The Tenor – Lirico Spinto
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Hangul 더 테너 - 리리코 스핀토 Produced by Kim Jeong-a Music director Jun-seong Kim | 7.6/10 IMDb Initial release 11 October 2014 (Japan) Screenplay Kim Sang-man | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revised Romanization Deo Teneo - Ririko Seupinto McCune–Reischauer Tŏ T'enŏ - Ririko Sŭp'int'o Written by Kim Sang-manChoi Jong-hyeonKim Gwan-bin Awards Grand Bell Award for Best Music Cast Yoo Ji‑tae, Cha Ye‑ryun, Yūsuke Iseya, Kie Kitano, Nataša Tapušković Similar Midnight FM, Bloody Tie, Girl Scout, The Royal Tailor, Masquerade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The tenor lirico spinto a true story
The Tenor-Lirico Spinto is a 2014 biopic chronicling the life of world-famous South Korean tenor Bae Jae-chul who performed in numerous European operas, but lost his voice at the peak of his career due to thyroid cancer. However, after enduring a long period of painful rehabilitation, with the help of his wife Yoon-hee as well as his longtime friend and Japanese producer Koji Sawada, Bae regained his singing ability and half his vocal range. Bae was portrayed by Yoo Ji-tae.
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The film premiered at the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, and was released in South Korea on December 31, 2014.
Cast
Production
The film's early working title was Miracle, but director Kim Sang-man changed it because he thought it disclosed the ending, while he hoped the unfamiliar term lirico spinto would arouse Korean viewers' curiosity. Lirico spinto, or "pushed lyric" in Italian, refers to a tenor voice that is versatile enough to sing in the style of a lirico, a singer with a softer voice and a spinto, one with dramatic voice; Bae could do both. For his role, actor Yoo Ji-tae practiced singing everyday for more than a year and underwent further vocal training to acquire the technique to believably lip sync every opera song he sings in the film; he also took English lessons.
Due to budget constraints, it took six years for the film to be completed. The production crew filmed in Korea, Japan and Serbia for 18 months.
