Tenor performs “Gute Nacht” (Schubert) while undergoing brain surgery without anaesthetic

Slovenian operatic tenor Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Dr. Pierre Robe, the neurosurgeon advised that to do an awake craniotomy (surgical removal of part of the bone from the skull to expose the brain) so that the singer could sing during the surgery, in order to avoid deficits after the procedure. By …