Wed, 4 May 2016
The range of roles which she undertook was unusually varied in their vocal requirements: Manon, Charlotte (in Werther), Juliette (in Roméo et Juliette), Marguerite (in Faust), Mignon, Zerlina (in Don Giovanni) and Mélisande. She also sang the trio of heroines in The Tales of Hoffmann. Vallin had a great affection for French operetta, and performed works by Lecocq, Massé, and Chabrier; she even ventured into music hall during the 1930s, singing at the Alhambra in Paris. Such was her popularity in her native country that she also appeared in a 1937 film, La fille de la Madelon. Vallin worked with most of the leading French singers of her era, including the renowned tenor Georges Thill, whom she disliked. Her voice was that of a good-sized lyric soprano, well balanced but strongest in its middle and lower registers; but, at her peak, she was also capable of singing high coloratura, as recordings of arias by Bellini and Donizetti illustrate. Her tone was cool and clear, with exemplary enunciation. Louise, Charlotte and Manon became her signature roles. Her performances were described by the critic André Tubeuf as the "epitome of good singing but also of good taste". Sound technique supported both her versatility and the durability of her career; as late as 1946, when she was 60, she sang the Countess (in Le nozze di Figaro) and she continued singing and recording into the 1950s. Between 1953-59, she was a guest professor at the Conservatory in Montevideo. Roi d"Ys,Pearl Fishers,Louise,Enfant Prodigue,Fortunio(Messager),Chanson Georgienne (Balakirev) More stuff to come.Have had glitches...Non mi abbandonare!!!! |
Mon, 14 March 2016
Confessate!!!! I know some of you sing in the shower! Here is a guy who thinks he is the succesor to Nicolai Gedda. Let us give him credit! (or should we?) |
Mon, 14 March 2016
See, I TOLD you I would do audio podcasts again! I just had so many glitches. Here is a 1967 Rigoletto under Fernando Previtali, with the glorious cast of Cornell MacNeil,Richard Tucker, and Renata Scotto. (I do not have complete cast information.)
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Sun, 13 March 2016
Wolf-Ferrari: Preghiera, Come tu mi fai rabbia Respighi:Ballata Puccini: e l'uccellino Cimara: Stornello Denza: Se Buzzi-Peccia: Colombetta Donizetti: Me voglio fa 'na casa Musetta's Waltz Buzzi-Peccia: El Morenito Danny Boy Lehar: Yours is my heart alone (In Italian) Tosti: 'A vucchella
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Sun, 31 January 2016
Part One of Tebaldi NY Feb.19, 1976 Farewell (Acc.Martin Katz)
Sarti:Lungi dal caroi bene Scarlatti: Se Florindo e fedele Rossini: Anzoleta avanti la regata Bellini: Vanne,o rosa fortunata Verdi: Otello "Ave Maria" Rossini: L'invito Gluck: Alceste aria Puccini: Mimi Addio Wolf-Ferrari: O miei sospir
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Sun, 24 January 2016
Happy Jan.21 birthday to at least one famous guy, but the other one is also a star(in my own mind.) Tannhauser,Luisa Miller (where he gets to sing, "Quando le sere al PLACIDO"),and duet w.Pilar Lorengar. Un abrazo fuerte,Placido!!!! |
Thu, 12 November 2015
Hope this works!! Have had computer disasters!!!
Lucrezia Bori was a very famous singer. Her name I think was Borgia, and I would not have wanted to eat at her house! Here are live scenes from La Rondine w.Mario Chamlee (1934 Chicago), and Manon (1936 Met) with Richard Crooks. Hope I can do many more podcasts,before you get frustrated! |
Tue, 8 September 2015
On occasion, a brilliant artist comes along and thrills audiences all over the globe. Here are three excerpts from tenor Bryan Hymel's Album entitled "Heroique." The operas are: Vepres Siciliennes, Les Troyens (where he made a Met debut on short notice and was a sensation. See Youtube), and Queen of Sheba. Buy the whole album!!!! As usual, I only give you excerpts, since I would not want him to lose royalties. He is too nice a guy! |
Fri, 4 September 2015
Mr.Bo Rydberg suggested a podcast on the famous Swedish singers, some of whom I have enjoyed live.(Star next to those I saw at the Met.) Some are fabulous LEGENDS in the history of the vocal art. 1. Karen Branzell (mezzo) Walkure act 3 scene 2. Ivar Andresen Huguenots aria 3. Kerstin Thorborg Delilah act 2 scene 4. Sven Nilsson Onegin Gremin aria 5. Fanal (Atterberg) Finale, Bjoerling, Berglund,Gorlin 6. Medeltida (Rangstrom)* Svanholm sings the ballad 7. Joel Berglund Meistersinger Fliedermonolog 8.Hjoerdis Schymberg (Pronounced "Schimbarri") Flute aria 9. Gertrude Wetergren Ballo Ulrica aria 10. Torsten Ralf Lohengrin aria 11. Nicolai Gedda Postillon aria 12. Ingvar Wixell and Bust Margit Jonsson in Flute duet
More to come!! Guess who???? |
Thu, 3 September 2015
I present the magnificent tenor, Piotr Beczala, in arias from Werther, Le Cid, La Favorite, and Romeo et Juliette. Few tenors in my opera experience have thrilled me as much, and in addition he is the sweetest human being one could know. I did not give you the entire album, because if you don't buy it, he loses royalties.(I think!) |