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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