JOSE CURA, "BBC Great Composers"- Puccini, Behind the recording. 1996

JOSE CURA, "BBC Great Composers" - Puccini, Behind the recording. 1996
In December 1996, JOSE CURA starred in the Puccini segment of the BBC Great Composers documentary, -- telecast in December 1996.
Release Date: May 4, 1999
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh

--Artists.
JOSE CURA participates in the Puccini Chapter
Julia Migenes
Leontina Vaduva
The BBC Philharmonic
Conducted by Richard Buckley

The first half is the recording scenery with the Orchestra.
(1) Il Tabarro -- "Hai ben ragione"
(2) Turandot -- "Nessun dorma"
(3) Turandot -- "Principessa di morte!"
(4) La Fanciulla del West -- "Ch'ella mi creda"
(5) La Bohéme -- "Che gelida manina"
(6) La Bohéme -- "Last duet "
(7) Le Villi -- "O sommo Iddio"
(8) Manon Lescaut -- "Tu, tu, amore tu! "
(9) Tosca -- "E lucevan le stelle"

In the second half, it reproduced a part of Puccini's opera in the studio with acting in costumes.
(10) La Fanciulla del West -- "Ch'ella mi creda"
(11) Manon Lescaut -- "Tu, tu, amore tu!"
(12) La Bohéme -- "Last duet "
(13) Turandot -- "Nessun dorma"
(14) Turandot -- "Principessa di morte!"

José Cura (official)....10th, August, 2017
This back stage shows some moments of the sound track recording and of the video filming of the Great composers documentary. Some times there is only one camera shooting, so what happens around is missed. Some others, it seems people is missing, but I am alone, singing on top of prerecorded voices. There is one funny moment, at the end of the Manon Lescaut duet, when Julia Migenes starts laughing and it was because we didn't hear the "cut" and we went on kissing until someone came closer and shouted "Stooop you two".
I remember Julia standing up after the kissing scene and saying "I love this job" : 🙂 For me, a young chap who had seen and admire her in movies, it was a great moment, as you can perfectly imagine!

As a funny note, it is because of my "goofy t-shirt" that I did after this movie, the today legendary recording with Sarah Brigthman. Her then husband and producer saw this recording and said: A guy that can wear such a t-shirt, must be a really cool guy... 🙂