Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges were contemporaries and rivals. Mozart in particular did NOT like Chevalier.
#MusComEnt #Chevalier2022
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (December 25, 1745-June 9, 1799) was an Afro-Caribbean French composer, violinist, fencer & political activist. Despite the racism of the era, he was extremely well regarded. During French Revolution he turned to politics and activism before dying young at age 53. Infuriatingly, his works were marginalized after his death due to racism. BUT have received renewed interest and acclaim in the past few decades
#MusComEnt #BlackHistoryMonth #Chevalier
Our leading man is New Orleans actor and musician Kelvin Harrison Jr. The son of New Orleans jazz musicians associated with the famed Marsalis jazz family, he plays the piano, trumpet and violin in addition to singing. He practiced 5hrs a day, every day for months to prepare for “Chevalier”
#MusComEnt #Chevalier #KelvinHarrisonJr
Despite doing voice lessons for the role, Co-leading lady Samara Weaving did not do all of her own singing in the film. She’s partially dubbed by British soprano Grace Davidson.
#MusComEnt #Chevalier2022
Fact Checking “Chevalier” (2022)
1) It was King Louis XV NOT Queen Marie Antoinette who bestowed his title upon him
2)it’s debated if he had a child since he died having never married
3) the film doesn’t show it but Chevalier was jailed for about a year for being a counter-revolutionary & abolitionist after The French Revolution
4) Despite knowing and hating each other, the violin duel between Mozart and Chevalier probably didn’t happen
#MusComEnt #BlackHistoryMonth #Chevalier2022 #Chevalier
@analgesicsleep Samara has kind of carved a nice niche as a scream queen with Ready Or Not, Scream 6, and Azrael. #MusComEnt
@rsmon77 Yes, she’s becoming one of the more successful Margot Robbie Sextuplets
#MusComEnt
@analgesicsleep Haven’t realized I’ve seen this guy in a lot of stuff of late, like he was also BB King in that recent ELVIS movie the same year this came out. #MusComEnt