They are not saying yes, and they are apparently sometimes saying no. Officials at INAH, which manages Mexico’s precolumbian ruins, are ducking the question as to whether they have given permission to the Spanish tenor Placido Domingo to perform at Chichen Itza on Oct. 4.

However, the Patronato de las Unidades de Servicios Culturales y Turísticos (Cultur), the state of Yucatan’s arts agency, confirms they have the permission to proceed and the official announcement will be made on June 18.

Benito Taibo, official spokesman for INAH, says he has no comment about the event, which, contrary to an earlier post at this site, will be called “Plácido Domingo in Chichen Itza: El Concierto de las Mil Columnas” (“Placido Domingo in Chichen Itza: The Concert of the Thousand Columns“).

Cultur’s spokesman in Mexico City, Erick Canales, said his agency would never announce an event of this magnitude without having the approval of the INAH. He told El Univerrsal, “We are still planning how many people will come, what will be the distribution in the archaeological zone, the price of tickets, etc., but all these details will be announced on June 18 in Merida, Yucatan, during a pre-event headed by the governor of the state, Ivonne Ortega, and the secretary of public education, Josefina Vazquez Mota.”