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Called the Prince of FRENCH LYRIC TENORS, Basque MIGUEL VILLABELLA in his first 1925 acoustic PATHE SESSION Pathé, Paris 1925/1926Mireille (Gounod): Anges du paradis 0490Faust (Gounod): Salut, demeure 0490Unusually thick and heavy 11 3/8" Pathe Vertical Sapphire 78 rpm record Condition EXCELLENT faint scuffs, FAUST has a 2cm dull spot at end does not sound, plays EXCEPTIONALLY quiet A CHOICE COPYMiguel Villabella, though remembered as a quintessential French tenor, was actually a Basque, born in Bilbao in 1892. His father was a singer, a famous Zarzuela baritone, from whom the young tenor learned much but a move to Paris led to a meeting with Lucien FugFre, doyen of French bass-baritones and musical life in Paris. He made a concert debut in San Sebastian in 1917 and his operatic debut (Tosca) a year later, opened at the OpTra-Comique in 1920 and thereafter, once established, was seldom heard outside France (he did get as far as Brussels and though he was billed for a Florence appearance it canÆt be confirmed he actually appeared). His career wound down after the Second War û his stage career ended in 1940 - as he devoted more and more time to teaching and he died in 1954 after routine surgery. He took the expected roles, Don JosT, Hoffmann, Fernando (in Cos8), Des Grieux, Rinuccio and GTrald amongst them. He sang under Bruno Walter and recorded Lully (though thereÆs none here) so he was certainly no one-dimensional tenor. What he was instead was an expressive lyric tenor with a fine range, especially at the top where his floated head voice was exceptionally convincing. He was a most stylish exponent of the French tradition, one that embraces a good number of Basque and Corsican singers in addition to Villabella. His Mignon is open, lyric, and splendid throughout the range though with maybe too much of a lyric bleat but his Mireille is ardent and expressive and fully commanding. In RigolettoÆs Comme la plume au vent û almost everythingÆs sung in French û his ardour is almost up there with Georges Thill whilst his technique is quite unruffled by MessagerÆs Fortunio extract. He is plangency itself in Manon û marvellously floated head voice with admirable breath control (even at the top there is no sense of strain) û and he is noble and virile in MassenetÆs GrisTlidis. The voix mixte he so effortlessly deploys (essentially head voice and falsetto) is emblematically French and wonderful to hear û though arguably we do hear it rather a lot. He has plenty of power in reserve throughout and turns on the stylish ease in Offenbach though even he canÆt do much with the wobbly old band that accompanies him in Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame. His Roi dÆYs is notable for richness of execution, latent power, consummate style and portamenti on light head notes whilst his OpTra-Comique credentials are on show in Suzanne. He makes a good team with BaugT in the Rossini û his partner starts rather unsteadily but soon warms up though in his solo Rossini, whilst his divisions are special, he can be a mite superficial. But we can enjoy the two Spanish items for their idiomatic control. On some of the copies there are minor problems; blasting, some thumps and bumps. But I would persist beyond them to appreciate this lyrically elevated and tonally admirable exponent of a vanished performing style. The notes consist of a bare paragraph of biographical details, in French and English. Try the singing though. 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, MIGUEL VILLABELLA
Format: Record
Release Title: Mireille Anges du paradis/ Faust Salut, demeure
Material: Shellac
Type: Single
Genre: Chamber Music, Classical, Latin, Opera, World Music
Record Label: Pathe
Record Size: 12"
Style: Aria, Ars Nova, Ballata, Cantata, Canzona, Chanson, Chorale, Elegy, Gregorian Chant, Laude, Lied, Madrigal, Mass, Motet, Oratorio, Serenade, Anthem, Opera
Speed: 78 RPM
Language: French
Catalog Number: 0490
