 Following the premiere, the Chilean government conferred the on Daniel Catán, Antonio Skármeta, Plácido Domingo and Cristina Gallardo-Domâs who sang the role of Neruda's wife Matilde.The Los Angeles production ran for six performances, ending on 16 October and was filmed for a later broadcast on PBS television.The following December the production went to Vienna's Theater an der Wien with largely the same cast, including Domingo as Neruda.