The Chants de Garonne opera company celebrated spring on Sunday afternoon in the Salle des Illustres with a recital performed by four female voices.
It must be admitted that the portraits of Sylvain Dumon, Bernard Palissy or even Jasmin make a very appropriate setting for a classical recital. Under their august gaze, the sopranos Patricia Rondet and Aurélie Fargues, and their classmates Aurélie Marbié and Angélina Warnier from the singing class, delivered a faultless interpretation of more or less well-known opera pieces. The pleasant surprise is that the Salle des Illustres offers excellent acoustics since its last works, as we have seen.
Supported on the piano by Anne-Lise Labusquière, the four women, solo or in duo, offered us an intimate and joyful concert, in honor of spring. Light pieces such as the Duo of Blanche-Marie and Marie-Blanche (“Les P’tites Michu” by André Messager), “Je t’aime” by Isabelle Aboulker highlighted the artists’ energy. On the latter, Aurélie Marbié showed the extent of her potential as an actress in addition to her mezzo-soprano voice. The full title is “Je t’aime (loving vocals for distraught soprano)”. We can very well have fun reversing the adjectives of the title. The amorous soprano launches into a frantic vocalization, and as for the lyrics, everything is said in the title! The duet of the Countess and Suzanne in “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart is also a playful exercise, during which Aurélie Fargues and Patricia Rondet communicate their complicity to the public.
Among the lesser known works, “Dites-lui”, an extract from the Grande Duchesse d’Offenbach, sung with power, or the “Greek Songs” by Maurice Ravel, just as listenable as his “Boléro”.
We salute the highlighting of these five talented women, each in their own way, who have done justice to compositions sometimes as illustrious as the paintings in the room, other members of the public…
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