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For Mother's Day (did you forget?) this Sunday there's a special limited screening of Italian heart throb Plácido Domingo's LA Opera concert recorded live last month. "The Plácido Domingo 40th Anniversary Gala Concert" is a two-hour HD-digital presentation to commemorate the 40 years since Domingo made his Los Angeles debut in 1967. That time around he toured with the New York City Opera and sang the title role in a performance of Alberto Ginastera's Don Rodrigo at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, which happens to be LA Opera's home decades later.

This is LA Opera's first foray into film making and we're impressed that they partnered with Landmark Theatres to get the film across the country. Go take Mom to see and hear Domingo sing his heart out alongside the internationally acclaimed soprano Patricia Racette. We don't know much about opera, but it seems like the all-star team were out that night led by LA Opera Music Director James Conlon, conducting the LA Opera Orchestra.

"Opera is an art form for everyone, and Landmark Theatres is helping us to capture this experience for music lovers throughout the United States," said Domingo in a press release issued by Los Angeles Opera. "I am delighted to be able to share this concert with a national audience, including many who might not have experienced opera in live performance, and I hope that this is the first of many such ventures. I am also happy that Patricia Racette was able to join me for this wonderful celebration  of my forty years in Los Angeles, and that James Conlon could conduct this special evening."

Screening at all locations: 2:00 p.m. on May 11 in Landmark Theatres (in cities including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis and Baltimore.)

If you can't get to the cinema then hunt out one of the company's 2006-07 season productions on DVD (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and La Traviata) — were released on DVD. The one we're holding out for is the U.S. premiere of Howard Shore's The Fly. Yes, same Fly where Jeff Goldblum grossed us out! That production will bring in film director, David Cronenberg - sounds intense!

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