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
careers expecting conducting
I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.
stress hands energy
On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.
emotional voice worry
The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.
thinking careers stills
Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?
orchestra minutes session
When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.
eight four young
This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.
artist young limelight
When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.
eye ballet opera
When you are confronted with an opera, you have to keep an eye on everything: the musicians, the chorus, the ballet, the singers, the staging.
years made my-future
The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.
fall careers giving
Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.
voice roles niche
Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.
men baritones young
When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.
singing lasts century
In the last century, everybody was singing lower.
talking
To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.