Placido Domingo - The Tenors Disc 2

Born: 12 October 1935 in Modena, Italy. Died: 6 September 2007 in Modena, Italy, due to complications with pancreatic cancer. He was aged 71. Luciano Pavarotti was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in the world of opera and across multiple musical genres. Known for his televised concerts, and as one of the Three Tenors, Pavarotti was also noted for his award-winning charity work for raising money on behalf of refugees, the Red Cross, War Child, and many other charitable organizations. He is best known worldwide, both amongst opera aficionados and the general public with whom he achieved his international celebrity, when in 1990 his rendition of 's aria, "" from opera "Turandot{;}Spanish tenor opera singer, moving into Baritone when he was older; popularly known as one of . Also a very accomplished pianist, and more recently as a conductor. Born 21 January 1941 in Madrid, Spain, he moved to Mexico early in his life. Both his mother and father Plácido Domingo Ferrer were well-known performers in the Zarzuela operatic theatre movement, which was where he gained his musical inspiration and passion from. As well as his continued performance commitments, he served as the General Director of the Washington National Opera in Washington DC, and the Los Angeles Opera in California. He also found time for many humanitarian works for charity and musical initiatives, including "Operalia: The World Opera Competition" which he founded in 1993 for upcoming young opera singers. While neither of his children have followed in opera, his name will be carried on, as he is Plácido Domingo II, one of his sons is Plácido Domingo III, and a grandson Plácido Domingo IV.

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