Come to the record store in old Peking
In the lead up to LA Opera’s mounting of Turandot on May 18th (hooray!) I thought I’d touch on some of my favorite recordings and new re-masters I’ve discovered. I have them all.
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
3 pieces as Calaf — stats above show all coverage for Plácido Domingo.
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Master of monumentality
On this day in 1987 the Met raised the curtain on Franco Zeffirelli‘s production of Turandot.
The unanswered question
Would exciting American dramatic soprano Christine Goerke be the next great ice-princess we have been waiting for?