Placido Domingo performs the "Panis Angelicus" at papal Mass

[ChristoEtEcclesiae]

@tantawi1992 Right, me too! Especially when we have such amazing singers in the Catholic Church!!! :-)

[Mountchoirboy]

Outdoors? bravo! still sounded like the legend he is

[bolleke702]

How is it possible? So old and still the best! Very moving...

[henriquecinema]

The singing was absolutely amazing, though the ending is the BEST part of the video. Wish I had the same chance. Congrats Domingo...

[franklindavid]

What a tenor! What a rendition! "Panis Angelicus" at it's best.

[lovesongs3334]

Great and powerful performance!



[GiovanniMariaTommaso]

Placido, what a wonderful, beautiful, rendition.

[Chesterbarnes1]

I loveJesus Christ!

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

Which Papal Mass was this? I thought it was the one at Yankie Stadium, but I've been told different.  This is the same Mass that the street preachers were arguing with the police over the use of their bullhorns, and in Preacher717's video, "Pope Friendly Police Battle With Street Preachers," you can hear Placido Domingo singing this beautiful piece of music. The preachers were overpowered by Domingo!

[SandrineSoprano]

Love this piece

[Pavarotti48]

How touching it is when the Pope comes to greet Placido and he falls to his knees and kisses the pope's hand. I am happy for Placido in this moment. Mr. Domingo is a throughly likeable fellow, hope I get to meet him.

[31operafan]

@Pavarotti48 I hope I can meet him, too! :) He really is a kind-hearted person.

[WonderWomanFan4life]

wonderful.

[suzyroses43]

Bravo maestro, vous êtes magnifique et le temps malgré votre barbe blanche ne vous atteint pas, la voix puissante et veloutée,chaleureuse et généreuse est toujours là merci de tout coeur. merci aussi à vous ElcapitanAmerica pour ce posting

[WeTubeEllosTube]

impresionante

[dentulousarts]

es solamente increible, una de las mejores interpretaciones del Panis Angelicus; la forma en que extiende las palabras y las acentua: sus legatos y pausas, le dan a la interpretacion una intencidad vista en pocos tenores. es magnifico....

[AmirSalomao10]

Lindo, profundamente lindo.

PANIS ANGELICUS - o PÃO DOS ANJOS.

Comovente, maravilhoso.

Salve, Senhor Jesus, no SANTÍSSIMO SACRAMENTO, o PANIS ANGELICUS.

[saiserieht]

Lol Villazon has blown out his voice long ago and this old geezer ist still singing wonderfully, miraculous longevity, love it.

[flaze3]

@saiserieht you only have to look at Villazon's gaping maw to realise that his technique is all wrong :p

[naiariddle]

cada vez q lo escucho me sigue impresionando, con el paso del tiempo cada vez placido canta mejor. Me pone los pelos de punta

[averitas]

Beautiful, thanks for posting.

[chunchim]

priceless...thank you, Placido. Long live the Pope! God Bless you all.

[ivaleria]

Placido Domingo, voz de voz, que envidia de la buena poderle cantar a Dios con tu voz!!!!

[leandronevesrp]

Viva a Santa Madre Igreja Católica Apostólica Romana! Viva essa bela voz de Placido Domingo!

[pinkerton70]

Caro Domingo, anche se non serve a niente, ti ho dato il voto più basso perchè un tenore della tua portata non può cantare un semplicissimo "Panis Angelicus" mezzo tono sotto......

[Cavaradossi89]

esistono 2 versioni del panis angelicus, uno che ha come nota più alta un MI e una versione (in teoria sarebbe quella per i tenori) con il RE. Domingo fa questa, è uno dei pochi almeno perchè tutti fanno quella con il MI

[pinkerton70]

Veramente la versione per tenore e eventualmente anche per soprano,è in tonalità LA maggiore e significa che la nota di partenza è un Do diesis e la nota più alta è un FA diesis.Ribadisco che per un tenore della portata di Domingo,è vergognoso cantare questa preghiera mezzo tono sotto quindi,da baritono.

[Cavaradossi89]

Dipende tutto dai gusti. Io per esempio studio quella cn il Re come nota più alta, e mi sono sentito dire che ho abbassato di un tono il panis angelicus. Devo essere sincero la versione che dici tu non la conosco, vuol dire che ce ne saranno più di 2 versioni

[tooberloober]

Beautiful :)

[cocoloco707]

dios bendiga a placido domingo!!..

[masm78]

Awesome!!! Placido Domingo is one of the greatest voices in the world. A great perform for the Holy Father.

[samsbouncyballs]

@masm78 Ah, but the holy father is neither real, nor gives a shit what you think:)

[delise54]

Beautiful!!!

[vocideopera]

cute!!!

[hawchubby39]

The Holy Father was so moved that he stood and went to Placido who then venerated his ring and shook his hand. Beautiful!!!!

[tealscooter]

Who is the schmuck trobone player wearing a ball cap

[Jamaleen]

A sensible man avoiding sunstroke perhaps.

[sal39di]

god the music is beautiful,bless ol placido's heart. the pope well, remember our last one . didnt he speak 15 launguages? this guy well, he kinda looks like bacon left too long inthe toaster oven

[renepape]

how about some respect?

[sal39di]

i apologize for disrespecting your pope.i think this is why you would bother to reply,  He may not speak 15 languagebut he still has gre'at taste in musicians.

The thing iIreally meant to say is that Placido really knows how to sing. I also think if he teaches us anything it is That the desire to sing.that pure and simplel desire ,is what seperate Placido's singing from so many.

[anila1970]

Oh, at long last, someone singing even the second stanza of this wonderful peerles divine song (my top favourite!!!).

TE TRINA DEITAS...

Amazing, moving, beeyooteeful!!!!!!!!

[fansbach77]

Quanta gente che odia il prossimo!Poveri animi vuoti!

[tomtumb07]

Can anybody enlighten me on the second verse; never heard it before. thanks

[truecatholic]

The second verse says:

FIT PANIS OMINUM

i.e. made bread for men (human beings)

[peacocktravels]

i wonder if he shit himself while singing this....it sounds like it!!!!!!!

[finecreature]

His voice is great. But the timing is a bit off and it's not such a nice rubato interpretation. There are other nicer interpretation.

[ThanksSaintJoseph]

I was there. What an artist at humble service to Holy Mother Church! Such a contrast to the other "performers" I saw that day. I was also very touched by his dropping to the knee and kissing the Holy Father's ring.

[xafnndapp]

I love Placido Domingo but it's really sad that he dropped to his knees for that disgraceful man called Ratzinger.

[ThanksSaintJoseph]

OK... I'll bite. Disgraceful?

[xafnndapp]

Perhaps it is too little?

Maledictus is better?

[ThanksSaintJoseph]

I think he's saintly. And he's just what the Church and the World needs right now. Pope john Paul was a deep mystic with much to offer the Church and humanity with his Theology of the Body and his efforts to oppose communism. But he was not much of an administrator. The Church was in need of strong guidance and the Holy Spirit set out Ratzinger for the job. Maybe he's a bit too upfront for some but, Maledictus... Quare?

[xafnndapp]

Saintly?...Why?

I think he is exactly what the world DOESN'T need now.

With him we are jumping behind of decades with his bigotry.

A man who doesn't care in declaring in Africa absurde things about Aids and condoms, and who thinks that homosexuality shouldn't be worldwide depenalized is a criminal.

[siessva]

I think he's a great pope too. He doesn't simply tell people what they want to hear, he speaks the truth.

[xafnndapp]

Good for you.

I think he is a dispeakable man, a criminal.

[314noceu]

xafnndapp - agreed. He is a filthy subhuman monkey.

[xafnndapp]

I think that a "criminal, racist, reationary and intollerant" is more appropriate...:)

[baldwalrus7]

Dear whoever you are,

Are you aware that "dispeakable" is not a word? Are you trying to say that Benedict is "unable to be spoken"? I assure you, it's quite easy: "Ben-ah-dikt". There! Now you try.

And, I think it's quite unfair to label other people criminals simply because you can't pronounce their names. Tut tut!

[xafnndapp]

My dear baldwalrus7, thank you very very much for your teaching lesson, there is always time to learn new things in life.

Still, Benedetto XVI remains a criminal.

Yours sincerely:

Whoeveryouare.

[baldwalrus7]

Well, we'll have to wait till the courts of the Vatican convict him first. Remember, innocent until proven guilty.

By the way, what are the charges laid against the defendant?

[xafnndapp]

With the things he says and said, he doesn't need a trial or the court of the Vatican.

His speeches already made him a criminal, racist, intollerant, reactionary, retrograde man.

[baldwalrus7]

I am also very intolerant. Intolerant of the way people abuse my beloved language by being unable to spell "intolerant". That's the real crimal abuse. It's racist too; racist and ignorant towards my English cultural heritage. I expect to be treated better. Shame on you.

I presume you're a member of the Ku Klux Klan, what with your support of perfunctory lynchings without due process of law.

[xafnndapp]

You got it. I am exactly a member of KKK. :))

And I respect your feelings about being intolerant (with one L) with people abusing your beloved language and cultural heritage.

I am intolerant too with whom abuses my beloved language (but logically -with two Ls- very tolerant if who does it is not from my Country.

So, respect my view about considering Maledetto XVI a criminal, hateful "man".

[decimaquinta69]

Eccellente

[jhssuthrnmama]

Of course, it's the moment at 4:12 that remains indelibly on my memory...

[junehilde]

I thought an orchestra had to have strings.

[frantels]

el mejor,the best

[dozer1189]

I love the Pope. And I ain't even Catholic.

[sgtarmas]

I agree, the band was a perfect compliment to Placido's voice

[bloomgirl142]

I might add, the French horns play beautifully in their high register.

[bloomgirl142]

HOW is the band a disgrace? Intonation is perfect. Playing outside for brass instruments is incredibly difficult. The tuba does an excellent job in keeping the ensemble. The flutes have excellent timber, and they act as a perfect accompaniment to Placido Domingo's voice.

[MinaICCS]

Very lovely. Is it my ears, or is he singing this with a Italian accent? It lends a certain thickness to Latin that is strong and bold. I had no idea he was still around. I know the Holy Father loved it.

[glaciarsp]

Ecclesiastical Latin is to be pronounced as current Italian.

[MinaICCS]

I said "Italian accent", not "Italian pronunciation". I'm already aware that some people pronounce Esslesiastical Latin in an Italian fashion. That's easily possible but an accent can still be detected. It takes time to learn to drop the accent when speaking a different language and its a skill, not pronunciation.

If you watch EWTN's mass, if you get the usual monkpriests, you hear it done with an American accent. If their bishop does any Latin parts, you hear his Southern accent.

God bless.

[glaciarsp]

Sorry if I bothered you.

I assumed (wrongly and too fast) that you were referring to the way he was pronouncing because, being a Spaniard myself, I find no trace of Italian accent but only some phonetic groups sung (and not all of them) as an Italian would do. With regard to the accent, it sounds wholly Spanish (of Spain, not Spanish-America) to me.

I am no language specialist at all. I may well be wrong.

God bless you too.

[Elsupertonto]

Band is a disgrace

[contratromba858]

It's an ORCHESTRA. If you're going to criticize, at least know enough about the subject to call it by its correct name.

[NEL5s]

Wonderful! Every glimpse of Domingo is precious.

[35mm35]

I'm with you on that.

[DTGeek155]

Them be fightin' words there. Domingo's voice is probably the most pure of any tenor I've heard.

[condoncarqui]

respondiando a lo q dice acitipo digo yo soy muy fanatico de placido domingo pero si hubo una persona mas grande q placido ese fue el gran Enrico Caruso pues por eso quedo de segundo y luciano de tercero y no es q diga q pavarotti fue un don nadie ni mucho menos solo expreso lo q digo a demas le respondo a ivancin25 placido no ha llegado a un tono medio su voz siempre ha sido asi y lo le quiero faltar el respeto a nadie ni desirle q los q le gusta esta mal cada quien sus gustos

hasta otra.

[acitipo]

Da gusto recibir comentarios de gente decente cortès y educada como: UrsaMenor51, es verdad los gustos e inclinaciones son diversos, siempre admirè a los cantantes como Luciano, Placido, A. Kraus, eternos en el mas alto nivel, seràn recordados por cientos de años.

[vilazul]

Y que hermoso también el de Plácido Domingo correspondiendo al gesto del Papa adelantándose a su paso y quedando reclinado rodilla en tierra besando la mano en señal de fervoroso respeto... Los asistente a la Santa Misa Pontifical respondieron - espontánea y automáticamente- con sus aplausos al tan cortés y humilde saludo de un fiel católico, que respeta y venera la figura del Santo Padre, del Vicario de Cristo en la tierra. ¡Cuánta humildad y cuánto señorío en un solo gesto de tan gran artista!

[acitipo]

Que hermoso gesto del Papa Benedicto XVI de acercarse al gran tenor realmente me he emocionado, se que el Papa, admira a Placido, no solo por la voz sino por la extraordinaria persona que ha demostrado ser, un hombre integro, caballero,virtuoso, una persona muy especial.

[acitipo]

Srs, unos criticos (14) han decidido de catalogar a Placido como el mejor tenor lirico de todos los tiempos, por el timbre,la cantidad de operas que canta, los idiomas que sabe, el carisma, el enorme corazon generoso, la vigencia, la inteligencia que muestra ahora a esta edad de ser director de orquesta etc, no les quito los grandes meritos que tiene Placido pero todos sabemos que el timbre de Luciano fue el mas bello.

[UrsaMenor51]

Aunque estoy de acuerdo que Luciano era el mejor - esta afirmación es puramente personal. Ya sabe: para gustos hay colores. Seguramente habrá personas que prefieren el timbre de Placido (o de otro tenor). Yo disfruto poder escuchar Placido Domingo live y Luciano Pavarotti (q.e.p.d.)en CD.

[ivancin25]

un pocop de aplauso ytampoc tampoco porque placido ya no es el mismo de antes y no creo que la haya cnatado annota a sus 67 años ya le baja todo medio tono.. pero igual placido deja su huella ...

[victoradriana]

El aplauso es apropiado, siempre y cuando no interrumpa por mucho tiempo.

[SlNTULATIDO]

Bueno, también yo me habría emocionado con su canto, imagínate, qué belleza. Pero los aplausos son apropiados en un teatro, por ejemplo, no en una Misa. Porque Plácido esta vez no cantó para el público, ese canto es una oración. No sé, como que soy hecha a la antigua. Estoy mal?

[lavrans4ever]

Plácidissimo ist wirklich ein Phänomen.

[kboyer1]

Yes Domingo is a wonderful tenor. Now here is the bad news. I heard a couple of months ago that Domingo will switch ranges from tenor to baritone. This will probably be his final career move. I don't see him singing too much longer. The same goes for Jose Carreras.

[Henry85th]

That's not a bad news. He was a baritone when he started. He was only asked to sing for tenor parts. His sings the baritone part when he's on a duet with villazon or pavarotti.

[DTGeek155]

Actually, he's not permanently switching to baritone, he said he would perform the lead baritone role in one of Verdi's works but would then continue on with tenor roles and such. He's got the talent to do both! :-)

[DTGeek155]

He IS still great. Listen to some of his more recent concerts. You'll still hear him singing the high C from La Boheme in Che Gelida Manina. And he has the tone of a Baritone, even throughout his whole range. Domingo can still do it, Domingo WILL do it.

[Gisella1910]

surely age plays a role, but "decrepit" is really too rude.

[junehilde]

He is a God.

[cceessss]

Domingo sang it wonderfully. So he is a catholic?

[tomferent]

One doesn't kiss the ring unless one is Catholic.

[Pezkellin]

Yes

[starchyp92]

Of course.

[guy1938]

belle prestation de Placido, bravo

[taewank]

Amen

[yot5000]

Just LOVELY ...................Thank You

[RealidadesTV]

Quizas no me crean a los que le he dicho que Placido domingo pondra la Republica Dominicana y a la Romana en el Mapa Mundial con su presentacion en Chavon... Pueda ser el artistas de mas alcance mundial que haya presentado en esta escenario... Claro sin olvidar al señor J. Iglesia y F. Natra.

[RealidadesTV]

Vean en este video reciente la poderosa voz del gran tenor cantando el Panis Angelicus ante el PAPA, tomen en cuenta que esta es una cancion liturgica, que por demas le explico que las canciones que interpretará el proximo dia 20 Junio(2008) seran de una ejecución mas  exigente... Lo importantes es que observemos el magnifico timbre de voz que exhibe a su edad.

[mario1983xy]

WOW!

Not bad for a tenor of his age!

Years and decades of constantly singing technically RIGHT obviously pay of now!

[elsavbrabant]

Nice to see that at least some users here on youtube have an ear for that.....

[IAmBiggestFan]

bravo!!

after all the clatter

- did anybody else notice The Holy Father broke all rules and stood up and greeted Placido? He must have been so relieved to finally hear something like Placido

[julia59]

You're right!

[IAmBiggestFan]

LOL

i thought i was the only one that noticed

Luv++

[elsavbrabant]

Yes, it was such a wonderful gesture! The Holy Father is a great music lover, he plays piano himself , and he definately appreciated this beautiful recital.

[IAmBiggestFan]

indeed

one has to applaud him for sitting thru til Placido

[ilbacioditosca]

The Popa recognize well which people received a gift from GOD, GOD sings thru them.

Amazing diction, and line. Servus et humilis , Maestro.

[wansob]

Placido sings like God!

[m3a3t]

W il Papa

Laus Iesu

[antoniobasto]

Panis angelicus fit panis hominum; Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum: O res mirabilis! Manducat Dominum Pauper, servus et humilis. Te trina Deitas unaque poscimus: Sic nos tu visita, sicut te colimus; Per tuas semitas duc nos quo tendimus, Ad lucem quam inhabitas.

[baritono81]

I love to hear Domingo sing for the Pope, first John Paul then Benedict in my lifetime. May God bless and keep Domingo so that he can sing for the next Pope also.

[08dArRyL08]

i hope the pope forgot for a while the bad choice of music for the communion.

[cazz124]

using a band is really crass, no culture

[toghissima]

oh now placido is so old... i remember him in the tosca 1985 with is curly brown hair, now he's all white... but he is spectacular yet... i love you

[khanda64]

... I have heard him the first time in 1973... been following him ever since and he is just the most amazing ARTIST and human being I ever met and have the honor and pleasure to know personally and be fortunate to spend time with him as friends every once in possibly ten years or so... :-)

[IAmBiggestFan]

Awesome

- did you notice that His Holiness broke all rules and after 'suffering' thru all the other 'music' he actually stood up to greet Placido !!

I thought that was wonderful !!!!

[monktogod]

El Pope rompio el protocolo al terminar la cancion y no vacilo en dejar su trono papal para saludar a Placido Domingo.Creo que fue como para dar a entender que esa es la clase de musica que el prefiere en las Misas y no la musica profana que lamentablente utilizaron en la mayoria de las celebraciones liturgicas.El Pope want a retorno de lo sacro y del latin en la liturgia.Glod bless the Pope!.Pax.

[ccwordmsn]

Totally totally Awesome!

Gracie Tanto!

[oswaldobmeraz]

Efectivamente, la voz de Plácido es un regalo de Dios.

Muchas gracias por compartir este video.

[christusvincit]

Musically, that was the HIGH point in the entire Mass.

BMP

[morenazaso]

Un privilegio poder verlo y reverlo. Gracias

[pdefeoo]

God bless you, Placido.

[juanjitoD]

Un recuerdo bastante emotivo y una grandioza voz la del español, aunque guardando las distancias no concuerdo con su reciente consideracion como "el mejor tenor del mundo" Pavarotti forever :D

[UrsaMenor51]

Hombre, la validación quien es el mejor tenor del mundo es una cosa bastante  subjetivo...Para mi el mejor era Luciano Pavarotti, pero directamente seguido de Placido Domingo (es el nombre de este español)

[juanjitoD]

Completamente de acuerdo. El talento de Placido Domingo es único, pero el de Pavarotti es fuera de este mundo :D

[55patri]

maravilloso video y muy emotivo. Gracias por su publicación

[OettingerCroat]

beautiful singing plácido!!!

[sgtarmas]

beautiful, what a moment

[luisarmandodiazfelix]

que emocionante el ver a Su Santidad, darle las gracias al Sr. Placido Domingo, ante esta hermosa interpretacion, Bendito sea Dios por permitirnos ver estos momentos.

[luisarmandodiazfelix]

Muchas gracias por compartir este video, esta joya de video, la voz del Sr. Placido Domingo ante Su Santidad Benedicto XVI, es un regalo de Dios esta voz, felicidades Sr. Domingo, Dios lo conserve muchos años, con esa voz, con ese porte y lo siga llenando de bendiciones

[musicadei]

Placido sounds so wonderful!

[Jitpring]

Obviously the only part of this travesty that Benedict could endure.

[alejoelbote]

Thank you Maestro P. Domingo for this present, and thank you for your testimony of Faith.

[chimundoguy]

Thanks for posting this very beautiful segment of the Pope's Mass. I, too, was among the 46,000 who came to see and hear the Pope's message of hope. Denyce Graves, Maestro Domingo, and the 4 choirs truly made this an event to remember.

[dannyboythegreat]

Definately better than most of the selections at Mass that day. America has embarassed herself before the Pope. Seriously... Salsa music during the offertory? I felt like getting up and dancing. However, this piece was beautiful.

[wansob]

Really wonderful! And I like so much the way Benedict XVI behaved when Maestro Domingo ended a song!!!

[julia59]

Absolutely beautiful done!

Wonderful Artist and wonderful classic music adequate for Event!

Thank you for posting this video.

[elsavbrabant]

And while most of the world seems to have forgotten ..... THIS! is how you greet the Holy Father!

[elsavbrabant]

It was so moving!!!!!! They couldn't haven chosen a better one to sing this beautiful, holy song! Plácido himselfs looks so touched by it!

[Auragirl86]

I wish I could have been there!

[susianerd]

VIVA EL PAPA!!!

[CatholicSoccerMom]

Boys and girls, THAT is how you greet the Holy Father!

Beautifully done!

And look at the radiant smile on the Pope's face!

Thanks for posting this!