I´m learning so much ! I see that many of you have a large experience in humorous music, and all your comments are very valuable. Certainly I feel many strange emotions, for example, people who come to see the rehearsals as artistic counselors, now come to greet me laughing hard, not the usual social smile. Of course this is good, but it amazes me. Another amazing thing is that the more serious I try to look, more laughter comes from the audience. A detail: I try to perform as a real Mexican tenor, using all the vocal resources that any serious singer would use in a romantic song, while Alicia shows a hundred comic faces and attitudes dancing around me. The contrast has to be very funny. Another gag we prepared is: she is a pedantic and decadent dance teacher (parody of some real divas) and I am his servant, seriously standing up there and helping her to change shoes, but when she needs music, I start to sing (as perfectly as I can) with some simple percussion or guitar: flamenco, tap, classical, tropical and folk. Gradually the pedantic diva gets a little horny and runs out along with her servant. I really don´t know how to invent other funny themes, but I find that the parody of serious music is very effective. Ok, this is the beginning... Un abrazo - Andrés
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