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Placido Domingo pulls out of Metropolitan Opera conducting duties due to gallbladder pain

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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2014 file photo, Placido Domingo performs on stage at the Roundhouse in Camden, North London, as he closes this year\'s iTunes festival. The Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, that Domingo was admitted to the hospital with inflammation and will undergo gallbladder removal next week.He is expected to make a full recovery in time to conduct the performance on Nov. 2, as well as performances for which he was originally scheduled on Nov. 6, 11, and 14. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Fans hoping to hear Placido Domingo conduct “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera will have to wait a little longer: The maestro is suffering from gallbladder pain and will have to go under the knife, missing the first five shows.

The opera said Wednesday that Domingo was admitted to the hospital with inflammation and will undergo gallbladder removal next week. Domingo will have a brief hospital stay.

The opera said Domingo is expected to make a full recovery in time to conduct the performance on Nov. 6, 14, 18 and 21.

Marco Armiliato will lead Friday evening’s opening performance of “Tosca,” and Paolo Carignani will conduct the performances on Oct. 21, Oct. 24 and Oct. 29 and Nov. 2.

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http://www.metopera.org/Season/2015-16-Season/tosca-puccini-tickets/

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