Sentences with phrase «opera director who»

He himself plays a role in the film as an uncomfortably retired opera director who flies with his wife (Judy Davis) to Rome to meet his future son - in - law and discovers that the boy's undertaker father (Fabio Armiliato) has a great singing voice — but only when he's singing in the shower.

Woody Allen plays Jerry, a retired «avant guarde» opera director who discovers his daughters new father in law, Giancarlo (played by tenor Fabio Armiliato), is a natural opera singer — but only in the shower.

Not exact matches

Some well - known people have received honours this year including: • actor Kenneth Branagh receives a knighthood, Kate Winslet a CBE and Jenny Agutter an OBE • architect Zaha Hadid receives a DBE, opera director David McVicar is knighted, and comic writer Grant Morrison gets an MBE • there were MBEs for world number one ranked golfer Luke Donald, Welsh rugby union player Shane Williams and former England goalkeeper David James • satirist Armando Iannucci gets an OBE, and there are CBEs for journalist Peter Riddell and cookery writer Mary Berry • there were OBEs for singer - songwriter Gary Barlow who organised the Queen's Jubilee Concert, and Sarah Burton, designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress

Phyllida Lloyd makes her feature film directorial debut an uneven one; she's a leading British theatre director who is noted for her work in opera and directed the original stage production.

«Interview» (July 13): Steve Buscemi is back as a director and starring as a political journalist who is forced to interview America's top soap opera star (Sienna Miller) by his editor as punishment.

Director Elie Chouraqui, who co-wrote the script, catches the chaotic horror of war, but why bother if you're going to subjugate truth to the tear - jerking demands of soap opera?

Working with director David Dobkin, Gough and Millar (who previously created «Smallville» and wrote Dobkin's film «Shanghai Knights») cross-pollinate soap - opera melodrama with gonzo hand - to - hand combat scenes.

Director Stephen Frears has painted a tenderhearted but slow - moving portrait of the infamous Manhattan socialite who fancied herself a high priestess of the opera.

The story is comprised of four separate vignettes, following the romantic misadventures of various characters in Rome - a retired American opera director tries to make a star of his daughter's father - in - law to be, who can only sing in the shower; a pair of newlyweds are separated for a day and have their fidelity tested by a prostitute, movie star and a burglar; a middle - class office worker unexpectedly becomes a celebrity targeted by the paparazzi; and an architect runs into a young man who reminds him of a younger version of himself - and is about to make the same romantic mistakes....

The title stands for Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, a short - lived 1980s TV show of which I have no memory whatsoever, and it stars Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men) and Betty Gilpin (Nurse Jackie) as L.A. - based actresses - turned - wrestlers whose major conflict is outside the ring, and comedian Marc Maron as the down - on - his - luck movie director who hires them to be part of an all - woman wrestling show that's as much soap opera as it is fighting.

Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men) and Betty Gilpin (Nurse Jackie) star as L.A. actresses - turned - wrestlers whose major conflict is outside the ring, and comedian Marc Maron as the down - on - his - luck movie director who hires them to be part of an all - woman wrestling show that's as much soap opera as it is fighting.

Internationally admired theater and opera director Robert Carsen, who has cited Gnoli's work among his inspirations, will create the installation design for the exhibition at Luxembourg & Dayan.

FORT WORTH — Fort Worth Opera Festival offers Brief Encounters (April 29 - May 1), three 15 - minute operas, including Avow by Mark Adamo, Again by Jake Heggie and Feel the Tango by Fort Worth Opera's artistic director Joe Illick; Maria de Buenos Aires (April 27 & May 5) by Argentina's tango king Astor Piazzolla; and Gaetano Donizetti's comedy Don Pasquale (April 28 - May 6) in a production that transplants the story to Hollywood, casting Pasquale as a matinee idol who doesn't see that his charms have faded.

Giuseppe Frigeni is a director, choreographer, and visual designer who has also collaborated with Bob Wilson as co-director on video works and theater & opera productions.