Anne Midgette: The Placido Domingo Case

“Domingois, indeed, irreplaceable — because the world no longer has a place forthis particular kind of artist, who has done so much to help the fieldand so much to harm it. And it may well be that without him, the fieldloses some of its patrons, and some of its funding. It may be, indeed,that the institution of opera fundamentally changes — which is somethingwe should all aspire to if we want this intoxicating, bizarre, gloriousart form to continue to be vital, now and in the