Plácido Domingo

Personal Info

Birthday

January 21, 1941

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

Also Known As

Placido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Biography

Although born in Madrid, Spain, Placido Domingo spent a major portion of his life living in Mexico City where he graduated from the Mexico City Conservatory. His first operatic performance was in a staging of La Traviata in Monterrey playing Alfredo. He was then a Tenor for the Israel National Opera and subsequently moved to Europe.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Cosby Show

Great Performances

Mozart in the Jungle

The Book of Life

Moulin Rouge!

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

La traviata

Filmography

2022
The Sweet Taste of Success
as Plácido Domingo
2021
Love Duets
as Conductor
2020
The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World
as Himself
2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
as Agente Rodríguez
Plácido Domingo Gala
as Nabucco / Macbeth / Simon Baccanegra
Pavarotti
as Self
The ROH Live: La Traviata
as Giorgio Germont
Verdi: Macbeth
as Macbeth
2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Himself
El corazón del Teatro Real
as Self
Don Giovanni
as Conductor
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
as Miller
Macbeth
as Macbeth
2017
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
as Self
The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
Verdi: Nabucco
as Nabucco
2016
I Am La Scala
as Self
The ROH Live: Nabucco
as Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi - I due Foscari
as Francesco Foscari
2015
Helene Fischer - Weihnachten - Live aus der Hofburg Wien
as Self
Gianni Schicchi
as Gianni Schicchi
Verdi Nabucco
as Nabucco
Verdi : I Due Foscari (The Royal Opera House)
as Francesco Foscari
2014
Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self
The Book of Life
as Skeleton Jorge (voice)
2013
Il Trovatore
as Il conte di Luna
2012
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
as Neptune
2011
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
as Orest
2010
Rigoletto a Mantova
as Rigoletto
Simon Boccanegra - Teatro La Scala Milano
as Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
as Simon Boccanegra
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
as Self - Host
2009
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas
as tenor
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
as Self
2008
Massenet: Thaïs
as Self - Host
Mariinsky Theatre
as Self
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
as Self
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Monte (voice)
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
as Self (archive footage)
Handel: Tamerlano
as Bajazet
2007
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
as Self - Conductor
Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano di Bergerac
To Play and to Fight
as Self - Interviewee / Trumpet
Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza
as Self
The First Emperor
as Emperor Qin
2006
Das Waldbühnen-Konzert
as Self
Luisa Fernanda
as Vidal Hernando
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
as Self
2003
Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico
as Host & Narrator
2001
Moulin Rouge!
as Voice of Man in the Moon
2000
Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
as Self
1999
The Three Tenors Christmas
as Himself
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
as Gherman
Great Tenor Performances
as Himself
1998
Christmas In Vienna VI
as Self
Three Tenors in Paris
as Self
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
as Self
1997
Fedora
as Loris Ipanov
1996
Merry Christmas from Vienna
as Self - Tenor
La Forza del Destino - The Met
as Don Alvaro
The Transformation of the World Into Music
as Self
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
as Self
1995
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Performer
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Gabriele Adorno
1994
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
as Luigi
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
as Self
1993
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
as Mario Cavaradossi
1992
Christmas in Vienna
as Self
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
as Self - Singer
Europakonzert 1992 from Madrid
as Self - Tenor
La Fanciulla del West
as Dick Johnson o Ramerrez
1991
La Fanciulla Del West
as Dick Johnson alias Ramerrez
1990
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
as Gustavo
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
as Gustavo III
Lohengrin
as Lohengrin
1989
Aida
as Radamès
1988
Cantos Aztecas
as Self - Solist
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine
as Vasco Da Gama
1987
Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas
as Self
Pagliacci
as Canio
Turandot
as Calaf
1986
La Gioconda
as Enzo
Otello
as Otello
1985
Andrea Chénier
as Andrea Chénier
Tosca
as Cavaradossi
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1984
Francesca da Rimini
as Paolo Malatesta
Carmen
as Don José
Burnett Discovers Domingo
as Self
Die Fledermaus
as Conductor
1983
Berlioz: Les Troyens
as Aeneas
Manon Lescaut
as Des Grieux
Don Carlo
as Don Carlo
Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
as Dick Johnson
In Concert at The Met
as Tenor
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
as Narrator
1982
La traviata
as Alfredo Germont
Verdi Ernani
as Ernani
Cavalleria rusticana
as Turiddu
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1981
Hommage a Sevilla
as Himself
Andrea Chenier
as Andrea Chénier
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Hoffmann
La Traviata - The Met
as Alfredo Germont
Samson et Dalila
as Samson
1980
Georges Bizet: Carmen
as Don José
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
as Chevalier des Grieux
1978
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
as Turiddu / Canio
Il Trovatore - Verdi
as Manrico
1977
Rigoletto
as The Duke of Mantua
1976
Verdi: Otello
as Otello
Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci
as Turiddu / Canio
1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
as Gustavo III
1974
Madama Butterfly
as Pinkerton
1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
as Self
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
as Self / Tenor