| Date sent: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:30:33 EST Subject: Re: Domingo - a baritone? To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In a message dated 12/16/99 4:54:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, lafond-at-ufl.edu writes:
<< An aspiring singer, even a seasoned professional, listens to great singers to learn what to do as much as to learn what not to do. If perfect technique were required for stardom, I dare say most of our current stars would not be up there. What makes stars is the ability to move the audience with the thing that is singular about them. The better the technique, the better the inate gift is amplified. Domingo is an inspired, gifted singer with such an unusually potent talent, that his technical deficiencies are not enough to hamper his ability to thrill us. Like any teacher of voice, a part of me will always wonder how much more thrilling it might be if he did not have so much tension (in the body, the tongue, the jaw, the throat). >>
Beautifully put. I love Domingo, while recognizing that his singing is not perfect. But technique is only part of the package and in his case, I find the rest of the package so exciting and moving that it all balances out.
Lee Morgan Mezzo-soprano
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