Because Bernstein begged him to come and save the production less than a week before the 1st recording session, Carreras had only 2 or 3 days to learn his entire role - the most musically and vocally challenging in the show. The other singers had 6 months or more to learn their parts. This information might put things into a different light for you.
@tpte
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for putting that into perspective maestralala.
@jcmurengezi
7 жыл бұрын
Where did you find this information, please ?
@felixayala05
6 жыл бұрын
Carreras looks stressed. :)
@kingsasquatch
3 жыл бұрын
@@felixayala05 carreras looks like billy crystal here
@Itstonytime77
3 жыл бұрын
6 months to learn a score is a long time...try doing the show in summer stock here maybe you have a week to learn a show lol.
@maestralala
12 жыл бұрын
I have frequently posted about Carreras's performance in this recording in the comments on other clips, but I see I must set the record straight here, too. Carreras was the FOURTH tenor to be hired for this project - Shicoff/Hadley/Domigo all cancelled out - and LENNY picked Carreras, not the record label. Carreras agreed on a couple of days' notice to learn this difficult score from scratch, fly to NYC and record it. Carreras saved the recording project by saying "yes" when Lenny begged.
@passatboi
13 жыл бұрын
Watching this stresses me out ;)
@MaestraWashu
13 жыл бұрын
I agree that Lenny and Jose aren't mad at each other here. Lenny's mad at the guys who were supposed to communicate the changes in the music but didn't, and they're both mad at the producers for cutting off the rehearsal.
@rileysilosmusic
2 жыл бұрын
Power of editing
@DavidAsset78
6 жыл бұрын
Through it all Carreras never lost his temper, even though he was clearly annoyed that his one request to sing the last three bars alone was turned down. He's got true character.
@maestralala
12 жыл бұрын
As I've posted elsewhere, many of the final singers were not originally cast. Julia Migenes-Johnson was the original "Maria", with Neil Shicoff as Tony. Both had conflicts and had to be replaced. "Tony" was then offered to Jerry Hadley, then Domingo, both of whom accepted, then later cancelled due to conflicts. Carreras agreed to sing at the 59th minute of the 11th hour, learned the role overnight, and saved the recording. Kiri showed up with laryngitis. None of this appears in the BBC film.
@maestralala
12 жыл бұрын
Continuing: What is shown in the TV "documentary" is, in fact, the BBC producer's VERSION of what really happened in the studio, manipulated through editing to tell whatever story the filmmaker thought would make a sensational film. I was there. Lenny did not lose his temper @ Carreras. (Again, manipulation of perception via film editing.) Carreras - a notorious perfectionist - got frustrated with himself at his mistakes, but Lenny was overjoyed with Jose for saving the recording
@joaquin8670
3 жыл бұрын
How lucky you are to have met Leonard. Where you in the recording?
@maestralala7993
3 жыл бұрын
@@joaquin8670 Yes, I sang on this recording. I make a few brief appearances in the video but I had a front row view of the goings-on, both what made it into the final edit and what ended up on the cutting room floor. It's the footage that didn't make it into the final edit that would have told the far more interesting story, in my opinion. I'd also just finished a 7-month stint rehearsing and singing with LB in NYC, Milan (Italy), and Wash DC (Kennedy Ctr) in his final opera, "A Quiet Place." Five of us from that cast then rejoined LB at RCA Studios in Rockefeller Center, NYC a month later for this recording.
@joaquin8670
3 жыл бұрын
@@maestralala7993 I envy you. You worked with one of the musicians i love the most. I'm sure it must have been an amazing experience. It is very pleasing to hear stories of these extraordinary characters from those people who were lucky enough to meet and work with them at some point.
@dannugentactorfilmmaker
11 жыл бұрын
carreras is one of the greatest singers to ever sing this song maria, yes he has an accent, but quite the contrary his voice is very powerful. remember this was a rehearsal, but the final product is genius.
@lisalawyer-ym3ix
8 ай бұрын
I’ve been a violist my entire life and have played this score many times. I never get sick of it. I truly great piece of work❤️
@maestralala
12 жыл бұрын
Continuing: Carreras had not grown up knowing this music since childhood, as had other cast members. He learned the lead male role of what amounts to a contemporary opera (rhythmically and melodically challenging) in a matter of a few days, whereas the other cast members had at least 5 or 6 months to prepare this music. Carreras's arrangement with Lenny stipulated that each evening, Lenny would work with Carreras, coaching him on each next day's recording assignment. (cont.)
@raymondravinsky6478
6 жыл бұрын
Happy 100th Birthday, Maestro. I wish you were still around, on planet earth. Can't ever get enough of these studio-takes. I am fascinated and enchanted by them, more and more💞
@davidsalomon8426
5 жыл бұрын
Bernstein was a music genius, but he was a diva. Carreras has been one of the finest voices in the world of opera and a great person.
@williambrewer4261
4 жыл бұрын
He just couldn't count!!!
@maestralala7993
3 жыл бұрын
Genius deserves some accommodation....
@cindymaceda2999
8 ай бұрын
“Four o’clock in the fucking morning, I was up doing this, why didn’t you deliver these messages. “ 😅😅
@carolemalezija1816
8 ай бұрын
I’ve become obsessed with Bernstein. Perfectionist. So difficult to work with. Brilliant. I worked in a male dominated field of law enforcement from 1990 to 2017. I was a civilian victim advocate and I would never let anybody talk to me the way he does but times have changed they have really changed. His brilliance has gone down in history.❤
@raulpierri
16 жыл бұрын
Clash of temperaments but encounter of talents. It sounds beautiful!!!
@sopranosd
11 жыл бұрын
I agree. I know we all get frustrated, especially when recording and having to do like a million takes, but Bernstein could at least have apologized to Carreras.
@jimh.1814
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, and in front of those who saw his behaviour toward Pepe.
@maestralala7993
3 жыл бұрын
Who's to say he didn't? Remember - what you are seeing is the videographer's edited version of the events.
@lisameyer2238
5 жыл бұрын
Poor carreras. He sings beautiful.
@LordoftheJimmy
9 жыл бұрын
There's no doubt that Jose Carreras is a spectacular opera singer (one of the best) but casting him for this style of music, and for the role of Polish-American boy Tony, is as ridiculous as if they had casted Natalie Wood to play a Puerto-Rican... oh wait...
@AnteoTesila
7 жыл бұрын
HAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH screaming XD
@johnrobinsoniii4028
7 жыл бұрын
But Miss Wood DID play a Puerto Rican...And very well,too!
@signekroner4588
5 жыл бұрын
Totally true, he is just not right at all for this.
@angelthman1659
3 жыл бұрын
It's not a casting situation. It's an interpretation of the music. Ethnicity or accents don't matter in singing when the record is the standalone product. It's about the music, not the play/movie.
@jaimhaas5170
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. The cultural shock must have been multiplied so much.
@snootzie78
7 жыл бұрын
4:08 Carreras was like, "Fuck this! I'm going home."
@giacomoc4119
3 жыл бұрын
He literally cursed in italian
@RiccardoPeruginiCompositore
3 жыл бұрын
Ahahahahah porcoddio
@gianlu1342
3 ай бұрын
Carreras uno di noi “porcoiddio”
@snootzie78
7 жыл бұрын
"Carreras. I'll never stop saying Carreras." LMAO
@jlapierremusic
8 жыл бұрын
''...I was up at 4 o'clock in the FUCKING MORNING!'' o__O
@emitch9213
3 жыл бұрын
You were not the one singing for that Divo Bernstein
@v4v819
3 жыл бұрын
Now a days everyone is up at 4 for work...It's everyday bro!
@cindymaceda2999
8 ай бұрын
The most beautiful love song ever written in history. 😮
@aspexxx
10 жыл бұрын
MA POCO IDDIO!! What a bad word to God in a perfect italian!! Carreras went insane ahahahah
@MikeAgoBrigante
7 жыл бұрын
Porco*
@vaclavkohout
5 жыл бұрын
Every perfect thing is hard to make. No matter if its Bernsteins musical or Jobs iphone. Thanks for this hard working people brings theirs ideas into real life.
@norisv
15 жыл бұрын
To me, Carreras's voice has a more suitable timbre for the song "Maria" than Placido's. Placido just couldn't go any lighter on some of these higher notes, but Carreras did them perfectly. The fullness of Placido's voice has to be there for the higher notes, it's just the way his voice is. Both voices are great, but in this song, you can hear how beautiful Carreras' voice is.
@טורפרנקה
4 жыл бұрын
Bernstein the best maestro... Perfect ears and wonderful arrangements. Be missing his legacy
@oscaralcala14
14 жыл бұрын
it's so unfair to cut the next scene After this Mr. Carreras give the best performace i've ever heard of this beatiful song
@olenyushka
15 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this film! Bernstein is my favorit composer and dirigent! So wonderful music, and so wonderful to see maestro at work! Thank you and thank you again!
@PhillipLWilcher
15 жыл бұрын
Indeed. It's a musical about street kids - a modern day Romeo and Juliet . As a musical it will never be bettered, of that I am sure. Bernstein at his best - Tonight - the 5 part harmony - wonderful! Blessings your way.....
@bluegal50
13 жыл бұрын
Ah, the creative process...it really is like giving birth... So painful at times in the process...the stress, the conflict...it's all about striving for the perfection that each artist sees and wishes to bring into the equation...An "easy" conflict free rehearsal does not always mean that perfection has been/is being achieved...A little blood, sweat and tears along the way can bring out the best in everyone involved...The audience does not often get to see this side. In the end pure joy! Beauty!
@MAURICO2
14 жыл бұрын
There's no melodrama here about who else should be singing Maria or who's not open minded about singing styles. Carreras was simply upset with himself because he got confused about the rhythm of the song and felt he was letting everyone down. He wanted to work on the problem alone and come back. Bernstein genuinely tried to encourage him when he said Youre singing beautifully and he thought it could be worked out in another take or two.
@jimh.1814
4 жыл бұрын
and he whined "Oh come on."
@darkprose
11 жыл бұрын
Oh, of course! Editing is a powerful thing, for good or ill. Again, thank you for giving us a larger glimpse of this fascinating recording. Major kudos.
@katef6154
5 жыл бұрын
How odd that the poster has failed to include the perfect take of Maria that follows this in the program. The next video in this series is One Hand one heart. Why no showing the completed Maria. - is it to make Carreras look bad
Little did he know, but Leonard Bernstein was making a far better drama in the studio.
@oonaboona
16 жыл бұрын
Bernstein's like a coach demanding the best from his players. It all paid off. Beautiful.
@spokeshole
16 жыл бұрын
Bernstein was GENIOUS and Jose looks so young and adorable here.
@Rinhos
15 жыл бұрын
It didn't seem to me that Lenny lost his patience with Carreras....at opposite he said Carreras that he did it wonderfully and it wasn't necessary to record those bars alone.
@tenorite
15 жыл бұрын
PORCO IDDIO.....nice Carreras!!! Very professional!!!
@Artemisiainspain
7 ай бұрын
Cross with himself
@tukilala
15 жыл бұрын
Carreras el mejor cantante de todos los tiempos !!!!! BRAVO MAESTRO !!!!!!!
@rtega
14 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I think both are rather kind to each other given the musical problems. This probably has more to do with the fact that they both knew they were being filmed. I can only imagine the outburst that would have ensued when to filming crew would have been present.
@skyillegaldiver8962
8 ай бұрын
Goosebumps!!!
@triangleMeansLove
15 жыл бұрын
Leonard Bernstein war einfach ein Perfektionist. (: Und so genial.
@ilBUZZo
3 жыл бұрын
Ahahahah did Carrera just say Porco Iddio at the end??!! Ahahahh
@b43xoit
13 жыл бұрын
"I'll never stop saying Carreras." Heh, heh.
@aikiminomori2261
7 жыл бұрын
No one seems happy here and it shows in the music. Recording sessions are always stressful but to deal with a miscast? I do my own recording, I know my voice, temperament, ability and limit. I never sing songs that don't suit my voice or temperament or style, no matter how much I love the song. I would have someone else sing it. But this video is a good reminder to all of us. It's not about how great a singer you are, but it is about choosing the right singer for the right song.
@SamIAm-kz4hg
4 жыл бұрын
When I was at university Phil Nimmons ran the jazz band. He is the only person I've ever met who I can say was a genius. He was a WONDERFUL man. But I remember him struggling with us at times, and often think now how hard it would be to deal with those of us who are simply not on their level. Bernstein was a genius.
@MAURICO2
14 жыл бұрын
The Bernstein/ Carreras interaction was about simple execution. Carreras was about to sing several "Marias" but got confused & stopped. Bernstein was mouthing the rhythmic pattern to Carreras but he was looking at his music. Earlier Bernstein noted that Carreras had not taken a breath between "I'll never stop saying" and "Maria, Maria" One cannot sing both of those long phrases without a breath (I know because I sing Maria). Carreras, upset with himself, asked to rehearse alone & come back.
@Mailmin
12 жыл бұрын
"4 o clock in the Fucking morning!!!" hahahaha classic!
@piax00
13 жыл бұрын
i think they were both pissed off at the producers, not at each other. Bernstein frustrated at the producers not communicating changes to the orchestra, and Carreras, for cutting the rehearsal at that point.
@cindymaceda2999
8 ай бұрын
I fell in love with Carreras all over again here.😊
@maestralala
12 жыл бұрын
No, recorded/shot at RCA Studios in NYC in September 1984. I was there.
@PhillipLWilcher
15 жыл бұрын
Dare I say it : I doubt any of these wonderful songs from WSS were intended for such trained voices - as great as Carreras and Co. are WSS is not an opera. It's simply the greatest musical of all time and I love it to death. Like Streisand's "Classical Barbra", or Nureyev tap dancing,it doesn't quite work, as great as it is. Thoughts anyone??
@richardknott4626
10 ай бұрын
Yes, to me Carreras or any opera singer, wonderful as he may be, is wrong for WSS. Does a production allow a listener to fall into the music, absorbing him? Or distract him from so doing? The way an opera singer sings distracts me for the part of Tony. Carreras really sings powerfully in places, which can be enjoyed in opera, but seems overplayed for this role.
@PhillipLWilcher
10 ай бұрын
@@richardknott4626 Yes, I agree. It tends to be overusing but not even that with Carreras in this instance. It's an awkward fit, as awkward was Barbra Streisand singing classical arias etc. It doesn't quite work. And this is not to be the purist. Not at all. Nureyev tap dancing in the film "Valentino" is no Fred Astaire. Blessings!
@rr7firefly
5 жыл бұрын
I actually take the side of Carreras. I don't blame him for his tantrum at the end. I'd be frustrated too. Bernstein comes off as a temperamental bully in this video.
@maestralala7993
3 жыл бұрын
You've obviously never worked with brilliant internationally-renowned conductors before!
@rr7firefly
3 жыл бұрын
@@maestralala7993 Does Michael Tilson Thomas count? He is always very respectful to orchestra members and to those who assist in supporting positions. I have never seen him carry on like a prima donna (Bernstein)
@maestralala7993
3 жыл бұрын
I've worked in association with MTT, too, who revered LB. No, I'm talking about conductors at the level of Karajan and Kleiber, as was LB. My point is that genius sometimes colors outside the lines.
@chrish12345
6 жыл бұрын
all the sweet ladies run up to him at the end
@maestralala
11 жыл бұрын
I hope others will bother to read my posts before writing rude and uninformed remarks. It's not that I'm trying to defend Carreras - it's that I'm trying to defend REALITY - what really happened in that room on that day. The documentary footage does not portray reality - it portrays a fiction concocted through manipulated editing of unrelated film footage by the BBC documentary director. Certain "news" organizations are expert in this (manipulating perception of reality via editing).
@Kalypsa777
7 жыл бұрын
I have read all your comments, thanks for clarifying the situation of Carreras,
@jimh.1814
4 жыл бұрын
Of all the comments, and I've read them all, yours are the most informative. I've not seen anyone address the fact that Bernstein might easily not have had enough sleep (up until 4 am in the f...... morning.). Though Bernstein repeatedly tried to be patient, I think his body language and tone show barely contained frustration/anger, and in some ways he humiliated Carreras, hence, "Ma porco Dio." Yes he was probably very frustrated with himself too. Carreras was, as you pointed out, doing him a favor to take the part in the last minute. If they worked together each evening as you wrote, I would have hoped for a better understanding from the composer/conductor. Of course singer's are supposed to deliver what the composer wants (and maybe somehow make the part their own if allowed by the conductor).
@waterbe3564
2 жыл бұрын
4:06 what did he say?
@darkprose
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this information! It surely gives it a different tone. Most appreciated.
@annanoli
15 жыл бұрын
note the upset Josè violently blaspheming in italian at 04:08. i wonder what the subtitle means...
@johnrobinsoniii4028
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know Italian,but what ever it was...I'm sure it wasn't good.
@IZS1962
13 жыл бұрын
Two Greats....Enough said......
@SexyHogwarts
14 жыл бұрын
WOW! This is dramatic! I would be so stressed out to sing in front of him! ay ay ay poor Carrerras!
@MAURICO2
14 жыл бұрын
Why such an angry reaction to a discussion about something that happened almost 25 years ago? Mr. Carreras does not need inarticulate defenders. Jose Carreras is a great singer, one of my favorites. I was not questioning his talent. I only stated that he was not fully prepared to sing "Maria" in this video clip. It is a difficult song. Everyone, no matter how talented has to rehearse, and do so for some songs more than others. He did ultimately sing "Maria" on the published recording.
@jimh.1814
4 жыл бұрын
Read all the comments--Pepe had very little time to learn the part.
@rexlex1736
4 жыл бұрын
Bernstein was definitely a musical genius. I've often wondered what it was like to work for him.
@jaimhaas5170
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing to find such a perfectionist. Rare for sure.
@carlawsky
16 жыл бұрын
Its a beatiful voice, come on! Not like the typical american voices without blood and passion!
@57dogsbody
7 жыл бұрын
Oh Dear, Hissy fits a go go !
@PhillipLWilcher
15 жыл бұрын
And to all this I'll add that I can't hear the name Maria and not think of Bernstein. He gave that name one of the most beautiful melodies in the world.....
@whoopsala2589
5 жыл бұрын
If you say that he is arrogant and e.t.c you sure havent worked with conductors, and you dont know what you are talking about :)
@emitch9213
3 жыл бұрын
Blah blah
@malusofficial
2 жыл бұрын
Conductor here, I can tell you from a professional standpoint that Bernstein’s behavior was inexcusable. Carreras had days to learn his part after being called last minute, for a genre and of music more rhythmically unfamiliar to him. Conductors can be firm, but to get frustrated with an opera singer playing the role of an American jazz singer with little to no prep time is just ridiculous. Are you sure you know what you’re talking about?
@Agorante
16 жыл бұрын
Carreras was not the first choice for this recording. As I remember they wanted Jerry Hadley or Neil Shicoff - both of whom are Americans. As it turned out the CD was a huge hit largely because of Carreras. He struggled with the accent but the voice itself was supernal. Carreras was considered a pretty good musician. He picked up roles quickly - unlike Pavarotti. He wasn't a musical marvel like Domingo but in the end Carreras sings this music best of the three.
@gucker07
7 жыл бұрын
great cinema!
@isaiahhiggins
2 жыл бұрын
A genius with a vision is a force to be reckoned with. Unless its Bernstein, then you have no hope of reckoning with it.
@DualThunder
15 жыл бұрын
because when you compose a piece of music that is your own, you only have 1 way of hearing it, and when you have musicians playing your own music, though it maybe perhaps narrow minded and ignorant, the composer wants it to sound like it is in his head, so it's understandable that bernstein gets passionate about exactly what he wants in the music. its not that carreras is not good at the role, he is a stunning musician, but it is the idea of working with the composer and knowing what he wants
@MrAndrimoro
13 жыл бұрын
grandissimo lenny!!!!
@andreamarchetti4744
5 жыл бұрын
4:06 Carreras feeling good! 😀
@mongio66
3 жыл бұрын
ahahah most beautiful sounding bestemmia in the world :-)
@andreamarchetti4744
3 жыл бұрын
@@mongio66 Leonard Besteimm ahahahah
@mongio66
3 жыл бұрын
@@andreamarchetti4744 Carreras IDOLO
@kovvvas
11 жыл бұрын
Rock music has nothing to do with this. You'll find this same environment in a modern recording studio. Professionalism has never been the strongest asset of rock music anyway.
@maestralala
12 жыл бұрын
I don't believe even Carreras himself knew he was suffering from leukemia when this recording was made - his diagnosis came much later, and certainly Bernstein would not have known.
@wickster2121
6 ай бұрын
I wonder if they're unionized or 4:29 have strict studio time and timed out...which is why they couldn't do the 3 bars. who knows. It seems like a reasonable request, but thats the only logical reason i could see them dismissing. or good editing.
@NedRorem
15 жыл бұрын
Veramente dice: "Ma porco Iddio!" Mitico Carreras! L'avrà imparato dalla Katia? Comunque non si era studiato tanto la parte. Non mi sembra che la tensione sia poi tanto alta. Bernstein si scoccia un po' perché, sembrerebbe, alcune modifiche che aveva chiesto di scrivere sulle parti non sono state fatte. Ma tutto qui. Lenny è un amore. Carreras è nervoso solo perché ha Bernstein davanti a lui e lui non si è imparato la parte a perfezione.
@flaviocruciani8563
11 ай бұрын
sembra che abbia avuto meno tempo del ne cessario
@2ears1mouth786
2 жыл бұрын
i wonder if Carreras could raise his music stand, so that he can see the conductor over his sheets?? isn't this an obvious compromise?
@Shamsithaca
11 жыл бұрын
Man that was hard work! I totally understand Carerras. However, its the Maestro, the legend, what an honor to hear him expect nothing but perfection. I would be flabberghasted if he showed me how to deliver a piece.
@JoshFreilich
15 жыл бұрын
My point exactly, but although you need real singers to do something like WEST SIDE STORY, you can't have too operatic voices. If you want to hear great legit, yet still mostly youthful, voices in WEST SIDE STORY, listen to the Nashville Symphony recording.
@inmylife9
17 жыл бұрын
Veramente un idolo! José ti adoro...ahahahahahahah
@JoshFreilich
15 жыл бұрын
I wholeheartedly agree. West Side Story is not, has never been, and will never be considered an opera.
@kboyer1
16 жыл бұрын
I will admit I did go over the line, but I hate when people put down other performers. Ok, I will say in Leonard's defense his music was his life. I will agree it may have not been the wisest choice to use opera singers to record this musical, but Carreras does have a fine voice, true his diction was off but the energy and emotion he puts into it is amazing. I do agree that Carreras could have handled it better. But Bernstein could have to.
@NedRorem
15 жыл бұрын
No, I am just a fan. I am Italian, as you can read. By the way, I just conducted the Italian prémiere of Love Alone (for male choir and piano 4 hands) here in Italy. Good luck with the trio!
@flaviocruciani8563
Жыл бұрын
04:08
@misterfunnybones
8 жыл бұрын
The never ending problem of trying to perform something exactly as the conductor hears it in his head.
@shanej.stever1413
8 жыл бұрын
Not just conductor, but the genius composer.
@shelleyop26
16 жыл бұрын
Oh and the celebrties / part-time actors that sing this type of stuff and parts Broadway is what is sumbing down music. You don't need to be a singer these days, just win a talent show or have a modelling contract. I'd like to see them or other self confessed 'singers' criticising this video to sing an opera aria or sing in FIVE different languages like Carreras does
@swanningaround
15 жыл бұрын
That's obvious. I think that Carreras is fantastic in this role. I don;t know why Leni has problems with him. Of course Placido is great too. I love them both.
@annamariadienes1024
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you!Genius :)
@mckavitt3557
7 жыл бұрын
Poor Jose Carreras is so uncomfortable. My heart goes out to him. Lenny flirting openly w a tenor who hates it so much he pretends not to understand it. Who can blame him? What came over Bernstein? He knew Carreras was straight, so why embarrass him like that, if not for revenge for NOT reciprocating Lenny's obvious attraction?
@danielparra5173
5 жыл бұрын
mckavitt It doesn’t have to do anything with attraction. Carreras was screwing the music SO bad.
@dennisdeemii
5 жыл бұрын
I can't make the connection. Can you help me understand what you mean?
@malusofficial
2 жыл бұрын
As a gay man and a musician I can tell you Bernstein wasn’t flirting, it was an extremely frustrating situation because Bernstein was being highly impatient with his colleague (Carreras) even tho he only had barely any time to learn his part since he was called for the role last minute. Bernstein was expecting a fully American jazz singer who had months of preparation but only had an opera singer (an entirely different rhythmic style) with only days of preparation. There was no romantic interest on either side, just frustration due to a lack of patience and professional understanding on Bernstein’s part.
@ihowell83
16 жыл бұрын
Where is the second part of this video? Is it posted?
@stefanoscandella9190
3 жыл бұрын
porco iddio? wow ahah
@countalucard4226
3 жыл бұрын
When and where did this version play?
@maestralala7993
3 жыл бұрын
BBC documentary. Aired on PBS approx. 6 months later.
@thomascunningham5483
3 жыл бұрын
In 1984, Bernstein conducted a studio recording of the musical; he had not conducted it before. The recording stars Kiri Te Kanawa as Maria, José Carreras as Tony, Tatiana Troyanos as Anita, Kurt Ollmann as Riff, and Marilyn Horne as the offstage voice who sings "Somewhere".[89] It won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 1986. The recording process was filmed as a documentary, The Making of West Side Story, by the BBC for Unitel, produced by Humphrey Burton and directed by Christopher Swann.[90] The documentary and its director won the 1986 Robert Flaherty Documentary Award (Television) and a Prix Italia.[91] It was also nominated for an Emmy in the category "Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts". ---- from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story#Score
@robertfrankgill5962
5 жыл бұрын
Who is that lovely lady? 4:38 to end.
@pinastracquadaini5649
10 жыл бұрын
Leonard Bemstein :me parece demasiado exigente ,para un musical ,cuando el maestro CARRERA es un gran tenor muy destacado cantando ópera !!
@harrietgate
9 жыл бұрын
Yo creo tambien.
@oliviergarcia8030
7 жыл бұрын
Leonard Bernstein es el verdadero maestro
@Artemisiainspain
7 ай бұрын
El mejor musical escrito jamas! Carreras y Bernstein que lujazo!
@latioselatias
8 жыл бұрын
"Ma porco Iddio!" XD
@riccardocuciniello2044
6 жыл бұрын
non me lo aspettavo così tutto ad un tratto 😂 queste perle che non ti aspetti
@singingundertherain
5 жыл бұрын
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@jimh.1814
4 жыл бұрын
Ma porco Dio?
@bravaLiz
10 жыл бұрын
Helloooo???Have worked on both sides of this fence. "Oh God I have such Problems"... oy vey.PLEASE! Bernstein composed some wonderful music. I'm not even putting WSS in that category. But a showboat Prima Donna Conductor was he. NO Karajan. The way he carried on like an old lady.. and deriding Carreras throughout the rehearsal. I had to especially laugh when Lenny told Jose how to phrase and where to take a breath, and then attempted to demonstrate. The "maestro" showed NO RESPECT toward the artist. btw.. Jose had cancer at the time, yet undiagnosed. And did anyone catch what Carreras muttered beneath his breath at the end? Am surprised he didn't throw a tantrum and crumpled up Bernstein's score and threw it in his face! However, he was too much of a gentleman. If you have watched this in it's entirety, Kiri... held her own.
@bravaLiz
10 жыл бұрын
***** here is one thing I found interesting. Although someone from the Scandinavian region (?) posted this...(notice subtitles)...I "believe" ..norwejian"..not exactly certain...at approx. between 4:00 to 4:12 into video, no. Carreras does NOT as you may have suggested, "crumple up the score and throw"... he does however mumble under his breath..something that may be translated in 2 ways (und bitte, verzeiht mir, wenn ich spreche unhöflich) auf english...1. the word damnit. However, even more crass ..2..the expression also represents one as "lifting up middle finger." I thought you might find that humorous.
@RaymondHng
7 жыл бұрын
_Pokkers også_ is _damn it_ in Danish.
@swanningaround
15 жыл бұрын
Dual. I'm sure that Leni is big enough to appreciate the many different ways of appreciating the music. He always seems to like Kiri Te Kanawa's singing though. It do agree with most of what you say.
@fredrika9556
9 жыл бұрын
What was wrong with you mr Bernstein?
@pianopill88
8 жыл бұрын
Genius and Alcoholism ,,,,,,,,,
@bravaLiz
8 жыл бұрын
+Norman Krieger hahahahahahaha.....
@snootzie78
7 жыл бұрын
Fredrik A Drunk and narcissistic
@rr7firefly
5 жыл бұрын
@@pianopill88 He was angry because he was no longer the young buck who was attractive to young gay men. As an old man he would need to pay for intimacy with the objects of his desire. All those damn cigarettes certainly did not make him more attractive.
@jimh.1814
4 жыл бұрын
Also, he was up until 4 am in the F morning.
@phantomphan873
4 жыл бұрын
Quick Q, why didn't they approach Pavarotti for the part of Tony? He would’ve been much better
@katef6154
4 жыл бұрын
no he wouldn't
@phantomphan873
4 жыл бұрын
kate f if not mistaken Carreras has something like a tooth infection during recording the album which may have affected this singing. At this time, Pavarotti was at the height
@katef6154
4 жыл бұрын
@@phantomphan873 I hadn't heard that i know Carreras stepped in at the 11th hour. Replacing Domingo and Hadley but had no rehearsal time at all. What people forget is Carreras was hugely in demand in the Opera world at this time. He sang all over the world and had a much wider repertoire that Pavarotti. This was his prime.
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