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Plácido Domingo

1941 - Today

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José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the most prestigious opera houses in the world. Although primarily a lirico-spinto tenor for most of his career, especially popular for his Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most acclaimed Otello of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plácido Domingo has received more than 3,247,649 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Plácido Domingo is the 40th most popular singer (down from 37th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Singer.

Plácido Domingo is most famous for being a Spanish tenor and conductor. He has sung in many operas and is the general director of the Los Angeles Opera.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Plácido Domingo ranks 40 out of 4,381. Before him are Nana Mouskouri, Nico, Barry White, Albano Carrisi, Amanda Lear, and Barbra Streisand. After him are Joe Cocker, Miriam Makeba, James Brown, 50 Cent, Agnetha Fältskog, and Jacques Brel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Plácido Domingo ranks 14. Before him are Sergio Mattarella, Bernardo Bertolucci, Cesária Évora, Václav Klaus, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Robert Forster. After him are Bruno Ganz, Richard Dawkins, Lee Myung-bak, Martha Argerich, Fethullah Gülen, and Mahmoud Darwish.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Plácido Domingo ranks 72 out of 3,355. Before him are Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Luis Aragonés (1938), and Alfonso X of Castile (1221). After him are Lucan (39), Amancio Ortega (1936), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Juan Gris (1887), and Roderic (688).

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Among SINGERS In Spain

Among singers born in Spain, Plácido Domingo ranks 3. Before him are Julio Iglesias (1943), and Montserrat Caballé (1933). After him are José Carreras (1946), Enrique Iglesias (1975), Teresa Berganza (1933), Victoria de los Ángeles (1923), Lola Flores (1923), Alfredo Kraus (1927), Salomé (1939), Isabella Colbran (1785), and Raphael (1943).

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