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Heavenly Voices

2013 · 75 min

A scholarly, music-filled stroll through history, pairing gorgeous Baroque singing with quiet reflection on fame, sacrifice and the strange beauty of the human voice.

Directed by
Alessandro Scillitani
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ernesto Tomasini, Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli
Overview
Heavenly Voices tells the story of the castrato phenomenon, and how the most gifted amongst these singers rose to international stardom. Max Emanuel Cencic and Philippe Jaroussky, two of today's singing stars, take us back in time and talk about operatic entertainment in the Baroque Age. This is illustrated by paintings and prints from the time as well as major performances of today. In this film, many countertenors are featured in famous roles and in interviews, amongst them Jochen Kowalski, Andreas Scholl, David Daniels, Daniel Behle and Valer Barna-Sabadus.

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Directed by
Alessandro Scillitani
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Ernesto Tomasini, Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Alessandro Scillitani
    Written by
    Gino Pennacchi
    Starring
    Ernesto Tomasini, Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli, Daniel Behle, Max Emanuel Cenčić, David Daniels, Daniele Pacini, Valer Barna-Sabadus
    Runtime
    75 min
    Country
    Italy
    Languages
    English, Italian

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