Although they weren't native Francophones & not even
in the same fach/genre - I'd say these two were great
representatives of the french style & probably recorded
the arias from the opera. In any event - they are terrific
interpreters: Victoria de los Angeles & Maria Callas.
de los Angeles moreso than Callas - but - I say Callas
because she was a well studied & thoughtful interpreter
of just about anything she sang!
And how about Agnes Baltsa & Teresa Berganza?
EV
Muddying the waters even more!
----Original Message-----
>From: thomas mark montgomery <thomas8@t...>
>Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] French Carmen?
>Date: Saturday, September 02, 2000 7:04 AM
>
>> I have recently started working on the "Habanera" from Carmen. I
usually try
>> to learn the diction of a piece that is not English by listening to a
native
>> speaker of the language singing the role. My voice teacher and I put
our
>> heads together and could not come up with any women who have recorded
Carmen
>> AND are native French speakers. The only singers we came up with are
from
>> the
>> United States or elsewhere (Denyce Graves, Maria Callas, Tatiana
Troyanos,
>> Marilyn Horne, etc.). Can anyone think of a native French speaker who
at
>> least recorded the Habanera (they need not have recorded the entire
role)?
>>
>> Jennifer Fretwell
>> Pittsburgh, PA
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