Article: Placido domingo in New York next up for dale?

What would you do with pounds48,000 - buy a new car, pay for some DIY on the house, or treat yourself to something special?

Neath snooker ace Dominic Dale has certainly pushed the boat out since winning the Shanghai Masters - and who can blame him?

It was the 36-year-old's first ranking tournament victory in a decade and the biggest prize-winning cheque of his career so he treated himself and his girlfriend to a night at the opera.

But for classically-trained singer Dale, this was no ordinary evening at London's Covent Garden.

He and his partner watched one of the world's greatest tenors, Andrea Bocelli, at Vienna's State Opera House and sat in the seats once occupied by the last Emperor ...

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