With Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras, he performed around the world as one of the “Three Tenors,” exposing millions of people to the operatic repertoire. He made his debut at the New York City Opera in 1965, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in 1968 (subsequently becoming a regular performer there) and at Milan’s La Scala in 1969. ![]() From 1962 to 1965 he was a resident performer at Tel Aviv’s Hebrew National Opera. In 1961 he made his operatic debut in Mexico City and then went to Dallas to perform in its opera company. He studied piano and conducting at the National Conservatory of Music, but he changed the emphasis of his studies when his rich vocal ability was revealed. The family moved to Mexico when he was eight. Plácido Domingo (born 21 January 1941, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish singer, conductor and opera administrator whose resonant and powerful tenor voice made him one of the most popular tenors of his time.ĭomingo’s parents were noted performers in zarzuela, a form of Spanish light opera.
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