“I arrived at 10 and took my place. All of a sudden, I saw the red light next to Karajan go on. He began to conduct, and in fifty-five minutes we had finished recording the first act. ‘Maestro,’ I said, ‘I thought we were going to rehearse.’ ‘Among musicians,’ he replied, ‘rehearsal is not necessary.’ I can confirm that we were indeed together on every note.”
The singer Karajan had cast for the first time for this “Madama Butterfly” recording session in 1974 was a young Spanish tenor who was to become the most famous classical singer of our time – Plácido Domingo. It is no exaggeration to say that his work on stage and record makes him one of the most important performing artists of the 20th century. Domingo’s story shows a Karajan who is the opposite of a control-addicted autocrat but a modern conductor who told the orchestra to follow the singers and who trusted the artists he worked with.
We’ve prepared playlists with Karajan and Plácido Domingo. Listen to them below! https://musics.to/50927N7PTP
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