Plácido Domingo Movies

This performance of Un Ballo in Maschera, one Verdi's most popular operas, was originally recorded in 1975 at the famous Covent Garden. Under the baton of conductor Claudia Abbado, celebrated tenor Placido Domingo is featured in the lead role of Gustavus, while Katia Ricciarelli and Piero Cappuccilli co-star. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Opera icon Placido Domingo stars alongside Catherine Malfitano, Ruggero Raimondi, Giacomo Prestia, and Giorgio Gatti in this production of Puccini's Tosca. The familiar opera follows the tragic story of Tosca and Cavaradossi, her lover. When he hides a political prisoner and is subsequently tortured for it, Tosca promises herself to the chief of police in order to save Cavaradossi from execution. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

The three most famous operatic tenors in the world reunite for their third concert event, this time recorded in Paris in 1998. Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti unite their voices to sing La Carnival Romain, Quando Le Sere Al Placido, Amor Ti Vieta, Voce'e Notte! and O Sole Mio. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

One of the many follow-ups to the best selling PBS special The Three Tenors, this film features opera legends Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras onstage as well as off. Though this is not a concert performance, it does include previously unseen footage of the stars dealing with pre-performance jitters, rivalry within rehearsals, and a surprising toughness exhibited from conducter Zubin Mehta. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

In this historical drama from Mexico, Damian Delgado plays Topilzin, a writer and the illegitimate son of Montezuma, who finds himself at odds with his nation's new leadership after Tenocchititlan's rule is put down by the Spanish Army in 1520. Topilzin refuses to adopt the new state-imposed religion and, after narrowly avoiding arrest following an incident in which he throws a rock at a friar, he's turned over to the police by his brother, and arrested in the presence of Hernando Cortes (Inaki Aierra) and his lover, Tecuichpo (Elpidia Carrillo), the daughter of Montezuma. Thanks to the pleas of Cortes and Tecuichpo, Topilzin's life is spared, and instead he is flogged in public by Capt. Quijano (Honorato Magaloni). After his punishment and an ensuing spiritual epiphany, Topilzin gives up his career as an author to become a monk, and he joins an order led by Fray Diego (Jose Carlos Rodriguez), the friar he once attacked. La Otra Conquista proved to be a big box-office success in Mexico, enjoying the biggest opening weekend of any Mexican film in history on its home turf. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

In 1983, New York's Metropolitan Opera celebrated its one hundredth birthday and a stellar roster of the most prestigious names in classical vocal music stopped by to celebrate the occasion. This video record of the gala event includes performances by Kathleen Battle, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Marilyn Horne, Placcido Domingo, Judith Blegen and Leonard Bernstein. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

This video commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Royal Opera House. The Orchestra of the House plays a selection of favorites to honor the event. Asher Finch directs the group while Vasko Vassilev serves as concertmaster. Also in attendance are Placido Domingo, Roberto Alagna, and Dwayne Croft. ~ Rob Ferrier, Rovi

Cliff (Bill Cosby) makes the fatal mistake of telling Clair (Phylicia Rashad) that she "still looks good" on the occasion of her 46th birthday. To pull Clair out of her birthday blues, Cliff moves heaven and earth to get back in her good graces, while the kids stage an elaborate skit dramatizing various milestones in their mother's life. But nothing really works until Clair is serenaded, in Spanish, by her friend's husband Alberto--who bears a startling resemblance to Placido Domingo! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Teatro Real in Madrid mounted this production of Georg Friedrich Handel's 1724 opera Tamerlano in 2008, starring Plácido Domingo as Bajazet, Monica Bacelli as Tamerlano and Ingela Bohlin as Asteria. Graham Vick directs for the stage, with musical accompaniment by the Orchestra of the Teatro Real/Madrid Symphony Orchestra; Paul McCreesh serves as musical director. Ron Howell did the choreography. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Lew Grade is the executive producer of this British-German co-production, a romantic drama that gets underway in Las Vegas with several casino cameos (Robert Wagner, Roddy McDowall, Jill St. John, William Hootkins). Lymphoma leaves Vegas croupier Maggie (Maria Pitillo) only a few weeks to live, so she sets out to visit a weeping Madonna statue in Italy where she meets American pianist Mike (William McNamara) while hitchhiking to Trevino. Monsignore Calogero (Tom Conti) orders the church closed, and the statue is found to be a fake. As Mike and Maggie hope for a miracle, Mike departs to participate in a Naples piano competition. Watch for composer Lalo Schifrin conducting his own two piano concertos in the final scenes. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

In 2010, opera divo Placido Domingo made headlines by forsaking his longstanding tenor vocals for his original singing voice: baritone. This was the vocal range that launched his career at the Mexican National Opera in 1959, so his return to the form marked a seminal event. The production in this release - a 2010 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, by the Royal Opera House - was mounted to commemorate it. It co-stars Mariana Polavskaya, Joseph Calleja, Jonathan Summers and Ferruccio Furlanetto; Elijah Moshinsky directs; and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House lend symphonic accompaniment under the baton of Antonio Pappano. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi