Spanish - Musician | January 21, 1941 -
Singing becomes a form of therapy.
Placido Domingo
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Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.
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In the last century, everybody was singing lower.
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When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session.
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When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.
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With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice.
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I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly colored combinations.
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Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.
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Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.
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The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.
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The public is a part of my real life.
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But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.
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