Placido Domingo sings "Di tu se fedele" from Verdi's Ballo

[judelko]

oh, how he would like to have had a voice as great as pavarotti's.

[Mooorhe]

This pales in comparison to the Bergonzi version from 1967.

[Fehlzeiten]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful....Luciano Pavarotti could never sing like this. His singing never had such musicality and his sound was the same in every opera he did.

[Mooorhe]

Rubbish.

[LordMgls]

Well said.

[ibsen5]

@Fehlzeiten Sorry Luciano who? Is a singer?

[marokt]

And who else did that big jump twice, that Verdi wrote?

[cer1n]

Not only the 2 and a half octaves jump but also the incredible appoggiatura at 0:20.

[Agorante]

@marokt

Who else sang the "big jump"? Bjoerling for one. See his version here on YouTube where he is in a boat singing in Swedish. Also Carreras sings those written low Cs on his CD recording but not live or on his video. Bergonzi who started as a baritone, never seems to have sung them.

[marokt]

Thank you for the information, I'll listen them! I've discovered, that Marcello Alvarez also sang this low Cs live in the 2009 Berlin-performance. I think live it's quite difficoult, because it "lowers" the voice, the tenor easily lost the good position. For the same reason some Renatos don't sing the low A in Alzati. In studio it's much easier.

[jamesjmertins]

The year after this performance, Bergonzi and Cruz-Romo sang in this production and sang it  better than this. If any of you are wondering, I saw Doming, Pavarotti, Carreras, Aragall and the best of them all was the old man Bergonzi.

[leadoffeohippus]

I wouldn't be surprised. Bergonzi's singing is like excellent food. :)

[Agorante]

@jamesjmertins

I too heard Domingo, Carreras, Pavarotti, Aragall, and Bergonzi live. Bergonzi was the finest Verdi stylist that ever sang tenor but all the others had more vibrant and ringing voices. I heard Bergonzi sing Riccardo in Vienna - a 2200 seat hall. He was fine. In the big 3500 to 4000 seat American opera houses he sounded faded and pale.

[mrevanmylo]

Le dolci canzoni

[TraVoiBelle]

Domingo is good, but I prefer Pavarotti's interpretation.

[quis178]

Pavarotti's rhythm in this aria is as sluggish as ever.

[TraVoiBelle]

I beg to differ. He is way better Ricardo.

[dalferr]

He is wonderful!

[ashetosvlakas]

Wow, every tenor is scared shitless of those low notes but not Placido, he is the only one who follows the score and hits them.

[leadoffeohippus]

Yeah Pavarotti takes them up an octave.

[saintsaens21]

@ashetosvlakas To be true, they are barely audible, and that for someone who now sings baritone roles...

[AfrankelTenor]

@ashetosvlakas No he's not, Björling never had a problem singing through them.

[figaro92]

very good performance, maybe as bergonzi's...

[sevenevanheaven]

Placido has great acting talent also. The cocky king. This is one of the best Di Tu Se Fidele I have ever seen. The Ulrica looks like a man......sorry.

[sevenevanheaven]

Holy Shit, that's Bruce Willis!

[marokt]

The original version with the very high notes twice. Noone but Domingo can sings like this.

[sevenevanheaven]

I love this aria

[muzikbabe4444]

he is amazing...

[Jolantabuk]

I love Placido's interpretation!

[alepeccia]

Wow, what a great performer!!