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Jean Mounet-Sully A few months back, I saw a London Weekend Television extended biographic interview - 'Lawrence Olivier - A Life'. And I was reminded of a section in it today, watching early C20 film, with added wax cylinder audio track, of the great Comedie Francaise actor Jean Mounet-Sully +••.••(...)) playing Oedipus in 'Oedipe Roi'. In fact I was almost rolling round on the floor, shrieking and kicking my legs in the air, as Mounet-Sully melodrama-ed and sang his way through the Sophocles text - way way beyond what I thought was humanly possible. And he was considered the Great Classical Actor of the French theatre of his day! Olivier touches on this 'phenomenon' in the context of the Royal Shakespeare Company of the same period and the delivery of blank verse, with John Gielgud reflecting on how early in his career he must have seemed like 'an old operatic diva singing'! At the beginning of the French footage, you'll need to listen behind the talking head for Mouney-Sully but by the end he's in full flight, singing out his 'aria'. Dramatic high notes, and seriously fortissimo! So without further ado, buckle your seats belts ... so you don't do yourself a harm. It's interesting to reflect on just how the measure of great acting (or anything much) is relative to the tastes and fashion of the time. Enjoy!
Hélène Bouvier Henri Duparc Jacqueline Bonneau Bonneau Lisle Moore 1519 1753 1958 2006
The French mezzo-soprano is accompanied by Jacqueline Bonneau in this 1958 Pathé recording of twelve songs* by Henri Duparc. 1. "L’invitation au voyage" (Baudelaire) 0:04 2. "Testament" (Silvestre) 3:42 3. "Soupir" (Sully-Prudhomme) 6:39 4. "Phidylé" (Leconte de Lisle) 9:49 5. "Le manoir de Rosemonde" (de Bonnières) 15:19 6. "Sérénade" (Cazalis) 17:53 7. "Lamento" (Gautier) 20:06 8. "La vague et la cloche" (Coppée) 23:20 9. "Chanson triste" (Cazalis) 28:55 10. "Extase" (Cazalis) 31:27 11. "Elégie" (Moore) 34:50 12. "Au pays où se fait la guerre" (Gautier) 37:39 Link to my Bouvier playlist: (http•••) * The 13th and final track on the album was Duparc's "La vie antérieure", but there was too much record wear to transfer the song digitally.
Opéra Vichy Verdi Bernhardt Maréchal 1483 1902
L'opéra de Vichy - Région Auvergne - Le Monument Préféré des Français L’Opéra de Vichy est le seul opéra Art Nouveau d’Europe . Il a été inauguré en 1902 par le célèbre opéra Aïda de Verdi. C’est une extension du casino existant . Sa somptueuse salle de 1483 places offre au spectateurs et visiteurs une décoration d’une finesse absolue dans des tons or, ivoire et jeaune . La coupole du dôme est agrémentée de quatre lyres avec visages d’artistes : Sarah Bernhardt, Réjane, Coquelin, Cléo de Mérode, Mounet-Sully. Les masques sont dus au fameux ornementiste Pierre Seguin. La ville de Vichy était connue au début du XXème sous le nom de capitale d’été de la musique. C’est dans la salle de l’opéra de Vichy que les parlementaires ont votés les pleins pouvoirs au Maréchal Pétain il est important de souligné que 80 d’entre eux s’y opposait. Sa directrice nous le décrit comme un monument féminin.
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