Marta Domingo (ne Ornelas) (born 1935) is a Mexican opera soprano,
stage director and designer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she performed as
a lyric soprano in Mexico and Israel. Since the 1990s, she has
directed operas in Europe and North America. She is the wife of
popular Spanish tenor Plcido Domingo, who has credited her with
helping to guide his career.Marta Ornelas was born in Veracruz,
Mexico. She studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico
City.She started her career as an opera soprano for Opera Belles Artes
in Mexico City. She then joined the Israel National Opera in Israel,
where she was a lead soprano for two and a half years. During that
period, she had leading roles in Cos fan tutte, The Barber of Seville,
Die Fledermaus, Carmen, Faust, Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni, The
Marriage of Figaro, La bohme, and Pagliacci.After she retired as
soprano to raise her children, she returned to opera as a director and
designer. Beginning in 1991, she directed Samson et Dalila for the
Teatro de la pera in Puerto Rico. The following year, in 1992, she
directed Tosca at La Maestranza Theater in Seville, Spain. Rigoletto
was her next project for the Los Angeles Opera in Los Angeles,
California in 1993. She returned to Puerto Rico in 1994, where she
directed The Barber of Seville. La Rondine, directed for the Oper der
Stadt Bonn in Bonn followed in 1995 It was also presented by The
Washington Opera in Washington, D.C. in the 1997-1998 season, and
shown on the PBS television channel. Marta Domingo directed La
Traviata in 1988 at the Opra Royal de Wallonie in Belgium, and it was
also given at the Los Angeles Opera in the 1998-1999 season. That same
season, she also directed Sly, an opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, for
The Washington Opera, a production which was also presented by the
Metropolitan Opera in New York City four years later, in 2002.
stage director and designer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she performed as
a lyric soprano in Mexico and Israel. Since the 1990s, she has
directed operas in Europe and North America. She is the wife of
popular Spanish tenor Plcido Domingo, who has credited her with
helping to guide his career.Marta Ornelas was born in Veracruz,
Mexico. She studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico
City.She started her career as an opera soprano for Opera Belles Artes
in Mexico City. She then joined the Israel National Opera in Israel,
where she was a lead soprano for two and a half years. During that
period, she had leading roles in Cos fan tutte, The Barber of Seville,
Die Fledermaus, Carmen, Faust, Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni, The
Marriage of Figaro, La bohme, and Pagliacci.After she retired as
soprano to raise her children, she returned to opera as a director and
designer. Beginning in 1991, she directed Samson et Dalila for the
Teatro de la pera in Puerto Rico. The following year, in 1992, she
directed Tosca at La Maestranza Theater in Seville, Spain. Rigoletto
was her next project for the Los Angeles Opera in Los Angeles,
California in 1993. She returned to Puerto Rico in 1994, where she
directed The Barber of Seville. La Rondine, directed for the Oper der
Stadt Bonn in Bonn followed in 1995 It was also presented by The
Washington Opera in Washington, D.C. in the 1997-1998 season, and
shown on the PBS television channel. Marta Domingo directed La
Traviata in 1988 at the Opra Royal de Wallonie in Belgium, and it was
also given at the Los Angeles Opera in the 1998-1999 season. That same
season, she also directed Sly, an opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, for
The Washington Opera, a production which was also presented by the
Metropolitan Opera in New York City four years later, in 2002.
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