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" Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was. "

Placido Domingo

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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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" But I won't deprive myself of singing opera as long as my voice follows. "

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" The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands. "

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" Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career? "

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" When facing symphonic orchestras which have played some works five thousands times, you have nothing to do. "

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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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" But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life. "

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" On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there. "

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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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" I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me. "

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" I feel like a little boy who is constantly offered new toys. "

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" The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen. "

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" Every three days on average, I am alone on stage, facing the public. "

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" I feel at home in an orchestral score. "

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" I have always studied my parts with the orchestral score and not with the piano reduction. "

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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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" This circus games aspect has existed since the beginning of my career. "

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" I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City. "

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" We all have a destiny in accordance with the breadth of our shoulders. My shoulders are broad. "

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" The public is a part of my real life. "

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" This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors. "

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" I am never wrong when it comes to my possibilities. "

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" I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18. "

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" To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day. "

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" My strength is my enthusiasm. "

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" Let us be clear: I take ten times more money for a concert than for an opera performance. "

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" The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles. "

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" When working with an orchestra, you never spend more than 20 minutes per recording session. "

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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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