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Date sent: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:30:33 EST
Subject: Re: Domingo - a baritone?
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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