Lily Pons & Placido Domingo at 21! - Lucia Duet 2

Part 2 of 2
(Sound only)

A very young and largely inexperienced twenty-one year old Plácido Domingo sings the first act duet of Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor in a performance from November 26, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas. His co-star, the great French coloratura soprano Lily Pons, was nearing the end of her career at the time.

The first photo of Domingo is from the 1960s; the picture of Lily Pons is from 1932.

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[adamoperaman]

Domingo, unlike many tenors has sung well into his later years. As far as technique goes, you don't sing with longevity unless you use good tech. Second, he started as a baritone. Yes there are some tongue tension at times, but the man is one of the greats of all time who just premiered two new operas, in the past 3 years at the MET...Uh I think his tech is pretty sound.

[melbapatti]

Facts are facts, ladies and gentlemen. Can we put the facts straight here? Placido was born in Jan 1941; Lily was born in April 1898 (although for years she only admitted to1904) so Placido was a few weeks shy of his 22nd birthday here, and Lily was 64 1/2 years old. AGE IS NOT AN ISSUE HERE. They both know how this music is supposed to be sung. Their unison singing of the tune at 5.03 is simply outstanding, and both voices are BEAUTIFUL. We should be grateful we have the chance to hear it

[13Ladygrey]

wonderful!!!

[1938gwen]

Marvellous to hear him at such a young age. Thank you for posting this.

[NMEnrique]

Does he crack on the Bb on the last note?

[TheRevellingJester]

Baritone roles in Spanish Zarzuela generally have a higher tessitura than regular baritone roles.

[mariacarmensolari]

@melbapatti totalmente de acuerdo ,

[fideliosmum]

@AriaDivina Oh, I totally agree with you. The appalling language and vindictiveness of some of the "contributors" is quite frightening. Everyone deserves respect unless they prove themselves totally unworthy,

This duet is a beautiful piece of operatic history.

[cleanears]

He is about at his top here. I never liked him. She is wonderful considering her age at the time...

[bellini7verdi]

@ShawDAMAN LILY SORPRENDENTE.ELLA ERA LA QU EPARECIA TENER 20 AÑOS.

[Tenorgeiger]

Absolutely amazing. Bravissimi!!

[carlajpatterson]

What a golden find! Thanks for sharing it.