Starring: - Madonna
- Antonio Banderas
- Jimmy Nail
- Jonathan Pryce
Description:
Evita was finally filmed in 1996, 20 years after its initial incarnation as a studio-bound rock opera. In between, of course, it was one of the most successful and long-running musicals on either side of the Atlantic. Given such a long history, the film might easily have been a stale anticlimax, fatally holed by our overfamiliarity with songs such as the ubiquitous "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." On the contrary, it was an impressive and immensely satisfying production. The numbers, augmented by a new song for Eva ("You Must Love Me"), sound fresh and the singing is excellent. Coming from Jonathan Pryce (Peron) and Jimmy Nail (Magaldi), this is hardly a surprise. The real revelation is Antonio Banderas as Che, a kind of one-man Greek chorus commenting on Eva's rise and the price she must pay. His warm tenor dispels memories of previous, rougher interpretations from such singers as David Essex and Colm Wilkinson. Ultimately, though, the star is Madonna. She is totally immersed in the role of Eva from start to finish, her singing ranging from girlish delicacy to a hard-edged stridence as the dictator's wife achieves her goals. Rarely has a film so successfully given a stage show such a new lease on life.
1. On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada 1 - Jonathan Pryce
2. Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna
3. On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada 2 - Madonna
4. High Flying, Adored - Antonio Banderas/ Madonna
5. Rainbow High - Madonna
6. Rainbow Tour - Antonio Banderas/Gary Brooker/Peter Polycarpou/Jonathan Pryce/Madonna/John Gower
7. Actress Hasn't Learned The Lines (You'd Like To Hear), The - Madonna/Antonio Banderas
8. And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) - Antonio Banderas
9. Partido Feminista - Madonna
10. She Is A Diamond - Jonathan Pryce
11. Santa Evita
12. Waltz For Eva And Che - Madonna/Antonio Banderas
13. Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down - Madonna/Jonathan Pryce
14. You Must Love Me - Madonna
15. Eva's Final Broadcast - Madonna
16. Latin Chant
17. Lament - Madonna/Antonio Banderas
Evita vol. 2
