Plácido Domingo in conversation at Harvard

Legendary opera singer Plácido Domingo will be celebrated at Harvard with “Giving Voice: A Conversation with Plácido Domingo” on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 at 4 p.m. at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., moderated by Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and professor of Spanish and Portuguese history, and Anne Shreffler, James Edward Ditson Professor of Music.

Presented by the Division of Arts and Humanities, Office for the Arts at Harvard, and Cervantes Observatory of the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures in the U.S., this event is open to the public admission free with tickets required, limit of two tickets per person. Tickets are available to students (of any college) and Harvard affiliates beginning Tuesday, Oct. 13, and to the general public beginning Wednesday, Oct. 14, through the Harvard Box Office, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., 617.496.2222. As of October 14, tickets are also available online (handling fees apply for online and phone orders).

Plácido Domingo has sung 147 opera roles and has given more than 3,600 career performances. His repertoire spans the gamut from Mozart to Verdi and Berlioz to Puccini. He performs in every important opera house in the world and has made more than 100 recordings of complete operas, compilations of arias and duets, and crossover discs. He has won 13 Grammy Awards and has made more than 50 music videos.

Domingo is the former general director of Washington National Opera; currently he is the Eli and Edythe Broad General Director of Los Angeles Opera, which, under his guidance, has become one of America’s most significant opera ensembles.