I had the privilege of seeing Joan Sutherland as Esclarmonde, Beverly Sills as Manon, and great tenors as Werther. I taught myself the piano transcription of the Meditation from Thais.
One of the finest biographies of Maestro Massenet with introduction to his music,life . Tributes to his memory on the occasion of his 112th death anniversary today.
Extremely nice to learn more about Massenet narrated by Richard Bonynge and with fascinating comments by Massenet’s great, great grand niece! Thankful that my great aunt Sibyl Sanderson is given respect. She has been forgotten. Massenet composed Esclarmonde and Thaïs for her and she recreated the role of Manon. A shame she made no recordings.
How does such a great composer fall from grace and enter the precipitous depths of the realm of lost memories of mankind ? A true tragedy befallen upon all lovers of opera to have such a once renown master be forgotten.
What a remarkable documentary on the superb but still under appreciated master, Massenet. Thank you!
I had the privilege of seeing Joan Sutherland as Esclarmonde, Beverly Sills as Manon, and great tenors as Werther. I taught myself the piano transcription of the Meditation from Thais.
One of the finest biographies of Maestro Massenet with introduction to his music,life .
Tributes to his memory on the occasion of his 112th death anniversary today.
Beautiful. Interier... Very.. Nice..bravo.. 😮😮🎉
Very good presentation!
Thank You.
Extremely nice to learn more about Massenet narrated by Richard Bonynge and with fascinating comments by Massenet’s great, great grand niece! Thankful that my great aunt Sibyl Sanderson is given respect. She has been forgotten. Massenet composed Esclarmonde and Thaïs for her and she recreated the role of Manon. A shame she made no recordings.
How does such a great composer fall from grace and enter the precipitous depths of the realm of lost memories of mankind ? A true tragedy befallen upon all lovers of opera to have such a once renown master be forgotten.
He is not alone....there are treasures to discover....a lot of composers are waiting 1:55
Are there good recordings of La Grande Tante?
Unfortunagtely there isn't.