Plácido Domingo Ferrer [SEP] voice type
Plácido Domingo Ferrer
Plácido Domingo Ferrer (8 March 1907 – 22 November 1987) was a Spanish zarzuela baritone and father of popular operatic tenor Plácido Domingo. Half Catalan and half Aragonese, he grew up and made his early career in Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon. He frequently toured Spain with his soprano wife Pepita Embil. In late 1948, they permanently moved to Mexico, where they successfully ran their own zarzuela company. He also appeared in recordings and on Mexican television.
Biography and career.
Biography and
career Family background and youth.
Plácido Domingo Ferrer was born in Zaragoza, Spain on 8 March 1907. His mother, María Ferrer Ripol, originally came from the small Aragonese town of La Codoñera in the province of Teruel. As a young woman she moved to Barcelona to find work. There she met her future husband, Pedro Domingo, who was born in Tordera, Catalonia. They moved to Zaragoza, where they bought a restaurant and had three children, Plácido, the oldest, Pedro (known as Perico),