# Repertoire of Plácido Domingo

Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo has sung 151 roles in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Russian. His main repertoire however is Italian (Otello, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don Carlo, Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut, Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West, Radames in Aida), French (Faust, Werther, Don José in Carmen, Samson in Samson et Dalila), and German (Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Siegmund in Die Walküre). Domingo currently continues to add more operas to his repertoire. Since 2009, he has moved substantially into the baritone repertoire, especially focusing on Verdi baritone roles. In 2015, he made his most recent debuts as Macbeth at the Berlin State Opera, Don Carlo in Ernani at the Metropolitan Opera, and Gianni Schicchi at the Los Angeles Opera. Tim Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winner for music criticism, described Domingo in a 1996 Washington Post article as "the most versatile, intelligent and altogether accomplished operatic tenor now before the public".
Domingo's official repertoire list includes all of his operatic roles on stage and recordings, as well as his zarzuela and operetta debuts made in opera houses and on recordings since his operatic debut on 23 September 1959. One exception to this is Arturo in Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor, in which he made his role debut on 28 October 1961 in Guadalajara, Mexico, and his U.S. operatic debut on 16 November of the same year at Dallas Civic Opera in Dallas, Texas. The only other exception is his performance as Antonio in Cano's modern opera, Luna, in which he appeared on an abridged recording in 1997 and in a concert performance at the Palau de la Música de València on 15 May 1998.
The official list does not include his previous roles in zarzuelas or musicals with his parents' company or theaters in Mexico prior to September 1959, nor does it include his performance as the Spanish painter Francisco Goya in the musical, Goya: A Life in Song, which he recorded in both English and Spanish-language versions. It also contains only a fraction of his sung symphonic works, excluding his performances of the tenor parts in Verdi and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiems and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Missa Solemnis, and Christus am Ölberge, among others. Some small parts sung during the same performance are listed as only one role. Danilo in The Merry Widow is listed twice: once together with Camille in a Spanish-language translation early in his career and later alone in English translation at the Metropolitan Opera. Domingo alternated the parts of Camille and Danilo during his first run of the operetta at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1960.

## Role debuts

These lists are sortable, e.g. by opera title, composer, location, or date. Operas and other works, in which Domingo appeared in world premieres, are marked in bold. All roles are tenor parts except where noted.

### Official repertoire

| Year | # | Title | Composer | Role | Debut date | Opera house / studio recording | Location | Genre |
| 1959 | 1 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Borsa | 23 September 1959 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 2 | Dialogues of the Carmelites | Poulenc | Chaplain | 21 October 1959 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| 1960 | 3 | The Merry Widow | Lehár | Danilo (tenor or baritone), Camille | 1960 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | operetta |
| | 4 | Turandot | Puccini | Altoum | 11 September 1960 | Teatro de la Ciudad | Monterrey | opera |
| | 5 | Turandot | Puccini | Pang | 1 October 1960 | Teatro de la Ciudad | Monterrey | opera |
| | 6 | Lucia di Lammermoor | Donizetti | Normanno | 5 October 1960 | Teatro de la Ciudad | Monterrey | opera |
| | 7 | La traviata | Verdi | Gastone | 8 October 1960 | Teatro de la Ciudad | Monterrey | opera |
| | 8 | Carmen | Bizet | Remendado | 15 October 1960 | Teatro de la Ciudad | Monterrey | opera |
| | 9 | Otello | Verdi | Cassio | 17 October 1960 | Teatro de la Ciudad | Monterrey | opera |
| 1961 | 10 | La traviata | Verdi | Alfredo | 19 May 1961 | Teatro de la Ciudad | Monterrey | opera |
| | 11 | El último sueño [es] | Vázquez | Enrique | 28 May 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 12 | Amelia goes to the ball | Menotti | Lover | 28 June 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 13 | Fedora | Giordano | Désire, Baron Rouvel | 2 July 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 14 | Boris Godunov | Mussorgsky | Simpleton, Shuisky | 8 August 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 15 | Andrea Chénier | Giordano | Abbé, Incredibile | 15 August 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 16 | Tosca | Puccini | Spoletta | 21 August 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 17 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Goro | 15 September 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 18 | Tosca | Puccini | Cavaradossi | 30 September 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| 1962 | 19 | La bohème | Puccini | Rodolfo | 4 March 1962 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 20 | Così fan tutte | Mozart | Ferrando | 10 May 1962 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 21 | Adriana Lecouvreur | Cilea | Maurizio | 17 May 1962 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| | 22 | Trittico Francescano | Refice | | 1 October 1962 | Teatro Degollado | Guadalajara | opera |
| | 23 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Pinkerton | 7 October 1962 | Teatro Isauro Martínez | Torreón | opera |
| | 24 | Lucia di Lammermoor | Donizetti | Edgardo | 26 November 1962 | Fort Worth Opera | Fort Worth | opera |
| 1963 | 25 | Carmen | Bizet | José | 25 June 1963 | Israeli Opera House | Tel Aviv | opera |
| | 26 | Don Giovanni | Mozart | Don Ottavio | 21 September 1963 | Israeli Opera House | Tel Aviv | opera |
| | 27 | Faust | Gounod | Faust | 3 December 1963 | Israeli Opera House | Tel Aviv | opera |
| 1964 | 28 | Les pêcheurs de perles | Bizet | Nadir | 21 January 1964 | Israeli Opera House | Tel Aviv | opera |
| | 29 | Eugene Onegin | Tchaikovsky | Lensky | 5 September 1964 | Israeli Opera House | Tel Aviv | opera |
| 1965 | 30 | Cavalleria rusticana | Mascagni | Turiddu | 21 January 1965 | Israeli Opera House | Tel Aviv | opera |
| | 31 | Samson and Delilah | Saint-Saëns | Samson | 30 July 1965 | Chautauqua Opera | Chautauqua | opera |
| | 32 | Les contes d'Hoffmann | Offenbach | Hoffmann | 7 September 1965 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico City | opera |
| 1966 | 33 | Carlota, Severino, La mulata de Córdoba | Sandi, Moreno, Moncayo | Maximiliano, Tenor role, Anselmo | 1 January 1966 | Gran Teatre del Liceu | Barcelona | opera |
| | 34 | Don Rodrigo | Ginastera | Don Rodrigo | 22 February 1966 | New York City Opera | New York | opera |
| | 35 | Andrea Chénier | Giordano | Andrea Chénier | 3 March 1966 | New Orleans Opera | New Orleans | opera |
| | 36 | Hippolyte et Aricie | Rameau | Hippolyte | 6 April 1966 | Opera Company of Boston | Boston | opera |
| | 37 | Pagliacci | Leoncavallo | Canio | 9 August 1966 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 38 | The Barber of Seville | Rossini | Almaviva | 16 September 1966 | Teatro Degollado | Guadalajara | opera |
| | 39 | Anna Bolena | Donizetti | Lord Percy | 15 November 1966 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 1967 | 40 | Il tabarro | Puccini | Luigi | 8 March 1967 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 41 | Aida | Verdi | Radames | 11 May 1967 | Hamburg State Opera | Hamburg | opera |
| | 42 | Don Carlo | Verdi | Don Carlo | 19 May 1967 | Vienna State Opera | Vienna | opera |
| | 43 | Un ballo in maschera | Verdi | Riccardo | 31 May 1967 | Deutsche Oper Berlin | Berlin | opera |
| 1968 | 44 | Lohengrin | Wagner | Lohengrin | 14 January 1968 | Hamburg State Opera | Hamburg | opera |
| | 45 | Manon Lescaut | Puccini | Des Grieux | 15 February 1968 | Connecticut Opera | Hartford | opera |
| | 46 | Il trovatore | Verdi | Manrico | 14 March 1968 | New Orleans Opera | New Orleans | opera |
| 1969 | 47 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Il Duca | 2 January 1969 | Hamburg State Opera | Hamburg | opera |
| | 48 | La forza del destino | Verdi | Don Alvaro | 18 January 1969 | Hamburg State Opera | Hamburg | opera |
| | 49 | Manon | Massenet | Des Grieux | 20 February 1969 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 50 | Turandot | Puccini | Calaf | 16 July 1969 | Verona Arena | Verona | opera |
| | 51 | Ernani | Verdi | Ernani | 7 December 1969 | Teatro alla Scala | Milan | opera |
| 1970 | 52 | Oberon | Weber | Hüon | March 1970 | Bayerischer Rundfunk studio | Studio | opera |
| | 53 | La Gioconda | Ponchielli | Enzo | 14 May 1970 | Teatro de la Zarzuela | Madrid | opera |
| | 54 | Roberto Devereux | Donizetti | Devereux | 15 October 1970 | New York City Opera | New York | opera |
| 1971 | 55 | Der Rosenkavalier | R. Strauss | Italian singer | March 1971 | | Studio | opera |
| | 56 | I Lombardi alla prima crociata | Verdi | Oronte | July 1971 | Royal Philharmonic, London | Studio | opera |
| | 57 | Luisa Miller | Verdi | Rodolfo | 4 November 1971 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 1972 | 58 | Giovanna d'Arco | Verdi | Carlo VII | August 1972 | | Studio | opera |
| | 59 | Los claveles [es] | Serrano | Fernando | 1972 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| | 60 | La dolorosa | Serrano | Rafael | 1972 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| 1973 | 61 | Francesca da Rimini | Zandonai | Paolo | 22 March 1973 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 62 | L'Africaine | Meyerbeer | Vasco da Gama | 3 November 1973 | War Memorial Opera House | San Francisco | opera |
| 1974 | 63 | I vespri siciliani | Verdi | Arrigo | 9 April 1974 | Palais Garnier | Paris | opera |
| | 64 | Mefistofele | Boito | Faust | July 1974 | | Studio | opera |
| | 65 | Roméo et Juliette | Gounod | Roméo | 28 September 1974 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 66 | La fanciulla del West | Puccini | Dick Johnson | 26 November 1974 | Teatro Regio di Torino | Turin | opera |
| 1975 | 67 | La Navarraise | Massenet | Araquil | 1975 | | Studio | opera |
| | 68 | Otello | Verdi | Otello | 28 September 1975 | Hamburg State Opera | Hamburg | opera |
| 1976 | 69 | Gianni Schicchi | Puccini | Rinuccio | 1976 | | Studio | opera |
| | 70 | Louise | Charpentier | Julien | 1976 | | Studio | opera |
| | 71 | Macbeth | Verdi | Macduff | 1976 | | Studio | opera |
| | 72 | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Wagner | Walther von Stolzing | March, 1976 | | Studio | opera |
| | 73 | Le Cid | Massenet | Don Rodrigue | 8 March 1976 | Opera Orchestra of New York | Carnegie Hall, New York | opera |
| | 74 | L'amore dei tre re | Montemezzi | Avito | July 1976 | | Studio | opera |
| 1977 | 75 | L'elisir d'amore | Donizetti | Nemorino | 1977 | | Studio | opera |
| | 76 | Fedora | Giordano | Loris | 15 February 1977 | Gran Teatre del Liceu | Barcelona | opera |
| | 77 | Werther | Massenet | Werther | 18 December 1977 | Bavarian State Opera | Munich | opera |
| 1978 | 78 | La damnation de Faust | Berlioz | Faust | January 1978 | | Studio | oratorio/opera |
| 1979 | 79 | Le Villi | Puccini | Roberto | June 1979 | | Studio | opera |
| | 80 | Requiem | Berlioz | Tenor part | June 1979 | | Studio | oratorio |
| | 81 | Béatrice et Bénédict | Berlioz | Bénédict | July 1979 | | Studio | opera |
| | 82 | Il Giuramento | Mercadante | Viscardo | 9 September 1979 | Vienna State Opera | Vienna | opera |
| 1980 | 83 | El poeta | Moreno Torroba | José de Espronceda | 19 June 1980 | Teatro Real | Madrid | opera |
| 1981 | 84 | Norma | Bellini | Pollione | 21 September 1981 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 1982 | 85 | La rondine | Puccini | Ruggero | 1982 | | Studio | opera |
| | 86 | Nabucco | Verdi | Ismaele | May 1982 | | Studio | opera |
| 1983 | 87 | Les Troyens | Berlioz | Enée | 26 September 1983 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 1986 | 88 | Die Fledermaus | J. Strauss | Alfred | April 1986 | | Studio | operetta |
| | 89 | Goya | Menotti | Goya | 15 November 1986 | Washington National Opera | Washington | opera |
| 1988 | 90 | Iris | Mascagni | Osaka | 1988 | | Studio | opera |
| | 91 | Tannhäuser | Wagner | Tannhäuser | April 1988 | | Studio | opera |
| 1989 | 92 | Die Frau ohne Schatten | R. Strauss | Der Kaiser | March 1989 | | Studio | opera |
| 1990 | 93 | Man of La Mancha | Leigh | Don Quixote | June 1990 | | Studio | musical |
| 1991 | 94 | The Flying Dutchman | Wagner | Erik | February 1991 | | Studio | opera |
| | 95 | Parsifal | Wagner | Parsifal | 14 March 1991 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 1992 | 96 | The Barber of Seville | Rossini | Figaro (baritone) | February 1992 | | Studio | opera |
| | 97 | El gato montés | Penella | Rafaele Ruiz | 7 August 1992 | Teatro de la Maestranza | Seville | opera |
| | 98 | Die Walküre | Wagner | Siegmund | 19 December 1992 | Vienna State Opera | Vienna | opera |
| 1993 | 99 | Stiffelio | Verdi | Stiffelio | 21 October 1993 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 1994 | 100 | Doña Francisquita | Vives | Fernando | February 1994 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| | 101 | La verbena de la Paloma | Bretón | Julian | April 1994 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| | 102 | Il Guarany | Gomes | Pery | 5 June 1994 | Bonn Opera House | Bonn | opera |
| | 103 | Idomeneo | Mozart | Idomeneo | 1 November 1994 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 104 | Hérodiade | Massenet | Jean | 8 November 1994 | War Memorial Opera House | San Francisco | opera |
| 1995 | 105 | Luisa Fernanda | Torroba | Javier | 1995 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| | 106 | Simon Boccanegra (1881 version) | Verdi | Adorno | 19 January 1995 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 1996 | 107 | La tabernera del puerto | Sorozábal | Leandro | 1996 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| 1997 | 108 | Simon Boccanegra (1857 version) | Verdi | Adorno | 28 June 1997 | Royal Opera House | London | opera |
| | 109 | Divinas Palabras | Abril | Lucero | 18 October 1997 | Teatro Real | Madrid | opera |
| 1998 | 110 | Le prophète | Meyerbeer | Jean de Leyde | 21 May 1998 | Vienna State Opera | Vienna | opera |
| | 111 | Faust Symphony | Liszt | Tenor part | June 1998 | | Studio | symphonic |
| | 112 | La Dolores | Bretón | Lázaro | July 1998 | | Studio | opera/zarzuela |
| 1999 | 113 | Das Lied von der Erde | Mahler | Tenor part | February 1999 | | Studio | symphonic |
| | 114 | Misa Tango | Bacalov | Tenor part | February 1999 | | Studio | oratorio |
| | 115 | The Queen of Spades | Tchaikovsky | Hermann | 18 March 1999 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 116 | Fidelio | Beethoven | Florestan | June 1999 | | Studio | opera |
| | 117 | Merlin | Albéniz | King Arthur | July 1999 | Orquesta Nacional de España, Madrid | Studio | opera |
| | 118 | Margarita la tornera | Chapí | Don Juan de Alarcón | 11 December 1999 | Teatro Real | Madrid | zarzuela |
| 2000 | 119 | La Gran Vía | Chueca | Caballero de Gracía | January 2000 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| | 120 | The Merry Widow | Lehár | Danilo (tenor or baritone) | 17 February 2000 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | operetta |
| | 121 | La battaglia di Legnano | Verdi | Arrigo | 30 June 2000 | Royal Opera House | London | opera |
| 2001 | 122 | La Revoltosa | Chapí | Felipe | January 2001 | | Studio | zarzuela |
| 2002 | 123 | Sly | Wolf-Ferrari | Christopher Sly | 1 April 2002 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 2003 | 124 | Luisa Fernanda | Torroba | Vidal Hernando (baritone) | 18 June 2003 | Teatro alla Scala | Milan | zarzuela |
| | 125 | Nicholas and Alexandra | Drattell | Rasputin | 14 September 2003 | Los Angeles Opera | Los Angeles | opera |
| 2005 | 126 | Tristan und Isolde | Wagner | Tristan | January 2005 | EMI Abbey Road Studio 1, London | Studio | opera |
| | 127 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Alfano | Cyrano | 13 May 2005 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 128 | Pepita Jiménez | Albéniz | Don Luis de Vargas | June 2005 | | Studio | opera |
| 2006 | 129 | Edgar | Puccini | Edgar | 2006 | | Studio | opera |
| | 130 | The First Emperor | Tan | Emperor Qin | 21 December 2006 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 2007 | 131 | Iphigénie en Tauride | Gluck | Oreste (mix of baritone and tenor versions) | 27 November 2007 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| 2008 | 132 | Tamerlano | Handel | Bajazet | 26 March 2008 | Teatro Real | Madrid | opera |
| 2009 | 133 | Simon Boccanegra | Verdi | Simon Boccanegra (baritone) | 24 October 2009 | Berlin State Opera | Berlin | opera |
| 2010 | 134 | La Nuit de Mai | Leoncavallo | Tenor part | 2010 | | Studio | symphonic |
| | 135 | I Medici | Leoncavallo | Giuliano Medici | 2010 | | Studio | opera |
| | 136 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Rigoletto (baritone) | 1 August 2010 | Reignwood Theater | Beijing | opera |
| | 137 | Il Postino | Catán | Pablo Neruda | 23 September 2010 | Los Angeles Opera | Los Angeles | opera |
| 2011 | 138 | The Enchanted Island | Various | Neptune | 31 December 2011 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | pasticcio/opera |
| 2012 | 139 | Thaïs | Massenet | Athanaël (baritone) | 25 March 2012 | Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía | Valencia | opera |
| | 140 | I due Foscari | Verdi | Francesco Foscari (baritone) | 15 September 2012 | Los Angeles Opera | Los Angeles | opera |
| 2013 | 141 | La traviata | Verdi | Giorgio Germont (baritone) | 14 March 2013 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 142 | Nabucco | Verdi | Nabucco (baritone) | 15 April 2013 | Royal Opera House | London | opera |
| | 143 | Giovanna d'Arco | Verdi | Giacomo (baritone) | 6 August 2013 | Salzburg Festival | Salzburg | opera |
| | 144 | Il trovatore | Verdi | Conte di Luna (baritone) | 29 November 2013 | Schiller Theater | Berlin | opera |
| 2015 | 145 | Macbeth | Verdi | Macbeth (baritone) | 7 February 2015 | Schiller Theater | Berlin | opera |
| | 146 | Ernani | Verdi | Don Carlo (baritone) | 20 March 2015 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 147 | Gianni Schicchi | Puccini | Gianni Schicchi (baritone) | 12 September 2015 | Los Angeles Opera | Los Angeles | opera |
| 2017 | 148 | Don Carlo | Verdi | Rodrigo di Posa (baritone) | 11 June 2017 | Wiener Staatsoper | Wien | opera |
| 2018 | 149 | Luisa Miller | Verdi | Miller (baritone) | 29 March 2018 | Metropolitan Opera | New York | opera |
| | 150 | Les pêcheurs de perles | Bizet | Zurga (baritone) | 23 August 2018 | Salzburg Festival | Salzburg | opera |
| 2019 | 151 | El gato montés | Penella | Juanillo (baritone) | 4 May 2019 | Los Angeles Opera | Los Angeles | opera |
| 2022 | 152 | Aida | Verdi | Amonasro (baritone) | 25 August 2022 | Verona Arena | Verona | opera |

### Additional roles (partial)

| Year | # | Title | Composer | Role | Debut date | Opera house / studio recording | Location | Genre |
| 1957 | 1 | Gigantes y cabezudos [es] | Fernández Caballero | Baritone part | 1957 | | Mexico City | zarzuela |
| 1958-9 | 2 | Luisa Fernanda | Moreno Torroba | Javier & other parts | 1958 | | Veracruz | zarzuela |
| | 3 | El gato montés | Penella | Rafael Ruiz | 1958 | | Mexico | opera |
| | 4 | La calesera [es] | Alonso | Baritone part | 1958/1959 | | Mexico | zarzuela |
| | 5 | El balcón de palacio | Romo | Baritone part | 1958/1959 | | Mexico | zarzuela |
| | 6 | Katiuska, la mujer rusa [es] | Sorozábal | Baritone part | 1958/1959 | | Mexico | zarzuela |
| | 7 | Los gavilanes [es] | Guerrero | Baritone part | 1958/1959 | | Mexico | zarzuela |
| 1959 | 8 | Mi bella dama (My Fair Lady) | Loewe | Alfie Doolittle's friend | 19 January 1959 | Teatro María Teresa Montoya | Monterrey | musical |
| | 9 | Marina [es] | Arrieta | Pascual (bass or baritone) | 12 May 1959 | Teatro Degollado | Guadalajara | opera/zarzuela |
| 1960 | 10 | La Pelirroja (The Readhead) | Hague | The Tenor | 11 February 1960 | Teatro de los Insurgentes | Mexico City | musical |
| 1961 | 11 | Lucia di Lammermoor | Donizetti | Arturo | 28 October 1961 | Palacio de Bellas Artes | Guadalajara | opera |
| 1962 | 12 | Ninth Symphony | Beethoven | Tenor part | 10 August 1962 | | Mexico City | symphonic |
| 1965 | 13 | Messiah | Händel | Tenor part | 10 December 1965 | | Boston | oratorio |
| 1966 | 14 | Elijah | Mendelssohn | Tenor part | 26 May 1966 | | Mexico City | oratorio |
| 1967 | 15 | Creation Mass | Haydn | Tenor part | 23 February 1967 | | Boston | oratorio |
| 1969 | 16 | Requiem | Verdi | Tenor part | 20 May 1969 | | London | oratorio |
| 1970 | 17 | Missa Solemnis | Beethoven | Tenor part | 23 May 1970 | St. Peter's Basilica | Rome | oratorio |
| 1984 | 18 | Requiem | Lloyd Webber | Tenor part | 1984 (studio) 25 February 1985 (live) | St. Thomas Church | Studio New York | oratorio |
| 1989 | 19 | Goya: A Life in Song | Yeston | Goya | March 1989 | | Studio | musical |
| 1998 | 20 | Luna | Cano | Antonio | 15 June 1998 | Palau de la Música de València | Valencia | opera |
| 2003 | 21 | Christus am Ölberge | Beethoven | Jesus | 2003 | | Studio | oratorio |

## Major opera house and festival debuts

| Year | Opera house / Festival | Opera |
| 1965 | New York City Opera | Madama Butterfly |
| 1966 | Gran Teatre del Liceu | Carlota, Severino, La mulata de Córdoba |
| 1967 | Hamburg State Opera | Tosca |
| | Vienna State Opera | Don Carlo |
| 1968 | Metropolitan Opera | Adriana Lecouvreur |
| | Lyric Opera of Chicago | Manon Lescaut |
| 1969 | Verona Arena | Turandot |
| | San Francisco Opera | La bohème |
| | Teatro alla Scala | Ernani |
| 1970 | Teatro de la Zarzuela | La Gioconda |
| | Edinburgh Festival | Missa Solemnis |
| 1971 | Royal Opera House | Tosca |
| 1972 | Bavarian State Opera | La bohème |
| 1973 | Paris Opéra | Il trovatore |
| 1975 | Salzburg Festival | Don Carlo |
| 1986 | Los Angeles Opera | Otello |
| | Washington National Opera | Goya (Menotti) |
| 1992 | Bayreuth Festival | Parsifal |