And for your viewing (and listening) pleasure: Placid Domingo and . . . Placido Domingo!

[Brigid]

From "I'll Barbiere di Siviglia"

[Ron Obvious]

1. Lovely...

Speaking of Placido Domingo, I only came to opera in my middle years after exposure to the Three Tenors, but I've since thrown myself into it with all the passion and energy of a teenage lover.

I fear it's ruined popular music for me. I can't stand the thin, reedy voices of most of today's singers any longer...

This is what started me off:

[Brigid]

2. And here's what got me started . . .

Maria Callas at the top of her game.

[elleng]

3. And me!

[llmart]

5. OMG!

That performance ALWAYS gives me goosebumps and I shake my head in amazement thinking about Pavarotti's tremendous voice. I remember the first time I saw that show. It was jawdropping.

Thank you for posting it today.

[elleng]

4. Love these guys(guy,)

but opera's really not my #1. Such as this is:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. I love his interpretation of the Flower Song from Carmen

To me it's one of the most truly beautiful and passionate moments in opera. Deeper feelings of desperate love were never composed or performed.

[Brigid]

7. And then there's my all-time favorite of his:

From "Tosca":