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Plácido Domingo

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Plácido Domingo

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jan 21, 1941 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

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

Acting
202514 Short Films About Opera
2025Cento e oltre. Puccini e noiPlácido Domingo
2025Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary
2024Andrea Bocelli 30: The CelebrationSelf
2024The Three Tenors - Birth of a LegendSelf
2023Tiempo de Zarzuela
2022The Sweet Taste of SuccessPlácido Domingo
2021Love DuetsConductor
2020The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The WorldSelf
2020Plácido Domingo: At The Arena di Verona
2019Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Tales of Hoffmann
2019Plácido Domingo GalaNabucco / Macbeth / Simon Baccanegra
2019Verdi: MacbethMacbeth
2019Royal Opera House: La TraviataGiorgio Germont
2019PavarottiSelf
2019The Rodriguez and the BeyondAgente Rodríguez
2018MacbethMacbeth
2018The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa MillerMiller
2018Don GiovanniConductor
2018Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from LifeHimself
2018El corazón del Teatro RealSelf
2017Verdi: NabuccoNabucco
2017The Three Tenors - The Lost ConcertsSelf (archive footage)
2017Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop StarSelf
2016Giuseppe Verdi: I due FoscariFrancesco Foscari
2016Il Volo: Notte Magica - A Tribute To The Three Tenors 2016
2016The ROH Live: NabuccoNabucco
2016MacbethMacbeth
2016I Am La ScalaSelf
2015Helene Fischer - Weihnachten - Live aus der Hofburg WienSelf
2015Verdi NabuccoNabucco
2015Royal Opera House: I Due FoscariFrancesco Foscari
2015Gianni SchicchiGianni Schicchi
2015The Mariinsky II Opening GalaSelf
2015En la tuya o en la míaSelf - Guest
2014The Book of LifeSkeleton Jorge (voice)
2014Karajan's Magic and MythSelf
2014Il TrovatoreIl Conte di Luna
2014Mozart in the JunglePlácido Domingo
2013Il TrovatoreIl conte di Luna
2013StöcklSelf
2012The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pasticheNeptune
2011The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en TaurideOrest
2011Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...Self
2010Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]Simon Boccanegra
2010Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber
2010Simon Boccanegra - Teatro La Scala MilanoSimon Boccanegra
2010In Concert at The MetTenor
2010Rigoletto a MantovaRigoletto
2010The Met — Der RosenkavalierSelf - Host
2010MasterclassSelf
2009Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelastenor
2009The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in PetraSelf
2008Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within meSelf
2008Beverly Hills ChihuahuaMonte (voice)
2008Mariinsky TheatreSelf
2008Handel: TamerlanoBajazet
2008Karajan: Beauty As I See ItSelf (archive footage)
2008Massenet: ThaïsSelf - Host
2008Verdi: OtelloOtello
2007The First EmperorEmperor Qin
2007Alfano - Cyrano de BergeracCyrano di Bergerac
2007Antonio Gades, la ética de la danzaSelf
2007The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et JulietteSelf - Conductor
2007To Play and to FightSelf - Interviewee / Trumpet
2006Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los AngelesSelf
2006Das Waldbühnen-KonzertSelf
2006Luisa FernandaVidal Hernando
2006FIFA 2006 Germany World Cup Opening Ceremony
2006Bernstein in London: Verdi RequiemSelf - Tenor
2006LegendsSelf
2006El hormigueroSelf - Guest
2004Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and LoveSelf
2004Willkommen bei Carmen NebelSelf
2003Mariachi: The Spirit of MexicoHost & Narrator
2003A Spanish Night - Domingo - Berliner Philharmoniker
2001Moulin Rouge!Voice of Man in the Moon
2001Gran Gala di Verdi
2001OtelloOtello
2000Sibelius - Violin Concerto / De Falla - Nights in the Gardens of SpainSelf
1999The Three Tenors ChristmasSelf
1999Great Tenor PerformancesSelf
1999The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]Gherman
1999BeckmannSelf
1998Gala de Reyes: Los Tres TenoresSelf
1998Samson et DalilaSamson
1998Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
1998A Gala Christmas in ViennaSelf
1998Christmas In Vienna VISelf
1998Three Tenors in ParisSelf
1997FedoraLoris Ipanov
1997CarmenDon José
1996The Transformation of the World Into MusicSelf
1996Merry Christmas from ViennaSelf - Tenor
1996Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th AnniversarySelf
1996Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo
1996La Forza del Destino - The MetDon Alvaro
1996Fox News Sunday
1996RTL-SpendenmarathonSelf
1995Sinatra: 80 Years My WaySelf - Performer
1995OtelloOtello
1995Giuseppe Verdi: Simon BoccanegraGabriele Adorno
1995KulturzeitSelf (archive footage)
1994The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994Self
1994Il Tabarro & PagliacciLuigi
1994Placido Domingo's Tales from the OperaSelf
1993Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of ToscaMario Cavaradossi
1993Stiffelio - The Met
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1992Christmas in ViennaSelf
1992OtelloOtello
1992La Fanciulla del WestDick Johnson o Ramerrez
1992A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the SongSelf - Singer
1992Europakonzert 1992 from MadridSelf - Tenor
1992Symphony for the Spire
1991La Fanciulla Del WestDick Johnson alias Ramerrez
1991The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991Self
1991Pebble MillSelf
1990Verdi: Un ballo in mascheraGustavo III
1990The Original Three Tenors ConcertSelf - Tenor
1990Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in MascheraGustavo
1990LohengrinLohengrin
1989AidaRadamès
1989The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
1989The SimpsonsPlácido Domingo (voice)
1988Meyerbeer: L'AfricaineVasco Da Gama
1988CarmenDon José
1988Cantos AztecasSelf - Solist
1988FlitterabendSelf - Singer
1987TurandotCalaf
1987PagliacciCanio
1987Julie Andrews: The Sound of ChristmasSelf
1986Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
1986La GiocondaEnzo
1986OtelloOtello
1986ToscaMario Cavaradossi
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
1985Andrea ChénierAndrea Chénier
1985ToscaCavaradossi
1984CarmenDon José
1984Francesca da RiminiPaolo Malatesta
1984Burnett Discovers DomingoSelf
1984Die FledermausConductor
1984The Cosby ShowAlberto Santiago
1984Goldene KameraSelf
1983Mario Lanza: The American CarusoNarrator
1983Berlioz: Les TroyensAeneas
1983Manon LescautDes Grieux
1983Puccini's La Fanciulla del WestDick Johnson
1983Don CarloDon Carlo
1983The Metropolitan Opera Centennial GalaSelf
1982La traviataAlfredo Germont
1982Cavalleria rusticanaTuriddu
1982Verdi ErnaniErnani
1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982La fanciulla del WestDick Johnson
1982WoganSelf
1981Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman
1981Les Contes d'HoffmannHoffmann
1981Samson et DalilaSamson
1981Hommage a SevillaHimself
1981La Traviata - The MetAlfredo Germont
1981Andrea ChenierAndrea Chénier
1981Wetten, dass..?Self
1980Puccini: Manon LescautChevalier des Grieux
1980Georges Bizet: CarmenDon José
1980The Big ShowSelf
1980Verstehen Sie Spaß?Self
1979Luisa Miller: Metropolitan OperaRodolfo
1979Otello - The Met
1978Il Trovatore - VerdiManrico
1978CarmenDon José
1978Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciTuriddu / Canio
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
1977RigolettoThe Duke of Mantua
1977Auf los geht's losSelf
1976Verdi: OtelloOtello
1976ToscaMario Cavaradossi
1976Cavalleria rusticana / I PagliacciTuriddu / Canio
1975Verdi Un Ballo in MascheraGustavo III
1974Puccini's Madama ButterflyPinkerton
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf - Main Guest
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf (archive footage)
1972Schöne StimmenSelf
1971Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die EhreSelf
1971Great PerformancesJuanillo
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1971Great PerformancesParsifal
1971Great PerformancesFrancisco Goya
1971Great PerformancesRadamès
1970Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth SymphonySelf / Tenor
1970Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard BernsteinSelf
1969Das SonntagskonzertSelf
1967OmnibusSelf
1964Einer wird gewinnenSelf
1963Viña del Mar International Song FestivalSelf - Musical Guest
1963Das aktuelle Sportstudioself
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1953The OscarsSelf
1948BambiSelf
-Penella - El Gato Montés
-Cyrano de BergeracCyrano
-Wagner LohengrinLohengrin
Production
2018Don GiovanniProducer