 | zarah leander ich weiss es wird einmal ein wunder geschehn
Tags: 1942, balz, bruno, die, diva, ein, einmal, es, geschehn, grosse, ich, jary, leander, liebe, michael, ufa, weiss, wird, wunder, zarah
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zarah in the movie" die grosse liebe" of 1942. its a wonderful lovesong, written by michael jary and bruno balz.the song was not by any means meant as propaganda from both. the songwriter balz was arrested for some weeks from gestapo and jary helped him become released.
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 | zarah leander "kann denn liebe sünde sein?"
Tags: 1938, balz, blaufuchs, bruno, denn, der, diva, kann, leander, liebe, sein, singer, swedish, sünde, ufa, zarah
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zarah leander sings " kann denn liebe sünde sein?" ( can love be a sin?)no, naturally not, a daring song for at that time. the song text was written by bruno balz, a homosexual and a very good friend of zarah.
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 | zarah leander nur nicht aus liebe weinen
Tags: 1939, ballnacht, diva, eine, es, leander, mackeben, rauschende, singer, swedish, theo, ufa, war, zarah
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zarah in lovelorn, sang a great song of theo mackeben in the film " es war eine rauschende ballnacht". phenomenally voice and full of livewire!
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 | Zarah Leander - Send In The Clowns (Wo Sind die Clowns)
Tags: clowns, diva, divas, in, leander, little, music, musical, night, send, sondheim, stephen, the, zarah
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An old Zarah Leander performing "Send In The Clowns" in German (Wo Sind die Clowns), 1978. This is a rare recording of this classic Sondheim tune (one of the diva's last recordings as well).
Background: Zarah Leander played the part of Mme Armfeldt in Vienna 1975 (in German) and later in the original Swedish staging of "A Little Night Music" at Folkan in Stockholm 1978 (in Swedish). Only the German version was later recorded, however, in 1978, making this one of Leander's last recordings ever. She fell ill before she could record the Swedish version.
Leander suffered a stroke after a performance during the Swedish run in Stockholm in late 1978 and was after that confined to a wheel-chair and hospitalized in Norrköping, never performing on a stage again. She past away three years later, in 1981.
Quite amazingly that remarkable deep, full voice that was hers was there until the very end; she shows that in some of her last recordings and TV performances. Even here; she falters here and there on some longer holding notes due to lack of stomach support (like at the end) but overall gives away a personal and quite marvellous version of it, at age 71: Instead of forcing it, she does it low-key; making the song in this way much original and poignant in its format. Leander also earned substantial acclaim for her portrayal of Mme Armfeldt from both audience and musical critics; something that touched her deepely (she had been much surprised, but happy, when she initially was approached and asked to play the part).
As there are no video to the audio I made a simple one myself with photos, focusing on Leander in her later years (some of the photos shows her as Mrs Armfeldt from the Austrian and Swedish stagings).
Anyway, for you Sondheim & musical fans (and fans of Zarah) - enjoy! *:)
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 | Zarah Leander
Tags: Leander, Zarah
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Zarah Leander in Damals
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 | Zarah Leander 1972 - Nightclub
Tags: leander, zarah
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ein sehr, sehr schöner auftritt von zarah und teilweise live....
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 | zarah leander davon geht die welt nicht unter
Tags: 1942, balz, bruno, die, diva, grosse, jary, leander, liebe, michael, singer, swedish, zarah
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zarah leander in the movie " die grosse liebe" the songwriter bruno balz wrote this, when he was in gestapo arrest 1941.
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 | Zarah Leander - Ack Värmeland du sköna
Tags: ack, diva, du, folk, leander, music, skona, sköna, swedish, traditional, varmland, värmeland, värmland, warmeland, wermeland, zarah
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A beautiful version of the traditional and beloved Swedish song/hymn 'Ack Wärmeland du sköna' performed by Zarah Leander (clip from a 1965 TV broadcast).
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 | zarah leander berlinerluft in swedish 1977
Tags: 1977, berliner, diva, leander, luft, singer, swedish, zarah
Description:
zarah leander sings in tv-show 1977, she was 70 year, but sweet like a girl...maidenly!!! bodies age, but the charm remains
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 | zarah leander interview 1966
Tags: diva, leander, schweden, star, sängerin, zarah
Description:
zarah bei werner höfer
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 | zarah leander yes sir
Tags: leander, neuen, singer, sir, swedish, ufern, yes, zarah, zu
Description:
zarah in her first german film " zu neuen ufern" from 1937.
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