Heard Ramey as Faust at the Met and he seemed to be having such a fun evening wearing his RED devil suit, complete with a tail! But I love this duet. I think it was Ramey and Richad Leech (in his prime). I also have a CD set of this with Corellie and Giaurov iti is spiine tinngling and so much better than this video. Domingo is so lacking, though i don't know what year this is from.
Ramey's voice beauty and the extension of his vocal register are real miracles. I'm always impressed how Ramey goes from his fab low register to his beautiful (and beautiful!) upper register, and vice-versa, w such ease and in a seamless way, as he did it here again. I liked Domingo too, OC. Great singing! Many THx for this jewel, which registers such a meeting!
Great stuff. Ramey was the preeminent Mefistopheles of his era (which I'd describe as circa 1979 to about 1997 or '98). At this stage in his long, LONG career, Domingo lacks the lyricism of Gedda, Kraus or di Stefano/Carrerras at their best, not to mention Bjorling. But he still provides full, rich, exciting tone --
@alluvermin Well, this role isn't really one best suited for him. Faust is a lyric tenor, and Placido is more of a dramatic tenor. He probably still does this role because it's still a fantastic opera. The most interesting roles are really Mephistopheles and Marguerite, though. I'd say Faust is one case in which the lead character really isn't necessarily the most interesting part.
I love that Sam Ramey still has that hairdo
anchor917 3 months ago
¡maravillante!
ztebanzero 4 months ago
Great singers, horrendous acoustics.
AlBarathur 4 months ago
@bodiloto, si, si baritono de zarzuela¡ Pero se los comio crudos a todos, jajajajajajaja¡
millonety123 4 months ago
Bodiloto, Porque no te callas¡¡ Pesao¡¡
millonety123 6 months ago
Bodiloto, Porque no te callas¡¡ Pesao¡¡
millonety123 6 months ago
Yeah Domingo is a Spinto tenor, you can hear it when he tried the dramatic roles from Wagner, it is different from the other dramatic tenors.
snoopyflick 7 months ago
Heard Ramey as Faust at the Met and he seemed to be having such a fun evening wearing his RED devil suit, complete with a tail! But I love this duet. I think it was Ramey and Richad Leech (in his prime). I also have a CD set of this with Corellie and Giaurov iti is spiine tinngling and so much better than this video. Domingo is so lacking, though i don't know what year this is from.
cmorgan22 10 months ago
Faust is one of my favorites..and I heard Ramey live at the Met. He was having so much fun and sounded fantastic, A performance to treasure,
But I have a recording of Corelli as Fasut....awesome!
cmorgan22 10 months ago
yes Domingo is a spinto surely
shiicoff1 1 year ago
Ramey is always so freaking spot on all the time, love Placido as well
ElSalvador50 1 year ago
due baritoni ,uno baritono Rossiniano l 'altro baritono di zarzuela ... che bello due mostri della musica leggera .
bodiloto 1 year ago
What fun watching these two together!
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
sam schooled placidito here... goddamn, ramey is a force of nature
smoothcriminal28 1 year ago
Ramey's voice beauty and the extension of his vocal register are real miracles. I'm always impressed how Ramey goes from his fab low register to his beautiful (and beautiful!) upper register, and vice-versa, w such ease and in a seamless way, as he did it here again. I liked Domingo too, OC. Great singing! Many THx for this jewel, which registers such a meeting!
lamsalgado 2 years ago
Great stuff. Ramey was the preeminent Mefistopheles of his era (which I'd describe as circa 1979 to about 1997 or '98). At this stage in his long, LONG career, Domingo lacks the lyricism of Gedda, Kraus or di Stefano/Carrerras at their best, not to mention Bjorling. But he still provides full, rich, exciting tone --
stevevandien 2 years ago
This isnt Placido's best
alluvermin 2 years ago 3
@alluvermin Well, this role isn't really one best suited for him. Faust is a lyric tenor, and Placido is more of a dramatic tenor. He probably still does this role because it's still a fantastic opera. The most interesting roles are really Mephistopheles and Marguerite, though. I'd say Faust is one case in which the lead character really isn't necessarily the most interesting part.
mantiXcore 2 years ago
@mantiXcore
Domingo dramatic...?
Spinto, maybe. Not lyric. Not a Giuseppe Giacomini or someone like that...
Chiliarches 1 year ago
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allstatebass 2 years ago
Diran que soy muy ignorante, pero tuve que ver este video para poder saber realmente la diferencia entre un Tenor y un Bajo...
Muy buenos, los 2 son unos maestros.
darthtwink 2 years ago 3
si lo decimos
jrferrio 2 years ago
Oh my goodness, this is spectacular!
EmilyGreene1984 2 years ago 3
Dos monstruos! Sois lo mas grande
acapulcopera 3 years ago
Grazie di questa chicca. Difficile trovare insieme questi 2 meravigliosi cantanti.
Vradiasi 3 years ago
Meet of two sacred monsters !
taillia 3 years ago 11
Bravi!
julia59 3 years ago 5
Thank you for the video.CP Vienna
orthochrom 3 years ago
Many thanks Modelier.What year was this: 1997,1998 etc.?
MetropeJocelyn 3 years ago
It 1996, MetropeJocelyn.
modelier1 3 years ago