Plácido Domingo

"You have to move well, you have to act well, you have to look good, you have to sing well. The competition is much stiffer." Placido Domingo, LA Opera's general director, applauds Gunn's enthusiasm for keeping opera looking ahead.

In this article: Nathan Gunn, Francesca Zambello, The Colbert Report, Royal Shakespeare Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Figaro, Barber of Seville, Tannhauser, and Romeo et Juliette

...to Hamburg, Germany, for an opera competition that had been recently started by a well-known tenor: Placido Domingo's Operalia. "I did the Domingo competition in 1998," she recalls. "I sang in the final round one aria [Rossini's "Non piu...

In this article: Joyce DiDonato, The Barber of Seville, London, E mail, Wichita State, and The Times of London

...of tone poem that tells the opera's complete story, in music alone, before the action even begins. DOMINGO ON THE DUTCHMAN Placido Domingo, the Washington National Opera's general director, hears a bit of passionate, Italian verismo in...

In this article: Richard Wagner, The Flying Dutchman, Washington National Opera, Alan Held, and Flying Dutchman

Placido Domingo has seen all kinds of fan adoration in his 40-plus years in the opera business. But he apparently had not seen anything quite like the crowd waiting to greet him late Wednesday night in downtown Los Angeles. "Oh my God!"...

In this article: God, DVD, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, Diet Coke, Santa Monica College, and Tosca

26 November 2009: Tenor PLACIDO DOMINGO will give fans in Mexico an early Christmas treat next month (Dec09) when he plays a free concert in the capital city. The Spanish opera star will take to the stage in the open-air at the Angel of...

In this article: Mexico, Mexico City, and Angel of Independence

...with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .... DOMINGO TO PLAY CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN MEXICO Tenor PLACIDO DOMINGO will give fans in Mexico an early Christmas treat next month (Dec09) when he plays a free...

In this article: Mexico, Mexico City, All rights reserved, and Angel of Independence

...Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Among those performing were Bette Midler, who sang "Wing Beneath My Wings," and Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, who sang "Ave Maria." Rodriguez, a tenor who had been singing since he was 12, became known as the...

In this article: Daniel Rodriguez, God Bless America, Manhattan, New York, Billboard, New York Police Department, Danny Boy, and America the Beautiful

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo will give a free, open-air concert in Mexico City next month to celebrate Christmas, city authorities said Monday. Domingo, 68, will sing December 19 at the iconic Angel of Independence monument on Paseo de...

In this article: Mexico City, Washington National Opera, Mexico, Angel of Independence, and United States

...the work's virtues, the main reason that Los Angeles Opera has mounted a production of Handel's "Tamerlano" is that tenor Placido Domingo recently added the role of Bajazet to his repertory. Bajazet is not the title character, but he may...

In this article: Tamerlano

Navigation - link to other main sections from here After 50 years as a tenor, Placido Domingo turns baritone for Verdi Placido Domingo, the star tenor, said his usual prayer to St Blaise, patron saint of healthy throats, skipped on to...

In this article: Simon Boccanegra, Otello, Berlin, Jose Carreras, Doge of Genoa, Rheinische Post, Iago, and Die Walkure