Few contemporary artists are as versatile! Plácido Domingo is a singer and conductor, tenor and baritone, with more than 150 operatic roles, celebrated by audiences on stages all over the world.
International critics have described him as a Renaissance man due to his universality, and he has been awarded honorary titles and prestigious prizes, particularly for his humanitarian work. As a promoter of young singing talent, Domingo founded the Operalia Singing Competition. He is also a global ambassador for Spanish culture and zarzuela, following in the footsteps of his parents.
Plácido Domingo is extraordinarily versatile and, in addition to his career as a singer and conductor, has in the past been artistic director and general director of the opera houses in Washington and Los Angeles. His concerts with his tenor colleagues José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti as “The Three Tenors” are legendary. In addition to his huge repertoire as an opera interpreter, Domingo is also a pioneer of crossover and winner of 12 Grammys. He has played the leading roles in opera films by Zeffirelli (Cavalleria Rusticana, La Traviata and Otello), Rosi (Carmen) and De Bosio (Tosca).
In addition to singing, he is a respected conductor with more than 600 performances worldwide. Since 2009, he has also sung the major baritone roles.
His extraordinary artistic career has now lasted uninterrupted for more than half a century. For this very special achievement, Plácido Domingo has been honored at the opera houses of New York, Vienna, Verona, Milan and Buenos Aires, among others.
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