Is Plácido Domingo an alien?

Has that been his secret for eternal vocal youth?

No, i'm not nuts, it's Erwin Schrott who in an interview to the spanish newspaper ABC and journalist Marta Moreira, says:

" Plácido is a martian, he ´s not human''.


And he goes on saying that Placido "Es un cantante al que nadie se debe comparar, aunque todos deberíamos aprender de él.
Es uno de los pocos colegas a los que da gusto escuchar por la excitación constante en la que vive, por su capacidad para sorprenderse de las cosas más pequeñas después de cuarenta años de carrera.
Debo agradecerle que tras conseguir que me hiciera una audición me llamó inmediatamente para interpretar a Dulcamara en «L´Elisir d´Amore» de Donizetti en Washington; un personaje que suelen interpretar cantantes de sesenta años.
Yo tenía entonces 23 y nunca había hecho un papel protagonista, pero ese tipo de oportunidades son de las que no puedes dejar pasar."

And in parsifalotranslation: "He is a singer to whom nobody should compare, even if we all should learn from him.
He is one of the very fiew colleagues listening to whom is always a pleasure due to the constant excitement in which he lives, and for his capability of being surprised by the smallest things after 40 years of career.
I have to thank him 'cause when i finally had the chance to do an audition for him, he immediately asked me to sing Dulcamara (Elisir) in Washington, a role that is usually sung by singers in their 60's.
I was then 23 and i had never sung a leading role but this kind of opportunities are not to be missed".

FOTO EDUARDO MANZANA


Later he says that he was lucky enough to study with great coaches who insisted that Mozart was a "scuola di canto" and by singing Mozart you let your voice rest and even if i wanted to sing other things (do some drama and scream onstage), i put all this testosterone in a little box and i listened to them (the coaches).

"He tenido la suerte de estudiar con grandes profesores que me insistían en que Mozart era una escuela de canto, que con él descansabas la voz, y aunque yo quería cantar otras cosas (como hacer dramas y pegar gritos en el escenario), puse toda esa testosterona en una cajita y les hice caso"

It seems that Anna found that little testosterone box...