Friday, March 18, 2016

La Boheme Duet 'O soave fanciulla'


Duet: O soave fanciulla
Opera: La Boheme, Giacomo Puccini
Soprano: Louisiane Philip
Tenor: George Swails
Orchestration: Reinhold Behringer (Virtual Philharmonic)
George Swails (Rebel Tenor),  suggested to record a duet with Louisiane via Internet. 
We were in the year 2000, Internet was still slow, slow. 
George presented Reinhold Behringer, The Virtual Philharmonic, who produced the orchestration 
for the duet of O soave fanciulla to be recorded virtually. 
George Swails sang the tenor part of the duet, this recording was then send via 
FTP to my office in MC 
and then taken to the studio in Italy.
Louisiane did her magic of stretching and squeezing the recording, 
tailoring it to her vocals and we recorded her voice to produce the master.
This was never ever done before in the world and I believe no one has ever tried such a feat.
Two professional opera singers, who never ever met, never spoke to each other, 
masterfully recorded a very complex lyric duet.

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