Tim Page declares Placido Domingo’s new Tristan recording a triumph. “It has long been thought that Domingo had it in him to actually sing Tristan, and some listeners suspected that he might prove to be the most musical Tristan since the legendary Lauritz Melchior, who virtually owned the role in the 1930s and ’40s. And now, at the age of 63, Domingo has proved it, with a new recording of “Tristan und Isolde” for EMI Classics. His performance is everything one could have hoped for — ardent, lyrical, intelligent and astonishingly sweet-toned, with only a few effortful passages to remind the listener that Domingo has been before the public for more than 45 years.”