The Who invaded Carnegie Hall with an orchestra and somehow made opera cool for one night.
A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend, is a music event and later album documenting a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall in 1994. It broke Carnegie Hall's two day box office gross record, and was the fastest sell-out in the historic venue's history. The concert also raised money for Columbia Presbyterian Babies Hospital. This event was produced by Richard Flanzer and Roger Daltrey of English rock band The Who in celebration of his fiftieth birthday. The Who's music was arranged for orchestra by Michael Kamen, who directed The Juilliard Orchestra for the event. Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Eddie Vedder, Sinéad O'Connor, Lou Reed, David Sanborn, Alice Cooper, Linda Perry, The Chieftains and others performed as special guests.
Score
Michael Kamen's orchestral arrangements are genuinely unhinged
Acting
Sinéad O'Connor's 'After the Fire' will destroy you
Direction
Captures 90s concert energy before phones ruined everything
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This broke Carnegie Hall's two-day box office record and was its fastest sellout ever—beating actual classical music, which must have stung.
Michael Kamen later scored 'Die Hard' and 'Lethal Weapon,' proving this orchestral rock experiment wasn't even his weirdest gig.
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