Remember the dancing conductor? He’s back with a singing version
mainThe irrepressible Joseph R. Olefirowicz was one of the early stars on Slipped Disc, playing to a hidden camera in a Vienna Volksoper performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide.
Well, folks, he’s back. Larger than life and storming the ramparts in a blockbuster Kismet.
An effervescent video to kick off your weekend.
That made my day, Thank you !
We should get him at the Met.
It’s a conductor’s monitor, not a hidden camera. I like his style.
Me too, particularly because all his funny moves and capers are rhythmically impeccably spot on.
It’s not too late, NY Phil, if you want to re-think the whole Zaap van Zweden thing…
I like this guy, btw.
Wow !How to knock the cobwebs out of the mouldy classics !
Love this! No wonder the band sounds so good! This conductor would make me want to play well, too! He’s fantastic!
He could make a band of paralytics play their a…. off!
I was looking everywhere for Stan Laurel; usually these guys worked together!!!
Ahh, brings back good memories from my last trip to cuba in the tropicana…..
This was not in a concert hall was it?
Oh wait….
Great fun, great entertainment plus this guy really knows what he is doing!
The band sounds terrific too, no wonder.
Love this guy!
Oh my, I guess it would be so much fun to work with this conductor!
A great thing about this guy is that his enthusiasm is clearly picked up by the orchestra.
We’ve all seen too many Lenny-wannabes thrashing around whilst the orch plays like dead meat. But this guy is galvanizing everybody !
Thanks for much for posting this ! Let’s all keep an eye out for more Olefirowicz sightings.
Imagine, Nicola, what a great catch he would be for Last Night of the Proms…
Hm. When a female conductor does the exact same thing – dancing on music like a cartoon character in front of an orchestra (eg Alondra de la Parra), everyone freaks out. If this happens to be a male maestro, everyone (without exception) praises him. Isn’t it interesting?