) Among the executed was one of Cuba's greatest poets, Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés, now commonly known as " Placido ".

The present, entirely unrelated company of the same name, resident at the Kennedy Center, was known simply as the Washington Opera until 2000 ; a thoroughly professional organization under the direction of Placido Domingo, it has, among other achievements, been a rare advocate for zarzuela in the United States.

The first feast of Corpus Christi was celebrated in Papantla sometime between 1550 and 1560, sponsored by the encomendero of the area, Placido Perez.

Afghan Breakdown was shot here by Vladimir Bortko, with Michele Placido, who plays a Russian Colonel.

On July 10, 2011, Aramis Ramirez was asked by National League manager Bruce Bochy to replace Placido Polanco in the 2011 MLB All-Star game, but Ramirez declined the invitation due to previous plans to be with his family during the break.

It was decided that a star lead in the role of Count von Krolock would be just the trick ; feelers were put out to names as diverse as David Bowie, John Travolta, Richard Gere and Placido Domingo.

* Placido Penitente-A student of the University of Santo Tomas who was very intelligent and wise but did not want, if not only by his mother's plea, to pursue his studies.

On March 10, 1948, trade unionist Placido Rizzotto was kidnapped by three men in broad daylight, with a number of witnesses claiming Leggio was one of them.

He was captured in Corleone in May 1964 ( curiously, he was lodging with the former fiancée of Placido Rizzotto, whom he had once been accused of murdering ) and was hauled off into custody, complaining loudly about his ill-health, old age ( he was only thirty-nine ) and how he was being persecuted and knew nothing of any Mafia.

Tourists can enjoy organic pasta milled from wheat grown on Brusca ’ s land and organic wine made from his vineyards by the Placido Rizzotto cooperative, named after the union leader from Corleone, who was shot by the mafia in 1948.

He was there instructed in the art by Francisco Rizi, and executed while yet in that school an altar-piece for San Placido at Madrid.

However, a roster spot was not permanently available ; his path to the majors was effectively blocked by Placido Polanco.

Placido Falconio, also called Falconi in some sources, was an Italian composer of the 16th century.

Stefanelli was married to the actor / director Michele Placido, with whom she appeared in a number of films, including the 1975 erotic drama Peccati in famiglia.

Placido Columbani was Italian architectural designer who worked chiefly in England in the latter part of the 18th century.

Placido Escudero, known as Don Escudero, was a Filipino movie writer, actor and director.

** Placido Puccinelli, Cassinese historian ( born 1609 )

** Placido Campolo, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period ( born 1693 )

Michele Placido ( born 19 May 1946 ) is an internationally known Italian actor and director.

Other celebrated singers who debuted at the Met during Bing's tenure include: Maria Callas, who had a bitter falling out with Bing over repertoire, Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé, Birgit Nilsson, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Corelli, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Luciano Pavarotti, Jon Vickers, Sherrill Milnes, and Cesare Siepi.

In September 1896, Don Placido Campos, the current gobernadorcillo at the time, and Don Francisco Barzaga, the secretario municipal, gathered the people to liberate their town from Spanish control.

It is estimated that 2. 5 million attendees heard and saw over 2, 500 concerts at Ambassador Auditorium by Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Horacio Gutierrez, Alicia de Larrocha, Arthur Rubinstein, Andres Segovia, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Junior, Frank Sinatra, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan ( including for their last visit together to the U. S. in 1982-Mahler Symphony No. 9 on one program ) and many others during this period.

Placido Domingo performed at the Brabourne in 2008 as part of a concert.

Castillo won his second straight Gold Glove and posted the National League's second-best fielding percentage at second base (. 991 ), behind Philadelphia's Placido Polanco.

Huston led 200 Texans and Chief Placido and his Tonkawa scouts against the raiders at Plum Creek near Lockhart on the evening of August 11, killing 80 Comanches while only losing one man.

Nicolas and Alexandra, a new opera by Deborah Drattell at the Los Angeles Opera, featuring Placido Domingo as Rasputin, the SITI Company, conducted by Rostropovich.

Martin Feinstein succeeded London as General Director from 1980 to 1995 and " spent the next 16 years luring artists of the stature of Gian Carlo Menotti ( who directed La Boheme ), Daniel Barenboim ( who conducted Cosi Fan Tutte ) and Placido Domingo ( who debuted in Washington in 1986 with Menotti's Goya " Feinstein brought in many young singers long before their first appearances at the Metropolitan Opera.

Pieces he performed included the Sarabande movement from Bach's Cello Suite No. 6, and Franck's Panis Angelicus with Placido Domingo.

* Placido Domingo-My Greatest Roles Collection of televised performances from the legendary Spanish tenor

He received his episcopal consecration on the following 17 May from Bishop Carlo Manziana, with Archbishop Franco Costa and Bishop Placido Cambiaghi, CRSP, serving as co-consecrators.

Charpentier: Louise ; Ileana Cotrubas with Placido Domingo, Gabriel Bacquier and Jane Berbié, New Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Georges Pretre, conductor under Sony Masterworks label

Madeleine Sherwood plays the sober but gentle Reverend Mother Placido ; Marge Redmond plays jolly Sister Jacqueline, whose voice also served as set-up narration for the episodes ; Shelley Morrison plays Sister Sixto, whose first language is Spanish and who repeatedly mangles English idioms ; Linda Dangcil plays Sister Ana ; Vito Scotti plays Captain Gaspar Fomento, the local police officer.

* Placido Mapa Sr., Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources under President Elpidio Quirino ; first president of Metrobank

* Placido Mapa Jr., former Economic Planning Minister ; 1965 TOYM Awardee for Economics ; former Development Bank of the Philippines Chairman ; former Philippine National Bank President ; current Metrobank Vice-Chairman and head of the Metrobank Foundation

Other notable recordings include ; Rigoletto, opposite Ileana Cotrubas and Placido Domingo, under Carlo Maria Giulini, Macbeth, opposite Shirley Verrett, and Simon Boccanegra, opposite Mirella Freni and Nicolai Ghiaurov, both under Claudio Abbado.

There are also guest appearances ; opera singer Plácido Domingo sings with Placido Flamingo, and Ray Charles sings " It's Not Easy Bein ' Green ".

Amongst recent productions, it appeared in the repertory of the Washington National Opera in 2008 and of the Los Angeles Opera in November 2009 ; both productions featured tenor Placido Domingo, who is also the general director of both companies.

* In Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Mephisto ( Ciarán Hinds ) now goes by the name Roarke, is one of the main antagonists ( along with his hired gun, Ray Carrigan aka Blackout ) and has fathered a child, with a woman named Nayda ( Violante Placido ), and has plans for the boy, named Danny ( Fergus Riorden ).

In addition, although touring opera is now rare, in earlier days the Sony Centre played host to The Met and to such towering voices as those of Birgit Nilsson, Placido Domingo and Renata Scotto.

Their daughter Violante Placido is also an actress.

Jerónimo Arango is a Mexican businessman, co-founder of the Aurrerá chain of supermarkets along with his 2 younger brothers, Manuel and Placido, known for a long time as three of Mexico's wealthiest men.