Plácido Domingo Movies

  • 1990
    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

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    Verdi - Un ballo in maschera / Domingo · Barstow · Quivar · Jo · Nucci · Rydl · Chaignaud · Wiener...

    Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 1996
    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

    01996HD

    This tribute to James Levine, first shown on PBS, was only part of that glorious evening. Here we have the whole performance, up to three hours. I...

    Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
  • 1983
    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West

    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West

    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West

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    La Fanciulla del West, Puccini's penultimate opera is based on a play by David Belasco set at the height of the notorious California gold rush. The...

    Puccini's La Fanciulla del West
  • 1975
    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

    01975HD

    This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli...

    Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
  • 1998
    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail

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    Richard Wagner's operatic retelling of the story of the search for the Holy Grail receives a lavish production in this video, which records...

    Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
  • 1984
    Francesca da Rimini

    Francesca da Rimini

    Francesca da Rimini

    01984HD

    Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.

    Francesca da Rimini
  • 1999
    Great Tenor Performances

    Great Tenor Performances

    Great Tenor Performances

    01999HD

    Great Tenor Performances outbids the famous Three Tenors by putting a dozen tenors (including the big three--Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and...

    Great Tenor Performances
  • 1976
    Verdi: Otello

    Verdi: Otello

    Verdi: Otello

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    The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael...

    Verdi: Otello
  • 2003
    Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico

    Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico

    Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico

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    For ten days each year during the International Mariachi Festival in Guadalahara, more than 500 mariachis gather in a celebration of the passionate...

    Mariachi: The Spirit of Mexico
  • 1990
    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

    01990HD

    Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène...

    Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
  • 1995
    The Metropolitan Opera: Otello

    The Metropolitan Opera: Otello

    The Metropolitan Opera: Otello

    01995HD

    Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand great actors. This is one performance...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Otello
  • 1988
    Cantos Aztecas

    Cantos Aztecas

    Cantos Aztecas

    01988HD

    “Cantons Aztecas” are provocative and mystical poems written by an Aztec prince more than 900 years ago. Set to music composed and...

    Cantos Aztecas
  • 2004
    Madama Butterfly

    Madama Butterfly

    Madama Butterfly

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    Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased from a marriage broker. The broker, Goro, has...

    Madama Butterfly
  • 1996
    Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo

    Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo

    Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo

    01996HD

    Placido Domingo, Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu, and a host of other operatic stars celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first performance...

    Gold and Silver Gala with Placido Domingo
  • 2007
    Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza

    Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza

    Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza

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    Antonio Gades, la ética de la danza
  • 1981
    Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman

    Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman

    Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman

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    Oscar-wining director John Schlesinger orchestrated this filmed recording of composer Jacques Offenbach's final operetta as performed by the Royal...

    Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffman
  • 1983
    Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut

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    "Manon", wrote Puccini to his publisher Giulio Ricordi in 1889, "is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the heart of the...

    Manon Lescaut
  • 2008
    Handel: Tamerlano

    Handel: Tamerlano

    Handel: Tamerlano

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    Drama - This majestic production of Handel's vivid tragedy, TAMERLANO, stars a Lear-like Placido Domingo as the Turkish Sultan Bajazet, caught...

    Handel: Tamerlano
  • 2009
    Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas

    Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas

    Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas

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    The many passionate, fiery or lyrical vocal pieces of Spanish zarzuela have continued to thrive in concert and recitals all over the world. One of...

    Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas
  • 1998
    Samson et Dalila

    Samson et Dalila

    Samson et Dalila

    01998HD

    Elijah Moshinsky's production of Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera 28 September 1998. Plácido...

    Samson et Dalila