LA Opera
Created in 1986 by a team of visionaries, LA Opera has become a leader in artistic innovation, while honoring the great historical legacy of opera.
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Through the powerful art form of opera, we celebrate the diversity and pioneering spirit of our great city. Meet the people who are taking us on the next stage of our artistic journey.
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Financial Statements and Nonprofit 990 Tax Returns
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2018 independent auditors' report
2017 independent auditors' report
2016 independent auditors' report
2017 (2017-18 fiscal year) federal tax return (990)
2016 (2016-17 fiscal year) federal tax return (990)
2015 (2015-16 fiscal year) federal tax return (990)
PLÁCIDO DOMINGO
https://www.laopera.org/about-us/artists-2/cast-members/placido-domingo/
General Director
Recognized as one of the finest and most influential singing actors in the history of opera, Plácido Domingo is also a conductor and a major force as an opera administrator.
He has sung 150 different roles to date, with more than 3900 total career performances. An integral part of LA Opera since its earliest days, he has been the company's General Director since 2003.
His more than 100 recordings of complete operas, compilations of arias and duets, and crossover discs have earned him 12 Grammy Awards, including three Latin Grammys, and he has made more than 50 music videos and won two Emmy Awards. In addition to starring in three feature opera films—Carmen, La Traviata and Otello—he voiced the roles of Monte in Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Skeleton Jorge in The Book of Life, and also appeared as himself on Sesame Street and The Simpsons. His telecast of Tosca from the authentic settings in Rome was seen by more than one billion people in 117 countries. He subsequently took the title role in a 2010 live telecast of Rigoletto from Mantua, Italy, the city in which the opera’s story takes place. In 1990, he and his colleagues José Carreras and the late Luciano Pavarotti formed the Three Tenors, performing with enormous success all over the world and attracted millions of new fans to opera.
He has conducted more than 500 opera performances and symphonic concerts with the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Chicago Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Montréal Symphony, National Symphony, London Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic. In 2018, he made his conducting debut at the Bayreuth Festival, leading performances of Die Walküre. In 1993, he founded the international voice competition Operalia.
He has received honorary doctorates from Oxford University and New York University for his lifelong commitment and contribution to music and the arts. He made his first stage appearances in a leading baritone role in 2009, performing the title role of Simon Boccanegra in Berlin. Since then, he has added several additional Verdi baritone roles to his repertoire, with appearances in Don Carlo, Rigoletto, The Two Foscari, La Traviata, Nabucco, Giovanna d’Arco, Il Trovatore, Macbeth, Ernani and Luisa Miller. He has also won acclaim in the baritone roles of Athanaël in Massenet’s Thaïs, the title role of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, and Zurga in The Pearl Fishers (his 150th role, as of August 23, 2018, which he performed at the Salzburg Festival).
In addition to numerous concerts worldwide, his singing engagements for the 2018/19 season include Giorgio Germont in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Royal Opera House Muscat; the title role of Gianni Schicchi with the Metropolitan Opera; Rodrigo in Don Carlo and Juanillo in El Gato Montés for LA Opera; the title role of Simon Boccanegra with the Vienna State Opera; the title role of Macbeth with Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden; and the title role of Nabucco with the Semperoper Dresden. Further engagements include Giorgio Germont in La Traviata at the Munich Opera Festival and Giacomo in Giovanna d’Arco with Madrid’s Teatro Real.
His conducting engagements for the season include a concert of Spanish music with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, a gala concert with the Vienna Philharmonic at La Scala in Milan, as well as productions of Aida for the Metropolitan Opera and of La Traviata for the Royal Opera House Muscat. (PlacidoDomingo.com)
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Plácido Domingo
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BIOGRAPHY
The more Plácido Domingo has studied, travelled and performed, the deeper his love of music has become. He maintains an active performing career as singer and conductor in addition to his work as a cultural impresario and entrepreneur. He serves as General Director of the Los Angeles Opera; Chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry; President of Europa Nostra; Founder of Operalia, the World Opera Competition; and proprietor of Pampano, his restaurant in New York City.
PLÁCIDO DOMINGO
Singer, conductor and administrator
Plácido Domingo is a world-renowned, multifaceted artist. Recognized as one of the finest and most influential singing actors in the history of opera, he is also a conductor and a major force as an opera administrator in his role as Eli and Edythe Broad General Director of Los Angeles Opera. His repertoire now encompasses 150 roles, with more than 4000 career performances
His more than 100 recordings of complete operas, compilations of arias and duets, and crossover discs have earned him 12 Grammy Awards, including three Latin Grammys, and he has made more than 50 music videos and won two Emmy Awards. In addition to starring in three feature opera films—Carmen, La Traviata and Otello—he voiced the roles of Monte in Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Skeleton Jorge in the recent animated film The Book of Life, and also appeared as himself on Sesame Street and The Simpsons. His telecast of Tosca from the authentic settings in Rome was seen by more than one billion people in 117 countries. He subsequently took the title role in a 2010 live telecast of Rigoletto from Mantua, Italy, the city in which the opera’s story takes place. In 1990, he and his colleagues José Carreras and the late Luciano Pavarotti formed the Three Tenors, performing with enormous success all over the world and attracted millions of new fans to opera.
He has conducted more than 500 opera performances and symphonic concerts with the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Chicago Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Montréal Symphony, National Symphony, London Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic. In 2018, he made his conducting debut at the Bayreuth Festival, leading performances of Die Walküre.
In 1993, he founded the international voice competition Operalia. He has received honorary doctorates from Oxford University and New York University for his lifelong commitment and contribution to music and the arts. He made his first stage appearances in a leading baritone role in 2009, performing the title role of Simon Boccanegra in Berlin. Since then, he has added several additional Verdi baritone roles to his repertoire, with appearances in Don Carlo, Rigoletto, I Due Foscari, La Traviata, Nabucco, Giovanna d’Arco, Il Trovatore, Macbeth, Ernani and Luisa Miller. He has also won acclaim in the baritone roles of Athanaël in Massenet’s Thaïs, the title role of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, and Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de Perles (his 150th role, as of on August 23, 2018, which he performed at the Salzburg Festival).
In addition to numerous concerts worldwide, his singing engagements for the 2018/19 season include Giorgio Germont in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Royal Opera House Muscat; the title role of Gianni Schicchi with the Metropolitan Opera; Rodrigo in Don Carlo and Juanillo in El Gato Montés for Los Angeles Opera; the title role of Simon Boccanegra with the Vienna State Opera; the title role of Macbeth with Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden; and the title role of Nabucco with the Semperoper Dresden. Further engagements include Giorgio Germont in La Traviata at the Munich Opera Festival and Giacomo in Giovanna d’Arco with Madrid’s Teatro Real.
His conducting engagements for the season include a concert of Spanish music with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, a gala concert with the Vienna Philharmonic at La Scala in Milan, as well as productions of Aida for the Metropolitan Opera and of La Traviata for the Royal Opera House Muscat. (August 2018)
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October 13 – 2019 OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH SOLD OUT Nabucco Zürich, Switzerland • Singing Buy Tickets
October 17 – 2019 CROCUS CITY HALL Concert
Moscow, Russia • Singing Buy Tickets
October 25, 28; November 1 – 2019 WIENER STAATSOPER SOLD OUT Macbeth Vienna, Austria • Singing Buy Tickets
November 27 – 2019 ELBPHILHARMONIE SOLD OUT Hamburg, Germany • Singing Buy Tickets
December 2, 5, 8, 11 – 2019 PALAU DE LES ARTS VALENCIA Nabucco Valencia, Spain • Singing Buy Tickets
December 15 – 2019 TEATRO ALLA SCALA Concert Milan, Italy • Singing Buy Tickets
December 19 – 2019 LANXESS ARENA Concert Cologne, Germany • Singing Buy Tickets
December 22 – 2019 TAURON ARENA KRAKÓW Concert Kraków, Poland • Singing Buy Tickets
January 16, 19 – 2020 STAATSOPER UNTER DEN LINDEN La Traviata Berlin, Germany • Singing Buy Tickets
February 22, 27; March 1, 5, 8, 14 – 2020 LOS ANGELES OPERA Roberto Devereux Los Angeles, CA • Singing Buy Tickets
February 25 – 2020 MUSCO CENTER FOR THE ARTS Roberto Devreux (Concert) Orange, CA • Singing
March 22, 26; April 2 – 2020 STAATSOPER HAMBURG Simon Boccanegra Hamburg, Germany • Singing Buy Tickets
May 9, 12, 17, 20, 23 – 2020 TEATRO REAL La Traviata Madrid, Spain • Singing Buy Tickets
June 14, 17 – 2020 WIENER STAATSOPER Nabucco Vienna, Austria • Singing Buy Tickets
June 20, 23, 27 – 2020 WIENER STAATSOPER La Traviata Vienna, Austria • Conducting Buy Tickets
June 28 – 2020 WIENER STAATSOPER Galakonzert des Jungen Ensembles Vienna, Austria • Conducting
July 13, 16, 19 – 2020 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Don Carlo London, UK • Singing Buy Tickets
July 27, 30 – 2020 BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER Nabucco Munich, Germany • Singing Buy Tickets
November 12, 14 – 2020 TEATRO ALLA SCALA La Traviata Milan, Italy • Singing Buy Tickets