Watch: Tenor is asked to sing as he undergoes brain surgery

Watch: Tenor is asked to sing as he undergoes brain surgery

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norman lebrecht

August 11, 2015

The Dutch-based Slovenian opera singer Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne underwent surgery for a brain tumor at the University Medical Center in Utrecht.

Surgeons asked him to sing while they operated in order to test brain function. They even provided a decent piano accompanist in the operating theatre.

Ambrož is now doing well and has resumed his career.

His courage is phenomenal. The video is breath-catching, a huge testament to human endeavour in science and art.

You must watch this.

Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne

‘Gute Nacht’ from Schubert’s Winterreise will never sound the same again.

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