A favorite mezzo performance from Belfagor

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投稿者は、イゴール・マルケヴィチ指揮、シュザンヌ・ラファイエ主演によるオッフェンバックの『ラ・ペリコール』の演奏をお気に入りのメゾ・ソプラノの歌唱として紹介している。特に第2幕フィナーレの「男の人ってなんて愚かなんでしょう」における彼女の表現を称賛している。

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A favorite mezzo performance from Belfagor For me – sheer fun and joy. Yes, I know this is not the greatest mezzo voice in the world, but I grew up with this delicious fizzy rendering of Offenbach’s La Périchole, conducted by Igor Markevitch no less (Diaghilev’s last crush – and a composer of note before he was celebrated as a conductor) with the inimitable operetta sensation Suzanne Lafaye living the rôle. My favorite song is in the finale to the 2nd act ‘Que les hommes sont bêtes’ (starts at 2’38”) – and she captures perfectly the rueful exasperation with her slow-to-take-on boyfriend – yes I know the trill is more like a gargle, but the verbal pinpointing and sense of devilish glee in this music put her, in my mind, ahead of all the much more notable voices that have taken on this maste

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