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the two tenors that have dominated the twentieth century
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and one of them continues to dominate in the twenty-first century,
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Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo.
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Okay.
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Let's start with Domingo--
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really developed as a baritone voice, then a second tenor,
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and then pushed himself up in to the higher range
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to sing first tenor,
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but not initially trained as a first tenor.
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A highly intelligent man, a great actor, a conductor.
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It's fascinating.
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Sometimes he will sing a matinee and then in the evening