The subtitle of Viva Domingo!, "Celebrating Plácido Domingo's 50 years as opera's leading man," might sound like hyperbole, but it is virtually indisputable. No other tenor of his generation has had such an long-lived career (from 1959 to 2010, the date of the last recording in this collection) or the versatility to excel in such diverse repertoire, from Handel and Mozart on through nineteenth century French, Italian, Russian, and German opera (and operetta), to twentieth and twenty-first century works like Ginastera's ...
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The subtitle of Viva Domingo!, "Celebrating Plácido Domingo's 50 years as opera's leading man," might sound like hyperbole, but it is virtually indisputable. No other tenor of his generation has had such an long-lived career (from 1959 to 2010, the date of the last recording in this collection) or the versatility to excel in such diverse repertoire, from Handel and Mozart on through nineteenth century French, Italian, Russian, and German opera (and operetta), to twentieth and twenty-first century works like Ginastera's twelve-tone Don Rodrigo, Tan Dun's The First Emperor, and Daniel Catàn's 2010 Il Postino. The collection from EMI's archives is organized into four categories, with one disc devoted to each: The Heroic Domingo, The Romantic Domingo, The Great Duets, and Latin Songs. This generous assortment offers a broad survey of highlights from the tenor's career, including one performance as a baritone, Là ci darem la mano. (There are no recordings of the baritone roles from late in Domingo's career,...
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