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1 Les Feuilles Blessées De Reynaldo Hahn Sylvain P. Labartette Un Troisième Enregistrement1 De La Totalité Du Recueil Des Fe
Les Feuilles blessées de Reynaldo Hahn Sylvain P. Labartette Figure 1 : Première de couverture du recueil – Heugel, 1907 Un troisième enregistrement1 de la totalité du recueil des Feuilles blessées nous est proposé dans l’intégrale des mélodies de Reynaldo Hahn par le baryton Tassis Christoyannis, avec au piano Jeff Cohen, produit superbement par Bru Zane (octobre 2019). Profitons de cette circonstance pour présenter ces onze mélodies, moins connues que bien d’autres, composées sur des textes de Jean Moréas, les appréhender plus justement et comprendre la démarche artistique de Reynaldo Hahn, ce compositeur qui a su chanter les vers des poètes contemporains auprès desquels il se sentait proche : Paul Verlaine, Sully Prudhomme, Jean Moréas, Leconte de Lisle entre autres. La date de composition (1901- 1906) suit de très près la parution des poèmes de Jean Moréas (1895-1905). Une même lecture sensible des deux artistes qui nous dévoile une vision plus ombrageuse en ce début du XXe… Une désespérance du Temps se décline ici : nous sommes loin des couleurs irisées d’une certaine Belle Époque… Fig. 2 : Jean Moréas par Antonio de La Gandara 2 Fig. 3 : Reynaldo Hahn - Photo - n. d. (ca. 1906) 1 En 1999 par Didier Henry, baryton, avec Stéphane Petitjeanau piano chez Maguelone ; en 2015 par Clémence Decouture, soprano, avec Nicolas Chevereau au piano chez Studio Passavant. Séparément, certaines des onze mélodies ont été enregistrées de loin en loin. 2 In Les stances de Jean Moréas, Éditeur la Plume (Paris), 1899. S. P. Labartette @ Février 2020 1 Le recueil Le recueil, édité 1907 chez Heugel3, fidèle maison d’édition du compositeur, réunit onze titres pour voix soliste, à la différence des trois précédents recueils, les Études latines, les Rondels et Venezia, qui comportent des pièces avec chœur. -
JULES MASSENET – His Life and Works by Nick Fuller I
JULES MASSENET – His Life and Works By Nick Fuller I. Introduction Jules Massenet’s operas made him one of the most popular composers of the late nineteenth century, his works performed throughout Europe, the Americas and North Africa. After World War I, he was seen as old- fashioned, and nearly all of his operas, apart from Werther and Manon , vanished from the mainstream repertoire. The opera-going public still know Massenet best for Manon , Werther , and the Méditation from Thaïs , but to believe, as The Grove Dictionary of Opera wrote in 1954, that ‘to have heard Manon is to have heard all of him’ is to do the composer a gross disservice. Massenet wrote twenty-seven operas, many of which are at least as good as Manon and Werther . Nearly all are theatrically effective, boast beautiful music and display insightful characterisation and an instinct for dramatic and psychological truth. In recent decades, Massenet’s work has regained popularity. Although he Figure 1 Jules Massenet, drawing by Ernesto Fontana (Source: is not the household name he once http://artlyriquefr.fr/personnages/Massenet%20Jules.html) was, and many of his operas remain little known, he has been winning new audiences. Conductors like Richard Bonynge, Julius Rudel and Patrick Fournillier have championed Massenet, while since 1990 a biennial Massenet festival has been held in his birthplace, Saint-Étienne, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, its mission to rediscover Massenet’s operas. His work has been performed in the world’s major opera houses under the baton of conductors Thomas Beecham, Colin Davis, Charles Mackerras, Michel Plasson, Riccardo Chailly and Antonio Pappano, and sung by Joan Sutherland, José van Dam, Frederica von Stade, Nicolai Gedda, Roberto Alagna, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson and Plácido Domingo. -
Early Twentieth Century Vocal Performance Practice and the French School: an Exploration of the Lectures and Selected Songs by Reynaldo Hahn
City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects 5-2019 Early Twentieth Century Vocal Performance Practice and the French School: An Exploration of the Lectures and Selected Songs by Reynaldo Hahn Mary P. Hubbell The Graduate Center, City University of New York How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3236 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY VOCAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICE AND THE FRENCH SCHOOL: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LECTURES AND SELECTED SONGS BY REYNALDO HAHN by MARY HUBBELL A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts, The City University of New York 2019 ©2019 Mary Hubbell All rights reserved ii Early Twentieth Century Vocal Performance Practice and the French School: An Exploration of the Lectures and Selected Songs by Reynaldo Hahn by Mary Hubbell This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Music in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts. Date Janette Tilley Chair of Examining Committee Date Norman Carey Executive Officer Supervisory Committee: Sylvia Kahan Paul Sperry Karen Henson THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii Abstract Early Twentieth Century Vocal Performance Practice and the French School: An Exploration of the Lectures and Selected Songs by Reynaldo Hahn by Mary Hubbell Advisor: Sylvia Kahan Composer, conductor, singer, and critic Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947) was a highly influential figure in Paris’s artistic circles during the first half of the twentieth century. -
Dossier Pédagogique
14/15 FORTUNIO ANDRÉ MESSAGER DOSSIER PÉDAGOGIQUE Dossier réalisé sous la direction de David Camus Coordination générale Élodie Michaud Suivi de fabrication Aurélie Souillet CONTACT Rédaction des textes Jonathan Parisi Clarisse Giroud Document disponible en téléchargement sur Chargée de la médiation et de l'action culturelle www.operatheatredesaintetienne.fr 04 77 47 83 62 / [email protected] FORTUNIO ANDRÉ MESSAGER COMÉDIE LYRIQUE EN 4 ACTES / VERSION DE JEAN-GUY BAILLY (1989) LIVRET DE ROBERT DE FLERS ET DE GASTON ARMAN DE CAILLAVET D’APRÈS LE CHANDELIER D’ALFRED DE MUSSET CRÉATION LE 5 JUIN 1907 À L’OPÉRA COMIQUE DIRECTION MUSICALE LAURENT TOUCHE MISE EN SCÈNE EMMANUEllE CORDOLIANI ASSISTANT À LA MISE EN SCÈNE VICTOR DUCLOS SCÉNOGRAPHIE ÉMILIE ROY COSTUMES JULIE SCOBELTZINE LUMIÈRES VINCENT MUSTER REPRISE DES LUMIÈRES OLIVIER TESSIER RÉGISSEUR DE PRODUCTION NATHALIE PLOTKA CHEF DE chœur LAURENT TOUCHE FORTUNIO ANTONIO FIGUEROA JACQUELINE NORMA NAHOUN CLAVAROCHE MARC SCOFFONI LANDRY THOMAS DOLIÉ MAÎTRE ANDRÉ DIDIER HENRY MAÎTRE SUBTIL GEORGES GAUTIER ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE SAINT-ÉTIENNE LOIRE Chœur LYRIQUE SAINT-ÉTIENNE LOIRE GRAND THÉÂTRE MASSENET UNE HEURE AVANT CHAQUE REPRÉSENTATION, VENDREDI 14 NOVEMBRE : 20H PROPOS D'AVANT SPECTACLE PAR JONATHAN DIMANCHE 16 NOVEMBRE : 15H PARISI, MUSICOLOGUE. MARDI 18 NOVEMBRE : 20H GRATUIT SUR PRÉSENTATION DE VOTRE BILLET. DURÉE 2H10 ENTRACTE COMPRIS - EN FRANÇAIS SURTITRÉ AVEC LE SOUTIEN FINANCIER DU CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL DE LA LOIRE PRODUCTION CRééE À L’OpéRA THÉÂTRE DE LIMOGES LE 10 -
The Operas of Charles Gounod by Nick Fuller
The Operas Of Charles Gounod by Nick Fuller I. Introduction Charles Gounod’s fame rests on one immortal opera, Faust . Roméo et Juliette and Mireille are regularly performed around the world, but many of his other operas were failures, did not hold the stage, or have been forgotten. Nevertheless, his music influenced and was admired by later generations of French composers. Debussy believed that Gounod represented an important stage in the evolution of French sensitivity, and that he modelled for an entire generation the principles of clarity, balance and suavity. Ravel held that the musical renaissance of his day began with Gounod. Saint-Saëns, Massenet and Bizet were his protégés and disciples, while Fauré admired him and César Franck considered Gounod his master. Reynaldo Hahn’s musical trinity was Mozart, Gounod and Saint-Saëns, and called Gounod the French Schubert and Schumann. Tellingly, most of these musicians were not primarily opera composers. It is, to be honest, more difficult to make the case for Gounod as an opera composer than it is for Meyerbeer or Massenet, who ruled the French lyric stage before and after him. Meyerbeer’s operas are rich and imaginative, while the quality and individuality of Massenet’s operas is astonishing. Although even his dramatically most feeble operas contain at least one delightful melody, Gounod’s operas are often less than the sum of their parts. What makes him a good composer of religious music or of mélodies makes him a weaker composer of opera. The problem, as Steven Huebner suggests, may be that Gounod was fundamentally not a dramatic composer; his tastes were too refined for the opera stage. -
Quand on Demandait À Manuel De Falla Quel Était, À Ses Yeux, Le Plus Grand Compositeur Espagnol, Il Répondait
NANTES - La Cité ANGERS - Centre de Congrès Septembre MERCREDI 9 MARDI 22 2015 VENDredi 11 MERCREDI 23 HORAIRES En semaine : 20 h 30 L’Heure espagnole ©Marc Roger/ONPL Pascal Rophé - Direction PROGRAMME Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Alborada del Gracioso Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946) Le Tricorne (suites) Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) L’Heure espagnole Concepcion : Julie Boulianne soprano Gonzalve : Alexander Sprague ténor Torquemada : Éric Huchet ténor Ramiro : Thomas Dolié baryton Don Inigo : Didier Henry baryton Pascal Rophé, direction Coproduction ANO et ONPL Durée des œuvres : Alborada del Gracioso (8’) © Barone Firenze Le Tricorne (23’), L’Heure espagnole (55’) © Marc Roger RETROUVEZ LE PROGRAMME SUR Pour débuter cette nouvelle saison, Pascal Rophé et WWW.ONPL.FR l’Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, en coproduction RUBRIQUE : LES CONCERTS avec Angers Nantes Opéra, vous proposent un programme ÉCOUTER & VOIR à l’humour irrésistible. VIDÉOS L’Espagne. Toute la production de Ravel en est imprégnée. Il n’existait pas de Pyrénées pour ce basque né non loin de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, auquel sa mère, en guise de berceuses, fredonnait habaneras et zarzuelas. Avec Alborada del Gracioso, Ravel nous emmène dans l’Espagne du XVIIe, par l’évocation du gracioso, ce bouffon de la comédie espagnole, pathétique et grotesque qui, cherchant à séduire une jeune demoiselle, se fait éconduire et se couvre de ridicule. Le Tricorne de Manuel de Falla, autre farce haute en couleurs destinée aux Ballets russes, respire la douceur et les parfums de la nuit andalouse. L’Heure espagnole, opéra en un acte est une fantaisie cocasse qui doit au raffinement de la partition son charme unique. -
Ensemble Forms in the Operas of Jules Massenet
RECONSTRUCTING CONVEN TION: ENSEMBLE FORMS IN THE OPERAS OF JULES MASSENET Gregory Straughn, B.A., M.M. Dissertation Prepared for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS December 2004 APPROVED: Lester Brothers, Major Professor Frank Heidlberger, Minor Professor Margaret Notley, Committee Member James C. Scott, Dean of the College of Music Sandra L. Terrell, Dean of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies Straughn, Gregory, Reconstructing Convention: Ensemble Forms in the Operas of Jules Massenet. Doctor of Philosophy (Musicology), December 2004, 265 pp., 41 musical examples, 9 figures, 24 tables, references, 177 titles. Over the last quarter-century, scholars have taken a unified approach in discussing form in Italian and French opera of the nineteenth century. This approach centers around the four-part aria and duet form begun by Bellini, codified by Rossini, modified by Verdi, and dissolved by Puccini. A similar trajectory can be seen in French opera in the works of Meyerbeer, Gounod, and Massenet; however, only Meyerbeer and Gounod have received significant critical attention. This is in part due to Massenet’s reception as a “composer for the people,” a title ill fitting and ripe for reconsideration. This dissertation will examine duet forms in Massenet’s oeuvre and will focus on the gradual change in style manifest in his twenty-five operas. Massenet’s output can be divided into three distinct periods delineated by his approach to form. Representative works from each period will show how he inherited, interpreted, thwarted, and ultimately rewrote the standard formal conventions of his time and in doing so, created a dramaturgical approach to opera that unified the formerly separate number-based elements. -
Musical References in Proust
!Music in Marcel Proust’s ! À la recherche du temps perdu !A Playlist !Resource James Connelly !Proust Society of America, !Boston Chapter ! Orris Publishing Music in Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu A Playlist Resource <<Quand je ne suis pas trop triste pour en écouter, ma consolation est dans la musique.>> Music in Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu A Playlist Resource James Connelly Orris Publishing Hingham, MA 2013 Compilation and Original Content (10 October 2013) Copyright © James Connelly, 2013! This publication is for nonprofit educational purposes within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. § 107. Notwithstanding such copyright protection as may apply, fair use of this publication and its contents is permitted for nonprofit educational and other recognized purposes in accordance with 17 U.S.C. § 107. Notes on the photographs of Marcel Proust (1871-1922): Front Cover : Proust kneels to “serenade” Jeanne Pouquet at the boulevard Bineau tennis court, 1891. This relationship, depicted in what Proust called his“court of love,” is described in William C. Carter, Marcel Proust, A Life (Yale University Press: 2000), p. 123. Frontispiece : Proust photographed by Paul Nadar, 21 December 1892. The quotation is from Proust’s letter of 5 January 1914 to Mme Émile Straus (Kolb, ed., Correspondance, t. XIII, p. 31). Introduction : Page vii : Proust stands, center rear, with the Brancovan family, the Prince and Princesse de Polignac, and guests at the Brancovan home, Villa Bassaraba, near Évian-les-Bains, 1899. Poet Anna de Noailles is seated , second row, at right. Pianist Léon Delafosse (1874-1951), standing far right, had earlier (1894-95) dedicated to Proust the song “Baisers,” one of Delafosse’s settings of verses from Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac’s Les Chauves-souris: http://imslp.org/wiki/Les_Chauves-Souris_ %28Delafosse,_L%C3%A9on%29 . -
Mcgill Community for Lifelong Learning | Rory O'sullivan Music
Rory O’Sullivan Opera and Music DVD Collection McGill Community for Lifelong Learning McGill Community for Lifelong Learning | Rory O’Sullivan Music Collection Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................ 3 Borrowing Procedure ................................................................................................. 4 DVD Request Form ................................................................................................... 5 Opera Collection ........................................................................................................ 6 Opera Compilations ...............................................................................................263 Orchestral and Other Works ..................................................................................287 Last Update: 29 March 2017 Page 2 McGill Community for Lifelong Learning | Rory O’Sullivan Music Collection Introduction McGill Community for Lifelong Learning is now in possession of a unique collection of opera DVDs. The family of the late Rory O’Sullivan has generously donated his personal collection for the pleasure and enjoyment of all MCLL members. Rory, through his very popular and legendary Opera Study Groups, inspired huge numbers with his knowledge, love and passion for opera. An architect by profession, Rory was born, raised and educated in Ireland. In his youth he participated in school productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. This instilled