Jacques Offenbach I racconti di Hoffmann Video
- Anteprima il 1881-02-10 (I racconti di Hoffmann, Offenbach)
- Pubblicato 1881 (I racconti di Hoffmann, Offenbach)
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Jacques Offenbach Tales Hoffmann 1819 1880
Jacques Offenbach was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. Born: 20 June 1819, Cologne, Germany Died: 5 October 1880, Paris, France Education: Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris Genre: Operetta, Opera, Romantic music, Classical music, Ballet Children: Auguste Offenbach
Marie Devellereau Offenbach Doll Tales Hoffmann Jodie Devos Bizet Hahn Liszt Saint Saens Olympia Scala 1971 2002 2005
THE MUSIC: Offenbach's mastery composing for the coloratura soprano voice goes far beyond Olympia's ubiquitous Doll Song in "The Tales of Hoffmann." If you want to explore this glorious, but little-known side of Offenbach, stop everything and order "Offenbach Colorature," a recital CD of his florid arias by Jodie Devos. To help convince you, here is a full review I wrote of that incredible recital disc for Operawire: (http•••) Devos includes one of the arias of Princess Fantasia that you'll hear in this video sung by French soprano Marie Devellereau. THE SONGBIRD: Born in 1971, Devellereau attended the Juilliard School in New York City. She won a few major vocal competitions, and began singing supporting and leading roles in opera houses across France, and then lined up debuts at La Scala in Milan and venues in Rome, Geneve, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Shanghai. Devellereau has made something of a speciality in Offenbach's jaunty ladies and you can find others examples on YouTube. And don't miss her lovely 2002 solo recital, a collection Victor Hugo poems set as art songs by Bizet, Faure, Hahn, Liszt, Saint-Saens, and others.
Vanni Marcoux Puccini Piero Coppola Verdi Boyer Gounod Rossini Barber Meyerbeer Massenet Raoul Gunsbourg Max Ollone Henry Février Honegger Ibert Debussy Offenbach Tales Hoffmann Mary Garden Scala Opéra Comique Teatro Colón Boston Opera Company Chicago Grand Opera Company Opera Chicago 1877 1894 1899 1905 1906 1908 1910 1912 1913 1914 1919 1927 1938 1948 1951 1962 1979
Vanni Marcoux sings 'Vecchia zimarra,' with orchestra conducted by Piero Coppola, recorded in Paris on 12 October 1927. From Wikipedia: Jean-Émile Diogène Marcoux (June 12, 1877 – October 22, 1962) was a French operatic bass-baritone, known professionally as Vanni Marcoux (sometimes hyphenated as Vanni-Marcoux). He was particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories. His huge repertoire included an estimated 240 roles and he won renown as one of the most memorable singing-actors of the 20th century. Jean-Émile Diogène Marcoux was born to a French father and an Italian mother in Turin, Italy. His mother gave him the nickname 'Vanni,' short for Giovanni, the Italian equivalent of Jean. After completing law studies, he decided to devote himself to music. He studied with Collini at the music conservatory in his hometown. He made his operatic debut in 1894, at the age of 17, as Sparafucile in Verdi's Rigoletto, in Turin. After further studies in Paris with Frédéric Boyer, he made his first stage appearance in France, at Bayonne, as Frère Laurent in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, in 1899. Thereafter he toured a number of provincial theatres, which led to his debut at the Royal Opera House in London, as Basilio in Rossini's The Barber of Seville, in 1905, and at La Monnaie in Brussels, as Bertram in Meyerbeer's Robert le diable, in 1906. Vanni Marcoux made his Paris Opéra debut in 1908 as Méphisto in Gounod's Faust, and at La Scala in 1910, as the Old Hebrew in Saint-Saëns' Samson and Delilah. The same year, 1910, he sang for the first time Massenet's Don Quichotte at the 'Gaieté Lyrique' in Paris, a part that would soon become his signature role. For nearly 40 years, Vanni Marcoux was a familiar and much admired figure in Parisian musical life, mainly at the Opéra and the Opéra-Comique, where he created a number of roles in contemporary operas such as Raoul Gunsbourg's Lysistrata, Max d'Ollone's L'Arlequin, Henry Février's Monna Vanna and La Femme nue, Massenet's Panurge, and Honegger's and Ibert's L'Aiglon. Word of his many successes crossed the Atlantic, and he was invited to join the Boston Opera Company, where he made his debut in 1912 as Golaud in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. This was followed by his debut at the Chicago Grand Opera Company in 1913, as the four villains in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, which is considered one of his greatest histrionic achievements. His success in America was partly due to the soprano Mary Garden, who had popularized French opera in Chicago, thus laying the groundwork for his visit. In October 1914, in the early stages of World War I, it was erroneously reported in the press that he had been killed on active service as a member of the French Army. In 1919, Vanni Marcoux appeared at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the most important opera house in South America. Among his more notable interpretations were Philippe II in Don Carlos, Rafaele in The Jewels of the Madonna, Iago in Otello, and the title character in Gianni Schicchi. Vanni Marcoux began teaching at the Paris Conservatory in 1938. He retired from the stage in 1948 and became director of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. He held that post from 1948 to 1951. His death occurred in 1962. Vanni Marcoux's career was impressive for its longevity and the remarkably wide variety of operatic roles which it embraced. He possessed a clear, although not especially large voice, with a characteristic vibrato and a weight and timbre of almost tenor quality (see Scott, Record of Singing 1979). His French diction was praised for its clarity, and he was also acclaimed by music critics for the quality of his musicianship and his outstanding dramatic intelligence. He married Madeleine Morlay, an actress, in 1914. His wife was portraited by Antonio de La Gandara and one of the two works painted is exhibited in the Beauvais Museum (France) and on display on the website dedicated to La Gandara. I transferred this side from HMV VA 50.
Tales Hoffmann Jacques Offenbach 2015
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle) - The Tales of Hoffmann Composer: Jacques Offenbach Performed by: Kai Parmas & Katre Kõiva Violin: Kadri-Ann Parmas Piano: Benno Margus Recital @ Estonia Talveaed, 2015 Produced by: Benno Margus 2015
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