On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 03:25:02 -0000 snide76258 <snide76258@y...> wrote:
>>Interestingly enough, I've just begun to collect theatrical movies about opera, singing, and music in general. A few I have or am trying to get:
>>The Harmonists-about the Comedian Harmonists, a German vocal group before WWII. I own it, but haven't gotten around to watching it yet. It's supposed to be good.
It's fantastic! I think it's on my all-time favorite movie list. My husband, not a music lover, liked the music so much that he asked me to find him some CDs of the group's (the Comedian Harmonists) performances for him, which I did.
Another couple of movies to consider for your collection are:
The Music Teacher with Juan Pons. A very strange subtitled movie in French about a retired opera singer taking on a student.
Tous les Matins du Monde with Gerard Depardieu, about the French baroque composer Marin Marais and his reclusive teacher, whose name I forget. There's also a great CD of the music in the movie. I'm not terribly fond of the movie, though it is beautiful and the music is great.
Peggy
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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