Format:
[DVD] (62 Min.)
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teilw. s/w
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dolby digital 2.0
Series Statement:
Gisela May - Die May 5
Uniform Title:
Gisela May - Every Song Tells a Story
Content:
Internationally acclaimed as "First Lady of the political song" and "Best Brecht interpreter", Gisela May has performed all over the world for the past forty years. "Die May" was one of the leading artists in the former DDR from the early fifties onward. She enjoyed an intensive collaboration with composer Hanns Eisler and was attached as an actress to the Berliner Ensemble for thirty years, until she was fired after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gisela May is now 74 and continues to be active as a performer and a teacher. ‘Gisela May: Elk Lied is een Verhaal’ shows how Gisela May keeps alive the tradition of performing the songs of Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler. We see her singing "Das Lied vom Surabaya Johnny", "Die Moritat vom Mackie Messer", "Und was bekam des Soldatenweib" and other songs, in archive fragments beginning in 1958 and in the recording of a 1996 concert given in the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg with the Willem Breuker Kollektief. The rehearsals for this concert reveal her firmly held views regarding the interpretation of these songs. [www.idfa.nl]
Note:
dt. / UT: engl. ; niederländ.
Language:
Undetermined
Keywords:
DVD-Video
