May Garden - Beau soir - Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918). Poem by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935). Recorded November 4, 1929. Beau soir Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses Et quun tiède frisson court sur les champs de blé, Un conseil dêtre heureux semble sortir des choses Et monter vers le coeur troublé. Un conseil de goûter le charme dêtre au monde Cependant quon est jeune et que le soir est beau, Car nous nous en allons, comme sen va cette onde: Elle à la mer, nous au tombeau. Mary Garden (20 February 1874 – 3 January 1967), was a Scottish-American operatic soprano with a substantial career in France and America in the first third of the 20th century. She spent the latter part of her childhood and youth in the United States and eventually became an American citizen, although she lived in France for many years and eventually retired to Scotland, where she died. Described as the Sarah Bernhardt of opera, Garden was an exceptional actress as well as a talented singer. She was particularly admired for her nuanced performances which employed interesting uses of vocal color. Possessing a beautiful lyric voice that had a wide vocal range and considerable amount of flexibility, Garden first arose to success in Paris during the first decade of the 20th century. She became the leading soprano at the Opéra-Comique; notably portraying roles in several world premieres, including Mélisande in Claude Debussys Pelléas et Mélisande (1902). Her voice is preserved on a number of recordings made for the Gramophone Company (including some with Debussy at the piano), Edison Records, Pathé, Columbia Records and the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1903 and 1929. https://youtube/watch?v=6IsjdIO9eb0
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