Basic Information About Plácido Domingo
| Category | Celebrities › Singers |
|---|---|
| Professions | Singer, Conductor, Opera Singer, Actor, Voice Actor |
| Net worth | $300,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1941-01-21 (83 years old) |
| Place of birth | Retiro |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Curiosities and Trademarks | Powerful sonorous tenor voice |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.87 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Plácido Domingo win?
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 Golden Globe |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Plácido Domingo awards
| Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Winner | Great Performances | 1984 |
Plácido Domingo roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Moulin Rouge! | Man In The Moon (voice) (as Placido Domingo) |
| The Book of Life | Skeleton Jorge (voice) |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Monte (voice) |
| The Cosby Show | Alberto Santiago 1 episode, 1989 |
| The Simpsons | Plácido Domingo 1 episode, 2007 |
| Dora the Explorer | Malambruno 1 episode, 2012 |
| America's Got Talent | Self / ... 2 episodes, 2008-2018 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1995-2012 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest 2 episodes, 1996-2007 |
Plácido Domingo's photos
Interesting Facts about Plácido Domingo
- He was one of the producers (along with Jose Tamayo, Martin Koch and Cameron Mackintosh) of the musical "Les Miserables" in Madrid. His son, composer Plácido Domingo Jr., was one of the lyric translators.
- He has been named to head the L.A. Opera starting in June 2000.
- Received a John F. Kennedy Center Honor in 2000.
- In 1986, he was awarded the Aztec Eagle medal by President de la Madrid in Mexico. The highest honor awarded to foreigners for goodwill acts in Mexico, for his role in aiding in the search and rescue and in the reconstruction of Mexico City after the earthquake of 1985 where a close aunt and uncle perished in the disaster.
- Along with José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, they are known as the Three Tenors.
- Over the past twenty-five years (c. 1979-2004), he has become what many consider the definitive Otello in Verdi's opera. It is a role that he has recorded at least three times.
- More versions of his Otello have been issued on VHS and DVD - so far - than of any other tenor who has ever sung the role.
- On October 2, 2005, he received the Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, recognizing him for his history of performing with the Hungarian State Opera and his love of Hungarian music. The honor is the highest presented by the Hungarian government to non-heads of state.
- Granddaughter is actress and model Ivonne Armant.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September2, 1993.
- Recovering from colon cancer surgery, performed at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City [March 9, 2010].
- Was the grand marshal at the East Los Angeles, California Mexican Independence Parade, the largest and oldest (51 years) Hispanic Parade in the United States. [September 2010]
- Sesame Street created a character spoofing him, called Placido Flamingo.
- A poll carried out by BBC Music Magazine to find the world's 20 top tenors has revealed that Placido Domingo is the greatest tenor of all time. And of the poll's top ten, he is the only one to still be performing.
- Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry of Portugal (1 July 1998), Grand-Cross of the Order of the Civil Merit of Spain (21 September 2002), Presidential Medal of Liberty (unknown date 2002), Honorary Knight-Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire of Great-Britain and Northern-Ireland (unknown date 2002), Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France (unknown date 2002), International Medal of the Arts of the Community of Madrid (unknown date 2006), unknown Degree of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico (unknown date), Medal of the Nation's Sentiments of the Congress of the State of Guerrero, in Mexico (14 September 2010), Order of the Artistic and Cultural Merit Pablo Neruda of Chile (unknown date 2010), Knight-Grand-Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain (unknown date 2011), unknown Degree of the Order of the Arts and the Letters of Spain (unknown date 2011), Grand-Cross of the Order of the Public Instruction of Portugal (31 August 2018).
References & Fact Checks ✅
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- Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Otello_1962.jpg
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Uploader's collection - Author: Instituto Nacional de Béllas Artes, México, DF
- Date taken: 26 August 1962
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Own work - Author: Xavier Quetzalcoatl Contreras Castillo
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revista pajaro de fuego nro 18 agosto 1979 - Author: Unknown author
- Date taken: August 1979
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Own work - Author: Rmm413
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- Date taken: 3 November 2002
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Email from Stacey Robinson - Author: Photographer Mary Biggs grants permission
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: 25 June 1994
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- Date taken: 24 March 2011
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Own work - Author:
Ralf Roletschek (1963–) 
Description German civil engineer and photographer Date of birth 1963 
Location of birth Eberswalde Work period from 1979 Work location Barcelona, Wien, EberswaldeAuthority file - Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
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Own work - Author: Christian Michelides
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- Date taken: 4 August 2014, 20:16:15
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http://www.20minutos.es/museo-virtual/foto/6461/?contexto=donantes&donante=2537 - Author: 20minutos.es (donated to the website's Virtual Museum of Old Photos by Agustin Pedrote Aznar)
- Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
- Date taken: 1 January 1946
