Description

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

 

 

1. Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) DA5056 0LA6034 HMV, Paris 1951-04-26
2. Bohème (Puccini) On m’appelle Mimì DB11220 2LA5428 HMV, Paris 1948-11-28
3. Jeunes fillettes (arr Weckerlin) DA5031 0LA5792-1 HMV, Paris 1950-04-24
4. Louise (Charpentier) Depuis le jour DB11253 2LA6262 HMV, Paris 1952-03-19
5. Ma poupée cherie (de Sévérac) DA5048 0LA5609 HMV, Paris 1949-10-06
6. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Sur la mèr calmée DB11220 2LA5429 HMV, Paris 1948-11-28
7. Maman, dites-moi (Weckerlin) DA5033 0LA5793-1 HMV, Paris 1950-04-24
8. Mireille (Gounod) Scène de la Crau DB11184 2LA5241 HMV, Paris 1948-03-26
9. Plaisir d’amour (Martini) DA5031 0LA5796-1 HMV, Paris 1950-04-24
10. Quatre poèmes hindoues, pt 1 (Delage) Madras DA5054 0LA6050 HMV, Paris 1951-06-07
11. Quatre poèmes hindoues, pt 2 (Lahore) DA5054 0LA6050 HMV, Paris 1951-06-07
12. Quatre poèmes hindoues, pt 3 (Benares & Jeypoore) DA5055 0LA6050 HMV, Paris 1951-06-07
13. Sancta Maria (Fauré) DA5056 0LA6033 HMV, Paris 1951-04-26
14. Trois chants de la jungle (Delage) Berceuse Phoque DA5055 0LA6051 HMV, Paris 1951-06-07
15. Wiegenlied (Flies, attr Mozart) DA5048 0LA5610 HMV, Paris 1949-10-06