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"Il Bacio di Tosca"... for the love of music and opera

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Victor Khomenko

Tosca's Kiss... Seldom one encounters a documentary so absorbing, so sympathetic of subjects... so direct and yet so delicate in its touch.
Casa Verdi is the retirement home for Italian opera singers and musicians, and the film spends 90 minutes with them as they relive their moments of glory and pride, and... as they sing.
How quickly one forgets about their frail bodies, their swollen legs and arthritic hands... their trembling voices soar and their faces smile, their whole beings full of joy - the joy of making music...
They submerge themselves in the wonderful sounds of great Italian opera, and you instantly forget you are watching and hearing old retired people, as the beautiful music transforms everything about them.
Some of them famous diva's, others - humble chorus singers, but all united by their endless love for opera, music, Verdi and Picchini... and one roof.
It is easy and natural to feel sadness when watching old people, but it is not sadness that governs this film... it is joy.
I am so grateful to the people who gave us that rare glimpse of beauty that is hiding now from us in Casa Verdi... about which most of us forget.
For every opera lover... every music lover... this is a must, and without a doubt should take place next to other wonderful "music" films, never mind the fact this is a documentary.

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Yes, I saw this a while ago and remember being very moved by it, - BJordan 19:23:54 03/09/06 (0)
I think we can expand the idea of this film to many other aged people in our world.
Absolutely, two epilglotti "straight up!" Not just for opera lovers but - tinear 04:15:49 03/09/06 (2)
for anyone that appreciates art and that has a heart.
The old singer that bullied his singer wife especially was hilarious.
- Re: Absolutely, two epilglotti "straight up!" Not just for opera lovers but - Victor Khomenko 05:55:37 03/09/06 (1)
  Both that guy and his wife were gorgeous when younger, and you can still see that beauty in them, and they had tons of class. He looked like a real aristocrat, in the good sense of that word.
  I love opera and listen to it a alot, have huge collection... in fact, right now Sara Scuderi (the main character in the film) is singing La Boheme... from the "Sopranos - In the Grand Tradition" album... I am listening to that young voice and thinking: "Time to buy more records!"
  - In the grand tradition? Thanks, I'll look for that cd. When her old - tinear 08:17:02 03/09/06 (0)
    recording was played and we saw her listening... those moments alone were priceless.
"How quickly one forgets about their frail bodies, their swollen legs and arthritic hands..." - Aspercreme commercial? - Audiophilander 22:07:58 03/08/06 (0)
Or ...? ;^)

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