List of awards and nominations received by Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo has received numerous awards and honors, including:^[1][2]

An appreciation note on his statue in Mexico City

Grammy Awards

• 1971: Principal Soloist for Best Opera Recording for Verdi: Aida
• 1974: Principal Soloist for Best Opera Recording for G. Puccini: La bohème
• 1983: Principal Soloist for Best Opera Recording for Verdi: La traviata
• 1984: Principal Soloist for Best Opera Recording for Bizet: Carmen
• 1984: Best Latin Pop Performance for Always in My Heart (Siempre en mi corazon)
• 1988: Principal Soloist for Best Opera Recording for Wagner: Lohengrin
• 1990: Best Classical Vocal Performance for Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
• 1992: Principal Soloist for Best Opera Recording for Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
• 2000: Best Mexican-American Performance for 100 Years of Mariachi

Latin Grammy Awards

• 2000: Best Classical Album for T. Breton: La Dolores
• 2001: Best Classical Album for I. Albéniz: Merlin
• 2008: Best Classical Album for various composers: Pasión Española^[3]
• 2010: Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year^[4]
• 2014: Best Classical Album for Verdi: Baritone Arias

Government and organization honors

Austria

• Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1992)^[5]
• Kammersänger und Ehrenmitglied der Wiener Staatsoper
• Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land Wien – 2007
• Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (2007)^[6]

France

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
• Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• Grande Médaille de la Ville de Paris
• Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur – March 2002

Italy

• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – 3 April 1991^[7]
• Knight Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – 2 April 1997^[8]

Japan

• Praemium Imperiale - 2013

Mexico

• Orden del Águila Azteca, (Mexico).^[9][10]

Monaco

• Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (November 1999)^[11]

Spain

• Premio Príncipe de Asturias – 18 October 1991
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit – 20 September 2002
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain – 14 January 2011
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic – 20 January 2011
• Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise – 7 October 2016

Sweden

• Birgit Nilsson Prize, inaugural recipient (20 February 2009)^[12][13][14]

Portugal

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry – 1 July 1998
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction – 31 August 2018 ^[15]

United Kingdom

• Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) – October 2002

USA

• Kennedy Center Honors – 3 December 2000
• The Presidential Medal of Freedom – 9 July 2002

Venezuela

• Keys to the city of Caracas - September 2009 ^{[citation needed]}

Other countries

• Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italy) – 2 April 1997^[16]
• Cavalliere di Malta (Malta)
• Order of the Cedars (Lebanon) (2004)
• Medal of Honour (Oman) - October 2011

NPO

• UNICEF Socio de Honor (UNICEF)

Honorary doctorates

• Royal Northern College of Music, England (1982)
• Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, USA (1982)
• Oklahoma City University, USA (1984)
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (1989)
• New York University, USA (1990)
• Georgetown University, USA (1992)
• Washington College of Chestertown, USA (2000)
• Anáhuac University, Mexico (2001)
• Chopin Music Academy, Poland (2003)
• Oxford University, England (2003)
• California State University, Stanislaus, USA (2010)
• Harvard University, USA (2011)^[17]
• Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain (2013)^[18]
• University of Murcia, Spain (2014)
• Berklee College of Music, USA (2014)
• University of Salamanca, Spain (2015)^[19]
• Manhattan School of Music, USA (2018)^[20]

Other

• In the 1980s, a Sesame Street muppet was named in his honor: Placido Flamingo.^[21]
• A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – 1993 (Location: Domingo, Placido LT 7000 Hollywood Blvd)^[22]
• The Excellence Award at the 1991 Lo Nuestro Awards.^[23]
• A star on the Kunstmeile (Art Mile) in Vienna (2008)
• Sociedad General de Autores Española (Best Lyric Singer of the Year 1997) for his role in the world premiere of "Divinas Palabras" (1997)
• Association of Argentinian Music Critics (Best Male Singer in 1997) for “Samson and Dalila" (1997)
• Baltika Grand Prix for Outstanding Achievement (June 1998)
• American Latina Media Arts (ALMA) Awards (Outstanding Performances By An Individual or Act in A Variety) (1998)
• Hispanic Heritage Award for Arts (September 1999)
• Great Prize of the International Music Press (September 2000)
• The Ella Award, the Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award (2002)^[24]
• Opera News Award for distinguished achievement, inaugural recipient, 2005
• Classical BRIT Awards (2006) (Critics' Award for Tristan und Isolde and Lifetime Achievement Award^[25]
• Domingo was named "The King of singers" in BBC Music Magazine for April 2008 issue. He was voted as the greatest tenor in history by 16 renowned opera critics in a quest to find the world top 20 operatic tenors. The headline of the page stated: "The king of the singers – The critics number 1 choice. Domingo is that rarest vocal phenomena, a tenor who uses his voice in the service of re-creating great art, and not as a thrilling end in itself."^[26][27][28]
• BAMBI award in 1985 and 2008^[29]
• In 2009 Domingo was appointed the inaugural Washington Ambassador to the Arts by Guide for the Arts.^[30]
• Plácido Domingo is an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon Ram) since 2000.^[31]
• The King of Sweden awarded Plácido Domingo with the first Birgit Nilsson Prize in October 2009. With one million dollars, it is the biggest prize in classical music.^[32]
• Also in October 2009, he received the German Echo Award for Lifetime Achievement.^[33]
• Anton Coppola Excellence in the Arts Award (2011 recipient)^[34]

See also

• List of recordings by Plácido Domingo
• The Three Tenors
• Christmas in Vienna I, II, III, and VI
• Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
• Category:Plácido Domingo albums