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Subject: Re: Olga Borodina and "Mon coeur..."
Date sent: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:52:26 +0200
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Hello,

I like Olga Borodina's voice as well, but I have never heared her singing
"Mon coeur".

As for your question - "Mon coeur" is actually duet between Samson and
Dalila. Samson of course does not sing very much. He has only two phrases -
after first strophe he sings: "Dalila, Dalila..." and these "optional
notes" at the end of aria are actually sung by Samson as well: "Dalila,
Dalila, ah! je t'aime!", but some mezzos if they perform this aria in
concert, sing this phrase too. (Then text is of course: "Samson, Samson, je
t'aime!") I have heard Grace Bumbry singing these notes in MET gala. I
think it's beatiful and acceptable to do this.




Toomas Kaldaru
tenor
Tallinn, Estonia








Jennifer wrote:
Is there story behind these
> optional notes in "Mon coeur"? There aren't too many arias with optional
> notes.
>
> A high lyric mezzo who can only dream of a rich, dramatic voice like
Olga's,
> Jennifer Fretwell
> mezzo-soprano-at-mindspring.com