Excellent observation, Mark!! I was racking the brain pan
trying to find a name (& particularly voice that would
satisfy the role of Emile). Van Dam - stupendous! Now
the names flow: Alain Fondary, Jean Phillipe LaFont or
even an Italian such as Ruggiero Raimondi would
satisfy my casting. Throw a Spaniard in there as well
(except for Antonio Banderas...too young, too light a voice).
Bryn would read too young next to Glenn - that's my only
reservation regarding Terfel as de Becque. Not that Ms. Close
wasn't plausible - she made things work no doubt, but my
de Becque has to have that certain sound & burnished color.
At first - I thought I was listening to Julio Iglesias singing
"Some Enchanted Evening"! That doesn't work.
----Original Message-----
>From: thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
>From: thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
>Subject: [vocalist] South Pacific
>Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 8:09 AM
>
>
>I have to agree with you, Ernie: no one will ever top Mary Martin.
>However, I thought Glenn Close did a credible job, and though Harry
>Connick, Jr. would not have been my first choice, it was better than
>I had anticipated. The Emile de Becque (can you say Billy Goat's
Gruff?)
>looked the part, but my only question was: "Was Jose van Dam too busy?"
or
>for that matter "Didn't someone think that this would have been a
>wonderful way to introduce Bryn Terfel to the general public?"
>
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