Placido Domingo - La Boheme - Che gelida manina

Plácido Domingo sings "Che gelida manina" from Puccini's La Bohème during a concert in Buffalo, NY in 1980. Julius Rudel conducts the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra.

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• Placido
• Domingo
• La
• Boheme
• Che
• gelida
• manina
• Italian
• opera
• aria
• Giacomo
• Puccini
• Julius
• Rudel
• tenor
• verismo
• Buffalo

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Nice try Sherlock! As yourself when. All top tenors in the height of their careers sung it in key and produced glorious top Cs. Domingo never bothered about that even in his youth as he was not capable. He sounds hooted, throaty, monochromatic and pushed, which are all signs of a poor technique. His upper register is simply weak. And this aria is not the only thing he transposed. He's been transposing whole operatic roles since his early days. Get a clue!

[rmm413b]

Sorry, pal, but this aria is frequently transposed down. You get a clue.

[TheInquisitive4Ever]

Did MINGO (where's the DO?) unashamedly transpose Che Gelida Manina to skip the top notes? LoL...of course he did. He made a career based on transposing. Just another example of the disservice he made to opera.

[rmm413b]

Of course, Caruso also transposed this aria and everybody knows what a great disservice he made to opera too.

[pdefeoo]

Domingo is great, unique. There are singers and there are artists: it's the same as the difference between a pretty woman and a truly beautiful woman. And Domingo really is an artist to his very soul.

[vtube007]

who cares if you transpose the music, the joy comes from hearing the great voice of any singer. You don't sell MILLIONS of records because people care that you transposed the music! they buy it cause they like it!

[tonimanero19]

@dendrix01 Tambien hay que reconcer tu mas que notable ignorancia que convierte tus palabras en las de un autentico necio.

[959Cacaroto]

No en vano ha sido considerado en Inglaterra el "Mejor Tenor de la Historia", por encima de Gigli, Caruso, Pavarotti, Bjorling, DiStefano. Yo estoy totalmente de acuerdo, BRRRAVISIMO MAESTRO PLACIDO DOMINGO.

[pepeelsordo]

Not his best repertoire but very good.Oh yea, I forgot, but not like...

[millonety123]

LO del chistecito "Mingo" es muy gracioso, de veras, muy gracioso y pasaras a la historia seguro por tu gracia de m e d i o c r e y falton. Te mereces que te paguen con la misma moneda el resto de tu (seguro) mediocre vida. No me contestes hasta que no retires tu chiste, o te mandare directamente... A LA MIEEERDA¡¡

[icurntrauma]

Ok this was terrible!

[dendrix01]

Hay que reconocer la valentía de "Mingo" (nunca tuvo el "do") al atreverse a hacer semejante ridículo.

[dendrix01]

Vaya osadía la de "Mingo" (nunca tuvo el "do") al hacer semejante ridículo al "berrear" esta bellísima aria.

[vivadomingo1]

This is a nice performance, and I am surprised that Domingo would choose to perform this in concert! He avoided high B's in concert most of the time.

[sugarbist]

THIS RECORDING HAS ALOT OF ECHO IN IT

[Frikinetto]

is a BARITONE...

[ericbach1993]

bjoerelli, you and whoever else is hating on placido....you are so very ignorant. OF COURSE he can transpose it down, it 's HIS recital. secondly. he comes off the high b because...its high and incase you havn't noticed....he was never a true tenor. if you ask him like i've read he could be a high baritone but with countless hours of work and IMPECCABLE technique he is able to access the top quite well. and about Pavarotti, he transposed it down in the opera itself which placido never did.

[YoucefVincennes94]

No one sing this aria BETTER than Pavarotti! Other tenors gave wonderful renditons such as Jaime Aragall, Raimondi or Corelli but Pavarotti overshadows them all! Placido Domingo is only average here! Listen how he "negociated" the high C when he had to sing "La esperanza" by the end of the aria. He got rid of it quickly as he was afraid not to give it its real rendition! Compare with Pavarotti!

[andyroma72]

alebro 83 capra puzzolente ignorante e grosso verme.sei innamorato di nemorino pavarotti ascolta lui

[andyroma72]

10000 volte superiore a nemorino tuo...povero verme che non sei altro..

[andyroma72]

ah ah ah sei forte

[LaVerdadaderaTecnica]

Ya lo decia el Gran Maestro y Artista Alfredo Krauss, "todo tenor que se precie debe tener siempre el Do", debe haber sido realmente frustante para Placido haber cantado siempre sin esa nota, solo por una carencia de técnica. La cual si bien trabajo mucho con su esposa nunca pudo perfeccionar.

[Bjoerrelli]

The fact that it´s transposed is nothing to be upset about many singers transposed this aria. But why is he cutting the legato line in the phrase "la speranza" I´m convinced that it´s because he is uncomfortable with the high B. To me it´s proof of a technique that is insecure in the registration of the high notes. I also don´t like the end note Vi piaccia DIR a would have liked it to be tender and piano, but that´s not Domingo´s cup of tea

[tena2]

I agree with you, this is no good for him, too lyric and of course transposed down half tone as usual.

[bodiloto]

AleBro83 : si,lei ha ragione ,domingo ha cominciato come baritono di...............zarzuela. saluti

[bodiloto]

AleBro83 : confermo a pieno !!!!PS Ho visto gia, un mese fa ,con amicizia Nicola .

[AleBro83]

Be Domingo si definisce come BARITONO LUNGO, vedi ultime apparazioni da SIMON BOCCANEGRA. saluti

[bodiloto]

anche giovane ha abassato 1/2 tono ,per questo canta baritono oggi .