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Musical Courier 1906-08-22: Vol 53 Iss 1378, 1906
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114 RUE LINCOLN
2AVENUE DES CHAMPS-ELYSEES.
3PARIS, AUGUST 6, 1906.
5[Artists contemplating American engagements can secure valuable practical advice by consulting Mr. Delma-Heide, Paris representative of THE MUSICAL COURIER.]
7The public examinations of the Conservatoire were continued in the theatre of the Opéra Comique—the results of each day being given below.
9On July 23, the sixth day, the examinations were for Opéra Comique.
11Out of fifteen competitors who presented themselves thirteen were successful. The following were those favored by fortune and by the jury: Male pupils, first prizes, MM. Francell, Petit and Dommier. Second prize, no award. First honorable mention, MM. Vigneau and Nansen. Second honorable mention, MM. Payan and Sorrèze. Female pupils, first prizes, Mlle. Lamarre and Lassalle. Second prize, Mlle. Delimoges. First honorable mention, Mlle. Bloch, Allard and Comès. Second, Mlle. Thasia.
13One of the young ladies, Mlle. Martyl, did not appear at the competition, and excused herself on the ground of illness. Her absence might have seriously handicapped one of the young competitors, Mr. Francell, with whom she was to have taken part in a scene from "Manon." But Albert Carré was equal to the occasion, and Mr. Francell had the good fortune to have as his "partenaire" no less accomplished a Manon than Marguerite Carré, who never played so well as when assisting the debutant, who will have to thank her for the salvation of his opportunity, which in the hands of a less capable Manon, might well have been endangered.
15Respecting the laureates, Mr. Francell, who was first prize winner in the singing competitions, is a nice young actor, with a graceful presence but not much voice. Mr. Petit displayed undoubted talent, not only in tragedy, in the role of Scarpia, but also in comedy, in a scene from the "Folies Amoureuses." Mr. Dommier, a pupil of Emile Bertin, was decidedly good as a comedian, and caused much amusement to the audience by his rendering of a scene from "L'Amour Médecin."
17Among the women pupils, Mlle. Lamarre was extremely good in her scene from "La Tosca," and her expressive gestures conveying the emotions of the part were worthy of a finished actress. The other awards do not call for special comment. Mlle. Delimoges, perhaps, ought to have had a first prize, but better things are in store for her in the future.
19The jury were: Gabriel Fauré, president; Adrien Bernheim, d'Estournelles, Albert Carré, Bourgault-Ducoudray, Hillemacher, Vidal, Xavier Léroux, Gheusi, Dukas, Saléza, Renaud, and Fernand Bourgeat, secretary.
21Since writing the above, I learn that Mlle. Martyl's illness is quite serious. Dr. Debove is in attendance on her, and she is in fact very ill, and in a private hospital near Paris. Her illness came on after the singing competitions, where she was apparently overstrained, and it will be a matter of time and care before she will be able to undertake to appear in public at any theatre.
23On the 24th the violin competitions came off, and they were especially interesting. Two features were noticeable, first, the superiority all round of the female pupils to the male competitors; secondly, the singular amount of patience, discernment and knowledge of their métier required from the jury to make anything like a fair award among sixty-six items performed on a broiling day at the end of July.
25The deliberations of the jury lasted from 6:10 until 7:15. In all, twenty-two candidates carried off rewards.
27The following is the detailed list of these: First prizes, MM. Zighera and Matignon, Hélène Morhange, Renée Billard, Mlle. Daudot and Lapié. Second, Mlles. Novi and Sauvaistre and MM. Etchecopar and Michelon and Mlle. Augieras. First honorable mention, MM. Spathy, Tinlot and Soudant, and Mlles. Helene Wolff and Pierre. Second, Mlles. Talluel, Neuburger and Fidide, and Mlles. de la Hardrouyère and Deschamps, as well as Mr. Carruette. The latter acquitted himself remarkably well, in spite of the disadvantage he has had in being seriously ill during the examinations. But the male pupils in the violin classes must look to their laurels if they do no want to be irretrievably distanced by their fair rivals.
29The jury were: Gabriel Fauré, president; Paul Taffanel, Alfred Bruneau, Edouard Colonne, M. Taudou, J. White, Lucien Capet, Léon Heymann, Paul Viardot, G. G. Pennequin, Jacques Thibaud, Firmin Touche, Maurice Hayot, and Fernand Bourgeat, secretary.
31There was nothing very remarkable in the examination of the pupils in opera, Mr. Carbelly, who possesses a fine voice, obtained first prize for his scene from "Rigoletto." There were three second prizes, MM. Meurisse, Sorrèze and Nansen, the first named of whom has a really superb bass voice, and knows how to act, he chose the role of Marcel. First honorable mention, MM. Dupouy, Payan and Pérol. Second, MM. Teissier and Gilles.
33Female pupils, Mlle. Lamare, first prize. Second prize, Mlle. Bailac. First honorable mention, Mlles. Daubigny and Madeski. Second, Mlles. Le Senne and Galle.
35Altogether nine male pupils competed, and all received some recognition, while out of the ten ladies who presented themselves six were successful. Mlle. Lamare is marked down for the Opéra Comique, and to judge by the manner in which she has acquitted herself in these recent competitions she should have a decided future awaiting her.
37The jury were MM. Gabriel Fauré, president; Adrien Bernheim, M. d'Estournelles, P. Gailhard, MM. Maréchal, de La Nux, Dukas, Georges Hue, Louis de Grammont, MM. Delmas, Escalais, Renaud, Riddez and Fernand Bourgeat, secretary.
39It would be better if these competitions in opéra and opéra comique could be conducted in costume, and with some sort of stage accessories. It is decidedly ridiculous to see young ladies in tulle or crêpe de chine toilettes de gala and young gentlemen in morning dress suits interpreting with fervor and passion a mediæval part which accentuates the difference between what they are and what they try to be. Nothing is more difficult than stage illusion without stage accessories; the spectators are amused when they should be thrilled and the young candidates are disconcerted and thrown out of their bearings, to borrow a nautical expression. one of two readings
40It would be better if these competitions in opéra and opéra comique could be conducted in costume, and with some sort of stage accessories. It is decidedly ridiculous to see young ladies in tulle or crépe de chine toilettes de gala and young gentlemen in morning dress suits interpreting with fervor and passion a mediæval part which accentuates the difference between what they are and what they try to be. Nothing is more difficult than stage illusion without stage accessories; the spectators are amused when they should be thrilled and the young candidates are disconcerted and thrown out of their bearings, to borrow a nautical expression. one of two readings
42Another thing much to be desired is that in the scenes for two artists the rehearsals should be conducted jointly as the scene is to be given, so that the two portions may fit in harmoniously instead of being, as is often the case, merely a trial of how they may be able to harmonize when the most difficult day of all comes, the day of first appearance before the public. Sometimes one is tempted at these public performances to recall the story of the king who, wishing to distinguish himself as a musician, assembled a number of the most distinguished artists for a concert of chamber music, in which he desired to take part. As he toiled laboriously through the score in the wake of the orchestra the latter stopped bewildered, but the impatient king called out: "Go on, I tell you; I will soon catch up with you; there is no need for you to loiter like that."
44Piano, Female Pupils—Twenty-six pupils came up for this examination, which began exactly at midday and ended at nearly half past 9 at night. This was the prevailing impression of this particular examination—a terribly long and fatiguing affair for the candidates, for the jury and for those of the public who could hold out. Luckily, the second impression was a better one. The performances taking them all in all were excellent, far superior in fact to those of the male pupils in the same department of piano.
46Three first prizes were awarded, one to Mlle. Le Son and the others to Mlles. Hélène Léon and Vendeur. Six second prizes, as follows: Mlles. Lea Lefebvre, Willemin, Beuzon, Gellibert, Clapisson and Weill. These pupils showed a considerable mastery of the piece to be performed and their achievements would certainly have en-
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