Villa-Lobos By A Soprano

Category: documentary
(Color-NTSC / 35 min. / USA - 2011)

Synopsis: Soprano Stela Brandão is one of the most avid promoters of Brazilian classical music.  Through her passion for Heitor Villa-Lobos, she brings intimate and poetic reflections on the work of this great Brazilian composer, inspiring us to recognize ourselves in the various Brazils identified in the genius' music.

"Brazil already has the geographic shape of a heart.
Every Brazilian has this heart.
The music goes from one soul to the other.
The birds talk through music.  They have heart.
Everything you feel in life you feel in the heart."
(Heitor Villa-Lobos, composer)

Production: Goulart Filmes and Avanturi Productions
Executive producer: Marcelo Nigri
Producers: Marcelo Nigri, Yves Goulart and Nayglon Goulart
Director and screenwriter: Yves Goulart
Director of photography: Yves Goulart
Camera operator: Yves Goulart and Adnor Pitanga
Editing: Yves Goulart
Color correction: Simone Mihich Bueno
Re-recording mixer: Evaristo Scarsanela Junior
Soprano: Stela Brandão
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Graphic effects: Adam Apsan
Art designer: Luciane Nard
Translation: Micki Mihich

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