Plácido Domingo was born in Madrid, Spain, and moved to Mexico at age 8 with his family, who ran a zarzuela company. In Mexico City he studied music at the National Conservatory. He provided backup vocals for Los Black Jeans in 1958, a rock-and-roll band lead by César Costa. He learned piano and conducting, but made his stage debut in 1959 (May 12) at the Teatro Degollado in Guadalajara as Pascual in Marina. It was followed by Borsa in Rigoletto, Padre Confessor (Le dialogue des Carmelites) and others. In 1962 he joined the Israeli National Opera in Tel Aviv, where he spent two and a half years, singing 280 performances.
On September 19, 1985, the biggest earthquake in Mexico's history devastated the whole Mexican capital. Domingo's aunt, uncle, his nephew and his nephew’s young son were killed in the collapse of the Nuevo León apartment block in the Tlatelolco housing complex. Domingo himself labored to rescue survivors. During the next year, he did benefit concerts for the victims and released an album of one of the events.
In 1966, he sang the title role in the US premiere of Ginastera's Don Rodrigo at the New York City Opera, with much acclaim. He first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on September 28, 1968, in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, singing with Renata Tebaldi. (Since then, he has opened the season there 21 times, surpassing the previous record of Enrico Caruso by four.) He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1967, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1968, at both La Scala and San Francisco Opera in 1969, and at Covent Garden in 1971, and has now sung at practically every other important opera house and festival worldwide.
Perhaps the most versatile of all living tenors, Domingo has sung 92 roles onstage to date (and as many as 123 roles when also counting recorded roles), ranging from Mozart to Ginastera. His main repertoire however is Italian (Otello, Il Trovatore, Don Carlo), French (Faust, Werther, Don José in Carmen, Samson in Samson et Dalila), and German (Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Siegmund in Die Walküre). He continues to add more operas to his repertoire, such as recently Franco Alfano's Cyrano de Bergerac at the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House in London.
With José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, he participated in The Three Tenors concert at the opening of the 1990 World Cup in Rome. The event was originally conceived to raise money for the José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation and was later repeated a number of times, including at the three subsequent World Cup finals (1994 in Los Angeles, 1998 in Paris, and 2002 in Yokohama). Alone, Domingo again made an appearance at the final of the 2006 World Cup in Berlin.
In what has been called his 'final career move', Placido Domingo announced on January 25, 2007 that in 2009 he would switch ranges to baritone by taking on one of Verdi's most demanding baritone roles, as the Doge of Genoa, Simon Boccanegra, in the opera of the same name.
Spanish Eyes
Plácido Domingo Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please, please don't cry
This is just adios and not goodbye
Soon I'll return
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si, si"
Blue Spanish eyes
Prettiest eyes in all of Mexico
True Spanish eyes
Please smile at me once more before I go
Soon I'll return
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si, si"
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
The song “Spanish Eyes” by Placido Domingo talks about a departing lover who is leaving his beloved with teary eyes but not bidding farewell forever. He tries to console his lady love by saying that their separation isn't a final goodbye, instead just an adios, as he promises to come back soon with all the love in his heart. The lyrics suggest that the eyes of the woman he is singing to are blue and Spanish, and they are the prettiest eyes in all of Mexico.
The song expresses the deep love and longing for a partner, who is about to leave, but the separation is not a permanent one. In the lyrics, the man hopes to return soon to bring all the love his heart holds to his lover's welcoming arms. The use of Spanish phrases such as “Si, si” further shows the connection with the song's title.
Line by Line Meaning
Blue Spanish eyes
Your eyes that possess a uniquely beautiful shade of blue that are distinctively associated with Spain
Teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
You are crying and your tears are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please, please don't cry
I don't want you to cry
This is just adios and not goodbye
This is a temporary goodbye and not a permanent farewell
Soon I'll return
I will come back soon
Bringing you all the love your heart can hold
I will bring with me all the love that your heart can hold
Please say "Si, si"
Please say yes in Spanish
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
Promise me that you and your beautiful Spanish eyes will wait for me
Prettiest eyes in all of Mexico
Your eyes are the most beautiful eyes in Mexico
True Spanish eyes
Your eyes are truly Spanish in nature
Please smile at me once more before I go
Please give me one more smile before I leave
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
Promise me that you and your beautiful Spanish eyes will wait for me
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: Carlos Villalobos, Garry Applebaum
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@virgyosorio6273
Blue Spanish eyes teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please please don't cry, this is just adios and not good-bye
Soon I'll return, bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si Si" say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
Blue Spanish Eyes, prettiest eyes in all of Mexico
Blue Spanish Eyes, please smile for me once more before I go
Soon I'll return, bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si Si" say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
Uh, uh, uh, ...
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,…
@laurafarachi4120
Magnifica interpretazione!👏
@margarethmartins4466
Magnifico!
@teresareixach9538
Esta preciosa canción me, la dedicó Alberto, me, la cantó Placido Domingo.!!!
@anamariateixeiramartins6273
Majestosidade !
@teresareixach9538
Esta canción, es, increíble
@21stcenturycaveman33
Absolutely stunning Wow!
@ildikotothm.9688
Domingo előadásában ez a legszebb dal, amit valaha hallottam.
@nadetomirkova4943
Placido Domingo ???!!! DIVINE TENOR !!! DIVINE VOICE !!! DIVINE ACTOR !!! SUN"S PERSONALITY !!! Dear, Dear, ENDLESS Dear Placido, ENDLESS THANKS FOR ALL Your DIVINE CONCERTS IN Sofia - Bulgaria !!! GOD BLESS The Your FANTASTIC WORK as Director OF ALL WASHINGTON"S and ALL NEW YORK"S OPERA TEATARS !!! GOD BLESS You FOR VERY, VERY, VERY The BEAUTIFUL EMOTIONS WITH You FROM The Bulgarian scene !!! Always with a lot of love and light Your eternal fan Nadya Mirkova and all my big family, and all my friends from Sofia - Bulgaria - Europe and all World !!!
@virgyosorio6273
Blue Spanish eyes teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please please don't cry, this is just adios and not good-bye
Soon I'll return, bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si Si" say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
Blue Spanish Eyes, prettiest eyes in all of Mexico
Blue Spanish Eyes, please smile for me once more before I go
Soon I'll return, bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si Si" say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me
Uh, uh, uh, ...
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,…
@babethvarennes5220
Qu'elle voix a. Genoux devant une merveilleuse pour les oreilles bravo et merci