You mean he was a baritone not a bass. He told that same story many times, he started off as a baritone in his parents zarzuelas over on Mexico. He begin his career as a baritone.
You have read???? you just mentioned he is a bass stating that you worked with him and now you read it somewhere??? Please get over it. Placido Domingo is a tenor although now for his dark voice sounds and sings baritone roles.
@tena2 Baritones are much easier to train, most men can sing in that range,who knows how to teach a man to sing a high B that cuts through an orchestra? Oh and sound cannot be "focused" light can.
@topmeat69 I dont agree with you at all, Baritones aint easier to train, in order to train a voice, you got to get that voice in tune, use the voice towards the mask, breathing control and vocal exercices to shape it in the right place and of course, not to strain it at all, all the requires a good teacher not a particular vocal register.
Many dramatic tenors have started as baritones. It would be difficult to move from bass up to tenor, wouldnt it? Anyway, tena2 is right. P.D. started as a bariotne.
@topmeat69 I am not sure Domingo was a spinto. He is considered as a dramatic tenor. On the other hand, MdM is a dramatic tenor as well, but he belongs to the category of the heroic tenors (Heldentenor). Pav was lyric.
@Aetion DelMonaco certainly Heroic and THRILLING.George Jellinek did a radio program called remembering DelMonaco where he said " in this age of undersides voices , these recordings will remind us in the years to come, the true sound of the dramatic tenor". He sang very little German.I have MDMs interview in opera news, he was self taught,he was smart enough to reject the "teachers" quickly.
@tenorjamestaylor Actually, it is not always easy to precise the category of a voice. However, Domingo has been never considered as a lyric tenor. Far from that! Please do not forget that he was originally trained as baritone. The volume of his voice and the metal, as well as the main roles he was singing, especially Otello, rather point to a dramatic tenor. May be I am wrong, but this is the opinion generally prevailing.
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VictorStarita 1 year ago
i meant MET, of course. i trird the link again: but it didn´t worl, youtube won´t accept it
friederich66 1 year ago
wonderful but the version MRT from december 1962 with leontyne price is better.
unfortunately i cannot post the link. try google and the words ernani MET 1962 price.
you should get a link to uprius.com
friederich66 1 year ago 2
this was perfect for domingo's voice
operadoc 2 years ago 5
Sound too heavy, this is not made for Domingo´s voice. this is too lyric for him in my opinion.
tena2 2 years ago
Just remember ..Placido was a bass before moving up to tenor. and that's a fact. I've worked with him many times.
xmetbass 2 years ago
You mean he was a baritone not a bass. He told that same story many times, he started off as a baritone in his parents zarzuelas over on Mexico. He begin his career as a baritone.
tena2 2 years ago
I had read 'bass" somewhere. IT doesn't matter though. He was still very good. I preferred working with him rather than with Pavarotti.
xmetbass 2 years ago
You have read???? you just mentioned he is a bass stating that you worked with him and now you read it somewhere??? Please get over it. Placido Domingo is a tenor although now for his dark voice sounds and sings baritone roles.
tena2 1 year ago
@tena2 Baritones are much easier to train, most men can sing in that range,who knows how to teach a man to sing a high B that cuts through an orchestra? Oh and sound cannot be "focused" light can.
topmeat69 1 year ago
@topmeat69 I dont agree with you at all, Baritones aint easier to train, in order to train a voice, you got to get that voice in tune, use the voice towards the mask, breathing control and vocal exercices to shape it in the right place and of course, not to strain it at all, all the requires a good teacher not a particular vocal register.
tena2 1 year ago
@xmetbass
Many dramatic tenors have started as baritones. It would be difficult to move from bass up to tenor, wouldnt it? Anyway, tena2 is right. P.D. started as a bariotne.
Aetion 1 year ago
@tena2
No, I dont think so. I have it with Mario del Monaco, whose voice was/is much heavier than Domingos one and it sounds perfect.
Aetion 1 year ago
@Aetion Domingo was a spinto, DelMonaco was a true Dramatic tenor Pavrotti a lyric, how nice we have 3 distinct types
topmeat69 1 year ago
@topmeat69 I am not sure Domingo was a spinto. He is considered as a dramatic tenor. On the other hand, MdM is a dramatic tenor as well, but he belongs to the category of the heroic tenors (Heldentenor). Pav was lyric.
Aetion 1 year ago
@Aetion DelMonaco certainly Heroic and THRILLING.George Jellinek did a radio program called remembering DelMonaco where he said " in this age of undersides voices , these recordings will remind us in the years to come, the true sound of the dramatic tenor". He sang very little German.I have MDMs interview in opera news, he was self taught,he was smart enough to reject the "teachers" quickly.
topmeat69 1 year ago
@Aetion I would call him a full lyric. Maybe a lirico spinto. But he sings it with his own horn and it never gets away from him.
tenorjamestaylor 1 year ago
@tenorjamestaylor Actually, it is not always easy to precise the category of a voice. However, Domingo has been never considered as a lyric tenor. Far from that! Please do not forget that he was originally trained as baritone. The volume of his voice and the metal, as well as the main roles he was singing, especially Otello, rather point to a dramatic tenor. May be I am wrong, but this is the opinion generally prevailing.
Aetion 1 year ago
thank you for posting. not too bad on image quality.
busybee218 3 years ago