Can anyone not call him the best of the best? Pav couldn't even read music. What a voice Domingo had and still has -- not really a baritone now, and not a traditional tenor, but what intelligence and feeling and ability. Still the best. What a musician!
@orobyn Music is not about theory, it's about performance. Pavarotti is technically and artistically miles above Domingo. I like Domingo, a lot, he's a great guy and an amazing all-rounder, but I struggle greatly to put him anywhere near the same level as Pavarotti.
@theonlygriffo When people are at the top of their profession (like Domingo and Pavarotti clearly are), those technical differences are minimal and usually at the discretion of the listeners. Rating one above the other is purely subjective. Besides, music is clearly a form of artistic expression and not measurable by any scientific measure.
@phantomegmail That's very true, preference is, for the most part, purely subjective. Technical differences can be fairly small in terms of the physical nature of the technique, yet the difference it makes in the sound can be phenomenal. Opera singing may be the highest and purest art form, though it is also an exact science.
@theonlygriffo Sorry if I came off as rude. I only recently started to dabble in opera again. But I'm slightly biased since I only saw Domingo live (and he shook my hand afterwards!!) and he was just as gracious off the stage. So I wonder does opera singers have a "scorecard" or "metrics" - as in if you hit certain notes and ranges? Is that what you mean by "exact science"?
But you don't have to put him on Pavarotti's level. There's no shame in being "bested" by one of the greatest tenors of all time. He's still a great singer.
@orobyn Music is not about theory, it's about performance. Pavarotti is technically and artistically miles above Domingo. I like Domingo, a lot, he's a great guy and an amazing all-rounder, but I struggle greatly to put him anywhere near the same level as Pavarotti.
I love Domingo, and he sings this lovely song powerfully and beautifully. But for my money, Pavarotti at his best was the better interpreter of "Ideale" --
@wansob he's a great human, an excellent person, having the whole fame, he stills in a humble position of life, this aria is amazing, and his voice is stunning...makes me cry everytime
I've never been a fan of Domingo, but this is amazing. Yes, a true artist without the fake emotions. And playing the piano and singing, triple time vs. duple is almost impossible. I can only fake the piano part while singing it, but he played it impeccable. Bravo Placido.
Es passt so gar nicht in die Philosophie mancher Instrumentalisten, daß Sänger automatisch
musikalische Leichtgewichte-und vor allem Tenöre noch dumm dazu sein müssen-wenn man
dieses Video mir dem grandiosen Placido Domingo ansieht!
Höchsten Respekt vor dieser grandiosen Stimme, verbunden mit hoher Musikalität !
nessundorma44 1 month ago
Great tenor forever!
Look for Felipe Peletta also singing this song and many others.
fvrp 8 months ago
IN CRE I BLE!
ozzcasale 1 year ago
Wonderful, thank you very much for this pleasure :-)
SogniAzzurri 1 year ago
wow and more wows ,fantastic artist i adore Placido,thankyou so much for your posting as someone else said priceless
elliniwendy 1 year ago
No doubt, is one of a kind!!!!
Can any other opera singer top that?
Rigelcentauri58 2 years ago 15
@Rigelcentauri58 He he - plenty?
colino72 1 year ago
Can anyone not call him the best of the best? Pav couldn't even read music. What a voice Domingo had and still has -- not really a baritone now, and not a traditional tenor, but what intelligence and feeling and ability. Still the best. What a musician!
orobyn 2 years ago 9
@orobyn Music is not about theory, it's about performance. Pavarotti is technically and artistically miles above Domingo. I like Domingo, a lot, he's a great guy and an amazing all-rounder, but I struggle greatly to put him anywhere near the same level as Pavarotti.
theonlygriffo 10 months ago
@theonlygriffo When people are at the top of their profession (like Domingo and Pavarotti clearly are), those technical differences are minimal and usually at the discretion of the listeners. Rating one above the other is purely subjective. Besides, music is clearly a form of artistic expression and not measurable by any scientific measure.
phantomegmail 10 months ago
@phantomegmail That's very true, preference is, for the most part, purely subjective. Technical differences can be fairly small in terms of the physical nature of the technique, yet the difference it makes in the sound can be phenomenal. Opera singing may be the highest and purest art form, though it is also an exact science.
theonlygriffo 10 months ago
@theonlygriffo Sorry if I came off as rude. I only recently started to dabble in opera again. But I'm slightly biased since I only saw Domingo live (and he shook my hand afterwards!!) and he was just as gracious off the stage. So I wonder does opera singers have a "scorecard" or "metrics" - as in if you hit certain notes and ranges? Is that what you mean by "exact science"?
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phantomegmail 10 months ago
@theonlygriffo
But you don't have to put him on Pavarotti's level. There's no shame in being "bested" by one of the greatest tenors of all time. He's still a great singer.
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@orobyn Music is not about theory, it's about performance. Pavarotti is technically and artistically miles above Domingo. I like Domingo, a lot, he's a great guy and an amazing all-rounder, but I struggle greatly to put him anywhere near the same level as Pavarotti.
theonlygriffo 10 months ago
Priceless, absolutely priceless.
seektheforce 2 years ago 5
I love Placido!!!
holograficbrilliant 2 years ago 7
I love Domingo, and he sings this lovely song powerfully and beautifully. But for my money, Pavarotti at his best was the better interpreter of "Ideale" --
stevevandien 2 years ago
He is a great artist, really!
wansob 3 years ago 3
@wansob he's a great human, an excellent person, having the whole fame, he stills in a humble position of life, this aria is amazing, and his voice is stunning...makes me cry everytime
ozzcasale 1 year ago
I've never been a fan of Domingo, but this is amazing. Yes, a true artist without the fake emotions. And playing the piano and singing, triple time vs. duple is almost impossible. I can only fake the piano part while singing it, but he played it impeccable. Bravo Placido.
spgtenor 3 years ago 10
A true artist. Relaxed. Always the expressive singing. No gasping. No sobbing. No handkerchief.
daddio7777777 3 years ago 19
Wonderful presentation of a most remarkable talent. Thank you.
olderngod 3 years ago 9
Beautiful!
fefe4194 4 years ago 4
this one that my father likes.
broffenx 4 years ago
A real musician in every sense of the word. Singer, Pianist, Conductor and wonderful artist. Thanks for posting this.
ianjacobs1 4 years ago 11
Marvelous Placido. Thank you 1000 times!
DragosCojocaru 4 years ago 3
I had been missing this, Thank you ;-)
elsavbrabant 4 years ago 2