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José Plácido Domingo Embil (born January 21 - 1941)
Plácido Domingo was born near the Barrio de Salamanca section of Madrid
HIS FAMILY
FATHER: He was born to Plácido Domingo Ferrer (March 8, 1907 - November 26, 1987)
and his MOTHER: Pepita Embil (1918 - September 1, 1994),two Spanish zarzuela stars who nurtured his early musical abilities.
Domingo's father is half Catalan and half Aragonese while his mother is a Basque.
His father, Plácido Domingo Ferrer was a violinist performing for opera and zarzuela orchestra.
He was a baritone and actively taking roles in zarzuela.
However his promising career as a baritone ended after he damaged his voice by singing with a cold.
Domingo's mother was an established singer who made her zarzuela debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
She met her husband at age 21 while performing in Federico Moreno Torroba's Sor Navarra.
In 1946 Moreno Torroba and Domingo's parents formed a zarzuela company and travelled frequently to Mexico.
His parents later stayed permanently in Mexico and established their own zarzuela troupe, the Domingo-Embil Company.
In addition to their son, they also have a daughter, Mari Pepa Sanchez.
Domingo's father is half Catalan and half Aragonese while his mother is a Basque.
His father, Plácido Domingo Ferrer was a violinist performing for opera and zarzuela orchestra.
He was a baritone and actively taking roles in zarzuela.
However his promising career as a baritone ended after he damaged his voice by singing with a cold.
Domingo's mother was an established singer who made her zarzuela debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.
She met her husband at age 21 while performing in Federico Moreno Torroba's Sor Navarra.
In 1946 Moreno Torroba and Domingo's parents formed a zarzuela company and travelled frequently to Mexico.
His parents later stayed permanently in Mexico and established their own zarzuela troupe, the Domingo-Embil Company.
In addition to their son, they also have a daughter, Mari Pepa Sanchez.
In 1957, Domingo made his first professional appearance performing with his mother in a concert at Mérida, Yucatán.
He made his opera debut performing in Manuel Fernández Caballero's zarzuela, Gigantes y cabezudos, singing a baritone role.
At that time, he was working with his parents' zarzuela company, taking parts in baritone roles and as an accompanist for other singers.
Among his first performances was a minor role in the first Mexican production of My Fair Lady where he was also the assistant conductor and assistant coach.
At age 16 in 1958, Plácido Domingo married a fellow piano student, and his first son, José Dominguez was born within the year.
However, the marriage didn't last long, the couple separated shortly thereafter.
In 1962, Plácido Domingo married Marta Ornelas, a lyric soprano from Veracruz, Mexico, whom he met during his conservatory days.
In the same year, Marta had been voted "Mexican Singer of the Year" but she gave up her promising career to devote her time to her family.
They have two sons, Plácido Jr born in 1965 and Alvaro Maurizio born in 1968.
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