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But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.

Placido Domingo

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Placido Domingo
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 21
Actor
Conductor
Musician
Opera Singer
Singer
Tenor
Madrid
Spain
José Plácido Domingu Embil
Placido Domingo
Jose Placido Domingu Embil
Life
Joking
Singing
Enough

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This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.
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When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.
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The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.
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My strength is my enthusiasm.
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Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.
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What is sad is not to be able to do today what you have done in your youth. But what is good is to remember that - when you were able - you did it to the best of your ability.
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In the last century, everybody was singing lower.
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The public is a part of my real life.
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I hope I have given back half the joy music has given me.
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I'm not superstitious because it brings bad luck.
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On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.
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Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.
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I feel at home in an orchestral score.
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I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.
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I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.
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If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.
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I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City.
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