singersuki@a... wrote:
> the tenor sang "O Paradiso" and then dropped dead of a heart attack. Right > there as he was walking back from the front through the altar, he staggered, > and fell down > with a horrendous THUMP! as his head hit the tile floor.
Now you know why it is said that Tenors put everything they have into a song. Seriously-
> Anybody else ever been through this kind of thing? I'm still stunned.
Couple of times. One was in a church conference. The choir had just started to sing, "Oh Death, Where Is Thy Victory" when a latecomer, halfway down the aisle collapsed and died. Unsure of what to do, we just kept singing as attendants rushed over and carried her away. I believe we kept the thousands who were there calm.
The other was in the Hollywood Bowl during the finale of Mahlar's "Resurrection Symphony." As I was about to begin the Tenor solo, the conductor collapsed into a heap and rolled off the stand. I thought at the time (hey, I was young) "Oh, great! He has to die now and steal the show?" when the first violinist jumped up on the stand and continued conducting. I believe he did this to prevent the huge audience from panicking.
Kinda makes you want to give up singing.
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