The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both Paris opera houses. As you can hear below, she was astonishing in her prime.
The post French coloratura, 97 appeared first on Slippedisc.
Pretty well, it seems. Lise Davidsen jumped in with ease as Ariadne. Kurier praised the ‘Bewitchingly beautiful singing’. Davidsen, wrote Der Standard, ‘effortlessly sings her way through the role of the ancient mourner who awaits […]
This is a scene from a new Richard Strauss production in Berlin. I will confine my criticism to the singer’s ironing technique: that is not how you do men’s collars, darling. I can just about […]
The renowned British lute and theorbo player, David Miller, has died at the age of 72. For four decades Dai – as he was universally known – played continuo on theorbo, chitarrone and baroque guitar […]
%20BBC%20Betsan%20Evans.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Innovative repertoire, worthy winners & talent development: looking back at the final of BBC Young Musician")
