Formerly: rmm413 (2006-2007) rmm413b (2007-2012) . Favorites: . Plácido Domingo Enrico Caruso Nicolai Gedda Luciano Pavarotti Jussi Björling Carlo Bergonzi Giuseppe di Stefano Alfredo Kraus Franco Corelli Giovanni Martinelli Richard Tauber José Carreras James King Juan Diego Flórez Joseph Calleja Ramón Vargas . Piero Cappuccilli Ettore Bastianini Robert Merrill Leonard Warren Cornell MacNeill Giuseppe de Luca Dmitri Hvorostovsky . Nicolai Ghiaurov Ezio Pinza René Pape . Maria Callas Monsterrat Caballé Renata Tebaldi Mirella Freni Geraldine Farrar Renée Fleming . Marilyn Horne Giulietta Simionato Fiorenza Cossotto Dolora Zajick . "God must have been in excellent spirits the day He created Placido. He has everything needed for one of the greatest careers ever seen: an incredibly beautiful voice, great intelligence, an unbelievable musicality and acting ability, wonderful looks, a great heart, and he's a dear colleague." -Birgit Nilsson, NYT, 2/27/1972
Recondita armonia Di bellezze diverse È bruna Floria L'ardente amante mia E te, beltade 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
Certainly a beautiful, powerful voice ....and yet I still prefer the Rossano Brazzi rendition - perhaps it is because I was a child when South Pacific hit the screens and I can still remember seeing the movie and for years I sang "I'm gonna wash that man outa my hair" in the shower. Rossano's version makes me believe the lyrics, the difference, no doubt between a singer and an actor.
To hear opera in NY from the late 60s into the 80s with one generation still holding fast (Tebaldi Tucker Corelli MacNeil Merrill) as a new generation issuing forth (Caballe Verrett Domingo Pavarotti Milnes Diaz) was truly amazing...and here we are in the basement of Sam Goody where Domingo sang, people lined up to have Tebaldi sign records (as seen on the news with Chuck Scarbourogh)....
The first soprano to captivate me and the greatest! She was perfectly beautiful, as a singer and a human being. She sang only because she loved to sing (thank God)as an avocation. She put her family first. ❤
Sin duda aquí estaba en su mejor época …Centro de voz muy bonito …Luego llegó el debacle y se bajaba las arias un tono …Una pena como acabó “arrastrándose por los escenarios cantando de barítono “… Una pena haberse retirado a tiempo
I am sorry but Domingo sounds pretty good to me. I wish all of these negative Karens and Kevins would stop criticizing. He definitely sounds good enough to keep performing for audiences, even if he is singing baritone roles. What's the big deal? Let him continue to enjoy singing while he's able.
Que hermosura que dulzura...una perfeccion en la interpretación....cuanta belleza en esa voz ....es una interpretación maravillosa con un final emocional. ..amo esta voz !!! Que intensidad....solo escucharlo imaginen esta ahi!!
She was marveleus as a dramatic soprano as well as a jazz and great american singer.What a versatulity one of the best american and underrated sopranos.
if you watch Robert Merrill sing this on the Ed Sullivan Show or listen to the voice of Giorgio Tozzi in the film acted by Rossano Brazzi this is a pale pale shadow of that greatness. To diminish the greatness he achieved as a tenor by depriving other young baritones of opportunity is at least weird....
Horses for courses I suppose. We are all going to have a favourite singer/version of this song. Even our mood can play its part when hearing a particular song. This version is being performed in an arena quite different to that of the Ed Sullivan show or a film set. Many things have to be taken into consideration, including the quality of recording (not good here I'll grant you), but I would hesitate to say that Placido's is a 'pale, pale shadow of other versions.
@@missmerrily4830 Placido has a MARVELOUS career 1979 opening night at the MET Otello incomparable that same year Luisa Miller at the MET and a radio broadcast of Chemier from Chicago w Marton and Bruson legendary stuff but after all that glory at the highest level why muddy the waters with trying to be a baritone no sorry I"m not buying it
UNEQUALED VOICE. SWEET. DRAMATIC. HEROIC. LYRICAL. AND ALWAYS EXTREME BEAUTY. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY TENOR SO SATISFYING. AND A GREAT ACTOR TOO. .A GIFT FROM GOD TO ALL OPERA LOVERS.
