Placido Domingo - Tosca - Recondita Armonia

[Imamummy2]

I remember this scene well - just before he sings this he had to walk down a long sloped platform and he fell and skated down on his backside. Then he stood up as if nothing happened and sang this.

[LucaYune]

THE BBC MAGAZINE PICK NO.1 GREATEST TENOR OF ALL TIME

[sugarbist]

He starts out tight and is pushing all the way.Changing the position of the vowels&squeezing, which is preventing him to round out his phrases. He is also short of breath. But he ends with a good B-flat which is helped by audio enhancement.This role is just too large for him.Does the KING have clothes or doesn't he?

[bijdehandjes123]

Vind bijna alle opera,s mooi.Maar deze spant voor mij de kroon.Heerlijk om te luisteren.

[ABK2687]

@bijdehandjes123 Het is een van mijn lievelings opera, en deze versie, met deze zangers vind ik onsettend mooi..

[carbukoski]

non so niente di opera ma mi sembra che Domingo abbia una voce più bella di Pavarotti

[carmelo3782]

@carbukoski DOPO PAVAROTTI SI

[MartueLoru]

@carbukoski ahahahah beccato!

[carbukoski]

@MartueLoru eh già beccato!!!! ti ho scritto ma non hai risposto ...no problem.bye

[FFCKH]

jeese..what a powerful voice

[LiaSnape]

Isso sim é música !!!

[Daniel6996ful]

such a passionate and powerful display Cavaradossi's committed love to Tosca. You can see the devout love flowing from Domingo. And the way closes epitomizes his voice control. Tooooooscaaa, cest tui!!!

[guillejau]

@Daniel6996ful sei tu...

[AllSentientFreeman]

Recondita armonia di bellezze diverse!... E' bruna Floria, l'ardente amante mia, e te, beltate ignota, cinta di chiome bionde! Tu azzurro hai l'occhio, Tosca ha l'occhio nero! L'arte nel suo mistero le diverse bellezze insiem confonde: Ma nel ritrar costei Il mio solo pensiero, il mio sol pensier sei tu, Tosca, sei tu!

[sycohoochi]

This is how I discovered Tosca. In my cousin's apt in Rome, I was 12 and she played this movie for me. I still remember my mom coming in to check on me to find me sobbing.  Domingo is no longer my favorite Cavaradossi, since I discovered Di Stefano... but he's still my #2.

[konmit1982]

Тенора

[JulieQ150]

Hi, I so much prefer than Pavarotti! And as I have just been to see Tosca in Genoa, this performance shows Domingo is the Master.....thanks for this.

[pompeyoelmagno]

el mejor!!!! y al que no le guste a chingar a su madre

[MrSheratan]

la Tosca è magnifica, e Domingo è un gran artista....stupendo, da far venire i brividi!

[LordoftheTrapdoors]

In the original live version, he sing a quite good high B, but, although Zubin Meta is satisfied, Domingo is'nt and prefer sing again the last part of the aria in studio. So, the 1992 direct broadcast is a bit different then the DVD version)

[janxbmxrace]

I noticed montage in last phrases.

[acla9000]

Wonderful. Bravissimo. Domingo is impeccable as usual.

[levler01]

In The Settings And At The Times Of Tosca.

The above is the title/description of the live performance with Catherine Malfitano. 1992.

[BatoBFlex]

The best TENOR...the worst BASS vocal I've ever heard :...

[flautist]

I disagree about the bass part. The flat voice is the character of the role. I think he did great.

And of course Domingo is awesome. The role suits him better than it does for Pavarotti.

[BatoBFlex]

The best Bass perform of all versions of this aria,to me is Roberto Algna's acting in this aria,and the bass into it...awesome...This bass have no life in his voice,like he's only talking...Bass is the bass,the low rang of voice! :))) ;)

[witness124]

@flautist Agreed. I can never make uo my mind which one I like more, but I'll say this - I think that Pavarotti was dinitely more suited to the lyric roles, but Domingo totally owns the dramatic tenor repertoire.

[sugarbist]

@witness124 I think that you are partially accurate. Pavarotti is more suited for the lyric roles.However, Domingo is a lyric spinto tenor at best& to say that he owns the dramatic repertoire is a real stretch of the imagination,even for a devoted fan.Dramatic is Delmonaco, Merli, Zenatello Tamagno Vickers Paoli Piccaluga Martinelli.Spinto, is Corelli Tucker, Lauri Volpi,Fillipeschi, Pertile,Fleta.All these tenors in the spinto category were more suited for Dramatic roles than Domingo.

[rodikgork]

el mejor tenor del mundo con muchisima diferencia

[suffisance]

*Say what you will about the man--he did have great hair.

[ElisabettaVS]

have?

[pietrosjan]

certainly Domingo had one of the most beautiful tenor voices, (for his voice was that of half tenor-half baritone), still his performance is sharp and not enough "felt", I mean he could interpret Cavaradossi better, than just use his routine positions. There are plenty of better recordings...

could you all please, by the way, listen to the leading Polish tenor of late 60-ties and 70-ties, Roman Węgrzyn, and express your opinion? thanks!

[adalgise36]

il baritono e Gatti che non ha mai ben cantato !!!!.........l'ho connosciuto 25 anni fa,aveva gia una no- voce ...!!!

[pipeoxide]

damn, i want this to be on DVD.

[levler01]

If you find out where it's available will you give me a shout. I remember watching it live on TV!

[Operaandchant90]

this rocks

but whats with that baritone?

[picklehead7]

He started as a baritone.

Also holds world record 80 minute applause!!

[meYry12thofMay87]

80 minutes???? OMG!

are you sure? :P

[suffisance]

I've heard it was 83 CALLS. But somebody's done a whole article disproving this--can't remember where to find it.

[NEL5s]

i love placido!

[Imperatormudi]

e il pover sagrestano non si può vedere cantare almeno una volta?

[themolenga]

who never had this impression,watching a woman to think to another...we the italians think just about women.

bravissimo domingo

[magghot]

no one better..what a voice!! i love placido

[elsawagner]

He's a good Cavaradossi, though he is singing sharp through most of this aria. I still think nobody beats Bjoerling for sheer beauty of sound and perfection of technique ... none of the "tenor grunt" that often occurs with Domingo and other large voices at the end of the line, when the diaphragm suddenly releases.

[theringisking]

De Stefano has always been my favorite Cavaradossi. Domingo has great stage presence, but he's terribly out of tune on this.

He was capable of so much better than this performance.

[SFT24]

@theringisking Out of tune? Say what?

[tombaker1222]

So that's Alagna, Domingo... any others 'shouting'?

[cornificius22vain]

Indeed. Moreover, the tape is not as in the original: Domingo had to sing the high notes from 2:17 again, since in the original performance they were horribly delivered (you can realise this if you listen carefully to the strangely abrupt ending of the aria)

[Artisticz]

voice is just so godly.

[hernanmdp27]

placido es un capo... no hay discusion

[oswaldobmeraz]

Aunque hay mucha polémica que si este o aquel canta mejor yo creo que la capacidad interpretativa y cálida para transmitir emociones de Plácido es incomparable.

[javiergraciasanchis]

totalemnte de acuerdo contigo oswaldobmeraz, saludos

[walhallawalk]

estoy de acuerdo, y no hay que olvidar que esto es música, es decir arte, por consiguiente su estudio se basa en la estética, en la cual no puede haber un juicio único, sino que se basa en apreciación, no en un caracter infalible, y eso es lo que lo hace sublime

[zaninif]

To me, Placido is the best Cavaradossi ever! Bravo!

[jellyfish53]

Love the old sacrastan washing the paintbrushes in the background. Loosely interpreted, he's imploring Mario to "paint only the heathens, and leave the saints alone".

[ajdjr73]

how do you know this? What is the Italian?

[jellyfish53]

In some circles in old Europe, it was considered a sacrilege to "debase" a saint by painting his/her portrait. The old sacrastan is reminding Cavaradossi of this, as he looks on the portrait he painted of Mary Magdaline.

[blichilde]

It's not true. Not in Italy anyway. "Scherza coi fanti e lascia stare i santi" is a proverb that means, more or less, that you may joke with unimportant people ( fanti, that means simple soldiers) but not with your superiors (santi = saints, intending important people). I think that "fanti" and "santi" are choosen because of the rhyme, not for else.

[ajdjr73]

Scherza coi fanti e lascia stare i santi!

Here's the Italian Libretto.

[Nivri80]

That almost made me weep.

[glassies]

i got the 72´ production on dvd

[glassies]

tu azzurro ilocchio

[usun83]

I am in love with this man

[glassies]

i cant get enough of this

[55patri]

Sin duda el mejor Cavaradossi de todos los tiempos

[dtao12]

Great video and sound quality. Domingo sings well, though he sounds a little sharp sometimes.

[glassies]

great aria from one of me favorites.

[AmericanCallas]

I remember watching this in 1992 on PBS. Good times.