‘Maestro’ on Netflix, starring Bradley Cooper: who Leonard Bernstein was and what you need to know before watching the film

In his second film as director after that A star is born (2018), Bradley Cooper plays the famous American composer Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) on tape Lecturerwhich will reach the catalog of Netflix the next Wednesday December 20.

Kuiper, moreover he co-wrote the script and is a producer of the feature film, 2 hours and 9 minutes.

Bernstein was one experienced composer and music director with more than 20 awards To his credit. He had the world of classical music and also the world of pop culture at his feet and became the first American-born conductor to achieve superstar status for the general public, and he had the charisma to keep it going.

The film follows Bernstein from his unexpected debut at Carnegie Hall until the last years of his life, including his relationship with his wife, Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan.

The 48-year-old actor took responsibility for it portray Bernstein with enthusiasm and gratitude. “In A star is born“The nuclear weapon was always Lady Gaga’s voice,” Cooper said on the film’s official website. Netflix. “For Lecturer I thought I would be the disaster because I had a nuclear weapon and that’s the music of Leonard Bernstein.. “Just the breadth of it, the diversity of it, and how moving it is.”

Like Kuiper, Mulligan earned a Golden Globe nomination for her performance..

Montealegre and Bernstein married in 1951, after a wild and brief courtship. But in the longer term, both They supported each other in their ambitions and raised three children together..

“It was just the most exciting part and felt similar to some of the roles I’ve had the opportunity to play on stage, but that hadn’t yet found an on-screen equivalent,” Mulligan explains. “He was so rich and there was so much breadth in his character and there were so many changes in his life. I was surprised that (Bradley) asked me to take the role.”.

They join the cast Maya Hawke as Jamie, Bernstein’s eldest daughter; Sara Silverman as Shirley, the artist’s sister; And Matt Bomer in the role of composer David Oppenheim.