Plácido Domingo
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta
This opera depicts the triangular relationship between Minnie, the saloon owner and 'mother' to the entire town of gold miners, Jack Rance, the sheriff and Dick Johnson (alias Ramerrez), a bandit... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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The World of Offenbach
RecommendedDame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Régine Crespin (soprano)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Richard Bonynge, Ernest Ansermet, Alain Lombard
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Antonia/Stella/Giulietta/Olympia), Plácido Domingo (Hoffmann), Gabriel Bacquier (Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle), Huguette Tourangeau (Nicklausse), Hugues Cuénod (Franz)
Suisse Romande Choir & Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
This is a wonderfully refreshing set. The story emerges crystal-clear, even the black ending to the Giulietta scene in Venice, which in Bonynge's text restores the original idea of the heroine... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Verdi: Nabucco
RecommendedPiero Cappuccilli (Nabucco), Plácido Domingo (Ismaele), Evgeny Nesterenko (Zaccaria), Ghena Dimitrova (Abigaille), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Fenena), Kurt Rydl (Gran Sacerdote), Volker Horn (Abdallo), Lucia Popp (Anna)
Chorus & Orchestra of German Opera Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Giuseppe Sinopoli's studio recording of Verdi's Babylonian epic has several selling-points: the Bulgarian powerhouse Ghena Dimitrova, absolutely fearless in the fiendish role of Abigaille, Verdi... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: La Traviata
RecommendedIleana Cotrubas (Violetta), Plácido Domingo (Alfredo), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Stefania Malagù (Flora), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil)
Bayerischer Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber
Cotrubas makes an ideal heroine in this opera, for her characterization combines strength with vulnerability...Kleiber's direction is controversial, with more than a hint of Toscanini-like rigidity... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Building a Library, October 2019, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedJulia Migenes (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo), Faith Esham (Micaëla), Susan Daniel (Mercédès), Lilian Watson (Frasquita), François Le Roux (Moralès), John Paul Bogart (Zuniga)
Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Opera Recording
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René Pape sings Wagner
RecommendedRené Pape (bass), Placido Domingo (tenor)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
he remains more than capable of the spellbinding legato that Wolfram's Hymn to the Evening Star requires...purely musical values are of rare distinction. The Parsifal scene in particular benefits... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Hans Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Wagner-wise this is new Solti, a more contemplatively mellow interpreter, returning to a score that he hadn't led since earlier days in German repertoire houses...Norman had worked hard, and... —
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Grammy Awards, 31st Awards (1988), Best Opera Recording
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Three Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert (1990)
RecommendedJosé Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta
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Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedPlácido Domingo (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Wolfgang Bankl (Klingsor), Ain Anger (Titurel), Falk Struckmann (Amfortas), Janina Baechle (Alto Stimme)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
At one and the same time this is a beautiful Parsifal… a modern Parsifal… and a new look at Parsifal, informed by Thielemann's experience and knowledge of a great tradition. …Domingo's… commitment... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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