Opening Night Tribute to John Treleaven by Placido Domingo

'What can I say about the Tristan who was also making his debut in LA today with us? I believe that it is one of the most difficult if not the most difficult part in the whole repertoire. Especially the third act which is really so easy to force sometimes. I’ll tell you one thing, John Treleaven is a specialist, but not only in Tristan he also sings the Siegfried phenomenally and any of the Wagnerian parts, but my God what a beauty of sound! Especially, what a tremendous way of developing the character in the entire third act, coming from nothing, from all the disgrace, being so close to death progressing towards all these big enthusiastic dreams, going all the way back to his childhood, you know, talking about the melody, the sadness of his life, losing his father and mother, then coming to life and going on to talk about his wounds and everything. I have never heard a Tristan that does this act with such a beautiful sound and performs in such a great way as he did here today. We are very proud and very happy that he is here with us and we sincerely hope that he will come back. Ladies and Gentlemen our Tristan here tonight John Treleaven!'