Domingo back to work at La Scala after surgery

[April 20, 2010]  MILAN (AP) -- Placido Domingo is returning to the stage just six weeks after undergoing colon cancer surgery.

The Spanish tenor sings the lead in Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" at Milan's famed La Scala opera house on Friday evening. It will be the first of six performances in Milan.

Domingo said earlier this week he was overjoyed to perform so soon after his March 2 surgery in New York, and acknowledged that the diagnosis had inspired fear.

Domingo was diagnosed after being struck with severe pain during concerts in Japan in February.

[Associated Press]

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