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Maggie Teyte "A Vocal Portrait".(Sound Recording Review)
* Songs and arias by Berlioz, Bizet, Chausson, Debussy, Duparc, Elgar, Faure, Fontenailles, Gretry, Hahn, Liszt, Martini, Messager, Offenbach, Paladilhe, Pergolesi, Purcell, Quilter, Ravel, Romberg, Russell, Szulc, Tchaikovsky, Thomas. Recorded 1932-48. No texts. Naxos 8.10757/58
Maggie Teyte (1888-1976) lived to enjoy her reputation as a cult figure, especially among record collectors. Though she claimed never to have owned a phonograph, she was generous (if sporadically so) with her time in the recording studio. In 1936, she and pianist Alfred Cortot made a Debussy song album, quickly accepted as the standard for this repertory. In 1948, with orchestra, she committed to disc Ravel's Sheherazade. Both projects, along with plentiful other souvenirs of her art (most in French, except for seven English selections) are preserved in Naxos's new two-CD album. Ward Marston's careful, authoritative sonic restoration reintroduces this unique, distinctive singer in proper style.
English-born, she studied for two years with Jean de Reszke in Paris, where she coached with Debussy and made her Opera Comique debut at nineteen. Like Mary Garden, she retained a touch of the exotic in her otherwise exemplary French diction, giving every syllable its weight and proper color. Calling cards of her recital career, such as Berlioz's "Absence" (from Les Nuits d'Ete) and Debussy's "La chevelure" (from Chansons de Bilitis), rub shoulders here with the less familiar. Operetta tunes from Offenbach's La Perichole and Messager's Veronique are like icing on the cake. Too bad ...
- Maggie Teyte, soprano.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Morin September 1, 2003 700+ words
...very good sound. If all you had on your shelf were Naxos releases, you wouldn't be missing a lot. The English soprano Maggie Teyte (1888-1976) was best known for her way with French songs, which she sang with faultless intonation and impeccable diction...
- Chansons.(Maggie Teyte, Gerald Moore)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Driscoll, F. Paul May 1, 1996 700+ words
Maggie Teyte's incomparable grace with the chansons of Debussy and Faure has been one of the treasures of recorded music for sixty years...
- Offenbach: La Perichole.(Volksoper, Vienna, Austria)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Norton-Welsh, Christopher March 8, 1997 700+ words
German translations of Offenbach tend to leaden his froth, and the Volksoper's La Perichole (opened Dec. 14) was no exception. Even the young French conductor Bertrand de Billy, who with music director Ascher Fisch...
- Maggie Teyte: the Pocket Prima Donna. (From the Archives).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Liff, Vivian A. January 1, 2003 700+ words
Gretry, Monsigny, Pergolesi, Offenbach, Dourlon, Ravel, Berlioz, Debussy, Duparc Gerald Moore, Alfred Cortot, p; Royal Opera House Orchestra/ Hugo Rignold; London Philharmonic/ Leslie Heward Dutton 9724 (reissue of 5015) 73 minutes This exquisite artist was born in Wolverhampton in 1888. Her
- Offenbach: Die Banditen. (Guide to Records).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Traubner, Richard January 1, 2003 700+ words
...the German version has its points. Les Brigands followed La Perichole at the Theatre des Varietes in 1869, the last of the superb...especially for those who admire the Latin flavorings in La Perichole or the military trappings of La Grande-Duchesse de Geroistein...
- A Symposium of Major Rarities 1901-1909. (From the Archives).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Mark, Michael July 1, 2002 700+ words
...Jeanne Tiphaine, Pierre Cornubert, Giuseppe de Luca, Maggie Teyte, Mrs Henry J Wood, Emma Albani, Salomea Kruszelnicka...that can easily become hysterical. The usually enchanting Maggie Teyte disappoints with a labored 'Because'. Lucien Fugere...
- Opera Singer Awarded Honorary Degree.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 4, 2002 700+ words
...where she won numerous awards and prizes, most notably the Maggie Teyte Prize, the John Christie Award and the Royal Philharmonic...Danish Opera. Ms Milne made her London recital debut at the Maggie Teyte Prizewinners Concert at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden...
- Shocking 'Rape of Lucretia' may be a Tucson first: UA production tackles...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 3, 2009 700+ words
...Roe said. "She was the lead in (Jacques Offenbach's) 'La Perichole' last fall. I couldn't have more opposite roles for her to do, from the comedy of 'La Perichole' to Lucretia." According to the story, Lucretia's rape led...
- Opera Nuova.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Rankin, Bill September 1, 2006 700+ words
...culminated in double-cast productions of Offenbach's La Perichole and Les contes d'Hoffmann (Jun 25-Jul. 2), performed...chorus could have sung the chorus part for any opera company. La Perichole was a lively, colorful affair, with the women's Peruvian...
- Offenbach: Les Brigands.
- Magazine article from: Notes Hadlock, Heather September 1, 1996 700+ words
...from numerous works; and the overtures to La Belle Helene, La Perichole, and La Vie Parisienne have become "light" classics...company has also reissued classic performances of Orphee, La Perichole, and la Vie Parisienne on compact disc. Now the Opera de...
