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Mar 30, 2010
Shallow, but OK for opera newbies
1 of 1 found this helpful This DVD is probably an OK place to start, if you want to learn about Callas, but it lacks depth. Callas was a much darker, more complex character than could be explored in such a short film. It contains one clip of Callas as Tosca that I hadn't seen elsewhere, but other films clips of Callas are in other, deeper biographies. Also, the narrator stumbles over the title of several operas. I do think it tries to give some sense of Callas' importance in the music world of the time. No one had ever seen anything like her, and she changed the world of opera permanently, both of the audience and the people involved in opera production.
Feb 08, 2009
An almost-forgotten classic, a must for Astaire fans
This show came somewhat after the biggest, best-known movie musicals. Fred Astaire is older than in is days with Ginger Rogers, but Hey Baby, he is still Fred Astaire. The "Shine on Your Shoes" number has to be one of his best.
The plot is thin, but that's OK. Fred plays a song-and-dance man who left Broadway for the movies. His movie career fell on hard times, so he returns to B'way and reunites with some friends (Nannette Fabray and Oscar Levant) to star in a new show they've just written.
American audiences probably only know Jack Buchannon from this movie, but he is wonderful in it. Buchannon was an English actor and singer, quite famous in England and Europe. He plays the producer/director of the stage show, who manages to turn a simple script into an overwrought nightmare of artsy pretention. When the show flops resoundingly in out-of-town tryouts, he sees the error of his ways.
The last portion of the movie is a bunch of scenes from the stage show. They are completely incoherent, but that's OK. Each scene is brilliant in its own way. The "Triplets" number with Astaire, Fabray and Buchannon is classic. The "I Guess I'll have to Change my Plan" duet with Astaire and Buchannon" exudes masculine charm and good humor.
The final scene is the "Girl Hunt Ballet", which features Cyd Charisse with Astaire. The plot to utter nonsense, but the dancing is divine.
The set I own has another disc of special features, which includes interviews with Fabray and others who worked on the show. It is worth the extra money, if you can get that edition.
May 18, 2024
Folk songs with interesting piano accompaniments.
This book was more than I was expecting. I expected very minimal settings of folks songs...just melodies, lyrics, and block chords, like a hymnal.
Instead, this book has very interesting piano accompaniments supporting the vocal lines. I haven't played them all, but any that I have played would be appropriate to a student or professional recital.