Plácido Domingo
Born: 21st January 1941, Madrid, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Artist's website: https://www.placidodomingo.com/
Plácido Domingo (born January 21, 1941) is widely regarded as one of the finest singers of his generation, well-known for his versatile lyric-spinto voice, compelling theatricality and intelligent interpretations of over a hundred roles. Born in Madrid to parents who were zarzuela performers, he grew up in Mexico and made his operatic debut in Monterrey as Alfredo after spending several years singing as a baritone in zarzuela. After making many important role debuts with the Israel National Opera in Tel Aviv, he returned to the US in 1965 to work for the New York City Opera and made his Met debut three years later, singing the title-role in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur opposite Renata Tebaldi. He has since sung 40 seasons at the Met, and opened 21 seasons.