Did a crap job splicing that high note in. Must agree with SsteinwayS tho...Renee is !! HOT !! - would love to meet her in person.Would probably make a complete fool of myself by standing in front of her and drooling down my chin! ;P
This is definitely Renee singing, except I don't think that's her singing a high F at the end, at least not without some editing assistance. I know that at one time she had a high F, but it sounds a bit like it's not her "au naturale" on this recording. More disturbing is the way the aria is chopped up and spliced together, Una voce intro and then it just gets weirder from there. Very disturbing to those who actually know Gounod's R&J! Nothing is sacred in the movie biz I suppose....
Haha! Renée Fleming is the hottest 52-year-old singer ever...too bad she doesn't actually have those stratospheric high notes and she looks awful in the movie. :( They should have used Natalie Dessay's pre-surgery voice...she actually had those crazy high notes!! :P
This aria is "Je veux vivre" from Romeo&Juliette by Gounod, but with a little different ending for the glass effect. I saw the movie and recognized Renée's voice. In the credits I saw that it was Renée singing and Kim doing the talking part and movements.
It's funny -- at first I thought the singer didn't have enough heft, but then I double-checked and it turns out that, based on her roles, Mme Castafiore is in fact a lyric coloratura, not a dramatic. YOUR USELESS TRIVIA FOR THE DAY.
@GGbreizh Are you sure it's Renee Fleming? She isn't credited on IMDb, there isn't anything about it on her website, and everyone who says it's her on other websites seems to be linking back to the same article, which was written in May 2011 when filming was completed in 2009. I don't know Fleming's voice well enough to pick out if it's her or not, and AFAIK Kim Stengel has no recordings. Is Fleming credited on the soundtrack? It hasn't been released in the US yet, so I can't check.
@GGbreizh Do you mean jwfan.com or another site? I checked the former, and the citation trail just leads back to the same article everyone else is citing. Sorry, I'm really not trying to be tiresome or pedantic here, I really just want to know. Perhaps a kind person who has the CD already can check the liner notes and let us know?
@BlackCanary87 Says Renée Fleming on the CD & Kim Stengel on the film credits I think. As I understood this is Fleming and Kim Stengel does Bianca Castafiore's movements in the movie. But i'm not sure if it's Stengel's voice is in the movie or this since I haven't seen it yet.
@BlackCanary87 I was speaking of JohnWilliams FanNetwork. And I indeed found the article wich was written on may 2011. I also read it in the french website cinezik (in their review of the soundtrack) and on amazon.fr.
@Smidgeroo It's Kim Stengel, who's almost entirely a stage actress. She's played Carlotta in a couple of touring productions of Phantom, but it looks like she's primarily done musicals rather than opera, and I don't know if she has any recording credits.
@Hyman74Roth Big beak nose, busty as hell, but a lot of curves in the right places. If it wasn't for the nose, she'd look like your usual Opera Diva. Oh, and the hair, but eh...
i saw some used music in subtitles after film. But it also could be work of JW, couse there is good used classical harmony and playing with motivs. John can do the same work here.
@WolfikCZ This is not composed by JW. Wait, i'll get my cd...
Includes excerpts from "Rosina's Cavatina" from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini and "Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod.
penalty wonderful music that changed the best part yet optimal ta
lordejorge123 2 weeks ago
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lordejorge123 2 weeks ago
Did a crap job splicing that high note in. Must agree with SsteinwayS tho...Renee is !! HOT !! - would love to meet her in person.Would probably make a complete fool of myself by standing in front of her and drooling down my chin! ;P
Reneefan1 2 months ago 2
This is definitely Renee singing, except I don't think that's her singing a high F at the end, at least not without some editing assistance. I know that at one time she had a high F, but it sounds a bit like it's not her "au naturale" on this recording. More disturbing is the way the aria is chopped up and spliced together, Una voce intro and then it just gets weirder from there. Very disturbing to those who actually know Gounod's R&J! Nothing is sacred in the movie biz I suppose....
MsOwl24 2 months ago
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYY BEAUUUUUTY!!!!!!!!!!
XD good times!
KRandMJ 2 months ago
Haha! Renée Fleming is the hottest 52-year-old singer ever...too bad she doesn't actually have those stratospheric high notes and she looks awful in the movie. :( They should have used Natalie Dessay's pre-surgery voice...she actually had those crazy high notes!! :P
SsteinwayS 2 months ago 2
I'm confused. Does she play the character? So she sings the song and then this Bianca chick is the last note? Renee can hit that note.
leangesdemoi 2 months ago 2
ahhhhh... this is absolutely powerful! My home theater suffer.. :D
TeslaUnobtania 2 months ago
we have the same name... -_- ehh
SillyRandomChick 3 months ago
This aria is "Je veux vivre" from Romeo&Juliette by Gounod, but with a little different ending for the glass effect. I saw the movie and recognized Renée's voice. In the credits I saw that it was Renée singing and Kim doing the talking part and movements.
LaSignoraMusica 3 months ago
It's funny -- at first I thought the singer didn't have enough heft, but then I double-checked and it turns out that, based on her roles, Mme Castafiore is in fact a lyric coloratura, not a dramatic. YOUR USELESS TRIVIA FOR THE DAY.
BlackCanary87 3 months ago
Besides being a seemingly illiterate Canadian you also seem tone deaf .
dziady1 4 months ago
Who is the dreadful so called singer -
dziady1 4 months ago
@dziady1 your mom
ponieeee 4 months ago
this is strange. why mix rosina's una volce poco fa with julietta's waltz? anyway, it's interesting. thanks.
asdfopera 4 months ago
But but but... it's not the same without the jewel Song by Faust! XD The singer is MAD talented though.
Smidgeroo 4 months ago
@Smidgeroo "the jewel Song" was not composed by faust but by Charles Gounod. The singer is Fleming.
GGbreizh 4 months ago
@GGbreizh Are you sure it's Renee Fleming? She isn't credited on IMDb, there isn't anything about it on her website, and everyone who says it's her on other websites seems to be linking back to the same article, which was written in May 2011 when filming was completed in 2009. I don't know Fleming's voice well enough to pick out if it's her or not, and AFAIK Kim Stengel has no recordings. Is Fleming credited on the soundtrack? It hasn't been released in the US yet, so I can't check.
BlackCanary87 3 months ago
@BlackCanary87 Yes, I'm sure, the John Williams website linked to two different articles.
GGbreizh 3 months ago
@GGbreizh Do you mean jwfan.com or another site? I checked the former, and the citation trail just leads back to the same article everyone else is citing. Sorry, I'm really not trying to be tiresome or pedantic here, I really just want to know. Perhaps a kind person who has the CD already can check the liner notes and let us know?
BlackCanary87 3 months ago
@BlackCanary87 Says Renée Fleming on the CD & Kim Stengel on the film credits I think. As I understood this is Fleming and Kim Stengel does Bianca Castafiore's movements in the movie. But i'm not sure if it's Stengel's voice is in the movie or this since I haven't seen it yet.
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@BlackCanary87 I was speaking of JohnWilliams FanNetwork. And I indeed found the article wich was written on may 2011. I also read it in the french website cinezik (in their review of the soundtrack) and on amazon.fr.
GGbreizh 3 months ago
@Smidgeroo It's Kim Stengel, who's almost entirely a stage actress. She's played Carlotta in a couple of touring productions of Phantom, but it looks like she's primarily done musicals rather than opera, and I don't know if she has any recording credits.
BlackCanary87 3 months ago
Now I'm curious in what she's going to look like in this movie, lol
Hyman74Roth 4 months ago
@Hyman74Roth Big beak nose, busty as hell, but a lot of curves in the right places. If it wasn't for the nose, she'd look like your usual Opera Diva. Oh, and the hair, but eh...
zeekslider 2 months ago
Kim Stengel or ? (Renée Flemming....)
Karocenial 4 months ago
Yes, its done on purpose, but it sounds fake with the sudden pitch increase, they should have done it more smoothly.
Kalecommando 4 months ago
John Haydn Williams :D
WolfikCZ 4 months ago
@WolfikCZ
Which song from Haydn is it exactly? THANKS FOR ANY HELP!
aaalban11 4 months ago
@aaalban11
i saw some used music in subtitles after film. But it also could be work of JW, couse there is good used classical harmony and playing with motivs. John can do the same work here.
WolfikCZ 4 months ago
@WolfikCZ This is not composed by JW. Wait, i'll get my cd...
Includes excerpts from "Rosina's Cavatina" from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini and "Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod.
johnwilliamsfan786 4 months ago
Love it, but I don't like to sudden jump to the ulra high pitch, bad editing.
Kalecommando 4 months ago
@Kalecommando It seems done on purpose.
yonythemoony 4 months ago
@Kalecommando In the movie, that heralded the final straw of a disaster, but that's all I'll say, in case I give spoilers.
daeodon 3 months ago
BLISTERING EARDRUMS!!!
lailany27 4 months ago
Mr Williams.....you've done again.,...
tubebeen 4 months ago