Plácido Francisco Domingo Ornelas (born 21 October 1965), better known as Plácido Domingo Jr., is a

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singer, songwriter and record producer.

Early life

Born in

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Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, ...

and

Marta Domingo Marta Domingo (née Ornelas, born 1935) is a Mexican opera soprano, stage director and designer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she performed as a lyric soprano in Mexico and Israel. Since the 1990s, she has directed operas in Europe and North America. Sh ...

, from an early age he was exposed to the operatic world and developed a passion for music.

Music career

Domingo Jr. has written songs for many singers including

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and his father. He participates in the released of album ''Amore Infinito'' in 2009 as an executive producer and songwriter; also performed duet with his father. The album which includes verses by

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sung by his father reached the top chart on

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's Top Classical Crossover Albums in 2010. In 2010, together with SonicProjects Records, Domingo Jr. made his international debut as a performer, collaborating with

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award winner producer Juan Cristóbal Losada, with whom he created a Christmas EP called ''Songs for Christmas - Canciones de Navidad''. He releases his first album ''Latidos'' in Spanish language in April 2017, followed with the English version, ''Heartbeat'' in the third quarter of 2017. It includes 11 popular songs from the 50s and 60s with influences of Latin pop, jazz, tango, bolero, cha-cha-cha and bachata, with orchestral arrangements and duets with renowned artists like

José Feliciano José Montserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945) () is a Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer. He recorded many international hits, including his rendition of the Doors' "Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song " ...

, Plácido Domingo,

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, among others.

Personal life

Domingo Jr. was married to Samantha, whom he met in 1994 through their involvement in the

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. They have three daughters together. After they divorced, Domingo Jr. left Scientology in 2011.“Placido Domingo's son criticises Scientologists after leaving church”
Telegraph.co.uk site. Retrieved 17 July 2018

References

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