The New York Times Essential Library: Opera: A Critic's by Anthony Tommasini

The New York Times Essential Library: Opera: A Critic's by Anthony Tommasini

By Anthony Tommasini

An insightful, provocative collection of the simplest opera performances, selected by means of The long island Times's leader classical track critic in a single hundred unique essays

Opera intertwines the drama of the theater with the robust emotionality of tune. during this magical and illuminating consultant to the simplest opera recordings, Anthony Tommasini delves into the methods tale and song interweave to create the sophisticated yet telling moments that circulate us.

Tommasini brings to existence the wealthy historical past of opera functionality and the singers and conductors who, during the last century, have come to possess the track. He chooses masterworks, corresponding to Arturo Toscanini's La Boheme, captured for posterity fifty years after he performed the opera's 1896 most appropriate for Puccini, and Leontyne Price's Leonora in Il Trovatore, an encapsulation of the proper Verdi soprano. For aficionados and beginners alike, Tommasini is definitely the right advisor to the passions and playfulness of the opera.

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Laurent Tailhade doit la vie sauve aux gendarmes lorsqu’une émeute veut lui faire un sort dans la petite ville bretonne où il passe l’été 1903 ; il a passablement injurié la population locale dans un article paru dans un journal parisien… qui vient d’être repris par la presse locale. Dès lors, sa détestation des Bretons devient obsessionnelle, et il va se venger avec ses armes. Aujourd’hui, on sait qu’il est l’auteur des Filles de Camaret, chanson paillarde qui, peu après cet épisode, fait beaucoup pour la renommée nationale du petit port langoustier du Finistère.

Juliette Gréco, une vie en liberté, Perrin, 2011. Les chansons qui ont tout changé, Fayard-France Info, 2011. Cheikh Raymond, une histoire algérienne, First, 2011. Louis de Funès de A à Z, Tana, 2012. Jean Yanne, à rebrousse-poil, First, 2012. Paris en 50 chansons, Tana, 2012. New York en 50 chansons, Tana, 2012. Tout est permis, mais tout n’est pas utile – entretiens avec Daniel Darc, Fayard, 2013. La Fleur au fusil : 14-18 en chansons, Acropole-Radio France, 2014. Tout Gainsbourg, Jungle Doc, 2016.

Selon les maisons de disques et les secteurs commerciaux, la conversion à l’album « moderne » prendra plusieurs années. Par exemple, les deux premiers 33 tours de Georges Brassens sont principalement constitués de chansons déjà parues en 78 tours ; c’est seulement en 1954 qu’il enregistre tout un album de chansons inédites. Ses albums sont dès lors écrits et publiés selon le rythme de ses « rentrées » parisiennes, comme Jacques Brel, Yves Montand ou Juliette Gréco à la même époque. Puisqu’on enregistre les chansons par paquets de dix ou douze, on commence à réfléchir à leur cohérence, à leur variété, à leur hiérarchie.

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