In spite of my admiration for Domingo, I find his excursions into the baritone repertoire un settling. A tenor without high notes is still a tenor, not a baritone.
This is one of the worst DiLunas I have ever heard! From a mediocre, short-topped, hoarse tenor to a light baritone who makes absolutely no impact...leave us, already!
Domingo has always been my favorite tenor, but I am having a very hard time getting used to him as a baritone. I recently saw a video of him tag-teaming "La ci darem la mano" with my other favorite male singer, Dmitri Hvorostovsky. While they are both superb singers, there really is no comparison. I will always consider him a tenor.
Io, che ho apprezzato Domingo negli anni migliori della sua carriera tenorile, dico che cantare da baritono in questo modo è veramente pietoso. Ma perchè non si ritira? Non si rende conto che facendo in questo modo sta rovinando la propria carriera? Oppure è vittima di un narcisismo che lo rende sordo e cieco?
As a singer whohas straddled the Baritone/Tenor divide, I must say that Domingo is a tenor, hands down. He worked is way from baritone early on, and had an excellent career as a tenor, period. The fact that he was always and continues to be an excellent musician, enables him to sing baritone with the finesse that makes the role music and not just barking that is so common in today's operatic scene. Argue with me if you must, but the track record doesn't lie.
beh! già il trovatore non riusciva a cantarlo come tenore figuriamoci da baritono... è una vergogna che vogliano convincerci che domingo è in grado di cantare qualunque cosa...... i misteri della vita....
Placido Domingo has arrived! (in the second part of his carreer).
I disagree with those who say that he is not a baritone. He has always had a dark timbre. In my opinion he is a heroic tenor, specializing in dramatic roles. But know his voice has gone from dark to darker. If you listen closely, you can hear an amazing easiness in his voice; it sounds like it is just floating. Also the vibrato is very fresh. A few years ago when he was singing tenor it was starting to go wide.
Placido Domingo has arrived! (in the second part of his carreer).
I disagree with those who say that he is not a baritone. He has always had a dark timbre. In my opinion he is a heroic tenor, specializing in dramatic roles. But know his voice has gone from dark to darker. If you listen closely, you can hear an amazing easiness in his voice; it sounds like it is just floating. Also the vibrato is very fresh. A few years ago when he was singing tenor it was starting to go wide.
MA STO DOMINGO KE CANTA FUORI TEMPO KE PALLE! RIESCE ANKE A MANDARE FUORI TEMPO IL SOPRANO KE DI SOLITO NON TI SGARRA NA NOTA! MA KE LA SMETTESSE DI CANTARE DA BARITONO XKE HA DAVVERO ROTTO!!!!!!
He doesn't sound like a baritone at all. All I can hear is a tenor who no longer has the high notes he used to have. It was the same in Boccanegra. I cannot understand why he is doing that. Hasn't a carreer of 4 decades as one of the best tenors of the world made him feel fulfilled? A great artist has to know when to leave the stage. Noone will remember Domingo as a baritone...
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Trois octaves et demie? D'où tiens-tu cela? Sais-tu jusqu'où s'étend sa voix dans les extrêmes? Surtout dans le grave?
Domingo a toujour eu une voix puissante dans le grave et le medium pour un ténor.. il a une voix extremement longue .. Plus de 3 octaves et demis se qui lui permet de chanter un registre de baryton et de ténor.. Ecoutez tout se qu'il chante!! C'est une vrai leçon de chant!!!
Thank God he hasn't touched the English repertoire... can just imagine it with a Mexican accent. Let him ruin the Verdi baritone repertoire. That's bad enough!
@cleanears What is your accent from? Also, Placido Domingo is Spanish (from Spain) and not from Mexico. But in any case, that is irrelevant for such a garrulous comment.
@cleanears Domingo is not Mexican, his Spanish, but anyway, I wonder if you have a decent diction in any other language besides English...Your comment is really stupid
Yes it is very good. Domingo sounds in many ways like Ingvar Wixell. Wonderful he must sing and keep singing! His extensive experience will be a real asset to any artist he performs with. Especially in this modern era of opera and its effects (determental perhaps?) on maturation of substancial operatic artists. Kind regards, 5* and fav! This is a great video I would love to hear more!
Domingo is a great singer - what a feat he is pulling off - going in to the baritone repertoire and apparantly, doing it very well. I just heard her do Trovatore this past spring at the Met - she is wonderful in this role.
shame! vergogna!
MrArturovilla 1 month ago
this is a shame!
MrArturovilla 1 month ago
In spite of my admiration for Domingo, I find his excursions into the baritone repertoire un settling. A tenor without high notes is still a tenor, not a baritone.
rawdonqueen 2 months ago
This is one of the worst DiLunas I have ever heard! From a mediocre, short-topped, hoarse tenor to a light baritone who makes absolutely no impact...leave us, already!
DonPaolissimo 3 months ago
Is this a baritone? NO!
piealb1 3 months ago
Bravo Maestro Domingo!
Una interpretazione ineguagliabile,degna di Maestro Domingo!
Un capolavoro.
Da quando e artista Maestro Domingo ci sorprende,cioè come tenore non aveva acuti,come baritono non ha la voce !
Bravo !
bodiloto 5 months ago
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operagirl77 5 months ago
Domingo has always been my favorite tenor, but I am having a very hard time getting used to him as a baritone. I recently saw a video of him tag-teaming "La ci darem la mano" with my other favorite male singer, Dmitri Hvorostovsky. While they are both superb singers, there really is no comparison. I will always consider him a tenor.
operagirl77 5 months ago
Domingo you are not even a dramatic tenor, not to say about a baritone!!! Stop profaning masterpieces!
jcab2323 5 months ago
@jcab2323 Domingo dal vivo non aveva una voce drammatica,e un fatto.
bodiloto 5 months ago
Io, che ho apprezzato Domingo negli anni migliori della sua carriera tenorile, dico che cantare da baritono in questo modo è veramente pietoso. Ma perchè non si ritira? Non si rende conto che facendo in questo modo sta rovinando la propria carriera? Oppure è vittima di un narcisismo che lo rende sordo e cieco?
Che Dio lo perdoni.....
malamutet 6 months ago
Disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!
mrantiquedealer 6 months ago
A tenor who spits in the face of real baritones(where ever they are!) - nothing else!
callasnuts 8 months ago
Still sounds like a tenor, good singing but, too light for this role. Just not enough bark or growl in the voice for this.
hamb4 10 months ago
Domingo was a great Tenor! then an adequate conductor- and now deficient baritone. Oh, well... time marches on....
TheVerdiBaritone 10 months ago
As a singer whohas straddled the Baritone/Tenor divide, I must say that Domingo is a tenor, hands down. He worked is way from baritone early on, and had an excellent career as a tenor, period. The fact that he was always and continues to be an excellent musician, enables him to sing baritone with the finesse that makes the role music and not just barking that is so common in today's operatic scene. Argue with me if you must, but the track record doesn't lie.
Musixol 11 months ago
I like more Leo Nucci! Thats a Verdi baritone!!!
borgioli 11 months ago
beh! già il trovatore non riusciva a cantarlo come tenore figuriamoci da baritono... è una vergogna che vogliano convincerci che domingo è in grado di cantare qualunque cosa...... i misteri della vita....
ohfiammasoave 1 year ago
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Placido Domingo has arrived! (in the second part of his carreer).
I disagree with those who say that he is not a baritone. He has always had a dark timbre. In my opinion he is a heroic tenor, specializing in dramatic roles. But know his voice has gone from dark to darker. If you listen closely, you can hear an amazing easiness in his voice; it sounds like it is just floating. Also the vibrato is very fresh. A few years ago when he was singing tenor it was starting to go wide.
Rodolpho262 1 year ago
Placido Domingo has arrived! (in the second part of his carreer).
I disagree with those who say that he is not a baritone. He has always had a dark timbre. In my opinion he is a heroic tenor, specializing in dramatic roles. But know his voice has gone from dark to darker. If you listen closely, you can hear an amazing easiness in his voice; it sounds like it is just floating. Also the vibrato is very fresh. A few years ago when he was singing tenor it was starting to go wide.
Rodolpho262 1 year ago
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Rodolpho262 1 year ago
Are you sure? Nicktabus1000
Albacete63 1 year ago
Not a Verdi baritone.
tenorismo 1 year ago
MA STO DOMINGO KE CANTA FUORI TEMPO KE PALLE! RIESCE ANKE A MANDARE FUORI TEMPO IL SOPRANO KE DI SOLITO NON TI SGARRA NA NOTA! MA KE LA SMETTESSE DI CANTARE DA BARITONO XKE HA DAVVERO ROTTO!!!!!!
emilytransex 1 year ago
No tiene el timbre.
kimancuo 1 year ago
A baritone? Booh!! I can hear only a tenor and not at his best
alber6161 1 year ago
He doesn't sound like a baritone at all. All I can hear is a tenor who no longer has the high notes he used to have. It was the same in Boccanegra. I cannot understand why he is doing that. Hasn't a carreer of 4 decades as one of the best tenors of the world made him feel fulfilled? A great artist has to know when to leave the stage. Noone will remember Domingo as a baritone...
johnnybouhaha 1 year ago
BRAVOO! Really incredible Domingo as baritone! Why did the audience laughed on 5:48 ?
zurriussII 1 year ago
come tenore non aveva acuti,come baritono non hà la voce.vergogna .
bodiloto 1 year ago
Ma perchè a un certo punto ridono?? :O
0137890 1 year ago
Irrisotio, insultante, irritante!! Una tomadura de pelo!!!AGG!!
pepeelsordo 1 year ago
@sebastien1chartry
je suis nouvel utilisateur et j'avoue ne pas savoir exactement comment poster une réponse. j'ai, me semble-t-il, posté une réponse ton dernier message. Mais je ne le vois pas. Alors je le poste ici même:
Trois octaves et demie? D'où tiens-tu cela? Sais-tu jusqu'où s'étend sa voix dans les extrêmes? Surtout dans le grave?
caravelle2000 2 years ago
C'est assé facile .. Un baryton peut atteindre les 3 octaves.. Dans se cas si.. Placido a une extention dans te grave et dans l'aigu ;)
sebastien1chartry 1 year ago
The best you can say about this is that he does not have problems singing high notes like he had when singing tenor roles
pafnuzzi 2 years ago
Domingo a toujour eu une voix puissante dans le grave et le medium pour un ténor.. il a une voix extremement longue .. Plus de 3 octaves et demis se qui lui permet de chanter un registre de baryton et de ténor.. Ecoutez tout se qu'il chante!! C'est une vrai leçon de chant!!!
sebastien1chartry 2 years ago
Plus de 3 octaves et demie? D'où tiens-tu celà? Tu sais me dire quelles étaient ses limites extrêmes? Surtout dans le grave?
caravelle2000 2 years ago
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Plus de 3 octaves et demie? D'où tiens-tu cela? Tu sais me dire quelles étaient ses limites extrêmes? Surtout dans le grave?
caravelle2000 2 years ago
Trois octaves et demie? D'où tiens-tu cela? Sais-tu jusqu'où s'étend sa voix dans les extrêmes? Surtout dans le grave?
caravelle2000 2 years ago
Thank God he hasn't touched the English repertoire... can just imagine it with a Mexican accent. Let him ruin the Verdi baritone repertoire. That's bad enough!
cleanears 2 years ago
@cleanears What is your accent from? Also, Placido Domingo is Spanish (from Spain) and not from Mexico. But in any case, that is irrelevant for such a garrulous comment.
Albacete63 2 years ago 3
@Albacete63 Placido Domingo was BORN in Spain, but was raised in Mexico
distefano13069609 1 year ago
@Albacete63 Actually he's from mexico city...
nicktabus1000 1 year ago
@Albacete63
He was born in Spain and raised in Mexico.
dimitrovajunkie 11 months ago
@cleanears Domingo is not Mexican, his Spanish, but anyway, I wonder if you have a decent diction in any other language besides English...Your comment is really stupid
ivanjuarezmex 1 year ago
Yes it is very good. Domingo sounds in many ways like Ingvar Wixell. Wonderful he must sing and keep singing! His extensive experience will be a real asset to any artist he performs with. Especially in this modern era of opera and its effects (determental perhaps?) on maturation of substancial operatic artists. Kind regards, 5* and fav! This is a great video I would love to hear more!
TheWisemonkey8 2 years ago 2
Domingo is a great singer - what a feat he is pulling off - going in to the baritone repertoire and apparantly, doing it very well. I just heard her do Trovatore this past spring at the Met - she is wonderful in this role.
cantorandopera 2 years ago
Even Domingo understood Luna is the man... :D
He really has sung everything that moves. :D And all well. (Just - why not Grimes? Just imagine it.)
Sieglinde84 2 years ago