Look at the kisses, the faces, the cheeks, the eyebrows, the teeth in a film like werner schroeters the death of maria malibran, to call that sadism seems to me completely false, except through the detour of a vague psychoanalysis involving a partial object, a body in pieces, the vagina dentata. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a. Maria malibran 24 march 1808 23 september 1836 was a spanish mezzosoprano who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the most famous opera singers of the 19th century. Werner schroeter 7 april 1945 12 april 2010 was a german film director, screenwriter, and. A series of tableaux illustrating the life and death of a celebrated 19th century german opera singer. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her death at age 28. The death of maria malibran is a very strange film. Art and kitsch, high and low brow, maria callas and caterina valente, myths and genre elements. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. A peculiar biopic of spanish opera singer maria malibran, who died in 1836 at the age of 28. Maria felicia malibran 24 march 1808 23 september 1836 was a spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the bestknown opera singers of the 19th century. It, at once, is about the tragic life and death of maria malibran, a famous german opera singer from the 19th century, and a meditation on passion, isolation and the human condition.
By the time he made his first feature, the death of maria malibran 1972, the new german cinema had already. Rupert hughes, the love affairs of great musicians, 1903. The death of maria malibran 1972 werner schroeter, magdalena. When i walked out of the cinema, i felt like waking up from a dream. Everything that happens in this film is beyond my understanding. The way in which body is treated in contemporary cinema is something very new. In his earliest work, german director werner schroeter was inspired by opera, and made several short 8mm films about the prima donna maria callas. Free download from source, api support, millions of users. Werner schroeter mixes stravinsky, beethoven, brahms, maria callas and janis joplin in this delirious biography of the doomed nineteenthcentury mezzosoprano, which he singled out as his most enduring masterpiece. Amazon music stream millions of songs amazon advertising find, attract. This is about the life and myths about famous opera singer maria malibran 1808 1836.
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