Part III: Rare and unknown voices - JACQUES JANSEN

[Chsrles62]

Actually, you don't know what this means to me -- I have a very lyric baritone voice and for years was accused of being a tenor, and it's so great to hear someone sing so beautifully with my voice type. I've finally found my role model.

[sharky123]

One of my favorite singers - and my favorite (and many others') Pelleas ever. Have been listening all morning to Jansen singing Debussy (Troi Ballades, Fetes Galantes, Ariettes Oubliees . . . ) and just stumbled onto this, giving me my Pelleas fix for the day without having to move to the stereo! Stunning. Thanks for posting this!

[tenorvoicefan]

Ich habe oft das Video gehört und genau zugehört.

Ich finde die Interpretation außerordentlich gut,wirklich schön.

Aber was soll ich machen, ich mag die Stimme einfach nicht. Sie berührt mich nicht wirklich.

Aber das ist ein sehr persönlicher Eindruck und gewiß kein Abspruch der Qualität.

[100Singers]

@tenorvoicefan Vielen Dank auch für diesen aufrichtigen Kommentar, den ich wie stets aus Ihrer Feder sehr zu schätzen weiss. Ihr Mike

[meltzerboy]

@Aimiklingsor93 You are right: Camille Maurane was a superb Pelleas and excelled in French melodies, even rivaling Gerard Souzay. Maurane died this year at the age of 98, a mere child compared to Hugues Cuenod, who is 108.

[MissFireMagic]

Fantastic performance. Who could top that Pelléas?

[meltzerboy]

This is considered by many the finest performance of Pelleas et Melisande on disc. The protagonists, Irene Joachim (granddaughter of the violinist, and coached by Mary Garden) and Jacques Jansen (baryton martin) are superb. The opera is a kind of French Wagner without arias and with leitmotifs, and the singer must be comfortable in a mid-range tessitura, one of the reasons why Lily Pons decided not to sing the role of Melisande. Jansen sings with delicacy and native fluency. Thanks for sharing!

[wesleyan97]

@meltzerboy There's definitely a leitmotif of sorts associated with Golaud.

[Forellensolo]

Of course, I knew this singer before, especially from his Pelléas under Cluytens. He has a similiar timbre to the Golaud of that recording, Gérard Souzay (who is a favourite of mine). Wonderful voice.

[Teonareine]

Is indeed a remarkable voice. Thanks.

[Herur22]

Extremely beautiful. Another singer who was unknown to me, but I am impressed by his delicate and sensitive singing.