Placido Domingo

Placido Domingo is a Spanish tenor. He was born in Madrid, Spain in 1941. Domingo learned the piano, learned how to sing, and conducted opera's in Mexico. He is known for having one of the best tenor voices of his generation. He has been to many opera house's around the world to perform different roles. In 1960 he sang in his first major role, that of Alfredo in the opera La traviata, by Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi. …showed first 75 words of 344 total…

…showed last 75 words of 344 total…la (Milan, Italy) in 1969, and Covent Garden (London, England) in 1971. He has appeared frequently at the Salzburg Festival in Austria, and in 1992 he performed at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, where he sang the title role in the opera Parsifal, by German composer Richard Wagner. Americans consider Placido Domingo a great Classical Artist. Although being busy with things like conducting music, Placido Domingo managed to publish his autobiography, My First Forty Years, in 1983. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**