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
want steps half
Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.
possibility
I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.
ambition demand financial
The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.
color voice singing
I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.
voice long singing
But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.
singing joking-around enough
But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.
trying singers sound
Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.
appreciation joy half
I hope I have given back half the joy music has given me.
music musical-life notes
The high note is not the only thing.
passion levels share
When it becomes clear that no one else shares your level of passion, you are where you belong.