JESSYE NORMAN: A Portrait
by Andre Heller
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Actor: Jesseye NormanDirector: Andre Heller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-22
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Decca
Movie Reviews of JESSYE NORMAN: A Portrait
Movie Review: Jessye ill-served
Summary: 2 Stars
Here's the deal: this one-of-a-kind singer deserves better than this. And yet she was entirely complicit. The singing herein is all (except for an impromptu snippet that erupts during an interview) lip-synched. Not only that, but it's poorly, inaccuarately lip-synched. She's lipping some of my favorite stuff: one of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, the Strauss' piece from Four Last Songs which plays a role in the film, The Hours; one of Alban Berg's songs. Most of the selections were recorded 20 years prior to this production. She's the sort of artist for whom each performance is unique, finding something new each time. So, of course, lip-synching is a skill antithetical to her art. Who's the fool that put her in this place!?
Summary of JESSYE NORMAN: A Portrait
An intimate and in-depth portrait of one of the world sgreatest sopranos, a true primadonna assoluta!
Yves Saint Laurent s garden paradise in Marrakech provides
the lush, tropical background for this deep insight into
Jessye Norman s professional and private life. Filmed by
German film maker Andre Heller this DVD gives a deeply
personal and emotional portrait of one of opera and lieder s
most respected exponents.
The film also includes 13 specially staged performances
in fantastical settings of her repertoire, of pieces by Mozart,
Richard Strauss, Schoenberg, Ravel, Schumann, Mahler,
Wagner, Purcell and Schubert and Berg. The performances
give a beautiful and unique look at the artistic world of this
very special diva.
Filmed in wide-screen, this DVD is significant for being
the only program-length, in-depth interview film of both the
public and personal sides of someone with a reputation for
being fiercely protective of her privacy.
Amongst many other subjects, Norman discusses her
childhood, family, her idols, working relationships with
different conductors and directors, how she chooses
repertoire, her career path, her political views, relationships,
attitudes towards religion, and her aspirations and dreams.
The wide range of interview matter, coupled with the striking
performances, make this DVD a fascinating, unusual and
essential product for all vocal aficionados and certainly for
the many fans of Jessye Norman.
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