content: Domingo's attempts at baritone roles is successful only because, in my opinion, he is an untouchable. People love him and his ventures into the baritone repertoire are celebrated, but he can ONLY be compared to other baritones in the role and as such he fails.Gobbi, Cappuccilli, Milnes, even Hampton, are all better by far. What is depressing is if you really want Simon Boccanegra on DVD you are overwhelmed with Domingo live performances. I do not deny his stature as one of the great 20th Century singers but that should not give him license to do anything without fair criticism.Domingo is not a baritone, and while his stage presence might fill the shoes of Boccanegra, his thin, hollow "baritone" voice does not.