The Tenor %E2%80%93 Lirico Spinto

The TenorLirico Spinto is a 2014 biopic chronicling the life of worldfamous South Korean tenor Bae Jaechul 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 Yoonhee 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 Jitae.

The films early working title was Miracle, but director Kim Sangman 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 Jitae 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 formonths. ........

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