Placido Domingo - Verdi's Requiem - Ingemisco

[@Rigoletto1979]

Just FYI... I was in the choir for this performance. The conductor is Zubin Mehta and Domingo was remarkable. He sang this night in terrible pain with each breath due to a kidney infection.

[@uppityglivestockian]

I will listen to all and any of his performances precisely because he sounds so beautiful. His voice is the very best example of tenor as a whole heroic man. A real human. Someone we, frankly, need right now... more than ever...

[@fgpad]

It is incredibly how everybody in this appears to be great musicians and talks about perfections. I wonder how many of you have recorded as much music as this wonderful tenor, the large repertoir he has got nobody can even get close to him. None of you for sure. I care more for performance with feelings than perfection without the soul of a human. We are not birds singing tones, we are humans singin emotions

[@Rigoletto1979]

Just a bit of insight. I was blessed to be in the choir for this performance as a senior at Westminster Choir College. I was amazed with Domingo's singing especially because he gave this performance with a severe kidney infection and was in a lot of pain at the time. All these years later, I cant' believe I found this video. If anyone can direct me to the entire performance video I would be forever grateful.

[@MrMartmatsil]

i have heard Tucker,Pavarotti,Domingo,Bjorling,Lanza,and they are all great,their voices are different,but a gift from our Heavenly Father.Worth listening too.Opera is art and music,in one.I love all of the great Tenors,both past and present.I never put any one down,that is not good,for God sees everything,God bless us all.

[@uppityglivestockian]

Mil gracias por compartir. El Gran Domingo, lo mejor de todos. (Boy, "Henry Moore" was mad with comment button wasn't he? LOL Tragic.)

[@55patri]

Fantastico. Muchas gracias por el video

[@alvinedaalvineda625]

Gracias por el video

[@fabrizzzio48]

Some will point out to how he helped bring to life a number of obscure works. He has helped introduce many people to opera. He is also a great Zarzuela (Spanish operetta) performer. And for Spain and Mexico, he has been kind of a musical ambassador to many countries. You just have to identify his misses, which is healthy.

[@yootoob806]

This and when he sings Hostias. So very beautiful a voice. Domingo is a living legend for a lot of great reasons.

[@shmk1]

@Etnalleb everybody makes huge mistakes at some point in their lives don't be so silly. Domingo may not have the greatest top but he is still a great tenor. No tenor in history has had as vast a repertoire as he has had, he is an incredible musician and a great actor too and a beauty of tone. He may not be a bjorling but he is still a great tenor.

[@dlafle3]

Interesting how no one mentions that he comes in 1 bar early at 1:24. I guess everyone has their off days..

[@jeffschecter4543]

Conducting is the incomparable Zubin Mehta... one of the greatest opera conductors in my opinion ever. and for those of you who sit in thebleachers and blithely compare and qualify one singer or conductor against another... take a deep breath, listento how ridiculous you sound and learn once and for all...THERE IS NO BEST. this isnt the olympics or a talent show. BE HAPPY YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO HEAR THEM ALL IN ONE SITTING, something no humkan being has ever before been able to do!!! NOT E VEN EMPORERS OR NAPOLEONS COULD. So take it all without complaint. any one more very important thing to remember...VERDI. GREAT VERDI. IMMORTAL GENUS AND ARTIST OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE. HE IS THE REAL GIFT

[@yootoob806]

Yeah, but could he sing? ;)

[@aguacun]

Lo que es tener nombre... Fuera otro tenor con esta entrada errónea ya se habrían caido lanza en ristre... los gallos de este señor no son tan famosos com los de Villazon... por qué será siendo mas famoso? Eso si, pujan parejo!

[@june-hilde2667]

For my dear friend Colette Corcoran, who died earlier this year, who loved, Placido, Verdi and the REquirem. Requiem aeternam Dear Colette

[@jasminatramisak1773]

Placido Domingo izvanredno interpretira Verdi˙s Requiem.Za današnji dan nabijen emocijama za Vukovar odgovara mi glazbeni prilog.

[@steakopera]

It's apple and orange. I think Dom did best he could with intuitive talent he was gifted with and made enormous achievement. In the most recent Met celebration, Dom received ovations more than any other singers even after singing the arias and duets transposed down.

[@irenavisockiene3735]

Negirdėtas įrašas,labai mielas!

[@dalferr]

Bravo!

[@asmithtenor]

He sings sharp in the high notes to pierce his sound through the orchestra.

[@zriter59escritor33]

Despite his musical mistake (coming in too early) at approximately 1:31, Domingo is in fine form here. Very few tenors in recorded history have had his blend of tonal beauty and sheer, vibrant power.

[@hermelindafernandezdiaz6039]

Bravisimo

[@mirellasanseviero472]

Signor Schecter, le sue sono parole sante!

[@singinggardener]

because Domingo is such a professional, he never faltered when he jumped that entrance. That gets extra points from me. I think this performance is masterful

[@massiveqdawg]

now, what i DID notice is that IMMEDIATELY after the high note, he blew the lines. I have done this also. U get past a rough part and loose focus and concentration because you have JUST overcome the anticipated rough spot. preces me ... was a measure too early ... so he repeated it (I sing this off book these days so I know every single note of the piece) ... but as a true pro (As Placido is), he played that shit off and kept it moving. Look ... we are HUMAN BEINGS ... not freggin robots!

[@peterkar]

@shmk1 Quite right! And we could add to your list his remarkable range from his baritone beginnings, as well as his linguistic skills. Who knows? - there may be greater tenors still to come; but there are unlikely to be many as gifted musically.

[@phantom4087]

Actually, Puccini didn't write the final notes of 'O Soave Faniculla' to be the same for the tenor and the soprano. I am looking a copy of the original score right now, and the notes for the tenor are meant to be piano and harmonized as Domingo sings it. I didn't particularly like the recording, but that's the way it's written. Just thought I'd let you know.

[@Bjoerrelli]

Can´t someone who think´s Domingo is so great put a video up with him singing soft on notes above or in the passagio. something that i think one can claim from one tenor who are so great! I don´t prefer good knowledge in language before great high notes and a free and opened sound! The last high Bb-flat would have caused a ravel if Luciano would have sunged it with the same strained sound as this!

[@E19103]

@Englishtenor2 Zubin Mehta is conducting.

[@celticmodes]

I had to listen again. Preces meae...dude. Didn't know the big ones made mistakes like that.

[@aguacun]

Lejiiiiiisimooooss...diria que estan en dimensiones diferentes.

[@shangcc]

I am learning this aria and found out he screwed up at 1:23. He came in just a little earlier.

[@InfernoDaBaka]

@Englishtenor2 Now we did.

[@luisalbertohernandezmendez4219]

The mistake at 1:24 that even he recoignized

[@Ramir_Almeida]

K. Right. And Callas was mezzosoprano too.

[@Etnalleb]

@Englishtenor2 Great Tenors dont make Huge mistakes. Domingo gives this a gallant try and did he ever struggle and strain on the last Bb but he was quite young here with a lot to learn . All in all Domingo is a very fine tenor even though he really never had a good easy top and rarely ever sang a C.

[@mydragonsorrow]

Does anyone know who the conductor is in this performance? There isn't a score in front of him; he is conducting the Requiem for memory!

[@mariusnine3548]

Zubin Mehta

[@fiercejarret]

Who are you idiots saying that Domingo was not one of the best tenors?? No, this is not his greatest performances, but you can listen to not so great performances on your tube by all the greats!! Domingo Was THE Verdi Tenor. You guys need to get a clue!!

[@Mooorhe]

Pavarotti's tone is wonderful throughout the duration of his version. Domingo sounds really strained. The microphones were for the purposes of the video recording as it was a wonderful cast and Karajan wanted it immortalised.

[@TheAleph74]

Was it my imagination or was Placido a little bit flat towards the end of the final high note?

[@johnwallace9792]

Domingo is not my favorite, but this is good. Stop hating. The guy does have a nice voice at times.

[@EzraWilliamsPresents]

@Etnalleb It's very interesting that you instantly think I'm refering to the high note - I'm not: Domingo is arguably the greatest tenor who ever lived but yes, Great Tenor DO occasionally make huge mistakes - they're not superherpes after all! Here he comes in a bar early and then sings the same phrase twice - listen! And stop jumping to conclusions!

[@phantom4087]

It's Zubin Mehta.

[@Mooorhe]

You do realise that we, watching this video get the exact same effect in terms of amplification. The microphone for this video recording would have been very close to him.

[@gkopij]

@fabrizzzio48 I hope you woke up since 2007 (at least).

[@andischroder6064]

Hat er ganz gut gemacht muss man ehrlich sagen, nach seinen Möglichkeiten...es ist keine grossartige Stimme wie z.B. Domingo, aber trotzdem echt gut und Konsorten wie Kaufmann und Co. kommen selbst an ihn nie ran.

[@gkopij]

@Rigoletto1979 I've herd this about his other performances too. He must have suffered in his life terribly, I am sorry that he had put himself and us through such pain.

[@MrMartmatsil]

Also add Caruso to the mix.

[@johnwallace9792]

Why can't it be both? We can't really compare the two voices for similarity, but we CAN enjoy the difference. I do.

[@Mooorhe]

Pavarotti sang mezza voce more frequently than Domingo in his prime, his soft singing was supported correctly. I have many examples of him doing one of the most difficult dynamics effects: messa di voce (some of which are executed on a high A flat). Domingo could never dream of this kind of dynamic control. His mezza voce became dull after his prime due to his voice becoming less responsive, in his prime it retained the full voice's colour.

[@fabrizzzio48]

Cut YOUR prejudice, and take the wax off ears. While not perfect, he's got his merits.

[@Mooorhe]

He did the exact same thing in Italian, it plagues his singing and legato (which is already bad enough because of the shitty register integration). I have offered an example to you on the Ella mi fu rapita video (which is of course, in Italian). If you claim that Tucker's legato was flawed, the Domingo's was more flawed. Tucker sobbed, Domingo made glottal sounds (even when his character wasn't dying), but Tucker's registers were well integrated, Domingo's weren't at all.

[@fabrizzzio48]

Many tenors with musical gifts, had shortcomings. That Domingo is overrated, in many points, yes. But, still, he does have his merits, that's all. When performing suitable material, and in a good day, he has a good sense of musical line, dynamics, and is an intelligent singer. Early in his career, he has a big ego, camouflaged with polite manners.

[@Mooorhe]

I have presented you with an example of Domingo's overatriculated consonants on the Ella mi fu rapita video, his problems were his Rs, he rolled them for too long. The high notes in Pourq*uoi* me reveiller are not high Bs. We can use renditions of Pourquoi me reveiller to prove my legato point further: 'de moi gloire premiere' is sung by Pavarotti with the correct R to let the legato flow properly. Domingo sings 'prrrrremiere', thus his legato was not 'great'.

[@johnwallace9792]

That's pretty diesel; to sing like that when you're messed up. Domingo is known for keeping himself in good shape.

[@johnwallace9792]

I would tend to argue Pav had a beautiful voice AND great technique. Domingo is another fach, so he sounds different. His early work is superb. I think his spinto fits nicely with this piece.

[@dlafle3]

Massiveqdawg caught it though..

[@tenorotti]

Sempre tirato al limite negli acuti.

[@BBQkrewe]

@rmsadoq kwitchurbitchin'.

[@fabrizzzio48]

Well, it's NOT a "crappy rendition", it's well paced, sang with grace and feeling. The Karajan (talking of hoaxes) /Pavaroti version was miked and very well prepared. However Pavarotti's tone goes hollow on occasion. Here Domingo is NOT MIKED, and there is the standard routine regular concert preparation. It's a decent rendition. By the way, Domingo keeps a beautiful tone throughout. Sure, he is not a perfect singer when it comes to high tessitura, but he's got his worth. Mehta is fine.

[@aguacun]

Si bemol es lo que esta escrito... si natural, nah, nah! Claro..mas joven podia hacer mas fuerza!

[@mariahelleberg]

well you seem to be the person who is singing flat!

[@Mooorhe]

A technical flaw was what stopped Pavarotti singing in other languages? Your arguments become gradually more desperate as the ones you rely on get proved wrong. He couldn't sing well in French or German because he wasn't properly taught to, and why did he need to be? He sang only one French role that he sang better in Italian anyway.

[@Mooorhe]

Pavarotti's rhythmic problems were the result of badly learned roles, the decline of his musical memory and laziness in the later years was responsible for the rhythmic problems. His prime was not hindered by rhythmic problems because he knew the music in its entirety. His phrasing was not mechanical at all, conductors such as Muti, Karajan and Solti praised it. He also used rubato well.

[@Mooorhe]

Domingo's legato remains in the same category as Tucker's if you wish to argue the overarticulated consonants argument. Infact, Tucker's was in a higher class because he could handle tessitura properly due to well integrated registers, Domingo on the other hand had to shout up into his upper register and broke his line as a result. Perhaps your understanding of legato is faulty, it demands evenness of tone and delivery beyond correctly articulated consonants.

[@Mooorhe]

Again, your arguments for Domingo are completely shattered by the video you post them on. If you want belting and FF, listen to this video, I don't know if you understand the dramatic intentions of Verdi's Requiem, but Domingo does not do this delicate religious music justice. Just listen to Domingo's awful shout into his upper register: 'suppliCANTI, supplicanti'. His style and lack of legato is totally incompatible with this delicate music.

[@MonoRec88]

But then again, you're not conducting 45 professional musicians either...

[@johnwallace9792]

Ouch!

[@massiveqdawg]

its not transposed!

[@cornificius22vain]

3:04 : ouch!

[@steakopera]

Mooorhe. You make unfair comparisons between Pav and Dom. Pav has higher range and Dom doesn't. I am sure Dom can do the same half step or whole step down.

[@CTUMFanfare]

One early entrance but innate musicianship! I wish that he could avoid the tendency to sing sharp in high register.

[@johnwallace9792]

Seriously? I wonder about the veracity of what you said. Seems like English is the lingua franca of many countries. Waning? I don't think so.

[@wlahmann]

Mein lieber Scholli, das ist das Grauen!!! Schlechte Intonation, hässliche Stimme! Der Fehler in 1:24 ist nicht schlimm...es kann passieren... Insgesammt, sehr schlecht!

[@erikascolovin6312]

Es gibt wahrscheinlich Schlimmere. So übermäßig schlecht finde ich dies nicht. Aber Fritz Wunderlich ist ihm 1000x überlegen.

[@xav71176]

Could have been worse that evening.

[@alanbrunton9967]

Measure 170 he jumped the gun and repeats his line he is SUPPOSED to have sun once in measure 171, "Preces meae." I guess this was not for a Grammy, so there was no "do over." Talk about a needed mulligan.

[@marvire]

Pues sí que la cagado!!!

[@nikolaikrinets5136]

Слабо.

[@MANHATTANBEEFMAN]

Domingo = glorified baritone

[@mark6230]

Very poor, screaming not singing the high notes as ever

[@Ettoredipugnar]

the worse.