Placido Domingo
Placido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil, known as Plácido Domingo, is a Spanish tenor, conductor and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the most prestigious opera houses in the world. Although primarily a lirico-spinto tenor for most of his career, especially popular for his Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José, and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most...
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth21 January 1941
categories cultural financial means people
There are two big categories of people that do not go to the opera. Some who will never have the financial or cultural means of doing it.
orchestra minutes session
When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.