Janos Gereben wrote:

>And yet, even with my years of admiration for his Lohengrin and Parsifal,
>I think this was the first time I heard his Tristan.  Obvious and
>surprising.  Another wonderful discovery on this album is his Siegfried.
>We all know his Siegmund, but I haven't been lucky enough to hear his
>Siegfried -- and I don't believe he has performed more than a few times.
>Here's a young hero, strong and romantic, coming through gloriously on
>wings of a 60-year-old voice, with a shattering impact.  But what you want
>to hear, again and again, is his Tristan.  "Neu' Erkennen, neu' Entbrennen,
>ewig endlos..."

Janos is of course referring to Placido Domingo, but I am sorry, I cannot
agree.  To sing a chunk or two of Tristan on a studio recording is one
thing, and I am sure that the cd is wonderful, as Janos has pretty darned
good taste in singers and singing.  But I don't think that Domingo has the
heft and size to sustain Tristan for a whole evening in the opera house
sans studio tricks.  I can't deny that he is a great singer, even at 60,
but I just don't see him as either Siegfried or Tristan.

Kevin Sutton