A chest infection meant that Clive Bayley had to mime Raimondo while Paul Whelan sang with aplomb from the wings.
History repeats itself, almost, in Lucia di Lammermoor at London's Coliseum.
Understudy Paul Whelan (the humongously tall dude in the photo above courtesy of ENO) was in the audience when Clive Bayley (the bleeding bloody redpainted dude in the photo above) lost his voice. Whelan, who'll sing the part next month, "sang from the side of the stage as Mr Bayley stayed on to mime". Not as fun as when Alagna left the Scala stage in a hurry and Antonello Palombi jumped on stage from the wings, but pretty good anyway.
