Martial Singher coaches "Mandoline" (Fauré)
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2012
- Martial Singher coaches "Mandoline"
Accompanist: James Massengale
Singer: Hector Vasquez
From Mélodies de Venise by Gabriel Fauré (1891)
Poem from Fêtes Galantes by Paul Verlaine (1869)
Archive video from THE FESTIVAL OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING, 1983
The singers of serenades and their beautiful listeners
Exchange light words under the singing branches.
There is Tircis, and there's Aminte,
And there's that eternal Clitandre,
And there's Damis, who writes so many tender verses
For so many cruel women.
Their short silk jackets, their long gowns trailing behind,
Their elegance, their joy, and their soft blue shadows
Whirling in the ecstasy of a pink and gray moon
And the mandolin chatters on the quivering breeze.
Exsultate! Productions is proud to host the video archives of the FESTIVAL OF LEARNING AND PERFORMING. The Festival was created in the early 1970's by Susan Brenner to give young singers the opportunity to work with master artists, and apply their knowledge by performing in the community. Classes were open to the public and encompassed the interpretation of opera, art song, operetta and musical theater, as well as movement and physical conditioning. Classes with Charles Roe, Calvin Simmons, and Martial Singher were videotaped for the Festival's archives, allowing new audiences to be inspired and enriched by the great teaching that is the legacy of Susan Brenner.
Martial Singher (1904-1990) debuted at the Paris Opera in 1930, and at the Metropolitan Opera in 1943, where Virgil Thomson wrote of his "incomparable elegance" and "perfection of vocal style." He sang for 12 seasons at the Met, also appearing with the opera companies of Chicago and San Francisco, with leading orchestras, and in recital. He taught at Mannes College of Music, the Curtis Institute, and Music Academy of the West, and received the order of Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. In 1983 he published "An Interpretive Guide to Operatic Arias."
thank you for putting this on! it is a great help in studying the song. i learned a lot. thanks again!
You are very welcome. We are so pleased that great teaching lives on!
Unfortunately the videotape ran out at that point. It is a shame, but I try to look at it as a glass half full.
That's my cousin!
video finished during the best bit.shame.