Plácido Domingo
Acting
Biography
Although born in Madrid, Spain, Placido Domingo spent a major portion of his life living in Mexico City where he graduated from the Mexico City Conservatory. His first operatic performance was in a staging of La Traviata in Monterrey playing Alfredo. He was then a Tenor for the Israel National Opera and subsequently moved to Europe.
Born: January 21, 1941
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Known For
Gran Gala di Verdi
Il Volo: Notte Magica - A Tribute To The Three Tenors 2016
The fourth live album by Italian operatic pop trio Il Volo, with the participation of Plácido Domingo as a performer and conductor.
Rigoletto
A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strives to save his daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches, but can't part with the feeling that a curse looms over all of his actions. In Rigoletto, the composer introduces several of his most iconic arias and duets—as well as an 11th-hour quartet that counts among the finest moments in opera.
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
Includes the complete concert from Petra, Jordan, recorded on October 12, 2008, which would have been the tenor’s birthday. With pop, opera and classical stars, the concert highlights every aspect of Pavarotti’s varied career.
La Fanciulla del West
Giancarlo Del Monaco’s atmospheric production brings to colorful life a 19th-century mining camp during the California Gold Rush. At the center of the action is the good-hearted bar owner Minnie, sung by Barbara Daniels, who takes a motherly interest in the miners. Plácido Domingo is Dick Johnson, also known as the bandit Ramerrez, who falls in love with Minnie. Sherrill Milnes sings Jack Rance, the sheriff who is not only determined to capture Ramerrez but also wants Minnie for himself. Bloodshed, a crooked poker game, a snowstorm, and a near lynching ensue before Minnie and her bandit-turned-lover can ride off to start a new life. Leonard Slatkin conducts one of Puccini’s most colorful scores.
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
Premiered immediately before the enduring masterpieces Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, Luisa Miller incorporates the youthful vitality that had made Verdi an international sensation while also looking forward to the dramaturgical discipline and sophistication of those later works. In this Live in HD performance, soprano Sonya Yoncheva takes on the riveting title role, capping off a season in which she starred in three cinema transmissions. As her father, Miller, the legendary Plácido Domingo adds another baritone role to his extensive repertoire. Tenor Piotr Beczała as Rodolfo, Alexander Vinogradov as Count Walter, and Dmitry Belosselskiy as Wurm round out the illustrious cast, and Bertrand de Billy conducts.
Lohengrin
Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner.
The Sweet Taste of Success
A transformative experience, this emotional documentary addresses some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century, reflecting on happiness, social connection, daily life, death, and aging, while exploring doubts about the "word of a thousand shades and somewhat perverse" concept of success. This film has the potential to change your life and your perspective on the true meaning of success. An intimate reflection on success, it features María Teresa Paniagua, a joyful and unique octogenarian Zarzuela singer. The documentary offers surprising insights from interviews with notable figures from the worlds of art, science, and intellectual thought, including actress Rossy de Palma, philosophers Fernando Savater and Javier Sádaba, tenor Plácido Domingo, monk Matthieu Ricard, psychiatrist Martin Seligman, Harvard professor Nancy Etcoff, and TED Talk speaker and writer Victor Küppers, among others. This documentary is a balm for the soul.
14 Short Films About Opera
A collection of social media snippets created entirely through volunteer work for the LA Opera during the 2010/2011 season. Director Thomas Storesund received The Presidential Volunteer Work Award by President Barack Obama for this effort.
Madama Butterfly
Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Christa Ludwig, and Robert Kerns star in this Jean-Pierre Ponnelle-directed version of the Puccini opera, with Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Madama Butterfly is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire for companies around the world, ranking 7th in the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.
Filmography
as Plácido Domingo
as Plácido Domingo
as Conductor
as Agente Rodríguez
as Nabucco / Macbeth / Simon Baccanegra
as Self
as Giorgio Germont
as Macbeth
as Himself
as Self
as Conductor
as Miller
as Macbeth
as Self (archive footage)
as Nabucco
as Self
as Nabucco
as Francesco Foscari
as Macbeth
as Gianni Schicchi
as Self - Guest
as Nabucco
as Francesco Foscari
as Skeleton Jorge (voice)
as Il Conte di Luna
as Plácido Domingo
as Il conte di Luna
as Neptune
as Rigoletto
as Self
as Simon Boccanegra
as Simon Boccanegra
as Self - Host
as Tenor
as tenor
as Self - Host
as Self
as Monte (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Otello
as Bajazet
as Self - Conductor
as Cyrano di Bergerac
as Self - Interviewee / Trumpet
as Emperor Qin
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Vidal Hernando
as Host & Narrator
as Otello
as Voice of Man in the Moon
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Samson
as Loris Ipanov
as Don José
as Self - Tenor
as Don Alvaro
as Self - Performer
as Self (archive footage)
as Otello
as Gabriele Adorno
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Singer
as Otello
as Self - Tenor
as Dick Johnson o Ramerrez
as Gustavo
as Self - Tenor
as Gustavo III
as Lohengrin
as Plácido Domingo (voice)
as Radamès
as Self - Solist
as Don José
as Vasco Da Gama
as Canio
as Calaf
as Enzo
as Otello
as Mario Cavaradossi
as Andrea Chénier
as Cavaradossi
as Self
as Alberto Santiago
as Paolo Malatesta
as Don José
as Self
as Conductor
as Aeneas
as Des Grieux
as Don Carlo
as Dick Johnson
as Narrator
as Alfredo Germont
as Turiddu
as Self
as Self
as Andrea Chénier
as Himself
as Hoffmann
as Alfredo Germont
as Self
as Samson
as Don José
as Chevalier des Grieux
as Self
as Self
as Rodolfo
as Self
as Don José
as Turiddu / Canio
as Manrico
as The Duke of Mantua
as Self
as Otello
as Mario Cavaradossi
as Turiddu / Canio
as Gustavo III
as Pinkerton
as Self
as Self - Main Guest
as Self (archive footage)
as Juanillo
as Self
as Parsifal
as Francisco Goya
as Radamès
as Self / Tenor
as Self
as Self
as self
as Self - Musical Guest
as Self
as Self
as Lohengrin