在这部男高音维拉宗 － 墨西哥之梦片中,墨西哥城，人口最密集的发展中国家城市，罗兰多•维拉宗就出生在这里，他从一个平凡的孩子成长为当今新一代首席男高音。纪录片导演深入墨西哥城嘈杂的街道，喧闹的集市和民间歌舞，维拉宗就读的德语学校，他首次成名的墨西哥城市立剧院。维拉宗成为这次返乡之旅的最佳向导，在实地，向观众讲述他成长的故事：“从前，在墨西哥……”
该片参加20095月上海之春“用眼倾听－音乐纪录片展映”，由上海艺术人文频道播出。
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The film opens with a ride across the Mexican metropolis, home to eighteen million, in one of the famous green Beetle taxis. This is where the tenor Rolando Villazón was born. With a gaze that is part Mr. Bean and part Latin lover, he has sung his way into the hearts of opera fans around the world. Before Villazón's thoughts ever turned to the stage, he attended school like every other boy. Twenty years later, he is now returning to his alma mater, the German Alexander von Humboldt school in Mexico City. \"Somehow it's strange,\" says Villazón, standing among the small boys in the school courtyard. \"I was one of them, and now I realize that the child I was back then still exists today. And now I know that this child must always have been within me, because he is who I am now.\" It is with a nearly childish delight that he cavorts about the stage today - for instance, in the legendary La Traviata production at the 2005 Salzburg Festival. He and Anna Netrebko rehearsed and played probably the most passionate and tragic couple in opera literature. The filmmakers Daniel Finkernagel and Alexander Lück accompanied the tenor for two years, making a documentary that does not follow a strict timeline, but moves between present and past when it suits the film's thematic focus. The visit to Mexico arouses many memories, and Villazón talks about special moments in his past for the first time with the camera crew: his first dressing room, the small stage at the Theatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, where Rolando sang in his first competition, his first bout of nervousness, the seminary where Rolando worked as a history teacher for five years and even considered becoming a priest himself. In addition to revisiting the past, the film shows everyday moments in the life of a tenor who is in demand around the world: acclaimed performances at the Liceo Barcelona, intense rehearsals with Anna Netrebko for the Salzburg Traviata, and his breakthrough performance in 2005 as a marvelous
