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Foyer de l'Opera de Marseille

November 19, 2010

More than the Beaujolais Nouveau, this season is always the new crop of CNIPAL , harvested at hearings tight, that fans of opera of Marseille, which is fortunate, alas, now-fragile house of the National Center for Integration of Lyrical Artists, waiting impatiently. First sip tasted with relish these four young singers, Promotional godmother Beatrice Uria-Monzon (CNIPAL of old), three new and old.

The old, but young, already known last year, has improved, has matured: Philippe Nicolas Martin , was said not only vocally but theatrically. The stamp is clear, refined grain, in a tradition of French baritone, the voice equal in its records, and has gained the upper radiance and firmness. It portrays a Schaunard of Bohemia full of ease and mild irony. It serves well the text of the story of Griaznoï The Tsar's Bride Rimsky-Korsakov, and manifest reality with the heroism of the aria. But the air of Eugene Onegin, with something icy and feverish eyes, he played with elegance and dandy fop cruel face Tatiana.

Jennifer Michel, has a lovely coloratura soprano, which one feels to win the lyrics because the medium appears strong, agile in the high and mighty, the beautiful vibrato. It is an ironic and spicy Norina in Don Pasquale Donizetti, one of Adina L'Elisir d'Amore betraying his confusion and a sensitive lover of Lauretta Gianni Schicchi , means more bodied. It is also in place in the Russian repertoire, touching Yolanta Tchaikovsky and offers a nostalgic air first and then jubilant, euphoric, tintannibulant of "casseroles" Mussorgsky: nice vocal range and stage presence.

Delalande Hélène , mezzo satin appears in her direction: Stylish looks, brilliant smile and long hair. Doomed precisely because of its range and lyrical silhouette with transvestites, she is an Orsini Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti which fortunately not abdicate her femininity, as the air, happy, humor allows him without a singer virility clumsy. The air Olga of Eugene Onegin , sort of Dorabella Russian, whose flirtation will be tragic, it is a promising natural, long vine impulsive timbre who knows soften a sensuality still pending, or in ambush. Many gleeful slaughter and agility in the jubilation of Gopak Mussorgsky, where the piano plays and exciting tramping boots of Russian folk dance. The two singers gave us, touching, nostalgic duet of the two sisters of Eugene Onegin .

The newcomer is a baritone Peruvian Rudi Fernandez , hot stamp, voluptuous, full voice, powerful and colorful. In these vocal gifts, he joined a sensitivity and a clear sense of the text, dramatic or comic, marvelously: line impeccable Bellini (Riccardo of Puritans ), humor and panache to Dulcamara (sort of Figaro face an Adina / Rosina) by Donizetti, generous voice, although vehemently held Franck of Edgar Puccini's ardent, vibrant treble in superb air from Robert Yolanta .

the piano, Nino Pavlenichvili was a well-deserved standing ovation.

PHOTOS:

1. Philippe Nicolas Martin ;

2. Jennifer Michel;

3. Delalande Hélène;

4. Rudi Fernandez .