Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Although born in Madrid, Spain, Placido Domingo spent a major portion of his life living in Mexico City where he graduated from the Mexico City Conservatory. His first operatic performance was in a staging of La Traviata in Monterrey playing Alfredo. He was then a Tenor for the Israel National Opera and subsequently moved to Europe.

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Filmography

2025

14 Short Films About Opera
14 Short Films About Opera
Movie - Released: 7/24/2025
Cento e oltre. Puccini e noi
Cento e oltre. Puccini e noi
as Plácido Domingo
Movie - Released: 11/8/2025

2024

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/8/2024
Die Drei Tenöre - Geburt einer Legende
Die Drei Tenöre - Geburt einer Legende
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/27/2024

2023

Tiempo de Zarzuela
Tiempo de Zarzuela
Movie - Released: 10/10/2023

2022

The Sweet Taste of Success
The Sweet Taste of Success
as Plácido Domingo
Movie - Released: 11/15/2022

2021

Love Duets
Love Duets
as Conductor
Movie - Released: 4/28/2021

2020

The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World
The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World
as Himself
Movie - Released: 10/6/2020
Plácido Domingo: At The Arena di Verona
Plácido Domingo: At The Arena di Verona
Movie - Released: 8/28/2020

2019

Plácido Domingo Gala
Plácido Domingo Gala
as Nabucco / Macbeth / Simon Baccanegra
Movie - Released: 9/7/2019
Verdi: Macbeth
Verdi: Macbeth
as Macbeth
Movie - Released: 1/25/2019
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
as Giorgio Germont
Movie - Released: 1/30/2019
Pavarotti
Pavarotti
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/4/2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
as Agente Rodríguez
Movie - Released: 10/31/2019

2018

Macbeth
Macbeth
as Macbeth
Movie - Released: 1/1/2018
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
as Miller
Movie - Released: 4/14/2018
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
as Conductor
Movie - Released: 8/6/2018
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
as Himself
Movie - Released: 11/15/2018
El corazón del Teatro Real
El corazón del Teatro Real
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/23/2018

2017

Verdi: Nabucco
Verdi: Nabucco
as Nabucco
Movie - Released: 1/7/2017
The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts
The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/2/2017
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/6/2017

2016

Giuseppe Verdi - I due Foscari
Giuseppe Verdi - I due Foscari
as Francesco Foscari
Movie - Released: 2/25/2016
The ROH Live: Nabucco
The ROH Live: Nabucco
as Nabucco
Movie - Released: 6/9/2016
Macbeth
Macbeth
as Macbeth
Movie - Released: 1/8/2016
I Am La Scala
I Am La Scala
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/21/2016

2015

Verdi Nabucco
Verdi Nabucco
as Nabucco
Movie - Released: 7/26/2015
Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari
Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari
as Francesco Foscari
Movie - Released: 4/30/2015
Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi
as Gianni Schicchi
Movie - Released: 10/13/2015
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
The Mariinsky II Opening Gala
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/20/2015
En la tuya o en la mía
En la tuya o en la mía
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/9/2015

2014

The Book of Life
The Book of Life
as Skeleton Jorge (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/1/2014
Movie
Karajan's Magic and Myth
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/5/2014
Movie
Il Trovatore
as Il Conte di Luna
Movie - Released: 8/15/2014
Mozart in the Jungle
Mozart in the Jungle
as Plácido Domingo
TV - Released: 2/6/2014

2013

Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore
as Il conte di Luna
Movie - Released: 8/1/2013
TV
Stöckl
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/2013

2012

The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche
as Neptune
Movie - Released: 12/20/2012

2011

The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
as Orest
Movie - Released: 2/26/2011
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/11/2011

2010

Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
as Simon Boccanegra
Movie - Released: 2/6/2010
Simon Boccanegra - Teatro La Scala Milano
Simon Boccanegra - Teatro La Scala Milano
as Simon Boccanegra
Movie - Released: 4/16/2010
In Concert at The Met
In Concert at The Met
as Tenor
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
Rigoletto a Mantova
Rigoletto a Mantova
as Rigoletto
Movie - Released: 9/4/2010
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
The Met — Der Rosenkavalier
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 1/9/2010
Masterclass
Masterclass
as Self
TV - Released: 4/18/2010

2009

Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas
as tenor
Movie - Released: 5/27/2009
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
The Tribute to Pavarotti One Amazing Weekend in Petra
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/24/2009

2008

Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/1/2008
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
as Monte (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/3/2008
Mariinsky Theatre
Mariinsky Theatre
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/2/2008
Handel: Tamerlano
Handel: Tamerlano
as Bajazet
Movie - Released: 3/29/2008
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 5/10/2008
Massenet: Thaïs
Massenet: Thaïs
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 12/20/2008
Verdi: Otello
Verdi: Otello
as Otello
Movie - Released: 4/1/2008

2007

The First Emperor
The First Emperor
as Emperor Qin
Movie - Released: 1/13/2007
Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac
Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano di Bergerac
Movie - Released: 5/31/2007
Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza
Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/18/2007
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
as Self - Conductor
Movie - Released: 12/15/2007
To Play and to Fight
To Play and to Fight
as Self - Interviewee / Trumpet
Movie - Released: 3/20/2007

2006

Movie
Hollywoods Oper - Eine Oper für Los Angeles
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
Das Waldbühnen-Konzert
Das Waldbühnen-Konzert
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/24/2006
Luisa Fernanda
Luisa Fernanda
as Vidal Hernando
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006
Legends
Legends
as Self
TV - Released: 11/17/2006
El hormiguero
El hormiguero
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/24/2006

2004

Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004
TV
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
as Self
TV - Released: 1/31/2004

2003

Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico
Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico
as Host & Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/3/2003

2001

Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
as Voice of Man in the Moon
Movie - Released: 5/18/2001
Gran Gala di Verdi
Gran Gala di Verdi
Movie - Released: 3/11/2001
Otello
Otello
as Otello
Movie - Released: 12/7/2001

1999

The Three Tenors Christmas
The Three Tenors Christmas
as Himself
Movie - Released: 12/23/1999
Movie
Great Tenor Performances
as Himself
Movie - Released: 2/23/1999
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]
as Gherman
Movie - Released: 4/15/1999
Beckmann
Beckmann
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1999

1998

Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores
Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores
Movie - Released: 1/5/1998
Samson et Dalila
Samson et Dalila
as Samson
Movie - Released: 9/28/1998
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
Movie - Released: 7/8/1998
Christmas In Vienna VI
Christmas In Vienna VI
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/1/1998
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/24/1998
Three Tenors in Paris
Three Tenors in Paris
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/25/1998

1997

Fedora
Fedora
as Loris Ipanov
Movie - Released: 4/26/1997
Carmen
Carmen
as Don José
Movie - Released: 3/25/1997

1996

The Transformation of the World Into Music
The Transformation of the World Into Music
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/21/1996
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Merry Christmas from Vienna
as Self - Tenor
Movie - Released: 12/24/1996
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo
Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo
Movie - Released: 12/12/1996
La Forza del Destino - The Met
La Forza del Destino - The Met
as Don Alvaro
Movie - Released: 12/3/1996
Fox News Sunday
Fox News Sunday
TV - Released: 4/28/1996
TV
RTL-Spendenmarathon
as Self
TV - Released: 11/27/1996

1995

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Performer
Movie - Released: 12/14/1995
Otello
Otello
as Otello
Movie - Released: 10/1/1995
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Gabriele Adorno
Movie - Released: 1/26/1995
Kulturzeit
Kulturzeit
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 10/2/1995

1994

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/17/1994
Movie
Il Tabarro & Pagliacci
as Luigi
Movie - Released: 9/26/1994
TV
Tales from the Opera
as Self
TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Movie
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
as Mario Cavaradossi
Movie - Released: 1/1/1993
Stiffelio - The Met
Stiffelio - The Met
Movie - Released: 11/13/1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/13/1993

1992

Christmas in Vienna
Christmas in Vienna
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/23/1992
Otello
Otello
as Otello
Movie - Released: 10/27/1992
La Fanciulla del West
La Fanciulla del West
as Dick Johnson o Ramerrez
Movie - Released: 4/8/1992
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
as Self - Singer
Movie - Released: 12/1/1992
Europakonzert 1992 from Madrid
Europakonzert 1992 from Madrid
as Self - Tenor
Movie - Released: 5/1/1992
Symphony for the Spire
Symphony for the Spire
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992

1991

Movie
La Fanciulla Del West
as Dick Johnson alias Ramerrez
Movie - Released: 2/3/1991
The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991
The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/23/1991
TV
Pebble Mill
as Self
TV - Released: 10/14/1991

1990

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
as Gustavo III
Movie - Released: 6/1/1990
The Original Three Tenors Concert
The Original Three Tenors Concert
as Self - Tenor
Movie - Released: 7/7/1990
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
as Gustavo
Movie - Released: 7/11/1990
Lohengrin
Lohengrin
as Lohengrin
Movie - Released: 1/28/1990

1989

Aida
Aida
as Radamès
Movie - Released: 10/6/1989
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
Movie - Released: 10/7/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Plácido Domingo (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

Meyerbeer: L'Africaine
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine
as Vasco Da Gama
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988
Carmen
Carmen
as Don José
Movie - Released: 12/12/1988
Cantos Aztecas
Cantos Aztecas
as Self - Solist
Movie - Released: 12/31/1988
TV
Flitterabend
as Self - Singer
TV - Released: 12/1/1988

1987

Turandot
Turandot
as Calaf
Movie - Released: 4/1/1987
Pagliacci
Pagliacci
as Canio
Movie - Released: 5/1/1987
Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas
Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/16/1987

1986

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986
La Gioconda
La Gioconda
as Enzo
Movie - Released: 12/1/1986
Otello
Otello
as Otello
Movie - Released: 9/4/1986
Tosca
Tosca
as Mario Cavaradossi
Movie - Released: 7/4/1986

1985

Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/10/1985
Andrea Chénier
Andrea Chénier
as Andrea Chénier
Movie - Released: 5/1/1985
Tosca
Tosca
as Cavaradossi
Movie - Released: 3/26/1985

1984

Carmen
Carmen
as Don José
Movie - Released: 3/14/1984
Francesca da Rimini
Francesca da Rimini
as Paolo Malatesta
Movie - Released: 4/7/1984
Burnett Discovers Domingo
Burnett Discovers Domingo
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/27/1984
Die Fledermaus
Die Fledermaus
as Conductor
Movie - Released: 1/1/1984
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
as Alberto Santiago
TV - Released: 9/20/1984
TV
Goldene Kamera
as Self
TV - Released: 2/3/1984

1983

Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983
Berlioz: Les Troyens
Berlioz: Les Troyens
as Aeneas
Movie - Released: 10/7/1983
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
as Des Grieux
Movie - Released: 8/1/1983
Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
as Dick Johnson
Movie - Released: 7/28/1983
Don Carlo
Don Carlo
as Don Carlo
Movie - Released: 7/28/1983
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983

1982

La traviata
La traviata
as Alfredo Germont
Movie - Released: 10/7/1982
Cavalleria rusticana
Cavalleria rusticana
as Turiddu
Movie - Released: 6/15/1982
Movie
Verdi Ernani
as Ernani
Movie - Released: 7/28/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/8/1982
Movie
La fanciulla del West
as Dick Johnson
Movie - Released: 9/13/1982
Wogan
Wogan
as Self
TV - Released: 5/4/1982

1981

Movie
Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman
Movie - Released: 1/1/1981
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Hoffmann
Movie - Released: 12/1/1981
Samson et Dalila
Samson et Dalila
as Samson
Movie - Released: 1/1/1981
Hommage a Sevilla
Hommage a Sevilla
as Himself
Movie - Released: 12/31/1981
La Traviata - The Met
La Traviata - The Met
as Alfredo Germont
Movie - Released: 3/28/1981
Andrea Chenier
Andrea Chenier
as Andrea Chénier
Movie - Released: 12/31/1981
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
TV - Released: 2/14/1981

1980

Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
as Chevalier des Grieux
Movie - Released: 3/29/1980
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Georges Bizet: Carmen
as Don José
Movie - Released: 5/15/1980
The Big Show
The Big Show
as Self
TV - Released: 3/4/1980
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
as Self
TV - Released: 1/31/1980

1979

Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera
Luisa Miller: Metropolitan Opera
as Rodolfo
Movie - Released: 1/20/1979
Otello - The Met
Otello - The Met
Movie - Released: 9/24/1979

1978

Il Trovatore - Verdi
Il Trovatore - Verdi
as Manrico
Movie - Released: 1/1/1978
Carmen
Carmen
as Don José
Movie - Released: 12/1/1978
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
as Turiddu / Canio
Movie - Released: 4/5/1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/28/1978

1977

Rigoletto
Rigoletto
as The Duke of Mantua
Movie - Released: 11/7/1977
Auf los geht's los
Auf los geht's los
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1977

1976

Verdi: Otello
Verdi: Otello
as Otello
Movie - Released: 7/12/1976
Tosca
Tosca
as Mario Cavaradossi
Movie - Released: 4/28/1976
Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci
Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci
as Turiddu / Canio
Movie - Released: 1/1/1976

1975

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
as Gustavo III
Movie - Released: 7/27/1975

1974

Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly
as Pinkerton
Movie - Released: 9/14/1974

1972

Le Grand Échiquier
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
TV - Released: 1/12/1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest
TV - Released: 1/12/1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 1/12/1972
TV
Schöne Stimmen
as Self
TV - Released: 12/26/1972

1971

TV
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
as Self
TV - Released: 12/25/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Juanillo
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Parsifal
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Francisco Goya
TV - Released: 1/28/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Radamès
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1970

Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony
as Self / Tenor
Movie - Released: 4/4/1970

1969

TV
Das Sonntagskonzert
as Self
TV - Released: 4/26/1969

1967

Omnibus
Omnibus
as Self
TV - Released: 10/13/1967

1964

TV
Einer wird gewinnen
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1964

1963

Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
as Self - Musical Guest
TV - Released: 2/14/1963
TV
Das aktuelle Sportstudio
as self
TV - Released: 8/24/1963

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1948

Bambi
Bambi
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1948

Unknown

Movie
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Cyrano
Movie
Wagner Lohengrin
Wagner Lohengrin
as Lohengrin
Movie