Placido Domingo feted at Met Opera for his 50th anniversary By RONALD BLUM, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Placido Domingo's eyes watered and his voice quavered. After portraying dozens of characters over a half-century on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, he got emotional being himself. "For us, the opera singers, it is just like Frank Sinatra said: New York, New York, if you made it, you