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Plácido Domingo junto a Omara Portuondo, la diva del Buena Vista Social Club.

"This is a visit I owed to my family and myself. Cuba is part of my biography. Here my parents sang and I know of many people who follow my career. In my repertoire there are no authors of the island, "were the first phrases of Placido when he got off the plane on a cooler night than that of 1949 when he saw the city in the distance.
The second day of the recent stay of Placido Domingo in Havana began with a close look at the site that hosted it: the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Shortly in the afternoon, he went to the Marti Theater.
In the theater book, the tenor wrote: "Full of emotion for the love that this wonderful theater gave my parents: Pepita Embil and Placido Domingo, I have the joy and at the same time the tears that this visit provokes me. Here with my wife, my children and grandchildren as witnesses of those times when the extraordinary Cuban public surrendered to the zarzuela with my parents as interpreters. With all my affection, Placido Domingo ».
The musicologist Jesus Gómez Cairo gave him reproductions of hand-held programs and photos treasured by the National Museum of Music, testimonies of the successes of Pepita Embil in the Cuban scene.
"To Havana," says Placido, "I will have to come more than once, as long as life allows me. I have many Cuban friends who have long told me about this country. There is one very special, Ulises Aquino, singer and excellent promoter. I would like to share your experience with Opera de la Calle. I'm adding more friends. He said this is a dream, the one I promised my parents. I have fulfilled many others, but this one was missing, which will only be completed when I have the opportunity to offer my voice in an open space, for the greater number of people. It's not far that day."