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In the secret of these artists who show the voice on Arte

2021-07-16T06:19:39.491Z


In two parts, this Friday from 10:35 pm, this German documentary, sometimes disjointed, tries to pierce, from Sinatra to Billie Eilish, the mystery of a vocal success.


When we turn on the radio or listen to a record, there is always that moment when a voice makes us shiver. By what alchemy are singers and pop singers so successful? Some like Celine Dion and Freddie Mercury have impeccable power and technique, but these assets are not essential. So what are the characteristics common to all these tessitura which punctuated the twentieth century? German director Birgit Herdlitschke takes two hours to try to answer it. His film mixes interviews with producers, German musicians, including Klaus Meine, the singer of Scorpions, with filmed archives. From Aretha Franklin to Beyoncé, the spectrum is wide. Probably too much. This documentary lacks a common thread.The narration is intended to be thematic and then chronological, but sometimes suddenly goes back in time. Arrived in the 1980s with Michael Jackson, we go back to the sixties with Bob Dylan.

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