Don Rodrigo is an opera in three acts by Alberto Ginastera to an original Spanish libretto by Alejandro Casona. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ...

First performance: Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 1964. Night shot of the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires meaning City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

On February 22, 1966, Plácido Domingo had his international breakthrough by singing the title role of this opera at the opening of the New York City Opera. Other cast members included Jeannine Crader as Florinda, Spiro Malas as Teudiselo, the king's tutor, and David Clatworthy as Don Julian, Florinda's father. Maestro Julius Rudel conducted. The opera was shown nine times at NYCO. A year later, the wonderful production was also shown, still with Plácido Domingo, on tour at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. See also: 1965 in music, other events of 1966, 1967 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music Hot 100 No. ... Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo (born January 21, 1941) is a famous Spanish opera singer, well-known for a voice that is versatile, strong and possessed of a ringing and clear tone throughout its range. ... The New York City Opera (NYCO) is New York Citys second opera company (after the Metropolitan Opera). ... Julius Rudel (6 March 1921, Vienna -) is an American orchestra conductor who emigrated to the US from Austria at the age of 17. ... Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo (born January 21, 1941) is a famous Spanish opera singer, well-known for a voice that is versatile, strong and possessed of a ringing and clear tone throughout its range. ... The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation). ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

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Don Rodrigo is also the Spanish name for Roderic, the last Visigothic king of Spain. Roderic (Roderick; Rodrigo in Spanish and Portuguese, see Rurik for etymology. ... The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ...