2018-09-20 Entertainment Weekly

Rebels take Julianne Moore’s opera singer,

Roxane Coss, hostage in this timely drama based

on Ann Patchett’s 2001 novel. Moore’s alter

ego is no ordinary chanteuse: Her pipes inspire

a cadence of compassion amid political conflict,

uniting prisoners and their captors on a lyrical

journey that ends in haunting fashion.(Sept. 14)

BEL CANTO

You’d be forgiven for thinking there’s not much

else to learn about Steve Jobs. You’d also be

wrong. This revelatory memoir by the tech leg-

end’s estranged daughter doesn’t just shed

new light on the man; her exquisitely written

prose allows Brennan-Jobs to—painfully,

complexly, heroically—reclaim her own story.

Feel-good
hooks seem to
come easy to
the 28-year-old
singer, who cur-
rently holds the
record for the
most No. 1 sin-
gles in the U.K. by
a British female
artist (yes, even
counting Adele!).
If you dug her
vocals on past
hits “Rather Be”
and “Hold My
Hand,” consider
this ebullient
earworm
of Glynne’s
upcoming
October album.

SMALL FRY

by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

JESS

GLYNNE

“A LL I A M ”

SING LIKE NO ONE’S LISTENING

Moore did it for authenticity’s sake

“The scary thing is, I actually

had to sing. In order to lip-synch

you have to produce sound,

because if you don’t, it looks fake!

It was super embarrassing....

When we shot, I’d ask them to turn

Renée up as much as possible

so they didn’t hear me warbling.”

EMBODY YOUR DIVA’S SWAG!

Opera is acting through song

“Opera singers are human musical

instruments.... They [change the]

shape of their hand, mouth, chest,

and their bodies.... I sat there

with Renée while she recorded,

and asked questions. I also

watched her expressions intently,

mainly the shape of her mouth.”

TAKE A BREATH...OR SEVERAL

Fleming’s voice coach stressed it

“Where she takes a breath,

I take a breath. A couple phrases

were extra long. Renée’s known

for her ability to carry a phrase to

incredible length, [but] if you’re

going to lip-synch, you need to do

it exactly.... Be precise about who

you’re emulating, fully inhabit it!”

HOW JULIANNE MOORE LIP-SYNCHED FOR HER LIFE

Enlisting the help (and voice) of soprano Renée Fleming for her character’s operatic chops, the Oscar winner

explains how she mastered a lip-synch that would make both drag queens and real-life divas proud.BY JOEY NOLFI

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