Gaston Micheletti Werther Invocation à la nature Odéon 188510

Gaston Micheletti - Werther - Invocation à la nature - Odéon 188510 Ténor très populaire à lOpéra-Comique Micheletti naquit à Tavaco Corse le 5 janvier 1892.
Il fit ses études au conservatoire de Paris et débuta à lOpéra de Reims en 1922.
Il fut engagé par lOpéra-Comique en 1925 et y débuta dans le rôle de Des Grieux Manon.
Il y chanta Turridu Hoffmann Werther Canio Mylio etc..En 1930 il participa à une série de représentations de Carmen avec Conchita Supervia.
Il se retira de la scène en 1946 et mourut à Ajaccio le 20 mai 1959 Nouveau dictionnaire des chanteurs de lOpéra de Paris du 17ème siècle à nos jours Jean Gourret A Corsican tenor Micheletti spent the major part of his career from 1925 to 1946 as one of the stalwarts in Paris at the Opera-Comique where he was justly acclaimed in a wide variety of roles admirably represented by this careful remastering of his Odeon records.
Since he has until now been best known as partner to Supervia in her Carmen recordings and as Des Grieux to Emma Luarts Manon already reissued by Vintage 497 this solo recital is most welcome.
His pleasing plangent lyric tenor with a quick vibrato typical of its time in his part of the operatic firmament is used with the utmost artistry in a wide range of French repertory most notably perhaps as Faust Romeo Wilhelm Meister and Werther all four of whose solos are included here.
Michelettis high notes were not produced easily so its not surprising indeed rather gratifying to hear him take the high C of Fausts cavatine as an exquisitely produced head note.
In an age when Francophone singers particularly tenors are at a premium it is a pleasure to hear all these pieces sung with such a feeling for the shape and timbre of the text nowhere more so perhaps than in the duet from Hoffmann where he is partnered by Luart a gently romantic rendering both artists singing lightly off the text in a way you wont hear in any modern set of the work.
The same can be said of the Chanson du Magali from Mireille where he sings with another of his Comique partners Marie-Therese Gauley who sang the Child in the premiere of Lenfant et les sortikges.
The recital ends with four songs two Italian ones and utterly haunting two Corsican folk-songs with guitar accompaniment collectors pieces as the originals are rarities. Source :

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