Isle, cry tomorrow
I completely missed The Enchanted Island during the Met’s 2011-12 season, both in the house and in the HD presentation. Even on Sirius, I had only heard snippets of the performance.
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
2 pieces as Neptune — stats above show all coverage for Plácido Domingo.
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Noble salvage
The New Year’s Eve gala at the Met ushering out 2011 was the world premiere of the much-anticipated mash-up The Enchanted Island AKA “baroque opera for those who hate (or at least don’t know) baroque opera.