The favorite
Gabriela Benacková, one of Trove Thursday’s favorite sopranos, turns 75 tomorrow, so we celebrate with two rare complete Verdi portrayals.
Plácido Domingo
218 pieces since 2006 — in 51 roles, at 24 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
218
pieces
51
roles
24
companies
21
years
By role
Calaf 3
Gianni Schicchi 3
Lohengrin 3
Rodolfo 2
Pinkerton 2
Francesco Foscari 2
Don Carlos 2
Paolo 2
Dick Johnson 2
Otello 2
Hoffmann 2
Neptune 2
Alfredo 2
Loris 2
Nabucco 2
Manrico 2
Radamès 1
Papa Germont 1
Miller 1
Pollione 1
Juanillo 1
Ramerrez 1
Riccardo Percy 1
Roberto Devereux 1
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa 1
Samson 1
Siegmund 1
Simon Boccanegra 1
Stiffelio 1
Turiddu 1
Turiddu/Canio 1
Devereux 1
Alvaro 1
Bajazet 1
Carlo 1
Cavaradossi 1
Chénier 1
Count di Luna 1
Count Maurizio 1
Cyrano 1
Des Grieux 1
Maurizio 1
Don Carlo 1
Edgardo 1
Enzo 1
Gérard; Athanaël 1
Germont Père 1
Giuliano 1
Gustavo 1
Il conte di Luna 1
Macbeth 1
By company
Metropolitan Opera 39
LA Opera 8
Los Angeles Opera 5
New York City Opera 4
San Francisco Opera 3
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 3
Vienna State Opera 3
La Scala 3
American Opera Society 2
Royal Opera House 2
Opera Orchestra of New York 2
Washington National Opera 2
Vienna Staatsoper 1
Teatro Colón 1
Teatro alla Scala 1
Wiener Staatsoper 1
Staatsoper Hamburg 1
Staatsoper 1
Salzburger Festspiele 1
RCA 1
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana 1
Carnegie Hall 1
Berliner Staatsoper im Schillertheater 1
Berlin Staatsoper 1
5 pieces as Los Angeles Opera — stats above show all coverage for Plácido Domingo.
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The gala lilies are in bloom again
Saturday night the Los Angeles Opera threw itself a party.
Mourning Wood
Sometimes when you find the club that will have you as a member, you do not easily give up your spot.
Fifty shades of Domingo
LA Opera opened their 30th season with a pairing of two of their most popular productions, both of which were initially staged by filmmakers not unfamiliar with the vagaries of our industry outpost here in Hollywoodland.
Senior moment
Being an opera lover in Los Angeles is a lot like being a Red Sox fan. As hard as they try we never make it to the World Series, let alone the playoffs.