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Category: Anecdotes

Posted on:February 28, 2019May 25, 2019Advice Anecdotes Singers Teachers

Marchesi: voice trial II

At the end of the twenty-third chapter of her book Singer’s pilgrimage, Blanche Marchesi relates some other very revealing examples of the voice trial.

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Posted on:December 30, 2018May 25, 2019Anecdotes Singers

Tetrazzini: Otello

Famous Italian soprano Luisa Tetrazzini tells in her book My life of song about about the discovery of the new opera by Verdi.

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Posted on:October 13, 2018June 4, 2019Anecdotes Quotes Singers Teachers

Marchesi: style IV

Fourth and last part of the chapter that Blanche Marchesi devotes to the question of style and tradition in her book Singer’s pilgrimage, where she reveals the artistic legacy of her family.

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Posted on:September 17, 2018June 4, 2019Anecdotes Quotes Singers Teachers

Marchesi: style II

Second part of the chapter that Blanche Marchesi devotes in her book Singer’s pilgrimage to the question of style and tradition, speaking about conductors, accompanists and the reception of the audience.

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Posted on:September 9, 2018June 5, 2019Advice Anecdotes Quotes Singers

Calvé: education II

Second part of the passage where Emma Calvé describes her teaching work and the values she considers essential for young people who wish to dedicate their lives to the art of singing.

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Posted on:August 13, 2018June 5, 2019Anecdotes Quotes Singers

Calvé: musical communion

In her book My life, Emma Calvé remembers one of the musical moments that most deeply impressed her throughout her life in art: the communion between Franz Liszt and Gabrielle Krauss, one of Mathilde Marchesi’s first students during her stay in Vienna and a renowned soprano at the time.

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Posted on:August 6, 2018June 5, 2019Advice Anecdotes Singers

Calvé: education I

Emma Calvé devotes several pages of her book to her teaching work and to the values she considers essential for young people who wish to dedicate their lives to the art of singing.

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Posted on:June 23, 2018June 8, 2019Anecdotes Singers Teachers

Marchesi: voice trial I

In the twenty-third chapter of her book Singer’s pilgrimage, Blanche Marchesi takes us into the very revealing instance of the voice trial and shares valuable reflections that we can very easily apply to the current state of the world of singing.

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Posted on:June 6, 2018June 9, 2019Advice Anecdotes Interviews Singers

Flagstad: Wagner

Kirsten Flagstad (1895 – 1962) was a famous Norwegian soprano, celebrated for the quality of her Wagnerian roles. We transcribed a radio broadcast she gave in 1950 in which she offered advice to young students who wanted to follow her example.

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Posted on:April 20, 2018June 12, 2019Advice Anecdotes Singers Teachers

Marchesi: Wagner

At the end of twentieth chapter of her book Singer’s pilgrimage, Blanche Marchesi shares her thoughts on how the music of Wagner was incorporated in the art of singing and how it should and shouldn’t be sung.

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