Nov 21st, 2008 · Placido Domingo is the most durable, thoughtful opera singer in recent history. Andrea Bocelli has sold more than 60 million albums. The two icons discuss their first performance together and describe what makes opera relevant today.
Keywords: icon · history · Singer · Opera · album · Bocelli · Andrea Bocelli · Placido Domingo · durable · Domingo
Nov 14th, 2008 · Placido Domingo sings the key scene from one of the first great tenor roles ever composed — Bajazet, in Handel's Tamerlano. Bajazet's death is among the most dramatic solo scenes in all of Baroque opera.
Keywords: deaths · Opera · Handel · Baroque · tenor · Placido Domingo · Bajazet · emTamerlano
Sep 5th, 2008 · Science fiction isn't typical source material for opera. Which is why Placido Domingo was a little surprised when The Fly landed on his desk. But David Cronenberg and Howard Shore's opera opens Sept. 7 in Los Angeles.
Keywords: Los Angeles · science · fictional · desks · Opera · operatic · Howard Shore · David Cronenberg · Placido Domingo
Jun 6th, 2008 · There are plenty of operas in which the main characters sing their final words with their last breaths. In this one, nearly everyone on stage kicks the operatic bucket as the curtain falls. Placido Domingo leads a production from Washington, D.C.
Keywords: products · deaths · Washington · D.C · Opera · Breath · operatic · curtain · sundown · Placido Domingo · Verdi · vespri
Dec 24th, 2007 · Thomas Young, Roderick Dixon, and Victor Trent Cook may not enjoy the worldwide recognition of those other three tenors -- José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti -- but this soulful trio can cover everything from opera to the O'Jays. They talk to Farai Chideya about their music and inspiration.
Keywords: worldwide · MO · music · soul · Opera · Farai Chideya · inspiration · trio · tenor · Luciano Pavarotti · Placido Domingo · O'Jays
Oct 12th, 2007 · Legendary tenor Placido Domingo sings the heroic role of Siegmund in Die Walkuere, the second installment in the Washington National Opera's new production of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungen.
Keywords: products · Wagnerian · heroic · Washington National Opera · tenor · The Ring · Placido Domingo · Walkuere · Siegmund · Die Walkuere · Nibelungen
Sep 14th, 2007 · Legendary tenor Placido Domingo takes to the podium, to conduct Puccini's Madame Butterfly, in a Washington National Opera production starring soprano Xiu Wei Sun as Cio-Cio-San.
Keywords: products · soprano · Butterfly · Washington National Opera · tenor · podium · Placido Domingo · Madame · Puccini · Madame Butterfly · Xiu Wei Sun · Cio Cio San
Jul 20th, 2007 · Turandot, Puccini's extravagant portrayal of ancient China, is home to "Nessun dorma!" -- one of music's most famous numbers -- a soaring tenor aria that's been recorded by performers ranging from Franco Corelli and Placido Domingo, to the Twelve Girls Band and the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra.
Keywords: China · music · famous · ancient · tenor · extravagant · Giacomo · Aria · Placido Domingo · Puccini · Turandot · Nessun