Opera Fanatic 2/2

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Music Documentary / 93 min / 1998
A journey into the underbelly of Italian opera of the Fifties. Stefan Zucker, an eccentric opera fanatic from New York, visits the opera divas of his childhood: megalomaniacs, beauties, vain, fascinating - forgotten by many but worshipped by countless opera lovers around the world. The journey from apartment to apartment, from diva to diva, from Rome via Florence, Bologna, Padua, and Bergamo to the Scala in Milan, turns into an unprecedented opera road movie.
Directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre
Produced by PARS MEDIA
Co-Produced by ZDF/3sat, YLE, NRK, and SF
Supported by MfG and Media II
Prizes at the Munich International Documentary Festival and at Golden Prague (Czech Crystal)
WWW.PARSMEDIA.COM

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@EndoftheTownProductions 6 жыл бұрын

These older Italian singers are great. They are direct, professional, serious, intellectual about singing, and gracious. Too bad they had to answer such ridiculous questions.

@hodgrix Жыл бұрын

People talk a lot about Stefan and with good reason I suppose BUT with retrospect I really really appreciate this film. Despite his pettiness at times, he really gives the viewer the sense of the IMPORTANCE of these ladies and the world of opera they came from. They performed at a time where the opera was as important to the Italian public as it was to the singers. There was an expectation of excellence, real drama and genuine excitement and this documentary really captures the reality of old world which is now forgotten.

@sallpario 13 жыл бұрын

zucker desided to find the voce di petto

@ER1CwC Жыл бұрын

I really agree with the comment by Tobias. Zucker is eccentric. But he is passionate, and no one else bothered to track all of them down. For that, we should be grateful. Having watched the entire film, I really like Carla Gavazzi. She still had the passion for singing and opera, and it's more than evident in this clip. I was very saddened however to hear Simionato speak. The joy of singing completely left her. As for Pobbe, I do think that she gives off Norma Desmond energy. In a way, Gencer did too. Except Gencer had enough sway to do the interview in a box at La Scala, whereas Pobbe had to do it in her living room.

@desperatehell 6 жыл бұрын

Giulietta Simionato, Leyla Gencer, Carla Gavazzi, Magda Olivero...semplicemente meravigliose e indimenticabili!

@acacia-bloom 14 жыл бұрын

I am sure he was sending himself and all those prima donnas up. Here is a guy who speaks in head voice (is that an act or a sickness?) asking Barbieri and Simionata if they ever used chest voice. They both had distinctive breaks between chest and head and yet, deny ever using chest voice. Lovely comment by Leyla Gencer cut in there!

@manolis.799 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t blame Marcella Pobbe one bit

@iubanne 16 жыл бұрын

Leyla sei grande...una spina ma grande.

@flaze3 15 жыл бұрын

chest voice is just a label for thicker cord mass. It's pretty much irrelevant whether you use the label or not, so long as you can explain the physiology to a student.

@gtenore88

A me la Marcella Pobbe fa una pena tremenda, oltretutto ci sta che ad una certa età si vada un po’ via di testa, fermo restando che per fare i cantanti bisogna essere fuori di testa :P era bravissima e bellissima, ricordiamola per il bello che ci ha lasciato!

@kendrickjacocks8595 2 жыл бұрын

Gigliola Frazzoni sang her reply: “IL Prezzo” very beautifully on the RAI recording, it’s very pretty writing from Puccini.

@espinaca79 16 жыл бұрын

Shame, Shame on Stefano. What a marvaleous opportunity he had but totally screwed it.

@PapagenoHannover 4 жыл бұрын

Es una cierta contradicción, escuchar al sr. Zucker preguntando sobre la voce di petto hablando él en completo falsetto!

@uhoh007 Жыл бұрын

Priceless

@vocalsvideos458 3 жыл бұрын

4:05

@espinaca79 15 жыл бұрын

I agree with you and that makes sense to me. The singers in this interview also admit that the use of chest voice made them reach larger audiences because most people do not know how to distinguish among them. Still, they were all amizing.

@Grandtenore 15 жыл бұрын

Yea the way i was taught is that, especially for high voices, the true voice is "head voice" and the voce di petto is a means by which to describe the sensation of allowing those tones access to a larger space in the throat and upper chest cavity for a fuller sound.

@SiEtIn1 15 жыл бұрын

"the higher the voice the lower the mentality" lol i bet stefan thinks he is very witty lol, but he has a very low mentality so he might be right

@hasanaliozcan 11 жыл бұрын

It's called Condotta ell'era in ceppi.

@Zashorigin 8 жыл бұрын

I loved Leyla when she said "precisely them that have used chest voice their whole life"... it made me laugh almost hysterically. On the other hand... what is wrong with this man's voice. He sounds terrible.Anyway, nice interview.