Montserrat Caballe - Beyond Music
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Actor: Claudio Abbado, José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Renée FlemingDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language); German (Original Language); German (Dubbed)
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Euroarts
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DVD Review: A Musical Biography of Montserrat Caballé
Summary: 5 Stars
This 90 minute documentary was made for Catalonian Television by Antonio Farré in 2003 and has been shown in Europe, but not in the US, if I'm not mistaken. It is a detailed, loving, and well written and filmed musical biography of the great Spanish soprano. It is filled with clips from performances all over the world, starting with black & white film from Salle Pleyel in 1965 and up to 2002. There are many interviews with such luminaries as Marilyn Horne, Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Joan Dorneman, Cheryl Studer, Samuel Ramey, Mstislav Rostropovich, Giuseppe di Stefano, Joan Sutherland, and more.
Caballé is interviewed extensively in a number of different settings and she tells us, touchingly, of her family's commitment to her early training and of the largesse of a Barcelona family who funded her studies (and much more) when the family's money ran out. She traces her career from her first professional job in Basle and Bremen, her début in her home theater, the Liceu in Barcelona to her triumphs in the greatest opera houses in the world. There are some thrilling musical clips. Particularly so are those of her and Marilyn Horne singing the duet from 'Semiramide' (breathtakingly beautiful) and a performance by Caballé at the Theâtre Antique in Orange of 'Casta diva' in what may be the most stunning performance of it I've ever heard.
There are scenes with her husband, tenor Bernabé Marti, and their two children, including one touching clip from a duet performance featuring her and her now-adult daughter, also named Montserrat and herself possessor of a lovely voice, singing together. Caballé comes across as a charming, gentle (but perfectionistic and stubborn about it), and generous artist. I was touched by the closing credit that says 'This film would not have been possible without the support of my parents and the Bernard family,' the latter being the family who supported her studies all those years ago at the Liceu school.
This DVD is well worth it if you admire this artist.
TT=98 minutes. PCM Stereo/Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles in English, French and Italian.
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