| re: This gives me hope for a film of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 02:05 pm EST 02/15/21 | |
| In reply to: re: This gives me hope for a film of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA - Michael_Portantiere 01:27 pm EST 02/15/21 | |
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| Michael - I'm sorry, but this doesn't make sense. Pavarotti was NOT a baritonal kind of tenor, the role would have generally sounded low for him even if he could hit the notes, and it wouldn't have shown him off in the way he would have wanted or expected. It has nothing to do with the age of the character, it has to do with the tessitura of the role vs. Pavarotti's "wheelhouse." I also wonder if doing an entire role in English might have been a bit daunting for him - he was not a native speaker and it showed - George (later Giorgio) Tozzi was American born with English as his first language, to contrast. Tony would simply NOT have been a good fit for Pavarotti, which is probably why it never happened. He's dead, and he never did the role, so this is all a moot point anyway. I'd say let's leave it at that. There are enough futile "dead singer" conversations on the opera chat boards, and most of them much more contentious than this. Let's nip this one in the bud. |
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