Healed, healthy Placido Domingo opens latest NY restaurant, ready to sing after cancer surgery

By Verena Dobnik, AP
Monday, April 5, 2010

Healthy Domingo opens NY restaurant, ready to sing

NEW YORK — Placido Domingo is back — ready to sing around the world.

But first, on Monday, the star tenor opened his new Manhattan restaurant — just weeks after colon cancer surgery.

The 69-year-old Spaniard said he was lucky to have experienced pain while on tour in Japan. He flew back to New York, where a malignant polyp was found and surgically removed last month.

He looked rested and tanned during a private opening party for the restaurant Zengo, which he co-owns with restaurateur Richard Sandoval.

Amid talk of tapas and tequila, Domingo addressed a much more serious subject: colonoscopies. He said he’d never had one before and urged people to “just do it!”

Domingo sings the title role in Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at Milan’s La Scala, starting April 16.

Discussion

Carter Jones
May 24, 2010: 2:30 pm

I had my birthday at 49 grove last Saturday night. The place was a bit to packed but had a lot of fun. Good looking crowd, great DJ and very strong drinks. A bit too strong for some of my friends, but their light weights. All the staff were really attentive and made a point of taking care of us. When we left the club we even got a thank you from what turned out to be the owner. It wasn’t your usual B.S. “Thank you come again,” either and for that I want to plug this place as a great place for a birthday.
Great Place For A Birthday.
Carter Jones

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