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FEMUSINDO.com - José Plácido Domingo Embil, with his famous name Placido Domingo, is a Spanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator.
José Plácido Domingo Embil who was born in Madrid, Spain, January 21, 1941, has recorded more than a hundred complete operas and is renowned for his versatility.
He regularly performs in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the world's most prestigious opera houses.
Playing Many Roles
Although primarily a lirico-spinto tenor for most of his career, especially popular for Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most famous Otello of his generation.
In the early 2010s, he shifted from the tenor repertoire to exclusively baritone parts, including Simon Boccanegra. As of 2020, he has performed 151 different roles.
Domingo has also achieved significant success as a crossover artist, particularly in the Latin and popular music genres.
Winning Prestigious Awards
In addition to winning fourteen Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, several of his recordings have gone silver, gold, platinum, and multi-platinum. His first pop album, Probably Love (1981), spread his fame beyond the world of opera.
Its title song, performed as a duet with country and folk singer John Denver, has sold nearly four million copies and helped lead to numerous television appearances for the tenor.
He has also starred in numerous operatic films that were released cinematically and broadcast on television, most notably under the direction of Franco Zeffirelli.
Best-Selling Classical Albums of All Time
In 1990, he began singing with fellow tenors Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras as part of The Three Tenors. The first Three Tenors recording became the best-selling classical album of all time.
Growing up working in his parents’ zarzuela company in Mexico, Domingo has since regularly promoted the Spanish opera scene.
He has also increasingly conducted operas and concerts and was the general director of the Los Angeles Opera in California from 2017 to 2019.
Help Young Opera Singers and Get on Stage
He was originally artistic director, but later became the general director of the Washington National Opera from 1996 to 2011.
He has been involved in many humanitarian works, as well as efforts to help young opera singers, including starting and running the international singing competition, Operalia.
In 2019–2021 he has performed continuously on stages in Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Graz, Madrid, Mérida, Milan, Monte Carlo, Moscow, Munich, Palermo, Rome, Salzburg, Sofia, Verona, Versailles, Vienna and Zurich. (*)
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