Comments on: une folle course-poursuite

By: pavel

pavel — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:39:13 +0000

Rebroff’s range was truly remarkable. I remember being amazed by a recording of the song “Vechernii zvon” (“Evening Bells”) where he started out in the basso profundo range and worked his way up to a very respectable soprano.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:10:19 +0000

In regard to the above comments to strange connections of various people: A friend told me he met Galina Ulanov the famed Russian dancer , still during the Iron Curtain days,in the West. Who was her ‘political minder’, watching over everything : a big burly aggressive ‘butch’ type. It turned out to be the actor Yul Brynner’s sister!

By: Scott Rose

Scott Rose — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:02:11 +0000

Echt hirnverbrannt!

By: Krunoslav

Krunoslav — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:20:36 +0000

“And just last year Horst made the (unverifiable) claim that he had been the pilot who shot down Antoine de Saint-Exupéry during WWII.”

Top THAT, Grace Millo and General Price!

Putting an end to that flow of pompous whimsy would automatically give Horst “Good German” status in my book.

By: The_Snazz

The_Snazz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:03:52 +0000

Rebroff sang Tevye in “Un violon sur le toit” in Paris, circa 1971. Not exactly Zero Mostel–but Fiddler in French didn’t exactly slip off the tongue, eg, ‘ah, si j’etais riche [ri-she]– but Rebroff was a resonant basso.

By: Sanford

Sanford — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:54:26 +0000

Sydney Chaplin is well known if you’re a theater buff. He won a TOny award for “Bells Are Ringing”, with Judy Holliday and was nominated again for “Funny Girl” with Barbra Streisand. His father was Charlie Chaplin’s half-brother. And his career spanned 25 years of films, theater and TV

By: Leitbreite

Leitbreite — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:40:58 +0000

Neeley @ 5:

That was Ivan Petrov (but then again, all those Ivans, Sergeis, and Vladimirs begin to bleed together after a while). Unfortunately, my only acquaintance with Rebroff is that chilling falsetto Orlovsky on the Kleiber, fils Fledermaus recording…and I seriously doubt that “chilling” is an appropriate effect for Orlofsky…

By: neeleycharles

neeleycharles — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:42:02 +0000

I believe he sings Gremin on the 1957 Vishnevskaya “Yevgény Onégin.”

By: neeleycharles

neeleycharles — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:36:16 +0000

I didn’t even know “Yes, Giorgio” was a remake!

By: Fritz

Fritz — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:46:57 +0000

I looked this movie up in the IMDB and some weird facts tumbled out. Ivan Rebroff (real name Hans-Rolf Rippert) had a brother named Horst. And just last year Horst made the (unverifiable) claim that he had been the pilot who shot down Antoine de Saint-Exupéry during WWII.
Also, the villain in Ivan’s film is played by Sydney Chaplin, who, I guess, is one of those covered by the announcer’s words near the end of the trailer: “And with many other pretty girl’s and well-known actors.”

By: Hans Lick

Hans Lick — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:46:30 +0000

I mean: Films nowadays are so … predictable. Trailers often surprise one. Especially if one never goes to the actual film.

By: Hans Lick

Hans Lick — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:45:51 +0000

Trailers! I love trailers! I wish the film would never start and the trailers would go on and on and on and….