[1] While born in Spain and ostensibly a citizen thereof, was a resident of Mexico from 1946, where his father became a Mexican citizen. Placido attended school in Mexico City and joined the Mexican National Opera in 1959. He married a Mexican national and for decades, the 1950s through at least the 1990s, maintained Mexico City as his primary address. He can be considered more Mexican than Spanish.
Father: Plácido Domingo, Sr.
Mother: Pepita Embil
Sister: Mari Pepa
Wife: (div., one son)
Wife: Marta Ornelas (m. 1962, three sons)
Son: José
Son: Plácido, Jr. (b. 1965)
Son: Alvaro (b. 1968)
University: Mexican National Conservatory of Music
Washington National Opera General Director (1996-2011)
White Nights Foundation of America Artistic Advisory Board
Kennedy Center Honor 2000
Presidential Medal of Freedom 9-Jul-2002
French Legion of Honor Mar-2002
Knight of the British Empire (honorary) Oct-2002
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7000 Hollywood Blvd
Funeral: Ted Kennedy (2009)
Parodied As A Muppet Placido Flamingo
Risk Factors: Colon Cancer
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Pavarotti (4-Jun-2019) · Himself
The Book of Life (2-Oct-2014) [VOICE]
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (25-Sep-2008) [VOICE]
Moulin Rouge! (9-May-2001) · Voice of Man in the Moon [VOICE]
Otello (28-Aug-1986)
Carmen (14-Mar-1984)
La Traviata (18-Feb-1983)
Official Website:
http://www.placidodomingo.com/
Author of books:
My First Forty Years (1984, memoir)
AKA Plácido Domingo