Family and friends of Senator Edward M. Kennedy on Saturday, August 29, 2009, gathered in Boston to pay final respects. During Communion, the Massachusetts Senator was honored by Plácido Domingo singing at the service, He sang Frank, "Panis Angelicus" which was followed by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. The chorus conductor, John Oliver was joined on organ by James David Christie. They played Brahms, "Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee."

Plácido Domingo. From the film "Otello" directed by Franco Zeffirelli, third Act, Composer, Verdi

Plácido Domingo sings a Zarzuela, "La Dolorosa". A Rafael's description of picture of Suffering Mother of the Redeemer: "La roca fria del Calvario", act 1. The cold rock of Calvary is hidden behind a black cloud. Up a solitary path the Virgin Mother walks on, And her dear face like a lily-flower has lost its colour. And in her wounded breast are nailed The thorns of sorrow. Her shaking body bends under the weight of her grief, but she continues. Walks on, as her ice-cold lips kiss the ground, where a flower blossoms at every drop of blood that falls from Jesus the Redeemer, dark pilgrim's emblems of pain turned to light. She walks on, walks on quickly because The Son is waiting for her, dying on the cross. Woman and mother! Of all the world most sacred. the walking Virgin sees the silhouette of the gibbet where her son is in agony, Her grief she pours out with a cry that she can't hold in. It is a heart-rending cry torn from the body of the woman. Divine star, you follow the trace of suffering humanity on your sad walk, walk of tears, the Suffering Mother of the Redeemer.

A clip from the Carol Burnett show, starring Carol Burnett and Plácido Domingo