Opera Performances starring Placido Domingo
(includes Verdi's Requiem)
Domingo has now sung 150+ roles, most as tenor, some as baritone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repertoire_of_Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo_discography#Filmography
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Domingo has now sung 150+ roles, most as tenor, some as baritone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repertoire_of_Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo_discography#Filmography
https://www.placidodomingo.com/us-en/listen-and-watch
Short operas are usually paired with another, so search the page for additional performances.
To select from this list by composer (many are not present#):
Adams# | Adès# | Alfano | Beethoven# | Bellini# | Berg# | Berlioz | Bizet | Borodin# | Britten# | Catán | Chapi | Cuomo# | Donizetti# | Dun | Dvorák# | Gershwin# | Giordano | Gluck | Gounod# | Handel | Humperdinck# | Lehár# | Leoncavallo | Mascagni | Massenet | Menotti | Meyerbeer | Moreno Torroba | Mozart# | Muhly# | Mussorgsky# | Offenbach | Penella | Ponchielli | Poulenc# | Puccini | Rossini# | J.Strauss# | R.Strauss# | Saariaho# | Saint-Saëns | Shostakovich# | Smetana# | Stravinsky# | Tchaikovsky | Thomas | Verdi | Wagner | Weill# | Zandonai | and the rest
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- DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsPlácido DomingoSondra RadvanovskyArturo Chacón-CruzWhile best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand's drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose--except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian. When Domingo and Radvanovsky sang Cyrano and Roxane at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Andante magazine wrote: "Incredibly, Cyrano is his 121st role. And it suits him splendidly...Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was luminous as Roxane, her passionate outbursts showing off her powerful upper register to good effect".Alfano
- DirectorAlberto PascualStarsPlácido DomingoAinhoa ArtetaMichael FabianoAlfano
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsTatiana TroyanosJessye NormanPlácido DomingoBerlioz
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsYelena ObraztsovaPlácido DomingoYuriy MazurokBizet
- DirectorPierre BadelStarsJane BerbiéTeresa BerganzaYves BissonThe Spanish worker girl "Carmen" Falls in love with a soldier before dropping him for the local Celebrity Matador "Escamillio". Presented in a Production at the French Opera House.Bizet
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsJulia MigenesPlácido DomingoRuggero RaimondiIn 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Conflicts and grievances multiply, however, as it becomes apparent their views on love and commitment are fundamentally incompatible.Bizet
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsChristopher SchaldenbrandAngela GheorghiuPlácido DomingoBizet
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsCharles CastronovoPlácido DomingoCristina Gallardo DomasCatán
- StarsPlácido DomingoElisabete MatosÁngeles BlancasA postulant nun leaves her convent with a romantic adventurer, and while she is gone, a miracle takes place in the chapel of the convent.Chapí
- DirectorOtto SchenkStarsPlácido DomingoPiero CappuccilliCzeslawa SlaniaThe poet and revolutionary André Chenier in Paris in 1789.Giordano
- DirectorHumphrey BurtonStarsPlácido DomingoAnna Tomowa-SintowGiorgio ZancanaroOpera inspired by the life of the French poet André Marie Chénier, victim of conspiracy for his death sentence by the Revolutionary Tribunal of the French Revolution.Giordano
- StarsRenata ScottoPlácido DomingoVicente SardinieroGiordano
- StarsMirella FreniAdelina ScarabelliPlácido DomingoPrincess falls in love with her fiance's killer just after sending a letter to authorities reporting his guilt. Tragedies ensue.Giordano
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsMirella FreniPlácido DomingoAinhoa ArtetaGiordano
- 2006– Not Rated8.0 (17)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsSusan GrahamNatalie DessayPlácido DomingoIphigenie, banished daughter of Klytemnaestra, is now high priestess to Diana. Two strangers from Greece wash up on shore; when Iphigenie recognizes one as her brother, Orestes, she is powerless to stop his execution. Cue the goddess Diana.Gluck
- DirectorÁngel Luis RamírezStarsMonica BacelliPlácido DomingoIngela BohlinHandel
- 2006– Not Rated8.8 (27)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsWilliam ChristieDeborah VoigtDavid DanielsA loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Tempest and Twelfth Night with some of the most beautiful pieces by baroque composers such as Haendel and Vivaldi.Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi; PD plays Neptune, perhaps not a large part.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsTeresa StratasPlácido DomingoJuan PonsThe story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.Leoncavallo
- StarsPlácido DomingoVerónica VillarroelGregory YurisichLeoncavallo
- 1977–8.4 (46)TV EpisodeDirectorKirk BrowningStarsTatiana TroyanosPlácido DomingoIsola JonesA "Live from the Met" broadcast of the opera, on a double bill with its frequent "partner", Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana".Mascagni / Leoncavallo
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsYelena ObraztsovaPlácido DomingoRenato BrusonTurridu is spotted by his wife, Santuzza, returning from the home of his lover, Lola. He is also seen on the road by Lola's husband, Alfio. While he suspects nothing, Santuzza knows exactly what's happened. Ever loyal, though, she decides to confront her husband instead of telling Alfio.Mascagni
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoElisabete MatosAngela Turner WilsonMassenet
- DirectorGian Carlo MenottiStarsPlácido DomingoVictoria VergaraKaren HoffstadtMenotti
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoShirley VerrettRuth Ann SwensonMeyerbeer
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoLuciana SerraAgnes BaltsaWhile waiting for Stella to conclude her performance in the opera house next door, Hoffman recounts his 3 tragic loves: Olympia the mechanical doll, Giulietta the courtesan, and Antonia the young consumptive.Offenbach
- DirectorGary HalvorsonStarsVerónica VillarroelPlácido DomingoMabel PerelsteinPenella
- DirectorHugo KächStarsÉva MartonLudmila SemtschukMargarita LilovaPonchielli
- DirectorAndré FlédérickStarsKiri Te KanawaPlácido DomingoTom KrausePuccini b
- DirectorJean-Pierre PonnelleStarsMirella FreniPlácido DomingoChrista LudwigA young Japanese geisha clings to the belief that her arrangement with a visiting American naval officer is a loving and permanent marriage.Puccini b
- StarsCarol NeblettPlácido DomingoSherrill MilnesPuccini f
- DirectorJohn VernonStarsPlácido DomingoCarol NeblettSilvano CarroliPuccini f
- DirectorJohn Michael PhillipsStarsMara ZampieriJuan PonsPlácido DomingoPuccini f
- 1977– 2h 20m7.9 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsLeonard SlatkinBarbara DanielsPlácido DomingoMinnie, barkeeper to a camp of gold miners, has fallen for a mysterious visitor from Sacramento. Meanwhile, a notorious bandit is on the loose, and Sheriff Rance and a lynch mob is hot on his trail. Minnie comes to the rescue.Puccini f
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRenata ScottoPlácido DomingoPablo ElviraThe Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana.Puccini m
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsKiri Te KanawaPlácido DomingoThomas AllenA story of doomed romance between a chivalrous noble man, Chevalier Des Grieux and his working class lover, Manon Lescaut.Puccini m
- DirectorMatthew DiamondWoody AllenStarsPlácido DomingoAndriana ChuchmanMeredith ArwadyIt's mid-twentieth century Florence. Wealthy Buoso Donati has just died in his bed, his extended family the only people around him at the time. Rumors abound within the family that he has left his entire estate to a nearby monastery, which if be the case would place him in an even worse view by his family than he already is, and place them all in a state of poverty. They are able to locate his will, which indeed confirms the rumors. Rino, Buoso's nephew who wanted some of that inheritance to be able to marry Lauretta - something that will not happen without that money - believes that Lauretta's father, Gianni Schicchi, may be able to help them with the issue of finding a loophole in the will to order for them to inherit Buoso's estate. Gianni, formerly a rural peasant, has only recently arrived in Florence and is trying to make a name for himself, and as such is someone that Rino's image conscious aunt, Zita, does not want in their lives in their current state. Gianni does believe there is a way for the family to inherit Buoso's estate, albeit in a less than legal way. Buoyed by this possibility, each of Buoso's family members not only want their part of the inheritance, but most specifically the most universally coveted items of the mule, the Florence house, and the mills in Signa, which each person tries to entice Gianni to give to him/her. Each of the family members will not only see if Gianni is good to his word of being able to change the will without the collective being caught in fraud, but if he/she will be the lucky recipient of those most coveted items.Puccini s
- 1977– 2h 21m9.2 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsTeresa StratasPlácido DomingoLuciano PavarottiA jealous husband and his wife in a theatrical company.Puccini t / Leoncavallo
- DirectorGianfranco De BosioStarsRaina KabaivanskaPlácido DomingoSherrill MilnesPuccini's opera shot in the actual locations of the action in Rome: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia also longs for Tosca. While searching for an opponent on the run, he arrests Cavaradossi and blackmails Tosca.Puccini t
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsHildegard BehrensPlácido DomingoCornell MacNeilAn opera in three acts about an escaped political prisoner, a prima donna, and the brutal chief of the secret police.Puccini t
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsCatherine MalfitanoPlácido DomingoRuggero RaimondiPerformed in the actual Roman settings described in the libretto. The scenes take place at the appropriate times of day. Rome, June 1800. Floria Tosca is a celebrated opera singer, better known as La Tosca. Her lover is Mario Cavaradossi, a young artist and Bomapartist sympathizer. When the latter helps Angelotti, the leader of the opposition, to escape from prison and hides him in La Tosca's home, he antagonizes Baron Scarpia, the ruthless chief of police, all the more as his love for Tosca is unrequited.Puccini t
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsJames LevineÉva MartonPlácido DomingoPuccini t
- StarsAgnes BaltsaPlácido DomingoAlain FondarySaint-Saëns
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsPlácido DomingoShirley VerrettWolfgang BrendelWhile the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the superiority of Dagon, and the Hebrews are afraid of him. But calls them to show some defiance, so Abimelech attacks Samson with his sword. Samson seizes the sword and strikes him dead. The Hebrews scatter and the High Priest of Dagon appears, cursing the Hebrews. When a messenger reports that the Hebrews are ravaging the harvest, the High Priest forms a plan to use Delilah to overcome Samson's strength. Delilah's beauty is such that Samson can't resist her for long. She begs to know the secret of his supernatural strength, but he refuses, though he says he loves her. Delilah betrays Samson by having some Philistine soldiers seize him and throw him into a prison in Gaza, where his hair is cut off.Saint-Saëns
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsJames LevinePlácido DomingoRichard Paul Fink
Saint-Saëns - DirectorPierre CavassilasStarsOlga BorodinaPlácido DomingoJean-Philippe LafontSaint-Saëns
- 2006– 3h 25mNot Rated7.5 (32)TV EpisodeDirectorBrian LargeStarsDun TanZiyi ZhangBeverly SillsTo unite the lands he has conquered, the First Emperor of China, believes that a national anthem is needed. He hires a childhood friend to compose it for him, not realizing that his friend does not share the Emperor's aspirations.Tan
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsGalina GorchakovaPlácido DomingoElisabeth SöderströmTchaikovsky
- StarsPlácido DomingoMirella FreniNicolai GhiaurovGeneral Radames doubts between his love for slave Aida and loyalty to Pharaoh.Verdi a
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsAprile MilloDolora ZajickPlácido DomingoPharaoh's daughter Amneris loves general Radames, but he loves slave Aida. Aida's father leads the Ethiopian army to invade Egypt. When he's captured, he wants Aida to gain military secrets from Radames.Verdi a
- DirectorJohn VernonStarsPlácido DomingoKatia RicciarelliReri GristVerdi b
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoLeo NucciJosephine BarstowVerdi b
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsJames LevineBruno PolaHao Jiang TianUnknown identities and secrets hamper the leaders of Genoa: The Doge and the former Doge do not realize Amelia is their kin, and revealing that calms some strife in the city-state - too late for some.Verdi b
- 2006– Not Rated7.9 (15)TV EpisodeDirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineRenée FlemingStephen GaertnerVerdi's opera tells the story of Simon Boccanegra (literally: Simon the Black-Mouth), a reformed pirate who becomes chief magistrate of Genoa. Infants swapped at birth, estranged families, and political intrigue threaten to topple his rule.Verdi b
- DirectorSue JuddStarsLouise ArmitJoseph CallejaPlácido DomingoVerdi b
- DirectorCarlo BattistoniStarsPlácido DomingoMargaret PriceRenato BrusonVerdi c
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPeter SlikerBetsy NordenMirella FreniDon Carlo, crown prince of Spain, falls in love with Elisabeth of Valois, originally promised to him but later married to his father King Philip, as part of the terms of a peace treaty between France and Spain. Incited to treason against his father on behalf of the Flemish, and accused of adultery with the queen, Don Carlo is cast into prison. Escaping, he flees to the monastery of St. Just, where Elisabeth comes to bid him farewell. The lovers are surprised by the King and the Grand Inquisitor, but Don Carlo is protected from them when the ghostly Charles V emerges from the tomb and draws him into the cloister.Verdi c
- DirectorPreben MontellStarsPlácido DomingoMirella FreniRenato BrusonVerdi e
- StarsSharon SweetPlácido DomingoVladimir ChernovVerdi f
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsRenata ScottoPlácido DomingoSherrill MilnesA wealthy youth, betrothed to a duchess, falls in love with a country girl - Luisa Miller. To remain incognito he disguises himself. The girl betrays her lover, so he tricks her and they drink poison, and then die together.Verdi m
- StarsKatia RicciarelliPlácido DomingoRenato BrusonVerdi m
- 2006– Not Rated8.2 (29)TV EpisodeDirectorMatthew DiamondStarsBertrand de BillyAnthony Roth CostanzoPlácido DomingoA young woman and her beloved have other marital obligations arranged by their fathers.Verdi m
- StarsAndrea CarèPlácido DomingoVitalij KowaljowVerdi n
- DirectorBarbara Willis SweeteStarsJames LevineEric OwensDmitry BelosselskiyVerdi n
- StarsPlácido DomingoMirella FreniPiero CappuccilliThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.Verdi o
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsPlácido DomingoGilda Cruz-RomoSherrill MilnesPlacido Domingo's first performance of the role on US live TV.Verdi o
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsPlácido DomingoKatia RicciarelliJustino DíazVerdi's famous opera is brought to life in this production. The immortal tale of the noble Moor and his beautiful young wife, and of his lieutenant, whose jealousy and lust for power lead him to commit the ultimate treason.Verdi o
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoKiri Te KanawaSergei LeiferkusThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.Verdi o
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoRenée FlemingJames MorrisThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.Verdi o
- DirectorCarlo BattistoniStarsPlácido DomingoLeo NucciCesare CataniThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.Verdi o
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsJames LevinePlácido DomingoJames AthertonHis sarcasm has made many enemies for Rigoletto, court jester for the Duke of Mantua. They conspire to kidnap Rigoletto's mistress for the Duke, unaware that she is really his daughter. Rigoletto's plans for revenge go disastrously wrong.Verdi r
- DirectorPierre CavassilasStarsPlácido DomingoJulia NovikovaVittorio GrigòloGuiseppi Verdi's opera about Rigoletto, the unattractive, hunchbacked jester in the court of the Duke of Mantua. The Duke has noticed a young lady going to church each Sunday and he plans to seduce her. When Count Monterone confronts the Duke for seducing his daughter. Rigoletto ridicules Monterone, the Duke laughs, and Monterone casts an awful curse on both of them.Verdi r
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoSharon SweetVladimir ChernovVerdi s
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsIleana CotrubasPlácido DomingoCornell MacNeilVerdi t
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsTeresa StratasPlácido DomingoCornell MacNeilVioletta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned that Violetta's bad reputation will affect the marriage prospects of Alfredo's sister. Violetta reluctantly leaves Alfredo, but his love is so strong that it leads him to actions that have tragic consequences.Verdi t
- DirectorErnst WildStarsHerbert von KarajanPiero CappuccilliRaina KabaivanskaThe Count of Luna loves Leonora and is jealous of his rival, the troubadour Manrico.Verdi t
- DirectorAgnes MéthStarsFrancesco MeliWiener PhilharmonikerAnna NetrebkoVerdi t
- DirectorTiziano ManciniStarsDaniel BarenboimPlácido DomingoDavit GharibyanGiuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore One of the most enduringly popular operas in the repertoire, Il Trovatore was first seen at Rome's Teatro Apollo in 1853. Together with Rigoletto and La Traviata, it forms the "trilogy" of works that premiered in rapid succession over a period of just two years and firmly established Verdi as the leading opera composer of his time. The challenges of Il Trovatore's leading roles famously led Enrico Caruso to remark that all you needed to stage it were the "four best singers in the world."Verdi t
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsPlácido DomingoRobert LloydCheryl StuderWagner
- DirectorPatrizia CarmineStarsPlácido DomingoMatthias HölleMonte PedersonWagner
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsRenata ScottoPlácido DomingoCornell MacNeilZandonai
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsGhena DimitrovaSergio BertocchiKurt RydlIn China, Prince Calaf falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot.