I don't know what's going on here. Why is this interesting?
In YouTube comments I learn:
* The singer is José Carreras.
* He has cancer as yet undiagnosed at this time.
* Leonard Bernstein is flirting with him, "Carreras. I'll never stop saying Carreras" for example.
* Carreras hates it so much he pretends to not understand.
* Carreras mutters under his breath, "Ma porco iddio" (But pig god.)
* Bernstein was alcoholic.
* Opinion that Carreras was miscast. Italian as American boy. But then Natalie Wood played a Puerto Rican.
* All Carreras wanted was to try singing a part of it alone. But NooOOoo.
The commenters all have tremendous respect for everyone involved. They're enthralled with seeing this.
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I remember that recording - I laughed at Carreras' accent even at that time. He was a terrible choice for that role, but Lenny gets what Lenny wants, I suppose.
On a side note, one of my bosses at Amdahl was an all state oboe player in New York and was conducted by Lenny himself. My friend, who was brilliant in a number of fields, said that Lenny was the worst conductor he ever played for. Having watched him conduct over the years I cannot disagree. But he was a flighty emotional tyrant.
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