Placido Domingo, singer, orchestra director, producer and Spanish composer, was born in the Madrid street of Ibiza, nº 34. He is the son of two singers of zarzuela, the zaragozano Plácido Domingo and the Guipuzcoan Josefa Pepita Embil Etxaniz. He is t<span>he current general director of the National Opera of Washington and the Opera of Los Angeles (California) was part of the trio The Three Tenors.</span>
<span>Jose Placido Domingo Embil, KBE, who generally goes by simply Placido Domingo joined Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti to record an tour under the name The Three Tenors. Placido Domingo is of Spanish decent, he works as an arts administrator, tenor, and conductor. He has recorded over one hundred operas and is incredibly versatile in how he performs. He has offered performances in many languages including French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German and English.</span>
In the first year of his presidency, Bill Clinton failed to win congressional approval of his economic stimulus package because "<span>a. Republicans controlled both houses of Congress" since this caused gridlock. </span>
