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Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.
Placido Domingo
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Placido Domingo
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 21
Actor
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Opera Singer
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Madrid
Spain
José Plácido Domingu Embil
Placido Domingo
Jose Placido Domingu Embil
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