NEW YORK (AP) -- Placido Domingo and Woody Allen didn’t exactly sing a duet on the stage of the Met.

But the two did dine together under the Metropolitan Opera spotlights Sunday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the tenor’s debut here. Allen is fresh from making his own successful debut as an opera director at the Los Angeles Opera, where Domingo is general director.

And for one more night, The Three Tenors appeared again -- as transvestites.

Three female singing stars spoofed the famed male trio that included Domingo, the late Luciano Pavarotti and Jose Carreras. The surviving tenors joined several hundred guests for the onstage musical mirth before an empty auditorium.

Ripping off tuxedoes, sopranos Deborah Voigt and Patricia Racette and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham revealed shimmering gowns in which they delivered the aria "Nessun Dorma" that was a signature piece for The Three Tenors.

Domingo was shown in a video clip chatting with Miss Piggy -- along with excerpts from his top-notch performances ranging from Verdi’s "Otello" to Wagner’s "Die Walkuere," which he’s to sing this season at the Met.

Of Domingo’s 126 career roles, he sang 45 at the Met since his debut on September 28 in 1968. On that night, he drove himself from home in Teaneck, New Jersey, warming up in the car at the top of his lungs while a nearby motorist laughed. "I asked him, ‘Where are you going?’ -- and he said, ‘the Met.’ And I said, ‘Don’t laugh -- you are going to be hearing me."’ Read more...

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