BBCNEWS Take Me to the Opera June 4, 2024 13:46:00
If you visualize the stage from the point of view of the conductor, you have this big bar that is actually the stage and the orchestra is underneath, doesn't see what is on stage. the stage doesn't see what is underneath. and the conductor is the only one who visualizes the two worlds and tries to connect them through, of course, his gestures. and that's where actually the conductor is absolutely indispensable. so the singers are even more complicated than the orchestra because they have strong personalities and it's sometimes extremely difficult to guide them. we can feel the tensions coming ...