Don Rodrigo
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Don Rodrigo is an opera in three acts by Alberto Ginastera to an original Spanish libretto by Alejandro Casona.
First performance: Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 1964.
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.
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Don Rodrigo is also the Spanish name for Roderic, the last Visigothic king of Spain.
