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Friday, January 9. 2009

Josefina

From the WSJ:



Arthur Laurents needed a Maria for his upcoming Broadway revival of "West Side Story." The 91-year-old director, who wrote the libretto for the legendary 1957 musical, found her on YouTube.


Josefina Scaglione was an Argentine stage actress working in Buenos Aires. She spoke English with a rich Spanish accent, was unknown to American audiences and was exactly what Mr. Laurents had been searching for.



Read the whole thing. Here she is with Libertango:


 

Posted by Gwynnie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 10:45 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Marvelous voice. Good visuals in the video. Too much bass to my taste; better the Piazzolla orchestration. I heard Mariza, the Portuguese fado singer, in concert a while back with a similar opinion. Great voice, but the bass interfered with hearing her voice. Better the light orchestration that Amalia Rodrigues sang with.

Josefina, cut the bass, please!
Excuse me while I go drink my yerba mate.
(BTW, Piazzolla, the composer of Libertango, spent a substantial part of his childhood in the US, so we have a certain claim on him.)
#1 Boludo Tejano on 2009-01-09 11:28 (Reply)
Great find! She certainly fits the role. Who's the next George Chakiris?
#2 JAM on 2009-01-09 11:33 (Reply)
Boludo Tejano (nice nic): Yeah, a bit too heavy and loud. But then, lots of stuff today strikes me as too heavy and loud. Great voice, though.
#3 Skookumchuk on 2009-01-09 11:46 (Reply)
Bass? There was bass? All we remember is the voice (and the cheesy photography). We're in love......
#4 Gwynne on 2009-01-09 17:56 (Reply)

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