| re: This gives me hope for a film of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:53 pm EST 02/15/21 | |
| In reply to: re: This gives me hope for a film of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA - Chromolume 02:05 pm EST 02/15/21 | |
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| Why are you so annoyed or upset by this conversation that you want to nip it in the bud? I agree that we don't have to go on and on, but I'm sticking with my guess that Pavarotti might have sounded great singing the role of Tony in THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, even perhaps in the original keys, FOR THE SOUNDTRACK OF A FILM VERSION -- because, first of all, Tony is written for a VERY high baritone voice, and secondly, the keys of musical theater songs as written for the stage are very often taken down a bit for the movie versions because that is often felt to be better for the more intimate medium of film, and also because there is no longer the need to project the voice to a large theater. (See WEST SIDE STORY and many other movies as examples.) And IF Pavarotti did not sound great singing Tony's music in the original keys, I think slight upward transpositions in some cases would have addressed that issue without in any way betraying Frank Loesser. At the time when Pavarotti was apparently considering doing a film of HAPPY FELLA, he would have been perfect for the part in terms of his age. He would also have been perfect for it in terms of his personality. And as for your comment about him doing an entire role in English, Tony is one of very few roles that would also have been ideal for him in that respect, as the character is supposed to have a very thick Italian accent. And P.S., any remaining discomfort Pavarotti had in doing an entire role in English would have been largely mitigated by the fact that this would not have been a live performance but a movie, therefore permitting lots of time for rehearsal and honing and retakes if necessary. These are my opinions, and of course you are free to disagree, but I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from telling me that I'm not making sense -- as if no opera role or musical theater role has ever been adapted in terms of keys, etc. for a certain artist to play it. I'm fairly certain you must know enough about the history of opera and musical theater to know that this has happened on several notable occasions, which makes it surprising to me that you continue to argue this point and tell me I'm not making sense. |
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