Juan Diego Flórez in La Fille du Régiment

“Pour mon âme”

Amazing.

His recent Performance with the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center:

NY TIMES REVIEW

DVD: Donizetti – La Fille du Régiment @ Genoa Opera

Luciano Pavarotti with Joan Sutherland made his name at the Metropolitan Opera with this role.

Pavarotti – Ah mes amis

CD/MP3: Donizetti – La Fille du Régiment / Sutherland, Pavarotti

Brando’s influence on Deniro

Reflections in a Golden Eye vs. Taxi Driver

Everything has been done before and as an artist you are the sum of everything that has come before you. Scorsese was influenced by Brando’s performance in Reflections in a Golden Eye and created one of the most iconic moments in film history.

Robert Deniro in Taxi Driver (1976)

Marlon Brando in Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

In the Turner Classic Movies documentary on Marlon Brando, director Martin Scorsese says that the scene in which Brando stands in front of the mirror talking to himself as he inspects his dress uniform inspired the infamous “Are you talkin’ to me?” moment with Robert De Niro for Taxi Driver (1976).