# "Au fond du temple saint" from "The Pearl Fishers" (Bizet)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 21, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-fond-du-temple-saint-from-the-pearl-fishers-bizet/482318 "2009-01-21T16:52:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-fond-du-temple-saint-from-the-pearl-fishers-bizet/482318/1 "2009-01-21T16:52:59Z")

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I asked this question some time back and didn’t have any luck, but I think I have enough information to make it a bit less obscure.

Back in the glory days of Napster and other file-sharing apps, I (ahem) \*acquired \*a track which has become, bar none, my favorite recording of _Au fond du temple saint_. Unfortunately, other than the title, I have no information about the recording, and have been unable to track down who the performers are and where I can get an authorized copy. To my ears, and to those of a friend far better qualified than I, it sounds like the baritone part is being sung by Placido Domingo. Now finding a recording of Domingo singing the _tenor_ part is simplicity itself. But singing baritone is a different matter. My Google-fu is failing me in this matter. Can any of our resident opera mavens point me in the right direction?

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-fond-du-temple-saint-from-the-pearl-fishers-bizet/482318/2 "2009-01-21T17:44:09Z")

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I’ve found several references to [this](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/08/ap/entertainment/mainD8IO1O000.shtml) concert in 2006 with Domingo singing Zurga, but that’s probably later than your recording (there is a live recording of the concert on Deutsche Grammophone).