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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2
But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.
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3
But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows.
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4
Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?
Placido Domingo
5
Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step.
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6
I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities.
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7
I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City.
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I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys.
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10
I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction.
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11
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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12
I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.
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13
I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.
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14
If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.
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15
In the last century, everybody was singing lower.
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16
It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.
Placido Domingo
17
Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance.
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