conductor, Lorin Maazel, with the London Symphony Orchestra as well as his Castleton Festival Orchestra and Chorus in a program of "Music Inspired by Shakespeare" starring Academy Award-winners, Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons.
Contacts:
For information, interviews or photos please contact:
Cineplex Entertainment
Pat Marshall
Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations
416-323-6648
Cineplex Entertainment
Kyle Moffatt
Director, Communications
416-323-6728
Capital One BlackCreek Summer Music Festival
Norman Zagier
Managing Director of Marketing and Communications
416-323-2333
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Datum: 14.09.2011 - 11:00 Uhr
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