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MARTHA ANGELICI (CARGÈSE, 22 MAY, 1907 – AJACCIO, 11 SEPTEMBER, 1973)

 

 

 

 

After studying in Brussels with Alfred Mahy, in 1933 she began singing for the Belgian, Dutch and Luxemburg radio. She gave her first public concert in 1934 in the Kurzaal of Ostende Belgium. Her first stage performance was at the Opera of Marseille as Mimi in La Bohème. In 1936 she performed in the Concerts Pasdeloup in Paris Chants de Cyrnos by Henri Tomasi. In 1938 she made her debut on the stage of the Opéra-Comique Paris in a small role in Charpentier’s Louise. She had a long and successful career with this opera company and, beginning in 1953, at the Grand Opéra of Paris, where her debut role was Micaela in Carmen. In Paris she was heard in roles like Leila in Bizet’s Pêcheurs de perles, Mimi in La Bohème, Nedda in I Pagliacci and Pamina in Zauberflöte. She also performed at the Opéra-Comique in the premieres of the operas Comme ils s’aiment by Lavagne (1941) and Delannoy’s Ginevra (1942). She appeard as a guest at the Scala in Milan (Micaela in Carmen under von Karajan), in Monte Carlo, at the Monnaie in Brussels and in Rio de Janeiro (1939 in a tour with the company of the Opéra-Comique). In 1954 she sang in Mulhouse in the premiere of H. Tomasi’s L’ Atlantide. She was loved as a concert singer and she liked to interpret baroque music. She was famous for her performance of Corsican songs. Married to the Director of the Opéra-Comique, Francois Agostini.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

L’Anthologie Sonore 1941-1943

 

 

1. Aria Un moto di gioia (Mozart) 93 AS207 L’Anthologie Sonore
2. Bastien et Bastienne (Mozart) A travers la prairie FA801 JF4-1 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris 1941-09-15
3. Bastien et Bastienne (Mozart) Fort bien, après la tempête (w. Derenne & Mondé) FA806 JF6-1 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris 1941-09-16
4. Bastien et Bastienne (Mozart) Mon tendre ami Bastien FA801 JF2-1 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris 1941-09-15
5. Bastien et Bastienne (Mozart) Que de fois celui que j’aime… Des flatteurs souvent FA802 JF9-1 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris 1941-09-16
6. Bastien et Bastienne (Mozart) Son coeur, je m’en cru certaine FA804 JF12-1 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris 1941-09-17
7. Canzonetta Ridente la calma (Mozart) 93 AS207 L’Anthologie Sonore
8. Combatimento di Tancredi et Clorinda (4. Partie) (Monteverdi) with Max Meili and Joseph Peyron 142 B AS 284-1 L’Anthologie Sonore
9. Combatimento di Tancredi et Clorinda (5. Partie) (Monteverdi) with Max Meili 143 A AS 285-1 L’Anthologie Sonore
10. Combatimento di Tancredi et Clorinda (6. Partie) with Max Meili 143 B AS 286-1 L’Anthologie Sonore
11. Combatimento di Tancredi et Clorinda 1. Partie (Monteverdi) with Max Meili and Joseph Peyron 141 A AS 281-2 L’Anthologie Sonore
12. Das Lied der Trennung (Die Engel Gottes Weinen) (Mozart) 93 AS208 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris 1941
13. Devin du Village (Rousseau) Allons danser 54 AS130 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris
14. Devin du Village (Rousseau) Avec l’objet de mes amours 54 AS130 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris
15. Devin du Village (Rousseau) J’ai perdu mon serviteur 54 AS129 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris
16. Devin du Village (Rousseau) Si des galants 54 AS129 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris
17. Il Pomo d’Oro (Cesti) Air de Vénus 82 AS177 L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris
18. Il Re pastore (Mozart) Air d’Arminia A.S. 118 B L’Anthologie Sonore, Paris 1943