(Credit: Pedro Walter)

The city of Tequila in Mexico is set to create a theater named in honor of Plácido Domingo.

According to Codalario, the project will be created by Opera Studio Beckmann and, according to its general director Benito Rodriguez, the theater shall be ready in two to three years, with a hall for around 900 people.

The Teatro Plácido Domingo will also be accompanied by a conservatory that will also bear the famed opera star’s name.

The architect for the project will be Mexican.

Domingo has had a long association with Mexico. His parents moved to the North American country when he was just eight. His parents ran a zarzuela company there and he eventually went on to study at the National Conservatory for Music in Mexico City. He made his professional debut in Yucatán as a pianist and then debuted at his parents’ zarzuela company. For much of the late 1950s, Domingo’s professional exploits were centered in Mexico and he would sing his firs Cavaradossi in 1961, in Mexico City.

In 1985, the tenor went to Mexico to help rescue survivors of the biggest earthquake in Mexican history; many of his own family members died during this event. He performed a number of benefit concerts to aid the victims.