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'Meeting Venus' is a 1991 British–American-Japanese film directed by the Hungarian director Istvn Szab and starring Glenn Close and Niels Arestrup. The movie was filmed in Budapest, Hungary.

This fictional story follows misadventures in making a modern Parisian production of the Wagner opera 'Tannhuser', which in itself tells of the production of a singing contest. "Here you can be misunderstood in six different languages." The singing contest, the opera and the film explore the tension between sexuality and spirituality, punctuated by emotionally gripping vocal, choral and orchestral music. "Without hard work, there are no miracles," and in spite of committed, passionate people, the results are in doubt to the final moment in each performance.

Cast



Many of the characters in this movie have the same name and family name as director Istvn Szab, but in different languages. The Hungarian name Istvn in English corresponds with Stephen. Surname Szab means "tailor"; some persons in the film are: 'Stephen Taylor' (English), 'Stefan Schneider' (German), 'Stefano Sarto' (Italian), 'Etienne Tailleur' (French). There are also 'Maria Krawiecki' (from the Polish word 'krawiec' which means 'tailor') and Isaac Partnoi (from Russian word ' [portnoy]' = 'tailor").

Voice on singing scenes



The version of 'Tannhuser' that can be heard in the movie is performed by Kiri Te Kanawa as Elisabeth, Ren Kollo as Tannhuser, Hkan Hagegrd as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Waltraud Meier as Venus with the London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski. The composer David Bedford provided extra orchestrations and music for the film.

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