Margaret Preece
Margaret Preece is an English operatic soprano.
She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.
Originally from Solihull, she has worked with English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and the Carl Rosa Company.
In 2007 she starred in the high- profile West End revival of" The Sound of Music" as the Mother Abbess, replacing Lesley Garrett.
In 2008 Margaret Preece released an album called" Is n't It Romantic", which features 17 songs by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by both Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein, including" Is n't It Romantic?".
Following the closure of" The Sound Of Music", she played Vava in Opera North's production of" Paradise Moscow" in spring 2009.
There were performances in Leeds, Newcastle, Salford(" the Lowry"), Nottingham and Bregenz.
In the summer, Preece reprised her role as the Mother Abbess in the UK Tour of" The Sound of Music", including performances at the Wales Millennium Centre.
Lisa Banes
Lisa Banes( born July 9, 1955) is an American actress.
She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1984 for" Is n't it Romantic?" and won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance as Alison Porter Off- Broadway in" Look Back in Anger".
In film, she has appeared in" Cocktail"( 1988)," Freedom Writers"( 2007), and" Gone Girl"( 2014).
Appeared in the 2016 film" A Cure for Wellness" as the character Hollis.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Todd Strauss-Schulson
Todd Strauss- Schulson( born June 24, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer, best known for directing the comedy film" A Very Harold& Kumar 3D Christmas"( 2011), the horror comedy film" The Final Girls"( 2015), and the romantic comedy film" Is n't It Romantic"( 2019).
He has also directed episodes of the television series" The Inbetweeners"( 2012) and" Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous"( 2013).
Isn't It Romantic?
"Isn't It Romantic?" is a popular song and part of the Great American Songbook.
The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
It has a 32-bar chorus in A–B–A–C form.
Alec Wilder, in his book "American Popular Song:
The Great Innovators 1900–1950," calls it "a perfect song."
It was introduced by Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in the Paramount film "
Love Me Tonight" (1932).
It has since been recorded numerous times, with and without vocals, by many jazz and popular artists.
It has also since been featured in a number of other movies.
In "Love Me Tonight", the song is used in a sequence in which it is first sung by Maurice Chevalier, a tailor, and then taken up by others (his customer, a cabby, a composer, a troop of soldiers, a band of gypsies) and is finally heard and sung by a princess, played by Jeanette MacDonald.
The lyrics in the film are not the same as those in the published version.
In 2004 this version finished at #73 in AFI's 100 Years...
100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
The title is often used in headlines in "The New York Times", such as "The Recession.
Isn't It Romantic?Italy
: Isn't It Romantic?", and "In Madrid, Isn't It Romantic?".
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer.
He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin'
In The SunlightValentineLouiseMimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including "The Love ParadeThe Big PondThe Smiling LieutenantOne Hour with You" and "Love Me Tonight".
His trademark attire was a boater hat and tuxedo.
Chevalier was born in Paris.
He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager.
In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel.
Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in "l'Alcazar" in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics.
In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre.
After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta "Dédé" to Broadway in 1922.
He developed an interest in acting and had success in "Dédé".
When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in "Innocents of Paris".
In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in "The Love Parade" (1929) and "The Big Pond" (1930), which secured his first big American hits, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight".
In 1957, he appeared in "Love in the Afternoon", which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years.
In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in "Gigi".
In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year.
In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film "The Aristocats".
He died in Paris, on January 1, 1972, aged 83.
Isn't It a Shame
" Is n't It a Shame" is a 1976 song written and composed by Randy Edelman.
The song was first recorded by the girl group Labelle for their sixth studio album" Chameleon"( 1976).
" Is n't It a Shame" charted at number 18 on the US Hot R&B/ Hip- Hop Songs chart.
The song was later covered by Patti Labelle live and included the song on her live album" Live in Washington, D.C."
Isn't It a Pity
" Is n't It a Pity" is a song by English musician George Harrison from his 1970 solo album" All Things Must Pass".
It appears in two variations there: one the well- known, seven- minute version; the other a reprise, titled" Is n't It a Pity( Version Two)".
Harrison wrote the song in 1966, but it was rejected for inclusion on releases by the Beatles.
In many countries around the world, the song was also issued on a double A- side single with" My Sweet Lord".
In America," Billboard" magazine listed it with" My Sweet Lord" when the single topped the Hot 100 chart, while in Canada," Is n't It a Pity" reached number 1 as the preferred side.
An anthemic ballad and one of Harrison's most celebrated compositions," Is n't It a Pity" has been described as the emotional and musical centrepiece of" All Things Must Pass" and" a poignant reflection on The Beatles' coarse ending".
Co-produced by Phil Spector, the recording employs multiple keyboard players, rhythm guitarists and percussionists, as well as orchestration by arranger John Barham.
In its extended fadeout, the song references the closing refrain of the Beatles' 1968 hit" Hey Jude".
Other musicians on the recording include Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Gary Wright and the band Badfinger, while the reprise version features Eric Clapton on lead guitar.
The song appeared as the closing track on Harrison's career- spanning compilation( 2009), and a live version, from his 1991 tour with Clapton, was included on" Live in Japan"( 1992).
Clapton and Preston performed the song together at the Concert for George tribute in November 2002.
" Is n't It a Pity" has been covered by numerous artists, including Nina Simone, Matt Monro, Cowboy Junkies, Paul Young, Elliott Smith, Galaxie 500, Jonathan Wilson and Graham Nash, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Roberta Flack.

Question: What nationality is the performer of song Isn'T It Romantic??
Answer: French