Placido Domingo - Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Die Zauberflöte)

[LAZARUSREX1]

En efecto dije respecto a este individuo "que no se ha hecho la miel para la boca del asno". No es un tenor fiable, tiene una pobre técnica. Su canto se basa en la potencia. Como persona es mezquino y envidioso, en España trato de amargarle vida a el mismísimo Príncipe de los Tenores D. Alfredo Kraus, por supuesto que no lo consiguió. En México trato de hacer lo mismo con el magnifico tenor Sr. Araiza. No es un caballero . Saludos.

[Samueltrad]

@LAZARUSREX1 ¿Domingo un asno? Un exabrupto así solamente puede ser el fruto de una ignorancia mayúscula y superlativa. No puede estar hablando en serio. Saludos.

[tenorperuano1]

Domingo is a perfeccionist!!!! Wow!!! His voice has textures he was born that way.With a voice that intimidates any other tenor on earth!!

[lmsviking]

@LAZARUSREX1 Estoy de acuerdo, amigo Lazarus, pero ten en cuenta que Domingo, aún sin mucha técnica, tiene una voz bellísima. Y eso pesa ...

[08Guchi]

I admire Placido's voice anyday, anytime! The best tenor tone so far....

[tudoranghelina91]

18 people got confused by the awesomeness of Domingo and accidentally pressed the dislike button

[MusikPiratCH]

@tudoranghelina91 No, Domingo is singing the most beautiful tenor-aria very artificial!

Domingo may be a great tenor. He cannot stand to Fritz Wunderlich's Tamino!

Fritz Wunderlich is and will ever be "my" Tamino! :D

[LAZARUSREX1]

Con todo respeto, Domingo tiene una técnica vocal pobre, lo cual le obliga a modificar las partituras para adaptarlas a sus posibilidades. Por ello insisto, es un insulto compararle con Wunderlich, Kraus, Pavarotti, Caruso y la pleyade de maravillosos artistas del bel canto. Saludos.

[yoselin004]

Placido rules!!!

because Mexico rocks!!

[LAZARUSREX1]

@yoselin004 Tonterias es un tenor "pinche" como dicen Uds.

[yoselin004]

@LAZARUSREX1

hahaha first learn how to write in spanish!!

[qw3rtydud3]

This is the beauty of Domingo... that day he'd be singing Tamino and the next he'd be straight into Verdi's Otello. His versatility was second to none.

[citizenerased4567]

I agree with the below comments about the scooping. He is very scoopy and inaccurate it is however still beautiful. hehehe the latino singers are notorious for such technique

[gildwulf]

Waaaaay too much scooping. It's not Puccini. Examples: Dies GUHUOOOOOOOOOTERBILT. Mein HUUUUUUUUEEERZ...he leaves almost an 8th note worth of time to scoop to every note above an E. The piece, like all Mozart arias, requires finesse and beautiful line and the scooping interrupts the beauty of the line.

There are bigger voices who can sing this rep in the appropriate style: see Jonas Kaufman sing Un'Aura Amorosa.

[LAZARUSREX1]

@gildwulf Lo hace porque ni sabe ni puede.

[Cissy97]

Very good diction and control of voice, the trademarks of Domingo.

That said, PD's voice is NEVER my cup of tea for want of more character. It is too generic. A personal taste, nothing to offend this great singer.

[AlexandreJdB]

@Cissy97 Watch out when you are using the abreviation "PD" because it means "Gay" in french...

[denysolivera]

Domingo's german it is pretty good...

[christianoersted]

La belleza sin relativismos, encarnada y singularizada, qué obra!! , qué intérprete!!, cómo se agradece esto?¿

[AfroPoli]

The fact that he still could sing Mozart well after all the Otellos proves that he did everything right.

[chaiter1]

No. Nice try but really not for him. The strain is felt despite the musicality. This is simply too high tessitura for him.

[g7tenor]

He truly can do anything! Always masculine, elegant, musical, legato, etc

[SFT24]

An good effort by Domingo here. His German diction is the best I have heard in any recording by him.

[Walgon80]

Das ist nicht Domingo, sondern Fritz Wunderlich!!!!!

This is not Domingo, but Fritz Wunderlich!!!!

[beatBOXBiter]

@Walgon80 Das ist Domingo kollege mach die ohren auf

[viv3147]

@Walgon80 haha what

[milliemugle]

Just listened to tauber singing this and I'm afraid placido just can't compare

[55patri]

Extraordinario Placido, que gran artista

[iddybiddygiddy]

to all the placido haters here. the fact that he navigated his dramatic tenor voice around a song for a leggiero tenor is nothing short of miraculous. it also explains the portamenti. I agree that people should sing in their fach. but an act of disrespect simply for trying? please. it is no more disrespectful than any performer is in performing a piece where they do not have the definitive recording. just enjoy the music.

[David45NV1]

@iddybiddygiddy I agree, Domingo is here not even as bad as he usually is!. He reaches for sure the upper side of middle class. IMO Domingo was a lyric tenor with a short range who, in order to survive in a world which did not require too many high tones, pushed his voice to dramatic, therefore I don't see in this rendition any "short of miraculous" case.

[gwachberg]

i love him. but these are a lot of portamenti for mozart ...

[Frikinetto]

Voce ingolata!!!

[SogniAzzurri]

Thank you very much for posting, I have listen more because of Domingo than because of the aria ;-))) I simply love him singing in German... But I completely share your admiration for the great Fritz Wunderlich. Greetings, Esther :-)

[jhvorotin]

You're welcome...and thanks Esther!

[jhvorotin]

@SogniAzzurri You're welcome...and thanks Esther!

[LAZARUSREX1]

@SogniAzzurri Fritz Wunderlich es la espiritualidad, la técnica y el buen gusto. Domingo es un simple y tosco aprendiz sin sensibilidad solo potencia...........y mal calibrada.

[55patri]

Bellisima interpretación, una voz realmente maravillosa *****

[da71m]

PALCIDO FOR EVER

[ciavattarmy]

5 stars!!!!

[Manxypop]

Even if Placido is not at his best in this, he is still better than 95% of the tenors out there, and there's no doubting his fine voice and technique. Fun to listen to, and very musical - just doesn't suit his voice as much as some of the other stuff. Definitely not as good as Wunderlich, but not too shabby.

[LAZARUSREX1]

@Manxypop Wunderlich es Mozart, Domingo un tosco aprendiz.

[Manxypop]

@LAZARUSREX1 Wunderlich es Mozart. He is a real maestro.

[mannullll]

no me gusta, parece un camion, nada de musicalidad ni de gusto ni nada, buena tecnica , pero la voz nada que ver para este rol.

[jbaravel]

Excelente interpretación de Plácido Domingo

[Stingerfyle]

Wow!!! Der Kerl kann wirklich wunderbar auf deutsch singen!!

This sounds great, I almost don't hear an accent!!

[normanvonputz]

das stimmt, ich hoffte auf eine fehler lol. aber es ist echt wundervoll

[ElisabettaVS]

@Stingerfyle Unglaublich, oder? Sein Deutsch erstaunt mich immer wieder....

[holograficbrilliant]

I love Placido!!!

[spintotenor83]

I believe that because this was a response to Wunderlich everyone decided they hate Domingo. LOL. Domingo has achieved more than even the best tenors could dream. Is he the best Tamino out there no. Anyway, there isn't much to Tamino's character other than he is in love with a picture and he goes through tests to find his love. Domingo with his beautiful voice fails in style but he has a great voice period. He can sing whatever he is paid to sing and apparently this was one.

[matangas2007]

Wunderlich la cantaba mejor, es cierto, pero esta version es sensacional como todo lo que hace placido domingo, no solo un excelente cantante sino un excelente musico con todas las letras.

[blichilde]

He wants to sing everything and it's not a good idea.

This rendition is a proof of it.

[victoriasainz]

Quiza sea una de las partituras menos apropiadas para Placido Domingo, pero lo hace muy bien, y no desmerece de otras versiones

[mcreuther]

Diese Videoresponse ist doch nur ein weiterer Beweis dafür, wie überirdisch unser lieber Fritz Wunderlich (ES Belmonte) diese Aria singt.

[leonore0210]

Tessitura, passaggio, portamento.....expert knowledge, the more we have of it, the less we can enjoy...the question is: Do I like it or not? Domingo could do the best he can (and he does), I still won´t like it, because I have a special vision of this aria, an expectation. Most of us do have special favorite singer for special roles, that doesn´t mean they are the best ever, but the best for me (as art is a matter of taste, I am the one to decide for me). In this case: Wunderlich!

[mediterraneo1000]

PESIMA INTERPRETACION MEJOR ESCUCHEMOS a araiza.

[Vielflieger01]

Mediterraneo, I absolutely agree! I am just afraid some people might think PDs rendition is supposed to be good. It is about the worst I have heard.

[mediterraneo1000]

i see  fritz wunderlich and is a excelent performance and his voice is plenty of color and beautiful art amen of his tecnic

[Vielflieger01]

JPD060, No way! Not at all! Besides the lack of sense for Mozart style which shows in his abuse of  portamento and his monochromatic characterization, Domingo is not able to hold a single phrase like FW. Just listen in 1:45 "die Liebe die Liebe" (which sounds awful) and compare to FWs rendition and there is nothing more to be said. To post this as video answer to Fritz Wunderlich is an act of disrespect for that GREAT TENOR Fritz Wunderlich!

[LAZARUSREX1]

@Vielflieger01 Es cierto, es un insulto comparar a FW con ese desarrapado musical

[furstwulf]

Tamino with a spinto voice? Well, Domingo isn't very well suited for this, it's quite one-dimensional and demonstrated, without much internal emotions, Tamino is an intellectual, enlightened character. Not a brute.

If you have a heavier voice, Idomeneo, the tenor part of the geharnishde mann, the high priest in idomeneo (one of the versions) and indeed Tito, too, is suitable.

[MrFKK]

You are giving such a great comments. It is a pity,that Mr.Domingo is much older than You He can not learn more from You .Like Le`Elisse D àmoure ? Men like Pamino ?

[bigtube1975]

It is a rather High aria.. though.. the highest note is only an A-flat... much like "Una furtiva lagrima" in Le` Elisse D'amoure`. Here, though, most of the piece hangs around the E-flat and Higher...making us think it's higher than it really is... once you have practiced it...it's rather an easy piece to sing...with ample breath support that is..lol

[Operasinger1024]

uhm.... I hate to disagree but this is an Aria which many tenors shy away from because it is indeed a very difficult one. Not the least of which is because of the last page. The tessitura is the key here. It stays in the passaggio and does not let up which is where an under-developed voice/breath support technique will flounder.

[IdealMyIdeal]

Unspeakable Mozart!!

This aria is from another time... when men's love was 'pure', decent, respectful, sincere, godly... nowadays, sex has crushed love... Men like Pamino are long gone... fortunately, Mozart puts them in his wonderful, eternal music.

[1Ooppera]

This Domingos rendition gives me hope, maybe i too can survive with this piece in audition with my lirico-spinto voce....I think Tamino is the only Mozart role which suits all kinds of tenorfachs. At least at the beginnig of the career. This Domingos effortless version is great proof of it! (Of course there is no better than Wunderlich.)

[jhvorotin]

I would love to be able to sing this aria...too high for me

[1Ooppera]

You can, the key is to breath and support correctly, if the placement is even a slightly false, it is not going to work, Mozart will "punish" in the end which gives no mercy...if i can sing it, so can you....

[MisterPapageno]

@1Ooppera Wunderlich is miles apart from Domingo ;)

[xarissof]

great accent

can't tell if it's german of spanish