Placido Domingo

In the year 1959, he appeared in a baritone role in Emilio Arriera’s opera ‘Marina’.

Around this time he also worked as an assistant coach and assistant conductor in the Latin American production of the musical ‘My Fair Lady’.

While he was a team member of the production, the musical is said to have been played around 185 times across various parts of Mexico.

During 1959 Plácido Domingo auditioned for the baritone role at the Mexico National Opera.

However, he was inducted as a tenor and a tutor for other singers.

In September that year, he performed in the Opera named ‘Rigoletto’.

Well-known operatic baritones Cornell MacNeil and Norman Treigle performed along with him.

He gave his debut performance with this group on 17 June 1965 in Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’.

Similarly, in 1966, he performed the title role of ‘Don Rodrigo’ and this earned him much appreciation and critical acclaim.

In the year 1968, Plácido had his debut performance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Since then, he has opened the season 21 times at the Metropolitan Opera, surpassing previous records of singers.

In 1973, Plácido Domingo conducted his initial opera presentation.

In fact, he has also appeared in the filmed versions of the opera.

Whereas, Plácido Domingo recorded a song ‘Perhaps Love’ with American singer John Denver in 1981.

Following the success of this debut, he recorded many more albums.

In 1982 he performed in his opera movie titled ‘La Traviata’. In the year 1984, he performed for the movie version of the opera ‘Carmen’.

Similarly, in 1991, he debuted through the portrayal of the character in Parsifal, and in 1992 he performed as Siegmund.

For almost two decades that followed, he continued to portray these characters.

In the year 1994, he performed his debut Mozart opera, ‘Idomeneo’.

With the onset of the 21st century, he concentrated on fresh roles. He shifted music styles and appeared in 18th-century operas towards the end of the decade.

In the year 2002, he made a guest appearance in the song ‘Novus’ from the musical album Shaman by Santana.

Therefore, he continues recording, and in 2014 he released ‘Encanto del Mar: Mediterranean Songs’ and ‘Puccini: Manon Lescaut’.

Awards

He won Outstanding Individual Achievement – Classical Music/Dance Programming – Performance for Great Performances (1971) at Primetime Emmy Awards, he won Outstanding Performance by Individual in a Music Series or Special for Live from the Metropolitan Opera (1977) at ALMA Award in 1998- 1999.

Similarly, he won Honorary Award, he also won Live Performance at Star on the Walk of Fame.

Placido Domingo: Net Worth, Salary

He has an estimated net worth of around $300 million and he has earned $500,000, and $270,000 for conducting and singing for the 2007-8 season.

Placido Domingo: Rumors, Controversy

Up to now, he has maintained a good relationship with all other people in his personal and professional life.

And so he hasn’t fallen under any rumors.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Placido Domingo has a height of 6 feet 3 inches and he weighs 84 Kg.

His hair color is grey and his eyes color is dark brown.

Social Media

Being a Spanish opera singer, Placido has a huge fan following rate.

This singer has been active on social sites like Facebook,  Twitter, and Instagram.

He has around 1.5M followers on his Facebook, around 89.7K followers on his Twitter.

He has around 244K followers on his Instagram.

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