This is my student Aljaz Farasin singing in the dress rehearsal of the Slovenian National Opera`s production of Massenet`s Werther. Aljaz was already a very accomplished lyric tenor but after two operations to remove cysts from his vocal folds he came to me for rehabilitation. In a very short time using falsetto exercises he was able to return successfully to the stage. On the opening night the audience applauded so much after this aria that he had to sing it again. In all my years of opera going I have never experienced an encore during an opera and as far as I know it is a very rare phenomenon.