The effects of his fatal illness were already clearly evident here, as he sings everything - both arias and chazzanus - painfully slower than on his records. Although he still managed to hit ringing high notes, he apparently needed the slow singing to allow for extra breathing.
This concert took place in 1966
Akiva Mittelman
Akiva Mittelman ya ya . I sat next to u
end of his life,was small boy at his funeral in front of beth -el.
The effects of his fatal illness were already clearly evident here, as he sings everything - both arias and chazzanus - painfully slower than on his records. Although he still managed to hit ringing high notes, he apparently needed the slow singing to allow for extra breathing.