Plácido Domingo
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Plácido Domingo | |
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Born | José Plácido Domingo Embil 21 January 1941 |
Alma mater | National Conservatory of Music, Mexico |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1957–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 3, including Plácido Jr. |
José Plácido Domingo Embil
Domingo has also achieved significant success as a crossover artist, especially in the genres of
Growing up working in his parents' zarzuela company in Mexico, Domingo has since regularly promoted this form of Spanish opera. He also increasingly conducts operas and concerts and was the general director of the Los Angeles Opera in California from 2017 to 2019.[10][11] He was initially the artistic director and later general director of the Washington National Opera from 1996 to 2011. He has been involved in numerous humanitarian works, as well as efforts to help young opera singers, including starting and running the international singing competition, Operalia. In the years 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.
Early life
Plácido Domingo was born on 21 January 1941 in the
In 1957, at age sixteen, Domingo made his first professional appearance, accompanying his mother on the piano at a concert at Mérida, Yucatán. The same year he made his major zarzuela debut in Manuel Fernández Caballero's Gigantes y cabezudos , singing a baritone role.[17] At that time, he was working with his parents' zarzuela company, eventually taking several baritone roles and acting as an accompanist for other singers.[18] The following year, the tenor in another company's touring production of Luisa Fernanda fell ill. In his first performance as a tenor, Domingo replaced the ailing singer, although he feared the part's tessitura was too high for him.[18] Later that same year, he sang the tenor role of Rafael in the Spanish opera El gato montés, illustrating his willingness to assay the tenor range, even as he still considered himself a baritone. On 12 May 1959 at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara, he appeared in the baritone role (sometimes sung by basses) of Pascual in Emilio Arrieta's Marina . Like El gato montés, Marina is an opera composed in the zarzuela musical style rather than a zarzuela proper, although both are usually performed by zarzuela companies. In addition to his work with zarzuelas, among his earliest performances was a minor role in the first Latin American production of the musical My Fair Lady, in which he was also the assistant conductor and assistant coach.[19] While he was a member, the company gave 185 performances of the musical in various cities in Mexico.
In 1959, Domingo auditioned for the Mexico National Opera at the Palacio de Béllas Artes as a baritone, but was then asked to sight-read the tenor aria "Amor ti vieta" from Fedora. He was accepted at the National Opera as a tenor comprimario and as a tutor for other singers.[20] In what he considered his operatic debut, Domingo sang the minor role of Borsa in Verdi's Rigoletto on 23 September at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in a production with veteran American baritone Cornell MacNeil and bass-baritone Norman Treigle. He later appeared as the Padre Confessor in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Altoum and Pang in Turandot, Normanno and Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor among other small parts. While at the National Opera, he also appeared in a production of Lehár's operetta, The Merry Widow, in which he alternated as Camille and Danilo (both originally created as tenor roles, although the latter is often sung by baritones). Domingo made his debut in Verdi's Otello at Béllas Artes at age 21 in the summer of 1962 not in the title rôle for which he has now been internationally famous for decades as one of its greatest interpreters, but in the small comprimario part of Cassio.
To supplement his income, the young Domingo played the piano for a ballet company, as well as for a program on Mexico's newly founded cultural television station. The program consisted of excerpts from zarzuelas, operettas, operas, and musical comedies. He acted in a few small parts while at the theater in plays by Federico García Lorca, Luigi Pirandello, and Anton Chekhov.[21] He also provided song arrangements and backup vocals for Los Camisas Negras in the late 1950s, a rock-and-roll band led by César Costa.[22] In his autobiography, Domingo reflected on the benefits of his busy and varied career as a teenager: "Today, when people ask me how I manage to hold up under my extremely heavy work load, I answer that I became accustomed to intense activity very early in my life and that I love it now as I loved it then."[23]
Career
1960s–1980s
Establishing a career in opera
In 1961, Domingo made his operatic debut in a leading role as Alfredo in
In June 1965, after finishing his contract in Tel Aviv, Domingo auditioned at the New York City Opera. He was hired to make his New York debut as Don José in Bizet's Carmen with the company, but his debut came earlier than expected on 17 June 1965 when he filled in for an ailing tenor at the last minute in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. In February 1966, he sang the title role in the U.S. premiere of Ginastera's Don Rodrigo at the New York City Opera, to much acclaim.[26] The New York Times review noted: "Mr. Domingo was as impressive as ever—a big, burly, large-voiced singer who looks exactly as one would visualize a hero from Gothic Spain."[27] The performance also marked the opening of the City Opera's new home at Lincoln Center.[28]
His official debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York occurred on 28 September 1968, when he substituted with little notice for Franco Corelli in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur with Renata Tebaldi. Two years before this Adriana Lecouvreur, he had already performed with the Metropolitan Opera at Lewisohn Stadium in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Since then, he has opened the season at the Metropolitan Opera 21 times, more than any other singer, surpassing the previous record of Enrico Caruso by four.[29] He has appeared with the company every season since 1968–1969. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1967; at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1968; at both La Scala and San Francisco Opera in 1969; at Arena di Verona on 16 July 1969 as Calaf (his first) in Turandot with Birgit Nilsson; at the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company in 1970; and at Covent Garden in 1971. In 1975, Domingo debuted at the prestigious Salzburg Festival, singing the title role in Don Carlo in an all-star cast with Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni and Christa Ludwig with Herbert von Karajan conducting. Thereafter Domingo frequently returned to Salzburg for a number of operas, as well as for several concert performances. He has now sung at practically every important opera house and festival worldwide.
Domingo first sang Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca in a 1961 performance in Mexico City.[30] He sang Cavaradossi at the Met on 15 February 1969 with Nilsson (broadcast). 1971 he made his Covent Garden debut in the role. He continued to sing the part for many years, especially at the Met and in Vienna, eventually performing it more than any other of his roles.[31] In September 1975, Domingo debuted in the title role of Verdi's Otello at the Hamburg State Opera. It soon became his signature role and one of operas he performed most frequently (over 200 times).[32] He recorded the part three times in the studio and appeared in four officially released filmed versions of the opera. Oscar-winning Shakespearean actor, Laurence Olivier, declared after seeing the tenor in the role: "Domingo plays Othello as well as I do and he has that voice."[33]
Domingo has also conducted operas and occasionally symphony orchestras as well. On 7 October 1973 he conducted his first opera performance, La traviata starring
Growing celebrity
The 1980s were a time of growing success and fame for Domingo. In 1981 he gained considerable recognition outside of the opera world when he recorded the song "
After gaining experience acting for the cameras in numerous televised operas, Domingo performed in his first cinematically released opera movie, La Traviata, in 1982. He had worked with the film's director, former Academy Award nominee Franco Zeffirelli, previously in staged opera productions. Even as filming continued in Rome, he commuted back and forth to perform live in Vienna, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and Madrid.[35] In 1984, Domingo filmed the role of Don José in Francesco Rosi's movie version of Carmen in his native Spain.[36] Zeffirelli reunited with the tenor two years later for another version of an opera, Otello, that ran in movie theaters worldwide. Domingo considered Carmen the best of the three, although he disagreed with the director's "low conception" of his character. He found La traviata to be "impressive", but expressed displeasure over cuts to the music in Zeffirelli's Otello.[37]
Even while diversifying his career, he continued to appear with great frequency in largely well-received operatic performances. By 1982
During rehearsals for Les Troyens, Domingo rescued the opening night of the San Francisco Opera's season. The tenor scheduled to sing Otello, Carlo Cossutta, cancelled on the day of the performance. The company asked Domingo to replace him at 4 p.m. He quickly flew from New York to San Francisco, rushed to the opera house, and appeared in the role at 10:30 in the evening. A writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, among other journalists, reported extensively on the event. He observed the crowds gathering around the stage door for the tenor's arrival and remarked on how most of the waiting audience members "were breathless over the chance to see Placido Domingo, a star who draws the kind of rapt devotion that Mick Jagger inspires among rock fans."[41]
For the opening night of the following Met season, Domingo returned to the role of Wagner's Lohengrin, which he had last sung in early 1968. He had originally dropped the role from his repertoire after he felt his voice had been temporarily damaged by learning the challenging opera. The New York Times noted that the now more mature artist "lacked the chrome-plated, penetrating quality that one associates with German tenors", but praised him for bringing "an unusual legato grace to a role that is seldom sung so beautifully".[42] He also performed the role at the Vienna State Opera in 1985 and 1990. A performance during his last run of the opera was televised on 28 January 1990 and later released on VHS and DVD. He had just recovered from the flu at the time.[43]
On 19 September 1985 the
Since 1990
Changing repertoire
Since the 1990s Domingo has continued adding new roles to his growing repertoire, while dropping earlier parts. The 1990s were the start of rapid change in the types of roles the tenor performed. During this decade he sang his last Cavaradossi, Don Carlo, Don José,
For the first time in over three decades, Domingo debuted in a
In the 2000s, he sang his last performances of some of the most successful operas from early in his career:
Additionally, Domingo created several new roles in modern operas, such as the title role in
High-profile appearances
Giving him greater international recognition outside of the world of opera, Domingo participated in
A lifelong
On 24 August 2008, Domingo performed a duet with Song Zuying, singing Ài de Huǒyàn (The Flame of Love) at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing.[49][50][51] The Beijing Olympics was the second Olympics at which he performed; he also sang the Olympic Hymn at the closing ceremonies of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.[52]
In 2002, he made a guest appearance on the song "Novus", the closing track on Santana's album Shaman. Domingo sang before Benedict XVI, during the pope's visit to Nationals Park and the Italian embassy in Washington, D.C., on 16 and 17 April 2008. On 15 March 2009, the Metropolitan Opera paid tribute to Domingo's 40th and the company's 125th anniversaries with a gala performance and onstage dinner.[53] On 29 August 2009, he sang "Panis angelicus" at the funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy in the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts.[54] In March 2011, Domingo cancelled an engagement in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colón in support of the theatre's musicians, who were on strike.[55]
As an opera company director
Domingo began an affiliation with the Washington National Opera in 1986, when he appeared in its world premiere production of Menotti's Goya. This was followed by performances in a production of Tosca in the 1988/89 season. Beginning in the 1996/97 season, he took on the role of Artistic Director, bringing new life to the company's productions through his many connections to singers throughout the world and his own annual appearances in one role each season.[56] One example of his ability to bring new singers to the stage were those by the then up-and-coming Anna Netrebko as Gilda in Rigoletto during the 1999/2000 season. In 2003 Domingo became General Director and his contract was extended through the 2010–2011 season.
Parallel to Domingo's management of the Washington company, he had been Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Opera since 2000. He assumed the position of General Director of the company in 2003. On 20 September 2010, he announced that he would renew his contract as General Director through 2013.[57] A week later he announced that he would not renew his contract as General Director of the Washington National Opera beyond its June 2011 expiration date. Reaction to this included The Washington Post's comments on his accomplishments:
- Domingo's goal was to make the WNO an internationally regarded company. At the beginning of his tenure, he lifted the opera to a new level, bringing in more international stars and big-name productions – including José Carreras in Wolf-Ferrari's Sly, Mirella Freni singing opposite Domingo in Fedora, and Renée Fleming in Lucrezia Borgia. And his commitment to American opera meant that the WNO presented the second or third productions of a number of important works: Maw's Sophie's Choice, Bolcom's A View From the Bridge, Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire.[58]
Domingo attempted to quash criticism in East Coast newspapers that he was taking on too much when the singer gave an interview in the Los Angeles Times in which he restated his long-time motto, "When I rest, I rust".[59]
In October 2019, Domingo resigned as general director of the Los Angeles Opera amid accusations of sexual harassment.[11]
Taking on baritone roles
Domingo announced in 2007 that two years later he would take on one of Verdi's most demanding baritone roles, singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra. His debut performance in the part occurred at the Berlin State Opera on 24 October, followed by 29 other performances during the 2009–2010 season at major opera houses around the world, including the Met and the Royal Opera House in London.[60]
After the success of Boccanegra, Domingo has performed other baritone roles including the character of Rigoletto in Verdi's Rigoletto in August 2010 at Reignwood Theatre in Beijing. In March 2012, for the first time he sang the baritone role of the Cenobite monk Athanaël in Massenet's Thaïs, his 139th role. Again, in 2011 he undertook the role of Rigoletto in a live television broadcast in Europe which was shot in real locations in Mantua.
He appeared as Doge Francesco Foscari in Verdi's
On 13 June 2018, Plácido Domingo performed at the
Family and personal life
Domingo was born to
On 29 August 1957 at age 16, Domingo married a fellow piano student, Ana María Guerra Cué (1938–2006). Their son, José Plácido Domingo Guerra (called "Pepe" as a boy and later "Joe"), now a photographer,[71] was born on 16 June 1958.[72] However, the marriage did not last long, with the couple separating shortly thereafter. On 1 August 1962, Domingo married Marta Ornelas (born 1935), a lyric soprano from Veracruz, Mexico, whom he met during his conservatory days.[73] In the same year, Marta had been voted "Mexican Singer of the Year". After their marriage, the couple performed together frequently at the Israel National Opera. However, after she became pregnant with her first child, she gave up her promising career to devote time to her family. They have two sons, Plácido Francisco (known as Plácido Domingo Jr.), born 21 October 1965, and Alvaro Maurizio, born 11 October 1968.
After a period of time living in Israel, Domingo and his growing family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey in the 1960s.[74][75][76] He later acquired residences in Manhattan and Barcelona. Keeping his apartment in New York, he currently also has a house in his native Madrid. During breaks in his work schedule, he usually spends time with family at his vacation home in Acapulco, Mexico.[77][78]
In March 2010 he underwent surgery for
On 22 March 2020, Domingo announced during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico that he had tested positive for COVID-19, which he reportedly contracted at a party in Tequila, Jalisco in honor of Juan Domingo Beckmann, who also tested positive.[84][85] He was admitted to a hospital in Acapulco to treat complications of the disease but his condition was stable.[84]
Sexual harassment allegations
In August 2019, Domingo was accused of sexual harassment by multiple female colleagues, some dating back as far as 30 years. However, no official charges were ever filed, nor were there any court proceedings or convictions. Nonetheless, Domingo subsequently resigned from his position as general manager of the Los Angeles Opera, saying he did so with a "heavy heart", but in light of the recent allegations against him, he said the move was in the best interest for the opera company.[86]
In late February 2020, Domingo apologized to any colleagues who felt uncomfortable or in any way hurt by his comments or actions. He reiterated that it was never his intention to hurt or offend anyone, saying, "I have never behaved aggressively toward anyone, and I have never done anything to hinder or harm anyone's career in any way. On the contrary, I have spent much of my half-century in the opera world supporting the industry and furthering the careers of countless singers."[87]
The investigation launched by the Los Angeles Opera into the incidents at the house "deemed the allegations to be credible, in part because of the similarities in their accounts". The investigation "often found him to be sincere in his denials but found some of them to be less credible or lacking in awareness". The investigation criticized inadequate communication and lack of awareness about sexual harassment at the opera.[88]
In his first interview since recovering from COVID-19, Domingo told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that the charges were false. "When I knew that I had COVID, I promised myself that if I came out alive, I would fight to clear my name", Domingo said. "I never abused anyone. I will repeat that as long as I live."[89]
Recordings
Complete operas and recital discs
Domingo has made over 200
Crossover albums
In addition to his classical recordings, Domingo has released numerous
Since the early 1980s, Domingo has released several
Appearances on film and television
Domingo has starred in several opera films. His three theatrical released opera movies from the 1980s received significant awards and recognitions, including
Over the course of decades, he has sung in numerous
Domingo was the executive producer of the critically acclaimed 1998
Christmas in Vienna
In December 1992, Domingo collaborated with fellow operatic tenor and friend José Carreras and pop music legend
Cultural references
By the 1980s and 1990s,
In 2007, Domingo had a
Domingo, along with Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras, loosely inspired the 2001 biting English-language film, Off Key, by Spanish director Manuel Gómez Pereira.[100][101] The movie's leading character, Ricardo Palacios (played by Joe Mantegna), is a Spanish tenor with vague ties to Mexico, who plays the piano, conducts, seeks celebrity outside of the opera world, and is proud of his Otello. Like Domingo, he discovers new operatic talents, sings duets with pop singers, and performs mariachi music and tangos. The farcical plot, however, has nothing in common with actual occurrences in the lives of Domingo or his colleagues.[101] The movie was the most expensive production in Spain's cinematic history to that point.[102]
American author Elizabeth George references Domingo in one of her series of mystery novels about the fictional Inspector Lynley, This Body of Death (2010). In the book, Meredith's young daughter is an enthusiastic fan of Plácido Domingo and has the detective read to her from an unauthorized biography of the singer. The real-life Domingo was also mentioned as part of a running gag on the 1996 Seinfeld episode, "The Doll". Seinfeld was the second highest rated series on U.S. television at the time. He was also referenced several times throughout the sitcom series Everybody Loves Raymond as Raymond's mother, Marie's, favorite opera singer. In addition, the tenor has appeared on the cover of several opera-related books, as a key representative of the musical genre. Such mainstream allusions to Domingo illustrate his atypically widespread fame and cultural influence as an opera singer. His integration both as an actual performer and as an "image" into popular as well as high culture was so significant by 2011, Spanish author Rubén Amón wrote a book, Plácido Domingo: Un coloso en el teatro del mundo, specifically analyzing the singer as a cultural and sociological phenomenon.[97][103]
Repertoire
Domingo has sung 151 roles in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Russian.
After taking on baritone roles, he sang Conte Di Luna in Il Trovatore, an opera in which he previously performed as Manrico, a tenor role. His last major role in a full-length opera was in the title role of Nabucco in the production by Thaddeus Strassberger in December 2019 in Valencia. During the curtain call many supporters of the singer showed support by dropping flyers in support of the singer.[104]
Awards and honors
Plácido Domingo has received many awards and honors for his achievement in the field of music and in recognition of his many benefit concerts and contributions to various charities. In 1978, when Domingo was only 37, the city of Madrid dedicated a commemorative plaque at his birthplace at 34 Calle Ibiza near the
The singer won his first
A
In 2006, he received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
He has also received the
In 2012, Domingo was voted into Gramophone's first Hall of Fame.[109]
In April 2014, Domingo was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music degree by Berklee College of Music at its campus in Valencia, Spain. During his acceptance speech, Domingo said, "it is a great pleasure to have a connection between Boston and Valencia since both have been so important in my career." Domingo sang Handel's Messiah with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of his career, and performed his first Bohéme at the Palau de les Arts.[110]
In June 2018,
Humanitarian works and initiatives
Domingo has been heavily involved in humanitarian efforts and volunteerism. He has given many benefit concerts for disaster relief, charities, and musical organizations, as well as served in various voluntary positions in the artistic and sports worlds. In 1986, Domingo performed at several benefit concerts to raise funds for the victims of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. He also released an album of one of the events for charity. On 21 August 2007, in recognition of his support of the earthquake victims, as well as his artistic works, a statue in his honor was unveiled. It was made in Mexico City from keys donated by the people. The statue, the work of Alejandra Zúñiga, is two meters tall, weighs about 300 kg (660 lbs) and is part of the "Grandes valores" (Great values) program.[112][113]
Since the earthquake, Domingo has continued to do charitable work in Mexico and other countries. After
On 4 March 2006, Domingo sang at the
In June 2010 Domingo became President of Europa Nostra, the Voice of Cultural Heritage in Europe, which helps to promote European high culture.[119] The following year, FIFA president Sepp Blatter invited Domingo to join a council intended to clean up the football governing body, which had been accused of taking bribes from countries that wanted to stage the World Cup.[120] Domingo has also supported environmental efforts. In 2007, he joined several other preeminent figures in entertainment, government, the environment and more, as one of the users of the BMW Hydrogen 7, designed to build support for hydrogen as a viable alternative to fossil fuels.[121] Domingo also supports the Hear the World initiative as an ambassador to raise awareness for the topic of hearing and hearing loss.[122]
Operalia and young artists programs
Domingo has especially tried to aid the development of young opera singers' careers. In 1993 he founded
Several leading opera singers of recent years have won prizes in the competition, including Joseph Calleja, Joyce DiDonato, Erwin Schrott, Giuseppe Filianoti, and José Cura. In particular, Domingo has performed frequently with Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón, who won three prizes at the 1999 Operalia competition.
Beyond Operalia, Domingo has been instrumental in giving many young artists encouragement and special attention, as in 2001, when he invited the so-called "Singing Policeman", New York tenor Daniel Rodríguez, to attend the Vilar-Domingo Young Artists program to develop his operatic skills.
In addition to the Vilar-Domingo Young Artists Program in Washington, D.C., Domingo has also started programs to train young opera singers at the Los Angeles Opera and the
In September 2016, he performed at a Los Angeles benefit for the Esperanza Azteca Los Angeles Youth Orchestra supporting young musicians from the Los Angeles area.[124]
Writings
Date | Title | Publisher | ISBN | Pages | Author(s) |
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September 1983 | My First Forty Years | Alfred A. Knopf | ISBN 0-394-52329-6
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256 | Plácido Domingo |
1983 | Jacqueline du Pré: Impressions | Vanguard Press | ISBN 0814908675
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141 | William Wordsworth Plácido Domingo |
December 1994 | Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera |
Hyperion | ISBN 0-7868-8025-2
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494 | Fred Plotkin Plácido Domingo |
July 1997 | Christmas With Plácido Domingo: Trumpets Sound And Angels Sing |
Alfred Publishing Company | ISBN 0-89524-321-0
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80 | Plácido Domingo Milton Okun
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July 1997 | Bajo el Cielo Español (Under the Spanish Sky) |
Warner Brothers Publications | ISBN 0-7692-0024-9
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84 | Plácido Domingo Carol Cuéllar |
March 1999 | Plácido Domingo: Por Amor | Hal Leonard Corporation | ISBN 0-7119-7258-3
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104 | Plácido Domingo |
January 2003 | The Zarzuela Companion | Scarecrow Press | ISBN 0810844478
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352 | Christopher Webber Plácido Domingo |
March 2003 | Plácido Domingo: My Operatic Roles | Baskerville Publishers, Incorporated | ISBN 1-880909-61-8
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319 | Helena Matheopoulos Plácido Domingo |
March 2007 | Leoncavallo: Life and Works | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc | ISBN 0-8108-5880-0
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349 351 |
Konrad Dryden Plácido Domingo |
December 2007 | So When Does the Fat Lady Sing? | Hal Leonard Corporation | ISBN 1-57467-162-6
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173 | Michael Walsh Plácido Domingo |
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Pronunciation: /doʊˈmɪŋɡoʊ, dəˈ-/; Spanish: [xoˈse ˈplaθiðo ðoˈmiŋɡo emˈbil]
Citations
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Thomson Gale, 2006, The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 1994, Warrack, J. and West, E. The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, OUP, 1992 all give the year of birth as 1941.
- ISBN 978-0195337655.
- ^ Matheopoulos & Domingo 2003, p. 19: "Otello is a dramatic part and Domingo a lirico spinto tenor. But from the beginning it was clear that this was an ideal role for him..."
- ^ Michener, Charles (4 October 2004). "Heppner Now Reigning Otello As Domingo Relinquishes Role". New York Observer. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Review: In his 151st role, Plácido Domingo plays the 'wild cat' as old lion". Los Angeles Times. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b "OperaChaser: Domingo's 151st role accompanies zarzuela's great appeal in a passionately presented El Gato Montés ("The Wildcat") at L.A. Opera". Operachaser.blogspot.com. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Butler, Susan (21 June 2008). "Milt Okun: Music Legend Milt Okun Honored for a Lifetime of Vision". Billboard. p. 34.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-00-739618-4. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ a b Classical Music Magazine, volume 17, p. 39 (1994). "And then there's the three tenors phenomenon: The London recording from the 1990 concert became the biggest-selling classical album of all time, having now topped 10-million units throughout the world."
- ^ "Los Angeles Opera homepage, accessed 2017-07-01". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ a b Singh, Maanvi (2 October 2019). "Plácido Domingo resigns from Los Angeles Opera amid sexual harassment claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ a b Plácido Domingo: "Nací a diez minutos del Real, en la calle Ibiza" (spanish)
- ^ S. E. (20 October 1988). "'En España la zarzuela se ha tratado como una hijastra': Pepita Embil recibe hoy un gran homenaje". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 14–9.
- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 18.
- ^ Webber 2003, p. 303.
- ^ a b Domingo 1983, pp. 20.
- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 20–2.
- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 23.
- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 25–6.
- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 27.
- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 28.
- ^ "Roles" Archived 16 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, placidodomingo.com
- ^ "Placido Domingo | About Placido Domingo | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. 3 December 2002.
- ^ Snowman 1985, pp. 11, 134–5.
- ^ Schonberg, Harold C. (10 February 1967). "Opera: Orchestra Is Star". The New York Times. p. 31.
- ^ Snowman 1985, p. 11.
- ^ Volpe 2006, p. 193.
- ^ Domingo 1983, p. 222.
- ^ Gad, Georges (February 2001). "Plácido Domingo l'apothéose". Le Monde de la musique (in French).
- ^ a b Swan 1982.
- ^ Snowman 1985, p. 49.
- ^ Domingo 1983, pp. 175–9.
- ^ Snowman 1985, pp. 213–5, 222–4.
- ^ Scovell, Jane (September 1987). "Domingo: Giving his Best". Opera News.
- ^ a b Holland, Bernard (20 September 1983). "Domingo 'Almost' Sure to Open Met". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ISBN 0313284903.
- ^ Matheopoulos & Domingo 2003, p. 212.
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- ^ Henahan, Donal (26 September 1984). "Met opener passes tests". The New York Times.
- ^ Norton-Welsh, Christopher (May 1990). "Vienna, Lohengrin". Opera. London.
- ^ "About Us: Plácido Domingo" (Domingo's page on LA Opera's website) Archived 28 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, laopera.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013
- ^ "American certifications – "Three Tenors, The"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (24 March 1996). "The Three Tenors Juggernaut". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "All The Number 1 Albums". Official Charts (UK). Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Placido Domingo to Sing Before World Cup Final". The Hollywood Reporter. AP. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.news.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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Cited sources
- Amón, Rubén (2011). Plácido Domingo: Un coloso en el teatro del mundo (in Spanish). Barcelona: Planeta. ISBN 978-8408099192.
- Domingo, Plácido (1983). My First Forty Years. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-52329-6.
- Matheopoulos, Helena; Domingo, Plácido (2003). Placido Domingo: My Operatic Roles (2nd ed.). Fort Worth, TX: Baskerville Publishers. ISBN 1-880909-61-8.
- ISBN 0-9777037-0-3.
- Snowman, Daniel (1985). The World of Plácido Domingo. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-059527-5.
- Swan, Annalyn (8 March 1982). "King Of The Opera: Bravissimo, Domingo!". Newsweek. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 10 November 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ISBN 0307262855.
- Webber, Christopher (2003). The Zarzuela Companion. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810844478.
Other sources
- Goodnough, David (1997). Plácido Domingo: Opera Superstar (Hispanic Biographies). Enslow Publishers. ISBN 0-89490-892-8
External links
- Official website
- Plácido Domingo – My Greatest Roles, collection of televised performances
- Plácido Domingo International Operalia Opera Singer Contest
- Discography, Deutsche Grammophon Classics
- History of the Tenor – sound clips and narration
- Placido Domingo performs arias from Andrea Chėnier, Abduction from the Seraglio, Carmen, Der Rosencavalier, Fidelio, Forza del destino, Otello, Samson et Dalila, Tales of Hoffmann, Tannhaeuser, Tosca, Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera on archive.org
- Recordings with Plácido Domingo in the Online Archive of the Österreichische Mediathek (registration required) Retrieved 3. November 2022
Biography, interviews and profiles
- Domingo's biography on the Kennedy Center's website at kennedy-center.org
- Peter Conrad, " 'I must live up to what people expect' ", The Observer (London), 9 July 2005 on guardian.co.uk.
- Martin Kettle, "A tenor no more: Domingo to make switch to baritone", The Guardian (London), 24 January 2007.
- Nahuel Lopez, "Oper ist teuer, Sänger sind billig" ("Opera is expensive, singers are cheap"), Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 17 March 2009. "Plácido Domingo about too small operas, casting singers as Paul Potts and the humility before a great career". (In German)
- Matthew Stadlen, "Plácido Domingo: 'I've done nothing to deserve this voice'", The Telegraph (London), 25 August 2013 on telegraph.co.uk. (Domingo and his career at age 72)