Wilson Roberto <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I saw today on Portuguese Television RTPI, the Argentinian tenor Jose
>Cura conducting an orchestra while he was singing "Vesti la giubba",
>from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. I could hardly believe it. Is there
>any other example of this kind?
No there is not. And, IMHO, there shouldn't be. Conducting and singing at
the same time is a silly stunt. It's one thing to lead the orchestra in a
Mozart piano concerto, which is more chamber like, and really, composed for
that type of performance. To conduct a verismo aria while trying to sing
it is another thing altogether. It's nonsense.
Kevin Sutton
Artistic Director and Conductor
The Helios Ensemble