McMoon and Jenkins start performing, and, although a few people snicker, and Agnes Stark, the new wife of an old friend has to be escorted out laughing, the performance goes well, and Jenkins is spared any humiliation. The night of the recital, McMoon is still nervous, but Bayfield assures him that everything is set. When the reviewer says he can't take the money, Bayfield informs him that it's either both or neither, and the reviewer gives back the envelope. The critic from the Post wants to attend, and Bayfield offers him a ticket with fifty dollars in an envelope. What follows is an elaborate ruse to protect Jenkins from criticism: the performance is closed to the public, with tickets only going to known friends and bribeable reviewers. Bayfield cryptically assures him that won't happen. He thought he was just there to help with the lessons, in private, and doesn't want to be a laughingstock playing in public with Jenkins. Bayfield seems happy with the idea, but Totten makes clear to Bayfield that he won't attend, claiming that he will be out of town at the time, before the recital is even scheduled. After several months of lessons, Jenkins decides that she wants to give a recital. Later, she and Bayfield attend the performance at Carnegie Hall, and she is very happy. When Bayfield hears that Toscanini came by he asks without hesitation, "How much did he want?" indicating that Jenkins is often a source of cash for New York's music performances. Florence hands over the money without a second thought. Arturo Toscanini visits Florence, ostensibly to give her a record, but also to say that his next performance at Carnegie Hall will not be able to go on unless he gets one thousand dollars in funding. Afterward, on the elevator ride out, McMoon can't contain himself any longer, and bursts out laughing. McMoon has a hard time keeping a straight face, while Bayfield and Totten soldier through the lesson. The next day McMoon shows up for practice, and learns how bad Florence is: shes terribly off-key, she has no sense of rhythm, and she often simply can't hit the notes, or manage the vocal complexities of the songs she chooses to sing.
Bayfield says nothing about Florence's inability to sing. Clair Bayfield briefs McMoon about Florence's quirks: don't sit in the chairs famous people died in them, and they are for display only don't touch or ask about her briefcase and no sharp objects around her. She pays McMoon $150 per week, far more than he expected. Many come to apply, but she likes the shy and retiring Cosmé McMoon (Simon Helberg) and sends the rest home. Florence Foster Jenkins is taking voice lessons from John Totten, who works with the New York Opera, and she needs a pianist to accompany her. He leaves the house, and goes to the apartment he keeps with his mistress Kathleen Weatherley (Rebecca Ferguson). Then with the help of the housekeeper he removes her wig, revealing that she is bald, and apparently very ill. At home, he lovingly recites a poem to her until she falls asleep. She thanks everyone for supporting the arts, and goes home with her husband St. Then she appears as a Valkyrie on the battlefield. First Jenkins descends from the ceiling to play the muse to Stephen Foster, the composer of 'Oh! Susanna'. The opening scene is a living tableau review at a club that she founded and sponsors financially. Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) is a happy and carefree heiress who lives for music. The synopsis below may give away important plot points. No problem though if your husband and friends ensure that this fact is never revealed to you.
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS MOVIE PROFESSIONAL
She hires a professional singing coach and a pianist. After attending a concert she decides to take up opera singing (again). Florence suffers from long-term syphilis, contracted from her first husband.įlorence Foster Jenkins is a New York heiress and a patron of the arts. Florence lives in a grand hotel suite, while Bayfield lives in an apartment with his mistress, Kathleen Weatherley. Clair Bayfield, a British Shakespearean actor, is her husband and manager. In 1944, Florence Foster Jenkins is a New York City socialite heiress who founded the Verdi Club to celebrate her love of music. But when Florence decided to give a public concert at Carnegie Hall in 1944, St Clair knew he faced his greatest challenge. Her "husband" and manager, St Clair Bayfield, an aristocratic English actor, was determined to protect his beloved Florence from the truth.
The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously awful. The true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the legendary New York heiress and socialite who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great opera singer.
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