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Monk Samara Meyerbeer Moreschi Marconi Caruso Gounod Mariinsky Theatre Bolshoi Theatre Zimin Opera 1863 1881 1892 1901 1902 1908 1912 1916 1920 1923 1937
David Kristoforovitch Yuzhin +••.••(...)) was a Russian tenor of Greek heritage. Born David Pindekost (some sources give his real name as Pistiko) in Ekaterinoslav, he sang in his hometown church choir and aspired to become a monk in his youth. Brutal criticism from a conservatory professor in St. Petersburg drove Yuzhin to the verge of suicide, causing him to abandon the idea of ever singing again. However, a much needed second opinion convinced the young tenor that there was a future for him on the opera stage. After a period of further study, he auditioned for the Mariinsky Theatre and was accepted into the chorus in 1892. After two years as a chorister, Yuzhin made his debut as a principal artist at the Kazansk-Saratovsk Opera. The young tenor spent the rest of the 1890s appearing throughout Russia, singing in the theaters of Samara, Kharkov, Odessa, Perm, Tiflis, Kazan, Saratov, Odessa, Yalta, Baku and Kiev. In 1901, Yuzhin made his debut at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre as Raoul in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots. He remained with the company for the next seven seasons, singing a variety of roles. During his tenure at the Bolshoi, Yuzhin met the woman who was to become his wife, soprano Natalya Ermolenko +••.••(...)). The two went on to become frequent singing partners and remained married until the tenor’s death. Yuzhin was a member of Sergei Zimin’s Opera in Moscow from 1908 to 1912 and also appeared in Italy, Belgium and South America during the first decade of the 20th Century. The busy tenor also organized his own touring company (something that seems to have been popular with Russian tenors of that period) to bring operatic productions to the Russian provinces. Yuzhin’s repertoire of some thirty roles included the tenor leads in such operas as Boris Godunov, The Snow Maiden, Pique Dame, Fra Diavolo, La Traviata, Aïda, Il Trovatore, Don Carlo, Rigoletto, La Gioconda, Pagliacci, Mefistofele, Faust, La Juive and Roméo et Juliette. At the age of only 50, Yuzhin began to curtail his stage performances and began concentrating on concerts and recitals. His final performance seems to have been a gala concert in Tsaritsyn (now Volgograd) in 1916. The reasons for his relatively early retirement are not known. Perhaps it was the wear and tear on his voice after two decades of singing some very strenuous repertoire. It might have been to leave more time to dedicate to his touring company. Others have pointed to the possibility that the tenor’s health was failing and that he no longer possessed the physical stamina to perform complete operatic roles. Regardless of the reason, by 1916, Yuzhin’s performing career was over and he concentrated on producing operas on tour to showcase the talents of his wife. By 1920, however, the grueling schedule proved too much for the aging artist. Yuzhin retired to Moscow, where, following a lengthy illness, he died on December 28, 1923 at the age of 60. David Yuzhin left a fairly impressive legacy of about 60 discs, made for G&T, Pathé and the Gramophone Company between 1901 and 1908. One hears a well produced lirico-spinto voice of decent size and range. One also hears unbelievably shoddy musicianship, particularly in his early piano accompanied discs for G&T. Singer and pianist are rarely in synch. Yuzhin blows through rests, constantly forcing his accompanist to jump ahead or quickly change tempo to accommodate the tenor’s rhythmic eccentricities. These blunders may have been the result of nerves due to uncertainty in his first recording sessions (Moreschi, Marconi and even Caruso made similar gaffs in their early recordings), for one notices these types of errors far less in the tenor’s later recordings. Mistakes or not, Yuzhin’s discs give us a priceless glimpse into the art of a lesser known working tenor from Imperialist Russia. In this recording, Yuzhin sings a Russian translation of "Salut, demeure chaste et pure" (complete with a ringing top C) from Gounod's Faust. This was recorded in Moscow for G&T in January of 1902.
Paul Franz Georges Bizet Gauthier Louis Delaquerrière Jean Reszke Dyck Charles Rousselière Reyer Lucien Muratore Massenet Charpentier Gounod Nellie Melba Indy Dupont Rabaud Roussel Bruneau Gunsbourg Halévy Berlioz Covent Garden Scala Teatro Colón 1876 1908 1909 1910 1911 1913 1914 1915 1918 1920 1922 1930 1938 1950
Georges Bizet CARMEN "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"- disco acustico Gramophone, Parigi - matrice 02234v - numero di catalogo 032239 - data dell'incisione 28 novembre 1911. Tenore francese François Gauthier in arte - PAUL FRANZ - (Parigi 30.11.1876 - Parigi 20.4.1950) Inizialmente era un dipendente del ferrovie francesi, e non fu avviato all'apprendimento del canto fino all'età di quasi 30 anni (!). Rivelatosi nel marzo 1908 in un concorso per tenori dilettanti organizzato dai periodici Musica e Comoedia , studia a Parigi con Louis Delaquerrière. Dopo essersi esibito a Nantes nel gennaio 1909 ottenendo un notevole successo, ha subito attirato l'attenzione del direttore del Grand Opéra di Parigi, scritturato, vi debutta l'1 febbraio 1909 vi rimane come membro fino al 1938. Egli è stato molto ammirato, non solo rispetto a Jean de Reszke, ma anche ai grandi Ernest van Dyck e Charles Rousselière. Come Lohengrin, cui fanno seguito Sansone e Dalida e Sigurd di Reyer; nel settembre del 1909 canta nel Faust e Roméo et Juliette, rivaleggiando col giovane tenore Lucien Muratore; vi rimane come primo tenore fino al 1938. Tra il 1910 e il 1914 è impegnato fra Parigi e Londra, dove interpreta il repertorio tenorile più difficoltoso Radamès, Otello, Raoul degli Ugonotti, Giovanni di Leyda nel Profeta, Rodrigo nel Cid di Massenet, continuando però ad esibirsi nel genere lirico francese come Louise di Charpentier, Roméo et Juliette di Gounod, che al Covent Garden cantò al fianco di Nellie Melba. Si avvicina al repertorio wagneriano, e la sua affermazione è notevole, di fatto ebbe un grande successo sempre all'Opéra di Parigi nel marzo del 1911 quale Walter nei Maestri Cantori e poi nel Tristano e Isotta, nella Tetralogia e finalmente nel primo Parsifal (4 febbraio 1913), dove assicura anche le prime locali di, Les Troyens e Hérodiade di Massenet Canta poco lontano da Parigi e Londra: 1910-14 Bruxelles; Monte Carlo 1922-27. Tra il 1920 e il 1930 cantò molte prime assolute di compositori francesi come: d'Indy, Dupont, Rabaud, Roussel, Bruneau Gunsbourg e altri. All'Opéra cantò anche in La Juive di Halévy, e La Damnation de Faust di Berlioz. Diede l'addio alle scene il 12 luglio 1938 all'Opéra di Parigi. Paul Franz fu una delle più grandi voci del secolo; famoso per la sua dizione e presenza scenica, e l'esempio più indicativo di un grande cantante francese che non ha mai ambito a una carriera internazionale. Il suo repertorio francese include ruoli come ad esempio Eléazar in La Juive, Roméo, Faust, Sansone, Don José, Sigurd, Jean, Roderigue a Le Cid ed Enée de Les Troyens. Per il repertorio italiano sono stati Radames e Otello. Il suo repertorio wagneriano comprendeva Tannhäuser, Parsifal, Stolzing, Siegmund, Siegfried e Tristan. È stato molto acclamato al Covent Garden, dove ha cantato tra 1910 - 1914 (Raoul, Julien in Louise, Radames e Otello). Nel 1915 apparve alla Scala e nel 1918 al Teatro Colón di Buenos Aires. Dopo il suo addio alle scene, è stato nominato professore presso il Conservatorio Nazionale di Parigi.
Théophile Adolphe Manoury Manoury Barber Puccini Gounod Andreas Dippel Massenet Théâtre Capitole Toulouse Scala Notre Dame Metropolitan Opera 1846 1875 1903 1907 1909 1910 1911 1913 1917 1926 1954 1955
Léon Campagnola +••.••(...)) was a French tenor who was active on both sides of the Atlantic during the first quarter of the 20th century. Born in Marseilles, Campagnola began his vocal studies as a baritone at the Conservatory of his hometown. He later transferred to the Paris Conservatory where he studied with renowned baritone Théophile-Adolphe Manoury +••.••(...)). Under Manoury’s tutelage, the young singer perfected his technique and retrained his voice from baritone to tenor. He made his operatic stage debut in Versailles as Vincent in Mireille in 1903. The following season, Campagnola travelled to Belgium to accept a contract in Mons. Much of the tenor’s early career was spent in Belgium, with appearances in Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels. Campagnola was essaying mostly lyric roles in such works as Mireille, Lakmé, Mignon, The Barber of Seville, The Pearl Fishers and La Dame Blanche during this period and was offered the role of Léopold in La Juive at the Théâtre du Capitole à Toulouse. The young tenor made a huge impression in this secondary role, which led to Campagnola being offered the role of Des Grieux in the first French performances of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut in 1907. Engagements in the major houses of Geneva, Lyon, Marseilles and Bourdeaux followed and in 1910, Campagnola was invited to the Opéra de Paris, where he made his debut as Roméo in Gounod’s opera. Reports that general manager Andreas Dippel had engaged Campagnola to appear at the Metropolitan Opera proved to be false. Although he never sang at the Met, Campagnola DID make his U.S. debut in Philadelphia on February 5, 1913 as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon. This production was part of a North American tour that included appearances in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Campagnola returned to Europe before war clouds began to loom. Although he made a single appearance at Milan’s La Scala in 1917 (as des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon), he found himself increasingly relegated to the French and Belgian provinces. At the relatively young age of 52, Campagnola, still at the peak of his powers, made the decision to leave the stage. He retired to the town of Aulus-les-Bains in the Pyrenees, where he devoted himself to teaching voice. Campagnola also found time for his favorite hobby, painting, and spent numerous hours creating portraits and landscapes. Shortly after Christmas, 1954, the retired tenor began work on a new painting, another landscape. Stubbornly insisting on working outdoors in the frigid temperatures, he caught a chill and soon developed a bronchial infection. He reluctantly took to his bed but refused medical treatment, preferring instead to relax at home, drinking strong coffee and puffing away on his pipe. Not surprisingly, the old tenor’s condition worsened and he had to be taken to the hospital in Marseilles. It was there, in the place of his birth, that Campagnola passed away on January 11, 1955, just one month shy of his 80th birthday. Léon Campagnola boasted a diverse repertoire of over 30 roles in such operas as Lakmé, Werther, Roméo et Juliette, Faust, Hérodiade, Thaïs, Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, Alceste, Louise, Carmen, La Reine Fiamette, I Gioielli della Madonna, Die Meistersinger, Tosca, La Bohème, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci and Rigoletto. His many recordings, made between 1911 and 1926 for Pathé, Victor and H.M.V., showcase a large, well controlled spinto voice coupled with an expressive and eloquent approach to the music. Here, Campagnola sings "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" from Gounod's Faust. This recording was made in Paris for H.M.V. on October 19, 1911.
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