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...backstage sturm und drang of the Kathleen Battle affair, the Metropolitan Opera put an enthralling tempest where it belongs -- before an audience. The occasion was a spectacular new production of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Otello, in which astute direction, dazzling conducting and a first-rate cast led by Placido Domingo all combined to create a profound operatic experience...
...Rome, where they were joined by Jose Carreras in what might be called the tenor superbowl. The CD of that event has been on the charts for three years, selling an unheard of 8.1 million copies. On Sept. 27, onstage at New York City's Metropolitan Opera, Pavarotti and Domingo will meet again: for a gala opening night, celebrating their common 25th anniversary at the Met. (In 1968 Domingo made his debut in Adriana Lecouvreur, Pavarotti in La Boheme.) The Met's jubilee sounds like an inspired negotiation. Domingo, who lately has been turning to the German repertory, will lead...
...event, to be on the radio internationally, will be a colossal one even by Met standards. The tenors have no firmer fan than their maestro for the evening, Met music director James Levine. He bridles when critics chant the over-the-hill blues -- that Domingo has lost his top notes or that Pavarotti phones in the arias. Says Levine: "When Pavarotti sings L'Elisir d'Amore with such youth and spontaneity or Domingo explores the depths of Parsifal, now that is artistry...
...addition to consistent quality, the Spaniard Domingo and the Italian Pavarotti have some other things in common -- among them sound technique and astute judgment in knowing what to sing and, more important, what to avoid. Technically, both are masters of breath control; both know how to "mark," that is, rehearse at half-voice and still give the conductor an exact idea of how their performance will sound at full volume. Singers who can't do that wear themselves out in preparation. Just as important, both have a personality that draws crowds, and both command a larger-than-life persona that...
...Domingo, he will shut down his professional life for a month or so next May while he follows the World Cup soccer competition with a manic intensity. Later, at the Los Angeles finals, both men will participate in another spectacular supertenor superbowl. At a million a man, it's a sweet way to sing for your supper. And get breakfast...