70-year-old tenor-baritone Placido Domingo sings the song "Some Enchanted Evening" from the musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein in a 2011 concert in Toronto, Canada. It is conducted by Eugene Kohn.
His voice is amazing, i've just learned i have a tenor voice and i'm taking lessons and i'm practicing as much as i can and Placido Domingo is my hero.
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.
Jose Carreras recorded this song in 1986 in a cd with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.Now is Domingo singing this.But I prefere a baritone one like Ezio Pinza or Paulo Szott.
dianavictoria Aljadeff i agree with you, now it is time for brian stokes mitchell and other new talents, in life one must know when you have to give place to the young,
David Greene you are right Ezio Pinza was a bass baritone as also was Giorgio Tozzi who dubbed Rosano Brazzi in the 1958 movie. Paulo Szott is a baritone ans Doningo although he is singing baritone roles is a dramatic tenor.
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
His a tenor, most certainly a tenor! Does'ot have the limited baritone range. I love perry como and andy williams, but this guys version knocks them into the ground.
It depends on the particular song and its demands. For overall voice, I'd pick Domingo because his voice is fuller and richer. There are certain high notes that Pav would be more effective for, but I'd take Placido overall.
