“I would only ask if there is any director who stays every day in the place he works,” Mr. Domingo said, his voice rising. [Wall Street Journal]

On Monday Domingo conducted Hamlet in Washington. Sunday he will sing Siegmund in Los Angeles. Tuesday and Friday of next week he conducts Hamlet. Over the weekend he jets to Moscow for a concert on Monday, returning to LA for Siegmund again on Thursday. His last Walküre in Los Angeles is on June 20, nine days before his first Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

Plácido Domingo, born January 21, 1941, is also General Director of two opera companies.