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Placido Domingo

Opera singer PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (Monte) has achieved worldwide renown as a singer, conductor and arts administrator. He has performed 124 different roles—more than any other tenor in the history of music. He has sung in every major opera house in the world and has made well over 100 recordings (earning 11 Grammy Awards®), more than 50 videos and three theatrically released films: “La Traviata,” “Otello” and “Carmen.” More than one billion people in 117 different countries saw his live telecast of “Tosca” from the authentic locations in Rome.

Domingo has conducted at the Vienna Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden, and has led symphonic ensembles including the Berlin Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony.

In 2000, he became artistic director of Los Angeles Opera, continuing his ongoing
involvement with the Company since its inception in 1986; he was named general director in 2003. Domingo gained recognition as an arts administrator as music director of the 1992 Seville World’s Fair. He also continues as general director of Washington National Opera and is the founder and guiding force of Operalia, the international vocal competition.

Within the past few years, Domingo has become one of the most decorated and honored artists before the public today, being named one of the Kennedy Center Honorees; Commander of France’s Legion of Honor, a decoration given very rarely to a non-French citizen. He’s the recipient of the Honorary Knighthood of the British Empire, an honorary doctorate from England’s

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