The fashion of biopics musicals has become a commercial preference in the seventh art since the success of Bohemian Rhapsody. A trend that has even reached Spain, with the great The blue star And Second prize. These national adaptations, however, have escaped the clichés of a sub-genre which only seems to serve to position certain profiles for the Oscars. And among other things, these roles usually bring with them the trap that none of the protagonists can usually pull off. the vocal quality of the characters to which they give life, they therefore end up being dubbed in the sung parts, leaving the whole thing a little rather distorted. Angelina Jolie was one of the last to position herself in this direction, taking on the role of Maria Callas, but…Does the actress really sing in the film?
When it was announced that the interpreter of tomb Raider would give life to the legendary opera singerit was obviously expected that the star would not even reach a hundredth of the soprano technique. But as behind the cameras there was an author like Pablo Larrainthe truth is that some dared to predict that the story would focus on the last days of the artist off stage or that, at most, Jolie would be dubbed by a real soprano. A decision which, historically, has not affected the accolades of the Academy. Rami Malek He managed to win the statuette thanks to his Freddy Mercury and Austin Butler received a nomination for Elvis, Therefore, the second option was not very alarming for the credibility of the story. However, the Chilean filmmaker has finally revealed if Brad Pitt’s ex is actually the one who sings in Marie Callas.
Does Angelina Jolie sing in “Maria Callas”?
Obviously, Angelina Jolie I didn’t know opera very well. before the film. But on the other hand, never being able to reach the excellence of Maria Callas did not at all mean that the North American did not have to prepare a lot for filming. This is why Larraín, in his last interview, wanted to record this effort and how the Oscar-winning actress immersed herself in a comprehensive trainingin addition to counting what part of Jolie’s voice which we actually find on the cassette in comparison with Callas’ voice.
In recent years, Larraín has approached major female figures in history to tell small, key fragments of their lives. This is the case of Jackie either Spencerwhere part of reality is always shown and the other, a fable that shapes the story. Unlike the latter two, Maria Callas is an artist, and as such, obtaining a tiny portion of her art was not easy.
“He must have trained for a long time. He trained for more than seven months. There is breathing, there is posture, there is emphasis. She sang in Italian and French, but especially in Italian. There is what in music we call tone, that is, the ability to reach each note and follow the melody and this was a great challenge for her,” said Larraín. IndieWire. Later, the author of No explained the difference with other musical biopics:
“Anyone who sings, including me, would have a hard time doing it. It’s not pop music. It’s not like you get in a car and put on a David Bowie song and you can sing it (…) We also wanted to capture his voice through some of the technical things that you do; capture his voice, his breathing, each of his sounds.
Excellent production work
Finally the director explained that with everything recorded, they had taken the final work in post-production and from there they worked on creating a two-voice ensemble. “We were able to mix it with Maria Callas’ vocals. So sometimes you hear 1% of Angelina’s voice, sometimes 5%, sometimes 40% and a few times, not very often but it happens, you hear sixty percent or seventy percent of Angelina’s voice. Angelina.
The distribution of Marie Callas is completed by Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPheeamong others. Jolie’s work is present in several pools for the next edition of the red carpet, but in Spain we still do not have a fixed date for its premiere. In the United States, the film will be released in theaters next November 27.
