I love this opera, Domingo is one of the greatest tenors of all time, he covered it extremely well... but my childish side took over and I still spat out my diet coke when he tripped over the chair!
peccato la voce di Domingo era davvero bella,peccato per la tecnica che gli faceva urlare tutti gli acuti e che non gli faceva emettere i SI e i DO eanche per il suo canto nasale.
@COMILLAS1 la verdad es que dicen que en gustos se rompen generos y se respeta tus gustos, mas en mi opinion Luciano Pavarotti tiene mas elementos teatrales y su voz llega al sentimiento mismo el esta cantando, y en este video se ve el profesionalismo del señor Placido pues a pesar del tropiezo no pierde la compostura es genial, bravoooo
This performance just shows why Domingo is my favourite Canio along with Jon Vickers. He is just magnificent in the role, being in wonderful voice and he doesn't just play Canio, he becomes him. Shame about the chair trip, but he recovered so brilliantly and professionally, and I just loved how Teresa Stratas plays along, throwing the chair off the stage.
Lo que es el profesionalismo... se cae en el minuto 4:18 y sigue cantando y actuando tan bien como siempre lo ha hecho! Plácido Domingo es sin duda la mejor voz del Planeta!
I love how he rips off his clown suit (he leaves the makeup on; it would take a lot of soap and water to wipe that off) just before singing the beginning of his aria, to further emphasize the fact that this is not an act. Most singers I've seen leave their suits on right up to the end of the opera.
What's this, opera's version of "Scarlet Takes a Tumble"? Just kidding. I'm so glad he didn't hurt himself bad enough to call off the performance. If Stratas wasn't there, he probably would've broken a leg for sure.That would've been embarrassing and extremely painful.
4:20... one of the most professional moments i have ever seen on the stage.. he is a god! Still hits the note.. if only stopping for a micro second.. THAT.. is knowing a role inside out.. how everone should learn every piece!
@OperaSamia just shows you how deep he is into that performance. he is concentrating so much on what he's saying and singing that the chair trip barely phases him. brilliant.
Ouch! XO I can't imagine singing after a fall, but we all know Placido. Nothing stops him, not even a painful fall like that! I'm glad Stratas was right beside him to support him as he took that tumble.
Bravo!!!! ademas de ser un monstruo de tenor y un fenomenal interprete es aun màs de admirarse en su persona el profesionalismo que lo acompaña, ya que a pesar de haber resbalado de tal forma nunca perdio la fuerza y el sentir de su personaje en el momento climax de la ópera, y en lo particular, me inclino más hacia la representacion de Domingo que a la de Pavarotti, pues creo que Placido transmite mucho mejor los sentimientos de coléra de su personaje al verse engañado por su amada Nedda.
Tripping over a chair and falling flat on the stage, and sings throughout, without losing the color or power of his sound. Rock on Domingo! Now THAT's a professional. And Stratas as well, when she gets rid of the offending stool even as she sings her big high note. It is interesting that Domingo picks up Stratas (effortlessly, it seems) and carries her to the stairs, whereas Pavarotti kind of drags her and leaves here there. ... Perhaps Pav needed to work out? :)
@sopranosd XD Your comment on Pavarotti was hilarious, yet so true! Obviously, Domingo is pretty strong (he once said so himself), and I'm sure he works out (that's probably why he's still in wonderful health at nearly 70 years old). Pavarotti? He didn't exercise too much in later years.
One of the few roles I prefer him to other tenors, even though I have to say I like him more on the stage then on the record (I have a record with Pavarotti and I think he is better on the record then Domingo).
Interesting how different productions can be. In a recent Hamburger Staatsoper production I saw, Canio was basically an authoritarian tyrant and the sympathies of the audiences were with Nedda, who was a basically innocent and frightened girl who tried to break away from Canio.
Here Nedda is pretty much a bitch who laughs about Canio, and all of a sudden I'm sympathizing with poor Canio, not Nedda.
Dont see her as a bitch. Its far more tragic than that. Its the archetype of the woman who was denied love and now lashes out at the man who perceives as "the oppressor". Its a doomed rebellion that came too late
es uno de los mejores en esta opera si no el mejor, en mi opinión es mejor que pavarotti, ademas luciano no era buen actor y no se si hubiese salido del paso como domingo
Translated: When I really want to hear an especially great voice (as I often do) perhaps I won't choose his. But... if I want to have a complete theatrical experience — with tears and laughter — perhaps how the composers themselves would have like to see, I have not yet found another tenor that puts everything together to breath life into an opera like Placido Domingo. Without him, I dare say operatic standards would not be where they are, today (in my opinion, of course).
Quando voglio sentire una voce a di la di grande forse non scelgo lui. Pero'... se voglio avere l'esperienza d'un teatro completo, colle lacrime e coi risi, come' forse ai compositori abbiano piaciuto vedere, non ho ancora trovato un tenore che mette tutto insieme per dare vita ad un opera lirica come Placido Domingo. Senza di lui i standard dell'opera lirica non siano dove sono oggi, secondo me.
There is room for everbody in opera. Many, many beautiful voices, you just have to pick the one that speaks to you personally. Domingo is my favorite. You get it all with him, singing, acting, passion, drama. He can roll it all into one and give you 100%.
andiroma72 :anche io ti rispetto tantissimo ma non posso mischiare "la merda" con "il miele"per il rispetto che devo a tutti questi immensi artisti che mi hanno dato la possibilita di sentirmi vivo atraverso loro genio !per me,domingo e stato sempre venditore d`immagine,niente di piu !Con amicizia ! PS : domingo deve molto ai........ tecnici di suono .
andyroma72 : domingo e diventato il piu grande "britono verdiano" interpretando ....Simone Boccanegra !ho sentito tante volte domingo dal vivo,sono stato sempre sfortunato,perche era stonato,al limite ,e quando era giovane la sua voce non era bellina.....poi i registrazioni di domingo non mi interessano tantissimo.....Avete sentito Del Monaco,Corelli,Bonisolli,Usunov,Atlantov,Aragall,Kraus,Nikolov,Giacomini dal vivo ?Con amicizia,nicola .
@andyroma72 cosa c'è il signor BODILOTO ti sta insegnando qualcosa????? ho un altro che mi da ragione su questo dilettante BARITONO di Domingo.....Viva la zarzuela
For what it's worth - I sat transfixed in front of my parents' TV in Idaho when this first aired. I was 16 years old and wanted desperately to become a professional singer. And now I am. So there!
How many of you posting comments on this clip actually make your living with your voice?
For that matter, how many of you were even BORN when this was first telecast?!
For all the debate over Domingo, let's not forget that this was a telecast in which he sang BOTH Turiddu AND Canio in the SAME night. THAT will take a lot out of you, and yet here he is at the end of the performance with energy and intensity and voice left. Great performances all around, and especially by Levine, who took on the telecast after Thomas Schippers' death.
Agreed, Pavarotti's version has an incredible finale. Especially the video here on youtube, with Tonio laughing in his sinister way until realising what has really happened
Un verismo real, auténtico, con un Canio realmente violento, dramático, llevado a ello por la ira, nos muestra esta interpretación de Domingo que se apodera del personaje alejándose de tíntes superficiales. Plácido Domingo no sólo es un maravilloso tenor sino también un excelente actor, que sabe combinar estos dos aspectos al estar en el escenario. Su profesionalismo lo hace notar como lo hizo a partir del accidente que tuvo en esta presentación. Gracias por subir este video.
If you already like PLÁCIDO DOMINGO check now THE 30 TENORS in my playlist SUPER TENOR ARIAS ( including CLAUDIO SOTELO performing ARIA DEL CIRUJANO as a world première for YOU TUBE ) and tell me the one you prefer !
et si vous êtes à Paris ne ratez pas PLÁCIDO DOMINGO comme CYRANO au Châtelet !
I love this clip because it is opera as it happens. Yes, Domingo tripped over the chair and he and Strattas made it happen. They adjusted and made the best of the scene. WOW!
Domingo sounds pushed Operapimp?How else can one sing this dramatic music? Look up Spinto. Give me one performance of Domingo's for twenty of Big Lucy with his golden voice and NOTHING to say.
Anyone with ears can hear that Domingo sounds great in this recording--not pushed at all. Operapimp is just regurgitating the same crap other Domingo detractors spout without critical thinking of their own.
Saying Domingo can't act takes the cake in the Department of Uneducated Comments. He's considered one of the finest operatic actors of the 20th Century... Domingo IS the renaissance man of his chosen profession. Name one other male tenor who has experienced the diversity, longevity and prosperity of a career like Domingos'. The man could conduct the orchestra, run the stage production, sing his role and stand-in for the baritone all at the same time if he needed to. You should get out more.
You are right! It was a mistake typing. He CAN indeed act, of course he can, the problem why he is such a good actor is because his lack of vocal range (his upper register is not good at all, no high C) however, you must be wondering why he has performed many roles, well, like any other human being, he's not super singer, he just transposes everything even a whole pitch down and yet he sucks. I do know about opera, I grew up in a environment where art is respected.
Art is respected... that's many, many places across the earth. And most people tend not to take advantage of what they have laid at their feet. To say someone acts to compensate for poor singing.. to say Domingo does that.. shows a true lack of knowledge, experience, and an understanding of the craft.
I agree with you. Some of the comments posted by ill-mannered imbeciles indiscriminately degrade Domingo and if they were asked to name their favorite, they say Di Stefano, Del Monaco,,,,,,,,etc, like they were any better. Domingo has shown and proven to be much greater. For 900 consecutive performances, mastered from Mozart to Wagner and fluent in six languages with perfect diction.
In recent Met celebtation, Domingo received more ovations then any modern tenors even after singing the arias and duets half step down because he delivers most gratifying and dignifying performances. Those people who dishonor Domingo are spoiled by his genuinely consistant appearance.
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The voice of Pavarotti was more powerfull and strong than the domingo's voice but the acting and drama of Domingo is supreme, Pavarotti do not act so good because he concentrate more in the singing than the acting.That King of the Acting is Domingo and the king of the voice is Pavarotti.
Con todo y la sacada de mierda que se manda plácido en la escena, lo hizo realmente magnífico e insuperable, digno de verse miles de veces, la comedia e finita!!! Bravo!
Excellent recovery! At least Placido will never miss a beat, the drama and storyline continue. The consummate professional, because damn, he came down hard and that had to hurt!
He criticizes Domingo for transposing parts while he can't understand any difference between transposed and untransposed pieces of music since his sense of pitch is not sufficiently good.
Note the inquisitor lacks so much musical knowledge and abilities,his ear is so untrained that he suggested the high note in the Rigoletto duet ''Addio addio'' sung by Pavarotti and Scotto in 1966 was a high D while it was a high D-flat,half a step lower than he suggested.A simple proof of his lack of sufficient musical skills.
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Berlin-British wanker. Tell Mr. Domingo that singing 130 roles is nothing but artistic prostitution and shows his lack of respect to artistic excellence. Also remind him that he's wasting his time ins trying to be a Bernstein of sorts. Lenny was a musical genius. Domingo is an excellent used car salesman of the opera world. Now get lost you clueless little fiddlestick.
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Ravy-Before your poor excuse of a father shagged your poor excuse of a mother while she way ovulating, I'd was watching Domingo live and knew about his real despicable ethocentric and unethical business personality. Now get lost you clueless fiddlestick!
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Berlin-Actually, you're wrong across the board. Domingo is trying to conduct and is being ridiculed for his piss poor performances which parallels his singing. And when he tried composing, what he produced was good fodder for laughter. Domingo even succeeded in getting booed at the Met which is known to be a very tolerant audience. He managed to mess up La Boheme. Get your facts straight you little fiddlestick!
theinquisitive4ever guy is a self-loathing goon!! with half-thought half-baked ideas about singing and music ,Please Ignore this Buffoon and wharever he say`s, if he lived in UK we would have him Sectioned ie ..."Sent to the Funny Farm...HA HA !!!
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Berlinman-Before characterizing my ideas as half-baked, you might want to consider the idea that you, yourself, is half-baked and the buffoon. Do you even read the nonsense you type? By the way, I live in the UK for a while, so spare me the British BS. Feel free to opine about Domingo in a substantive manner. I doubt you can elaborate on any point! If it weren't for intellectual midgets, Domingo wouldn't have sold as many tickets to his mediocre performance!
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Berlin-Hail whomever you want. You'd be hailing to mediocrity and artistic prostitution. But that is nothing as compared to what your ancestors were hailing in the 1930s! Du vollgeschisseness Arschloch hau ab!
I think you will find that your the ignorant idiot I am not German as you suggest,but heh dont let your Racism get in the way of that!Placido Domingo is a dear friend of my Father and has been in our home Many times,as you must he is a great conductor,composer, singer and a very good pianist,it is quite obvious to me and the reaction from others on youtube that you are an imbicile and know next to nothing about music,get your facts right and stop being a RACIST and maybe learn to love yourself!
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Berlin-Wonderful. Then tell your father to tell MINGO (where's the Do?) that singing 130 roles is called operatic prostitution and shows his lack of respect for artistic excellence. Remind him that transposing entire roles by the dozens just for the sake of singing them is not considered good artistry. And tell him that promoting second class Mexican tenors as superstars is the true racism. Should I continue you little fiddlestick?
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Berlinman46-So you're a British wanker. So your father has been friends with a hispanic tenor who has spent his life on operatic prostitution, ethnocentric promotion of Mexican tenors, the King of Transposed Roles and Flat Notes. In case you missed it: Mingo was a joke as a composer and conductor. He succeeded in getting booed at the Met which is a very tolerant audience normally. Well his pedestrian singing doesn't warrant further commentary.
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Berlinman46-British Wanker. Mingo (where's the B4; we gave up on the Do?)'s follower are the hooligans of the opera world. A good fraction of his followers are hispanic/latino in origin and support him the same was they support their national team. I am sure as a British wanker you'd know very well what hooliganism is. So the comments of the Domingo hooligans do not mean anything. Populist opinion seldom has any value.
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Wow-Before you ever open your mouth you might want to consider thinking first. You do not have to read what I am posting. You're also entitled to be uneducated, uninformed, and ignorant. Some of us are much more experienced and knowledgeable than you. Did that thought ever occur to you? Now get lost you little fiddlestick.
You have not the first idea of what your talking about I suggest to you that you are a complete asshole from which you are talking from!!! Wise up you bell-end
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Berlin-I actually do. I have seen Domingo live, and know quite a few performances at which a good group of the audience walked out. I was also there when he was booed at the at the Met when was trying to conduct La Boheme while his protege was singing a mediocre transposed version of Rodolfo (just like his mentor MINGO (where's teh Do?). Now get lost you idiot!
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Pava did it naturally as he was gifted. People are just recently began understanding how complex his vocal production was although he made it look so easy. He was way ahead of his time.
You're annoying as hell. If you're anything close or better than Domingo... prove it with a recording of your skill, not your ignorant and pathetic rants on YouTube.
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Domingo indeed has a very decent lyric voice when he was younger. But his lack of dedication to developing a solid technique, or lack of talent to develop one prevented him to harness the intrinsic beauty of his lyric voice. So he went on to artificially darken it. To me, he went downhill from there artistically. But he was a great commercial success thanks to his Machiavellian tactics and work ethic.
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Corellilover-And when the lyric roles, followed by the spinto/dramatico roles didn't work out, he went even further! Since time now, he's trying to pass himself as a heldentenor of sorts as his feeble top is completely gone. Third time is a charm I suppose! If it weren't for his sheepish fan base, who supported him unconditionally, he'd be long booed off of the stage.
Agree in that, today he is known as just P, no LA, no SI, no DO.Still waiting for your explanation about the 3rd harmonic thing, I don´t think many singers know about acoustic science,not even Pavarotti himself.I only know about two harmonic tunings, i just didn´t know there was a third one, there´s no need to be ofensive.
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CorelliLover-As Domingo couldn't anything exceptional as a tenore lyrico, he artifically darken his voice (without even waiting for his age to kick in), and tried marketing himself as a tenore spinto/dramatico with the hope that he could cash on his hooted, throaty sound. That was a big flop too for 2 reasons. In comparison to the likes of Corelli, del Monaco, Tucker etc he ended up being a joke. In the same time frame Pava was singing spinto roles with a lyric flair which were gems....PART III
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CorelliLover-Actually, Domingo had a very decent lyric voice when he was younger. But because of his poor technique, he couldn't harness it. And he was outclassed in every sense of the word in the Italian lyric repertoire by Pava, who was his contemporary. Indeed, Carreras was also better than Domingo for as long he lasted in his prime, which is the period spanning 1970-1978/79...this PART II.
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CorelliLover-It is a pity that you call yourself a tenor and yet sound clueless when it comes to vocal production. I'd suggest you do some research on the web. The harmonic tuning has nothing to do with the type of voice. But then again you're wrong about Domingo's voice type as expected. Your shallowness is amazing. I'll lecture you in my next comment this is PART I.
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CorelliLover-Considering the fact that Pava was the only tenor who could do 3rd harmonic tuning (do you even know what that is), his vocal production was superior in every sense of the word. While Domingo was drowning in the orchestra, Pava never had a problem in flying over the staff. Get a clue you little fiddlestick.
Yes my brain is quite little as long as Im a tenor,can you explain me what 3rd harmonic is.Thank you.By the way I always loved Luciano´s voice but I think there´s no point in comparing him with Domingo there were quite different voices and repertoire
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CorelliLover-Your lack of a fundamental understanding of voice production and acoustic is obvious. First and foremost, the term volume is irrelevant. It is the projection that matters. The analogy is a white light (Domingo) vs a laser (Pavarotti). A white light source undergoes dispersion while a laser beam suffers no such things for extended distance. I hope you have a little brain left to comprehend the difference. As someone who has seen both MINGO and Pava at the Met ans elsewhere, I know!
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Domingo promoted promoted mediocre tenors of his own ethnicity as the "next best thing" which is biggorty. One should promote someone based on his/her own true merit and not just because of the passport they carry. Such ethnocentric attitude undermines the universal character of opera.
Yes! And besides the power of voices is hard to ascertain when mics are present. Domingo is loud, but Corelli's voice was not only loud, but also penetrating and clear esp. in the high notes, unlike Domingo.
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CorelliLover-I saw one one your comments on a Carreras page where Carreras was decimating an italian aria and you were yelling at the top of your lungs in spanish that it was good. I didn't know that you were a hispanic. That explains your ethnocentric attitude toward Domingo and Villazon's mediocre singing. And you were calling me a racist! How funny! You hispanics are the biggest racist of all! Stop your quest to hispanify the world. You're fare better.
i agree with you 100% inquis4ever....while i will give mingo and carreras just due-they just don't "have it" like pavarotti. most of them are playing "catch up ball" as we say here in the states. as for the subject of racism....it has no place in the true art of opera or any art form for that matter. i can understand how one could back their countrymen in this but they should also realize that pavarotti was the better artist and not just because he's italian but because he was truely god gifted.
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CorelliLover-And the hispanic mob who supports Domingo, Villazon etc unconditionally just because they're their countrymen or of the same ethnicity are the ones who are racist! Get a clue you clueless fiddlestick!
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CorelliLover- My opinion on the matter should be crystal clear even for a monkey with a half brain. What do my comments have got to do with racism? I am just against the debasement of opera by inferior hispanic tenors, while I applaud those hispanics who were great artists. By unconditionally supporting his own countrymen, Domingo is the one who is ethnocentric whom you might consider a racist. I, for one, am not! Is that clear to you? What an idiot!
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CorelliLover-My dislike is well defined. There are also hispanic/spanish artists I like for they are artists in its truest sense: Miguel Fleta, Alfredo Kraus, La Berganza etc. I have no respect for the likes of Domingo, Villazon etc who have been doing great disservice to opera.
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CorelliLover-The only thing you will be kicking is your own monkey, which I am sure, you've made an art form by now. I have nothing against hispanic people for as long as: 1) They do not invade the USA through illegal immigration, 2) They do not debase opera with their populist, ethnocentric self promotion and decimation of the Italian repertoire in particular with their inferior singing.
I love this opera, Domingo is one of the greatest tenors of all time, he covered it extremely well... but my childish side took over and I still spat out my diet coke when he tripped over the chair!
nils89 1 month ago
la cosa più bella è quando inciampa...sul resto................
segu82 2 months ago
peccato la voce di Domingo era davvero bella,peccato per la tecnica che gli faceva urlare tutti gli acuti e che non gli faceva emettere i SI e i DO eanche per il suo canto nasale.
luwaig1 4 months ago
La comedia e finita.
Questo è un lavoro che detriti da commedia, ma la sua storia passata, anche se fittizio, è ciò che rende un dramma.
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La comedia ha terminado.
Esta es una obra que debria ser comedia, pero su historia de fondo, aunque ficticia, es lo que lo vuelve un drama.
Y sé algo de italiano. La obra me entristece. Lamento lo que sufrió Nedda. Pero Canio es quien más padece al matar al amor de su vida
angeliedeluz 5 months ago
1:50 to 3:07. Amazing build up
crazygeo81 5 months ago
QUe grande¡¡ A Placido como a Dali: Que hablen de mi, aunque sea bien¡ Que mala es la envidia...Canio-Domingo...Domingo-Canio...
millonety123 5 months ago
Yes - musical titans! And that chair incident, and - oh, everything... Real triumph of OPERA.
Thanks ang greetings.
Rospaint 5 months ago
10 people are sitting naked waiting by the phone....alone.
CCrandall0518 6 months ago
Well done!
MatteoDesigns 7 months ago in playlist IL PAGLIACCI
Me gusta más interpretada por Placido Domingo que por Luciano Pavarotti.
COMILLAS1 8 months ago 2
@COMILLAS1 la verdad es que dicen que en gustos se rompen generos y se respeta tus gustos, mas en mi opinion Luciano Pavarotti tiene mas elementos teatrales y su voz llega al sentimiento mismo el esta cantando, y en este video se ve el profesionalismo del señor Placido pues a pesar del tropiezo no pierde la compostura es genial, bravoooo
2411antony 1 month ago
auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
ivancin2010 9 months ago
ta que me dolió hasta amis hijos jajajaj
ivancin2010 9 months ago
This performance just shows why Domingo is my favourite Canio along with Jon Vickers. He is just magnificent in the role, being in wonderful voice and he doesn't just play Canio, he becomes him. Shame about the chair trip, but he recovered so brilliantly and professionally, and I just loved how Teresa Stratas plays along, throwing the chair off the stage.
Beth29252 9 months ago 2
Lo que es el profesionalismo... se cae en el minuto 4:18 y sigue cantando y actuando tan bien como siempre lo ha hecho! Plácido Domingo es sin duda la mejor voz del Planeta!
meisterda 9 months ago 8
I love how he rips off his clown suit (he leaves the makeup on; it would take a lot of soap and water to wipe that off) just before singing the beginning of his aria, to further emphasize the fact that this is not an act. Most singers I've seen leave their suits on right up to the end of the opera.
31operafan 9 months ago
No. 1 Franco Corelli
No. 2 Luciano Pavarotti
Domingo no expression
youngil78 9 months ago
2:53 beautifully placed note
TaVo78 1 year ago
i love that Strattas takes revenge on the offending chair by throwing it off the stage!
jaypenn123 1 year ago
tanto pavarotti como domingo son excelentes!!!
moglietina 1 year ago
i think pavarotti does much better
JAFFERSH 1 year ago
What's this, opera's version of "Scarlet Takes a Tumble"? Just kidding. I'm so glad he didn't hurt himself bad enough to call off the performance. If Stratas wasn't there, he probably would've broken a leg for sure.That would've been embarrassing and extremely painful.
31operafan 1 year ago
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La peggior interpretazione di Canio ch'io abbia mai visto!
Placido non è paragonabile a Big Luciano!
amicoassoluto70 1 year ago
@amicoassoluto70 ma cosa diciiiii che diciiiii???
andyroma72 1 year ago
4:20... one of the most professional moments i have ever seen on the stage.. he is a god! Still hits the note.. if only stopping for a micro second.. THAT.. is knowing a role inside out.. how everone should learn every piece!
OperaSamia 1 year ago 17
@OperaSamia just shows you how deep he is into that performance. he is concentrating so much on what he's saying and singing that the chair trip barely phases him. brilliant.
Nelsonhojax15 9 months ago 2
more than perfect
HeshamElGuingy 1 year ago
jajajaja se saco la mierda en 4:20 jajajajaja
pelotashinchadasperu 1 year ago
Ouch! XO I can't imagine singing after a fall, but we all know Placido. Nothing stops him, not even a painful fall like that! I'm glad Stratas was right beside him to support him as he took that tumble.
31operafan 1 year ago
Bravo!!!! ademas de ser un monstruo de tenor y un fenomenal interprete es aun màs de admirarse en su persona el profesionalismo que lo acompaña, ya que a pesar de haber resbalado de tal forma nunca perdio la fuerza y el sentir de su personaje en el momento climax de la ópera, y en lo particular, me inclino más hacia la representacion de Domingo que a la de Pavarotti, pues creo que Placido transmite mucho mejor los sentimientos de coléra de su personaje al verse engañado por su amada Nedda.
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Baby1Helios 1 year ago
Tripping over a chair and falling flat on the stage, and sings throughout, without losing the color or power of his sound. Rock on Domingo! Now THAT's a professional. And Stratas as well, when she gets rid of the offending stool even as she sings her big high note. It is interesting that Domingo picks up Stratas (effortlessly, it seems) and carries her to the stairs, whereas Pavarotti kind of drags her and leaves here there. ... Perhaps Pav needed to work out? :)
sopranosd 1 year ago
@sopranosd XD Your comment on Pavarotti was hilarious, yet so true! Obviously, Domingo is pretty strong (he once said so himself), and I'm sure he works out (that's probably why he's still in wonderful health at nearly 70 years old). Pavarotti? He didn't exercise too much in later years.
31operafan 1 year ago
bravoooo!!!!
doors1414 1 year ago
i think Pavarotti's performance it's more creepy. Like if he really is a twisted clown, it's mad.
PouKii 1 year ago
One of the few roles I prefer him to other tenors, even though I have to say I like him more on the stage then on the record (I have a record with Pavarotti and I think he is better on the record then Domingo).
castorp278 1 year ago
This rendition blows my socks off!
starmanbridges 1 year ago
Though I like it better when Tonio says, "la comedia e finita" not Canio
quirosdavid 1 year ago
no tengo mas que un EXCELENTE!!!!!!!
quirosdavid 1 year ago
estupendoooooooooo
doors1414 1 year ago
Interesting how different productions can be. In a recent Hamburger Staatsoper production I saw, Canio was basically an authoritarian tyrant and the sympathies of the audiences were with Nedda, who was a basically innocent and frightened girl who tried to break away from Canio.
Here Nedda is pretty much a bitch who laughs about Canio, and all of a sudden I'm sympathizing with poor Canio, not Nedda.
piasecznik 2 years ago
Dont see her as a bitch. Its far more tragic than that. Its the archetype of the woman who was denied love and now lashes out at the man who perceives as "the oppressor". Its a doomed rebellion that came too late
metalhead123orless 2 years ago
PLACIDO DOMINGO 100% MEXICANO
ahivamos2010 2 years ago
Born in Madrid in 1941 to parents who were zarzuela performers, Plácido Domingo was brought to Mexico at the age of eight.
Bassplyr1470 1 year ago
es uno de los mejores en esta opera si no el mejor, en mi opinión es mejor que pavarotti, ademas luciano no era buen actor y no se si hubiese salido del paso como domingo
fabiancamposparedes 2 years ago
wow sing after that fall
TiTheFlyGuy 2 years ago 4
no chair can stand in the way of Placido!
If I know anything that chair will never get work on stage again!
gizmobizness1 2 years ago 4
4:20 ... he just continues singing, amazing artist... and another proof how dangerous this profession can be...
cenerentolinetta 2 years ago 4
Translated: When I really want to hear an especially great voice (as I often do) perhaps I won't choose his. But... if I want to have a complete theatrical experience — with tears and laughter — perhaps how the composers themselves would have like to see, I have not yet found another tenor that puts everything together to breath life into an opera like Placido Domingo. Without him, I dare say operatic standards would not be where they are, today (in my opinion, of course).
Skipper7009 2 years ago 21
@Skipper7009 - Amen!!!
Reinaldo146 7 months ago
Quando voglio sentire una voce a di la di grande forse non scelgo lui. Pero'... se voglio avere l'esperienza d'un teatro completo, colle lacrime e coi risi, come' forse ai compositori abbiano piaciuto vedere, non ho ancora trovato un tenore che mette tutto insieme per dare vita ad un opera lirica come Placido Domingo. Senza di lui i standard dell'opera lirica non siano dove sono oggi, secondo me.
Skipper7009 2 years ago 4
d'accordissimo hai ragione pienamente
andyroma72 1 year ago
There is room for everbody in opera. Many, many beautiful voices, you just have to pick the one that speaks to you personally. Domingo is my favorite. You get it all with him, singing, acting, passion, drama. He can roll it all into one and give you 100%.
operaisbeautiful 2 years ago 4
Perchè parlate in Italiano? Quest'è YouTube! Get over urselves!
trishengrin 2 years ago
la lirica è nata a napoli parla italiano
nnsochedirti 2 years ago
purtroppo quello che dici tu conta poco.questo grande tenore risquote successo da anni....ma tanti tanti e tantissime opere complete lo dicono
andyroma72 2 years ago
rispetto il tuo gusto,e bellissimo essere diferenti,non credi ? con amicizia !
bodiloto 2 years ago
nicola con amicizia
ripensa a quello che hai detto
comunque io sono sostenitore di del monaco e i tenori veristi,di forza
andyroma72 2 years ago
andiroma72 :anche io ti rispetto tantissimo ma non posso mischiare "la merda" con "il miele"per il rispetto che devo a tutti questi immensi artisti che mi hanno dato la possibilita di sentirmi vivo atraverso loro genio !per me,domingo e stato sempre venditore d`immagine,niente di piu !Con amicizia ! PS : domingo deve molto ai........ tecnici di suono .
bodiloto 2 years ago
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.il piu grande e indiscusso venditore di immagine è stato pavarotti.piu chiaro di cosi..
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bodiloto 2 years ago
si una volta ce ne erano tanti ma domingo per me (non solo) rimane un icona..
andyroma72 2 years ago
si,hai ragione, e rispetto il tuo gusto,essere diferenti e bellissimo,no ?
bodiloto 2 years ago
Tropezar de esa manera (4:18) y continuar como si nada hubiese pasado. Gran actor, gran voz.
nocturnal98350 2 years ago
grande attore,grande baritono,grande e basta
bodiloto 2 years ago
baritono? ahah
lui partiva dal fa della prima e arrivava al do(da giovane) della 4
un estenzione vocale paurosa
andyroma72 2 years ago
andyroma72 : domingo e diventato il piu grande "britono verdiano" interpretando ....Simone Boccanegra !ho sentito tante volte domingo dal vivo,sono stato sempre sfortunato,perche era stonato,al limite ,e quando era giovane la sua voce non era bellina.....poi i registrazioni di domingo non mi interessano tantissimo.....Avete sentito Del Monaco,Corelli,Bonisolli,Usunov,Atlantov,Aragall,Kraus,Nikolov,Giacomini dal vivo ?Con amicizia,nicola .
bodiloto 2 years ago
è un tenore di forza con inflessioni baritonali canta benissimo tu sarai stonato
nemmeno ti rispondo piu
andyroma72 2 years ago
@andyroma72 cosa c'è il signor BODILOTO ti sta insegnando qualcosa????? ho un altro che mi da ragione su questo dilettante BARITONO di Domingo.....Viva la zarzuela
AleBro83 1 year ago
ebete sei un ignorante capretta puzzi.è grande domingo ma non lo senti sei un povero ebete mentecatto
andyroma72 1 year ago
@andyroma72 ZARZUELA ZARZUELA
AleBro83 1 year ago
@AleBro83 callas estupido cabron
andyroma72 1 year ago
grande attore,grande tenore grande e basta
andyroma72 2 years ago
The Pavarotti version is fab too but this one with Domingo sends shivers down my spine - amazingly musical and dramatic - just the very best.
Misstroble90 2 years ago 2
For what it's worth - I sat transfixed in front of my parents' TV in Idaho when this first aired. I was 16 years old and wanted desperately to become a professional singer. And now I am. So there!
How many of you posting comments on this clip actually make your living with your voice?
For that matter, how many of you were even BORN when this was first telecast?!
trishengrin 2 years ago
exelente, no hay mas que decir.
abner84 2 years ago
For all the debate over Domingo, let's not forget that this was a telecast in which he sang BOTH Turiddu AND Canio in the SAME night. THAT will take a lot out of you, and yet here he is at the end of the performance with energy and intensity and voice left. Great performances all around, and especially by Levine, who took on the telecast after Thomas Schippers' death.
jmccracken1963 2 years ago 4
4:21 min....que suelazo y que bien lo dicimulo...jeje...del resto, nada q decir...un grande
mrfelix80 2 years ago
wow he really tripped!! that was real, very dramatic. but 'la comedia efinita" sounded much more.....tragic in pavarotti's version.
bibbleee 2 years ago
Agreed, Pavarotti's version has an incredible finale. Especially the video here on youtube, with Tonio laughing in his sinister way until realising what has really happened
mattdk88 2 years ago
Un verismo real, auténtico, con un Canio realmente violento, dramático, llevado a ello por la ira, nos muestra esta interpretación de Domingo que se apodera del personaje alejándose de tíntes superficiales. Plácido Domingo no sólo es un maravilloso tenor sino también un excelente actor, que sabe combinar estos dos aspectos al estar en el escenario. Su profesionalismo lo hace notar como lo hizo a partir del accidente que tuvo en esta presentación. Gracias por subir este video.
rigcelli 2 years ago 7
Domingo is a great artist. When you needed voice for the role, compensated stage.
Di Stefano was vocally poor in Pagliacci, but who says he saw scenic fantastic.
sarado88 2 years ago 2
Preferisco il dramma della disperazione nella chiusura di Pavarotti del '94.
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upatoia 2 years ago
LOL OPERA FAIL 4:21
shesjulie 2 years ago 2
ahahahaha!!
nishman686 2 years ago
was that really an accident?! I suppose that's what makes a professional is not act like it was an accident - amazing!!
jezHB333 2 years ago 2
wish the audio was better.
OperaBaritoneJoe 2 years ago
Audio is fine.
iiAFX 2 years ago
Actually Domingo sounds like a million bucks in this video.
ddevicente 2 years ago 4
I love this clip because it is opera as it happens. Yes, Domingo tripped over the chair and he and Strattas made it happen. They adjusted and made the best of the scene. WOW!
tenore23 2 years ago 3
Stratas joining him on the stage like that was majorly classy. Kudos to her.
BorisGodunov 2 years ago
Domingo sounds pushed Operapimp?How else can one sing this dramatic music? Look up Spinto. Give me one performance of Domingo's for twenty of Big Lucy with his golden voice and NOTHING to say.
PFERDLEIN 2 years ago 3
Anyone with ears can hear that Domingo sounds great in this recording--not pushed at all. Operapimp is just regurgitating the same crap other Domingo detractors spout without critical thinking of their own.
BorisGodunov 2 years ago
Totally agree. It is now like a sport in youtube. Pathetic people.
rgraz1022 2 years ago 4
oh my god did placido trip over that chair?
doctorw2 2 years ago
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Well, here we have Mingo (where is the Do) he sounds pushed, of course he can't act, he most compensate for his lack of vocal power unlike Pavarotti.
operapimp 2 years ago
Saying Domingo can't act takes the cake in the Department of Uneducated Comments. He's considered one of the finest operatic actors of the 20th Century... Domingo IS the renaissance man of his chosen profession. Name one other male tenor who has experienced the diversity, longevity and prosperity of a career like Domingos'. The man could conduct the orchestra, run the stage production, sing his role and stand-in for the baritone all at the same time if he needed to. You should get out more.
NathanaelSaintCyr 2 years ago 4
You are right! It was a mistake typing. He CAN indeed act, of course he can, the problem why he is such a good actor is because his lack of vocal range (his upper register is not good at all, no high C) however, you must be wondering why he has performed many roles, well, like any other human being, he's not super singer, he just transposes everything even a whole pitch down and yet he sucks. I do know about opera, I grew up in a environment where art is respected.
operapimp 2 years ago
Art is respected... that's many, many places across the earth. And most people tend not to take advantage of what they have laid at their feet. To say someone acts to compensate for poor singing.. to say Domingo does that.. shows a true lack of knowledge, experience, and an understanding of the craft.
Felagund976 2 years ago 3
Fela.
I agree with you. Some of the comments posted by ill-mannered imbeciles indiscriminately degrade Domingo and if they were asked to name their favorite, they say Di Stefano, Del Monaco,,,,,,,,etc, like they were any better. Domingo has shown and proven to be much greater. For 900 consecutive performances, mastered from Mozart to Wagner and fluent in six languages with perfect diction.
steakopera 2 years ago
In recent Met celebtation, Domingo received more ovations then any modern tenors even after singing the arias and duets half step down because he delivers most gratifying and dignifying performances. Those people who dishonor Domingo are spoiled by his genuinely consistant appearance.
steakopera 2 years ago
great!
strengelmann 2 years ago
Stratas has the same costume she used for the Nedda of the version of "Pagliacci" she's done with Pavarotti as Canio and Pons as Tonio^^
chidorikaname86 3 years ago
That's because it is exactly the same production. The staging is pretty much the same.
tenore23 2 years ago
oh, you're right..!!! Even the costume of Canio as "Pagliaccio" is the same °__°
chidorikaname86 2 years ago
Eccezionale: un acrobata!
MCallas3000 3 years ago
This is incredible. Wow, I heard him live in Die Walkure, he still sounds amazing. Best tenor I've ever heard.
mosifchi 3 years ago
Oh yes! Thats right! Domingo and Anna Netrebko are the greatest!!!
filaredo 2 years ago
Mi calificación de rompe-huevos va dirigida al TheInquisitive4Ever.
Placido es el más grande y completo de todos los tenores y este papel lo borda
55patri 3 years ago
Se non fosse stato per quella stramaledettissima sedia!! Ah, ah,ah
latinlov88 3 years ago
Wonderful!
latinlov88 3 years ago
emocionante placido....capo
toddgarci1966 3 years ago
Is Thomas Hampson that plays the role of Silvio?
latinlov88 3 years ago
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The voice of Pavarotti was more powerfull and strong than the domingo's voice but the acting and drama of Domingo is supreme, Pavarotti do not act so good because he concentrate more in the singing than the acting.That King of the Acting is Domingo and the king of the voice is Pavarotti.
Demolition69XXX 3 years ago
Bravo for Domingo! That fall seemed to be very hard and seemed to hurt a lot...
ladymacbethx 3 years ago
Con todo y la sacada de mierda que se manda plácido en la escena, lo hizo realmente magnífico e insuperable, digno de verse miles de veces, la comedia e finita!!! Bravo!
jmanriqueo 3 years ago
That was a beautiful recovery when he tripped.
rbdfx 3 years ago
Bravo Maestro !!!
vincerovinci 3 years ago 3
BRAVOOOO MAESTRO !!!!
vincerovinci 3 years ago 2
Amazing! I can stop listening over and over.
vladimirgligoric 3 years ago
Domingo se cae de verdad, no es parte del acto. Como buen profesional siguió con su rol. Bravo, el mejor tenor dramático del mundo!
Guarrette 3 years ago
Excellent recovery! At least Placido will never miss a beat, the drama and storyline continue. The consummate professional, because damn, he came down hard and that had to hurt!
spgtenor 3 years ago
LMAO HE TRIPS!! that definitely wasnt on purpose huahahaha that was damn hilarious
Webarton 3 years ago 2
Yes. but what a pro - to keep it going, and not lose any of the intensity!
rossmcl177 3 years ago 2
Bravo, 100 times better than Pavarotti who had a thin voice.
Guercoeur 3 years ago
well I thought thew were both superb in their own way, say for example how Pavarotti hits the Bflat-G interval, and I like Domingo's drama
jezHB333 3 years ago
He criticizes Domingo for transposing parts while he can't understand any difference between transposed and untransposed pieces of music since his sense of pitch is not sufficiently good.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 8
Note the inquisitor lacks so much musical knowledge and abilities,his ear is so untrained that he suggested the high note in the Rigoletto duet ''Addio addio'' sung by Pavarotti and Scotto in 1966 was a high D while it was a high D-flat,half a step lower than he suggested.A simple proof of his lack of sufficient musical skills.
tonyantony1 3 years ago 6
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Berlin-British wanker. Tell Mr. Domingo that singing 130 roles is nothing but artistic prostitution and shows his lack of respect to artistic excellence. Also remind him that he's wasting his time ins trying to be a Bernstein of sorts. Lenny was a musical genius. Domingo is an excellent used car salesman of the opera world. Now get lost you clueless little fiddlestick.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Don't you love these comments where people who know nothing but their own bias and bigotry try to sound smart?
Placido is a wonderful person AND performer and that's all that needs to be said.
RavynneRune 3 years ago 4
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Ravy-Before your poor excuse of a father shagged your poor excuse of a mother while she way ovulating, I'd was watching Domingo live and knew about his real despicable ethocentric and unethical business personality. Now get lost you clueless fiddlestick!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Bravo!
viniciusmanara 3 years ago 3
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Berlin-Actually, you're wrong across the board. Domingo is trying to conduct and is being ridiculed for his piss poor performances which parallels his singing. And when he tried composing, what he produced was good fodder for laughter. Domingo even succeeded in getting booed at the Met which is known to be a very tolerant audience. He managed to mess up La Boheme. Get your facts straight you little fiddlestick!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
theinquisitive4ever guy is a self-loathing goon!! with half-thought half-baked ideas about singing and music ,Please Ignore this Buffoon and wharever he say`s, if he lived in UK we would have him Sectioned ie ..."Sent to the Funny Farm...HA HA !!!
berlinman46 3 years ago 4
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Berlinman-Before characterizing my ideas as half-baked, you might want to consider the idea that you, yourself, is half-baked and the buffoon. Do you even read the nonsense you type? By the way, I live in the UK for a while, so spare me the British BS. Feel free to opine about Domingo in a substantive manner. I doubt you can elaborate on any point! If it weren't for intellectual midgets, Domingo wouldn't have sold as many tickets to his mediocre performance!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Berlin-Hail whomever you want. You'd be hailing to mediocrity and artistic prostitution. But that is nothing as compared to what your ancestors were hailing in the 1930s! Du vollgeschisseness Arschloch hau ab!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
I think you will find that your the ignorant idiot I am not German as you suggest,but heh dont let your Racism get in the way of that!Placido Domingo is a dear friend of my Father and has been in our home Many times,as you must he is a great conductor,composer, singer and a very good pianist,it is quite obvious to me and the reaction from others on youtube that you are an imbicile and know next to nothing about music,get your facts right and stop being a RACIST and maybe learn to love yourself!
berlinman46 3 years ago 3
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Berlin-Wonderful. Then tell your father to tell MINGO (where's the Do?) that singing 130 roles is called operatic prostitution and shows his lack of respect for artistic excellence. Remind him that transposing entire roles by the dozens just for the sake of singing them is not considered good artistry. And tell him that promoting second class Mexican tenors as superstars is the true racism. Should I continue you little fiddlestick?
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Berlinman46-So you're a British wanker. So your father has been friends with a hispanic tenor who has spent his life on operatic prostitution, ethnocentric promotion of Mexican tenors, the King of Transposed Roles and Flat Notes. In case you missed it: Mingo was a joke as a composer and conductor. He succeeded in getting booed at the Met which is a very tolerant audience normally. Well his pedestrian singing doesn't warrant further commentary.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Berlinman46-British Wanker. Mingo (where's the B4; we gave up on the Do?)'s follower are the hooligans of the opera world. A good fraction of his followers are hispanic/latino in origin and support him the same was they support their national team. I am sure as a British wanker you'd know very well what hooliganism is. So the comments of the Domingo hooligans do not mean anything. Populist opinion seldom has any value.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
My Message is for "theinquisitive4ever" best regards all Domingo Fans HAIL PLACIDO!!!!
berlinman46 3 years ago 3
was he suppossed to trip like that onstage? if not that was a great cover
vyrtual007 3 years ago
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Wow-Before you ever open your mouth you might want to consider thinking first. You do not have to read what I am posting. You're also entitled to be uneducated, uninformed, and ignorant. Some of us are much more experienced and knowledgeable than you. Did that thought ever occur to you? Now get lost you little fiddlestick.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
You have not the first idea of what your talking about I suggest to you that you are a complete asshole from which you are talking from!!! Wise up you bell-end
berlinman46 3 years ago 3
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Berlin-I actually do. I have seen Domingo live, and know quite a few performances at which a good group of the audience walked out. I was also there when he was booed at the at the Met when was trying to conduct La Boheme while his protege was singing a mediocre transposed version of Rodolfo (just like his mentor MINGO (where's teh Do?). Now get lost you idiot!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Pava did it naturally as he was gifted. People are just recently began understanding how complex his vocal production was although he made it look so easy. He was way ahead of his time.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
You're annoying as hell. If you're anything close or better than Domingo... prove it with a recording of your skill, not your ignorant and pathetic rants on YouTube.
wowyourgaiy 3 years ago 4
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Domingo indeed has a very decent lyric voice when he was younger. But his lack of dedication to developing a solid technique, or lack of talent to develop one prevented him to harness the intrinsic beauty of his lyric voice. So he went on to artificially darken it. To me, he went downhill from there artistically. But he was a great commercial success thanks to his Machiavellian tactics and work ethic.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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Corellilover-And when the lyric roles, followed by the spinto/dramatico roles didn't work out, he went even further! Since time now, he's trying to pass himself as a heldentenor of sorts as his feeble top is completely gone. Third time is a charm I suppose! If it weren't for his sheepish fan base, who supported him unconditionally, he'd be long booed off of the stage.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Agree in that, today he is known as just P, no LA, no SI, no DO.Still waiting for your explanation about the 3rd harmonic thing, I don´t think many singers know about acoustic science,not even Pavarotti himself.I only know about two harmonic tunings, i just didn´t know there was a third one, there´s no need to be ofensive.
corellilover 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-As Domingo couldn't anything exceptional as a tenore lyrico, he artifically darken his voice (without even waiting for his age to kick in), and tried marketing himself as a tenore spinto/dramatico with the hope that he could cash on his hooted, throaty sound. That was a big flop too for 2 reasons. In comparison to the likes of Corelli, del Monaco, Tucker etc he ended up being a joke. In the same time frame Pava was singing spinto roles with a lyric flair which were gems....PART III
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Agree in that i always thought Domingo was lirico and not spinto or dramatico.
corellilover 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-Actually, Domingo had a very decent lyric voice when he was younger. But because of his poor technique, he couldn't harness it. And he was outclassed in every sense of the word in the Italian lyric repertoire by Pava, who was his contemporary. Indeed, Carreras was also better than Domingo for as long he lasted in his prime, which is the period spanning 1970-1978/79...this PART II.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-It is a pity that you call yourself a tenor and yet sound clueless when it comes to vocal production. I'd suggest you do some research on the web. The harmonic tuning has nothing to do with the type of voice. But then again you're wrong about Domingo's voice type as expected. Your shallowness is amazing. I'll lecture you in my next comment this is PART I.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-Considering the fact that Pava was the only tenor who could do 3rd harmonic tuning (do you even know what that is), his vocal production was superior in every sense of the word. While Domingo was drowning in the orchestra, Pava never had a problem in flying over the staff. Get a clue you little fiddlestick.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Yes my brain is quite little as long as Im a tenor,can you explain me what 3rd harmonic is.Thank you.By the way I always loved Luciano´s voice but I think there´s no point in comparing him with Domingo there were quite different voices and repertoire
corellilover 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-Your lack of a fundamental understanding of voice production and acoustic is obvious. First and foremost, the term volume is irrelevant. It is the projection that matters. The analogy is a white light (Domingo) vs a laser (Pavarotti). A white light source undergoes dispersion while a laser beam suffers no such things for extended distance. I hope you have a little brain left to comprehend the difference. As someone who has seen both MINGO and Pava at the Met ans elsewhere, I know!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
By the way my favourite tenor is italian
corellilover 3 years ago
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Domingo promoted promoted mediocre tenors of his own ethnicity as the "next best thing" which is biggorty. One should promote someone based on his/her own true merit and not just because of the passport they carry. Such ethnocentric attitude undermines the universal character of opera.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
Look I heard both Domingo and Pavarotti on stage and let me tell you Domingo had twice the volume Luciano Had.
corellilover 3 years ago
I was in Caracalla And you are wrong, Pavarotti had a mucho powerful volume and voice than Domingo.
Nevertheles one can not denied that domingo is a King too.
AdlerWolf1989 3 years ago 3
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That was your impresion because he used to sing closer to the mic than the other two tenors.
corellilover 3 years ago
Yes! And besides the power of voices is hard to ascertain when mics are present. Domingo is loud, but Corelli's voice was not only loud, but also penetrating and clear esp. in the high notes, unlike Domingo.
cornificius22vain 3 years ago
siempre tiene que haber algún rompe huevos
55patri 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-I saw one one your comments on a Carreras page where Carreras was decimating an italian aria and you were yelling at the top of your lungs in spanish that it was good. I didn't know that you were a hispanic. That explains your ethnocentric attitude toward Domingo and Villazon's mediocre singing. And you were calling me a racist! How funny! You hispanics are the biggest racist of all! Stop your quest to hispanify the world. You're fare better.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
i agree with you 100% inquis4ever....while i will give mingo and carreras just due-they just don't "have it" like pavarotti. most of them are playing "catch up ball" as we say here in the states. as for the subject of racism....it has no place in the true art of opera or any art form for that matter. i can understand how one could back their countrymen in this but they should also realize that pavarotti was the better artist and not just because he's italian but because he was truely god gifted.
jimmythe2can 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-And the hispanic mob who supports Domingo, Villazon etc unconditionally just because they're their countrymen or of the same ethnicity are the ones who are racist! Get a clue you clueless fiddlestick!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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CorelliLover- My opinion on the matter should be crystal clear even for a monkey with a half brain. What do my comments have got to do with racism? I am just against the debasement of opera by inferior hispanic tenors, while I applaud those hispanics who were great artists. By unconditionally supporting his own countrymen, Domingo is the one who is ethnocentric whom you might consider a racist. I, for one, am not! Is that clear to you? What an idiot!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-My dislike is well defined. There are also hispanic/spanish artists I like for they are artists in its truest sense: Miguel Fleta, Alfredo Kraus, La Berganza etc. I have no respect for the likes of Domingo, Villazon etc who have been doing great disservice to opera.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
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CorelliLover-The only thing you will be kicking is your own monkey, which I am sure, you've made an art form by now. I have nothing against hispanic people for as long as: 1) They do not invade the USA through illegal immigration, 2) They do not debase opera with their populist, ethnocentric self promotion and decimation of the Italian repertoire in particular with their inferior singing.
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago
So you are racist, as long as you haven´t denied it.
corellilover 3 years ago
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RedLabel-Of course you'd prefer Domingo. You're just another hispanic! Simply pathetic. This is not soccer dude!
TheInquisitive4Ever 3 years ago