Dorothy Maynor's version of this aria deserves to be included as it is one of the most beautiful interpretations on record. Kathleen Battle also does a lovely job of this aria. Moore, Kirsten,Steber, Sills,Price and Fleming do it well also. Hell I love this aria
A love the nervous timbre of this unique soprano. She has something chique in her presentation. I don't know what it is. But I adore her. Especially in this aria and her interpretation of Pellëas et Mëlisande.
We are happy people to hear all these fantastic voices of today and of the past.....
Are we sure Garden was Scottish, not French? So much for personality theory based on national character. A great singing-actress indeed, and a peculiarly French one! Thanks for posting.
She was as Scottish as Melba, and yet, how different!
(It is hard to despise Melba's gorgeous tone in this piece. Curious that she chose to record it, though: it belonged so thoroughly to Garden, today as much as 100 years ago!)
@AulicExclusiva Cool. I didn't know her parents were Scottish. I did know that they both studied in France...Marchesi for both...although Garden didn't stick with her for very long. Cheers!
@hobo1975 I am a great Melba fan, and she sings this very beautifully. But as a quite explicit reminiscence of sexual love, which is what the words of this air are, Mary Garden has it on all interpreters, ancient and modern. Melba's pure, disembodied tones are about something else entirely.
There is a real sense of ecstasy in this performance, taken at a slower tempo than we are used to. Interesting to compare it with the later, more soaring Victor electrics. Thanks, Douglas.
Also compare this performance to Melba's, which is technically and tonally beautiful, but conveys little ecstasy in its delivery. Thanks again for requesting.
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GORGEOUS PERFORMANCE!!! Thank you my friend for sharing this Rare Performance of Scottish operatic soprano MARY GARDEN (1874-1967)
MrGer2295 1 month ago
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MrGer2295 1 month ago
Dorothy Maynor's version of this aria deserves to be included as it is one of the most beautiful interpretations on record. Kathleen Battle also does a lovely job of this aria. Moore, Kirsten,Steber, Sills,Price and Fleming do it well also. Hell I love this aria
intelegentable 7 months ago
@intelegentable I agree. Ninon Vallin, Yvonne Gall, Fanny Heldy, Alma Gluck, Edith Mason, Lucrezia Bori, Jacqueline Brumaire...
AulicExclusiva 4 months ago
A love the nervous timbre of this unique soprano. She has something chique in her presentation. I don't know what it is. But I adore her. Especially in this aria and her interpretation of Pellëas et Mëlisande.
We are happy people to hear all these fantastic voices of today and of the past.....
Hans NL
qklq42 1 year ago
As good as any version ever recorded! TY.Doug.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Glorious! I like her more and more. TY Doug.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Like the most charming fairy-tale...-
The photo increases impression !
jurek46pink 2 years ago
Are we sure Garden was Scottish, not French? So much for personality theory based on national character. A great singing-actress indeed, and a peculiarly French one! Thanks for posting.
meltzerboy 2 years ago
She was as Scottish as Melba, and yet, how different!
(It is hard to despise Melba's gorgeous tone in this piece. Curious that she chose to record it, though: it belonged so thoroughly to Garden, today as much as 100 years ago!)
AulicExclusiva 2 years ago
@AulicExclusiva Both truly are fabulous! Melba was Australian, though.
justasondheimbaby 1 year ago
@justasondheimbaby Certainly Melba was born in Australia, but both her parents were born in Scotland.
Garden was born in Scotland, but brought up in America. BOTH were trained in France.
AulicExclusiva 1 year ago
@AulicExclusiva Cool. I didn't know her parents were Scottish. I did know that they both studied in France...Marchesi for both...although Garden didn't stick with her for very long. Cheers!
justasondheimbaby 1 year ago
@AulicExclusiva really?i prefer Melba,her rock steady voice and purity seems perfect for the aria.
hobo1975 4 months ago
@hobo1975 I am a great Melba fan, and she sings this very beautifully. But as a quite explicit reminiscence of sexual love, which is what the words of this air are, Mary Garden has it on all interpreters, ancient and modern. Melba's pure, disembodied tones are about something else entirely.
AulicExclusiva 4 months ago
There is a real sense of ecstasy in this performance, taken at a slower tempo than we are used to. Interesting to compare it with the later, more soaring Victor electrics. Thanks, Douglas.
AulicExclusiva 2 years ago
Also compare this performance to Melba's, which is technically and tonally beautiful, but conveys little ecstasy in its delivery. Thanks again for requesting.
meltzerboy 2 years ago
Magical!! Garden's Louise is wrapped in the afterglow and discovery of awakened love. A truly sexual Louise.
No wonder her parents were so upset.
Bivolari 2 years ago
Do you hear the way she dwells on the next-to-last "délicieusement"???
This is Louise on her way to becoming Thaïs!
AulicExclusiva 2 years ago
@Bivolari - One can "fall in love" prior to falling into sex. Just my opinion. ;- )
goldie0800 1 year ago