Notes and Editorial Reviews
Voices like that of Leonce-Antoine Escalais do not seem to exist any more today. The French heldentenor has a completely different nature than his German counterpart, who often has his roots in the baritone-fach and whose voice, on acoustic recordings, is usually shown off to a better advantage. Escalais never sang Wagner. His voice was clear and bright, it rang out with incredible intensity of sound and his top, which remained intact until the end of his career, was brilliant. He was the ideal interpreter for Meyerbeer and Halevy, for whose works we are short of adequate tenor voices nowadays, even in France. His recordings prove that he had the most brilliant voice among the French singers: he was the worthy successor to Duprez and
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Nourrit. In Italy he was compared to the great Tamagno, but the Frenchman's voice was more beautiful and had a fuller sound, also he could produce the most beautiful lyrical phrases. Unsurpassed are his brilliantly ringing top notes, which like a laser beam cut through the trio from "Guillaume Tell" or the septet from "Les Huguenots." Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Robert le Diable: Au tournoi, chevaliers by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; France
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: Italian
2.
Les Huguenots: Ah! l'ingrat d'une offense mortelle by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Ferruccio Corradetti (Baritone),
Oreste Luppi (Bass),
Giuseppe Sala (Voice),
Antonio Magini-Coletti (Baritone),
Léonce Escalais (Tenor),
Angelo Algos (Voice),
Giovanni Masotti (Voice)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836; France
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: Italian
3.
Le Prophète: Roi du ciel by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: French
4.
L'Africaine: O paradis sorti de l'onde by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Germany
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: French
5.
La juive: Dieu m'éclaire by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: French
6.
La juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
7.
Jérusalem: Je veux encore entendre ta voix by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843-1847; Italy
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: Italian
8.
Il trovatore: Ah si, ben mio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
9.
Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: Italian
10.
Otello: Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
11.
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Arretez, o mes frères by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; France
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
12.
Polyeucte: Source délicieuse by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1864; France
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
13.
Le Cid: O Souverain, ô juge, ô père by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; France
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: Italian
14.
Pastorale Languedocienne by Rupes,
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Date of Recording: 1906
15.
Stances by Ange Flégier
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: French
16.
Hosanna by Jean Granier
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: French
17.
Otello: Niun mi tema (Death of Otello) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
18.
Manon: Ah! fuyez, douce image by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883-1884; France
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: Italian
19.
Pierre l'Ermite: Scene pour Tenor by Jean Granier
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
20.
Il trovatore: Aria(s) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 1906
Language: French
21.
Guillaume Tell: Troncar soi di by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Oreste Luppi (Bass),
Antonio Magini-Coletti (Baritone),
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: Italian
22.
Guillaume Tell: Asil héréditaire by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Léonce Escalais (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
Date of Recording: 1905
Language: Italian
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