Placido Domingo sings "Niun mi tema" from Otello Act 4

[millonety123]

@sugarbist, Sorry for intervene in your conversation sugarbist, but I think A night at the opera doesn't mean to describe or qualify a tenor like Domingo, even at the rol in question. By the same method could say the same about many other tenors. One night, good or bad, is only that 'one night', however respect your opinion also . Saludos.

[sugarbist]

The aria sounds transposed down. wow thats shocking. Why would a world class tenor do that. Perhaps the role might be too big for him or maybe the emperor did wear clothes

[hightenor123]

@sugarbist Check your sound, its not transposed

[sugarbist]

@hightenor123 Perhaps not , I did misplace my pitchpipe

[hightenor123]

@sugarbist S'ok, he wouldn't transpose this, it doesn't go above a flat, he actually sang it in key for the 125 met gala in 2009, but he does transpose quite a bit, I do know that,

[hightenor123]

@hightenor123 I think that since maybe 2004 or so he transposes anything that goes above A

[sugarbist]

@hightenor123 Over the years I've attempted to like Domingo,But his tenor voice really has never worked for me.I became convince of this after seeing PD live in I Pagliacci circa 1995.He was almost inaudible and I felt the role was just too big for him. A night of strangled high notes and squeezing the passagio.I was looking forward to a wonderful performance,but I was turned away by sub par vocals & shortened phrasing.You seem to be a suppoter of PD which is wonderful for you and I respect that

[hightenor123]

@sugarbist Well, I think the best reason to love or dislike a singer is to hear him live. So you totally have the right to your opinion. I am a little too young to have heard domingo in his day. I appreciate his video recordings, which I grew up with, and I got to see him as Boccanegra, which was a more of a night of nostalgia at the met. He will always, for better or worse, be my first Cavaradossi, Calaf, Hoffmann, Otello, Riccardo on video so it is what it is.

[sugarbist]

@hightenor123 I'm a little older&perhaps became spoiled growing up listening to Del Monaco,Corelli&DiStefano&also seeing them live,perhaps set a standard that has not been equalled since,I saw Corelli in Trovatore&he was truly spectacular.I saw Di Stefano at Carnegie Hall,The voice is the same as on records except for the beautiful overtones.I saw MDM in concert form Otello,He was the most surprizing as the voice was more beautiful& he sounded like he had a built in amplifier.

[sugarbist]

@hightenor123 I must say, that on a positive note, Domingo is a good musician and he does have a fine quality of voice.When you grow up listening to a tenor voice& get use to it, you become byest as I did with my favorites ,whom also have their shortcomings.Enjoy

[rmtenorlirico]

The gratest of all! Just that!

[holograficbrilliant]

I love Placido!!!

[lisistratos62]

Wonderful from a great great tenor !!!! Bellisimo Canto !!!

[zambombazo0]

Mercedes Pastor Fa 27-6-2009

En este papel es donde resulta más brillante Domingo, aquí Pavarotti no tiene nada que hacer, porque son dos voces muy distintas. A Plácido le van las arias donde su voz exprese las emociones. En esto es único y Pavarotti en los agudos. Me molesta las comparaciones, pero, quizás sean inevitables.

[coralrabida]

Después de escuchar a del Monaco y Lavirgen, me pongo esta versión y me quedo igual...

[figliodicallas]

Me encanta la conducción orquestal. Plácido, plácido en este rol, único!

[filiodecallas]

Una de las cosas más difíciles para un artista de nuestro género es, entrar al escenario siendo recibido de la manera ferviente como muestra el video y sabiendo que tendrá que encarnar el rol más dramático existente: Otello. Bravo por Domingo!

[wolfmaxtrp5]

too much lyric.

[giacomolaurivolpi]

excellent! the best Otello today,

[nanbil]

No, this is in the correct key. It isn't high; it only goes up to an A flat/G sharp. Well done.

[tena2]

is it sang half tone down? or is it my ears?

[chianti95]

I was really surprised to see him doing niun mi tema in a concert setting - it's such a dramatic piece -- I would have thought it'd be hard for him to convey the level of emotion when it's sung out of context (and out of costume) but he succeeds, without getting overly histrionic. Wonderful performance! Thanks!

[55patri]

magnifico. Oir a Domingo en Otello me corta la respiración

[tena2]

a ti y a todos, son unicos en el registro vocal dramatico.

[julia59]

Phenomenal.

Thank you, Onegin65.

[steainsy]

brilliant