1905 FONOTIPIA SIGNED Amelia TALEXIS Longobardi TROVATORE/ ELVINO VENTURA 78

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Rare recording of French Soprano AMELIA TALEXIS and Tenor Mario Gilion

Kutsch Riemens says about the rare Talexis records:

Her great records, my in demand by collectors, presents one of the most beautiful dramatic soprano voices of her time

A true Collectors Gem!

All Performer Signatures written broadly in dead wax

Amelia Talexis, soprano,  tenor Luigi Langobardi and chorus + piano and Bells, a GREAT RECORDING: Trovatore  Miserere

master xPh 396 D27 AN ITA: Milano 1905.10.21 Sat IL TROVATORE (Giuseppe Verdi / Salvatore Cammarano) IV/1b: Quel suon, quelle preci — Miserere Miserere d'un alma già vicina Amelia Talexis (soprano). Luigi Longobardi (tenor). …?… (p). …?… (MD). — (chorus). Fonotipia X 39347

master xPh 323 D27 AN ITA: Milano 1905.09.13 Wed MANON LESCAUT (Giacomo Puccini / Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica) I/b: Donna non vidi mai — Arioso Donna non vidi mai simile a questa! Elvino Ventura (tenor). …?… (p). Fonotipia X 39293

On Italian FONOTIPIA 10 3/8"  78 rpm record

Condition Record: VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS, light rubs plays very quiet

from www.marstonrecords.com

TALEXIS, AMÉLIE [so] (Toulouse, 1875–Calais, 1911) At an early age, Talexis began studying piano and cello at the Toulouse Conservatory, and then studied singing under Jacques Roudil who had previously sung at the Paris Opera and then taught at the Toulouse Conservatory. One source claims that Talexis studied with Paul Lhérie who taught at the Paris Conservatory. Talexis might have studied privately with Lhérie, but there is no evidence that she attended the Conservatory or that she ever sang on any of the Paris stages. Her earliest engagement was most likely at the French Opera in New Orleans during the 1897–1898 season. It was there that Talexis probably met her future husband, Henri Berriel, who was the director and first baritone of the New Orleans company. During the 1898–1899 season, Talexis was the forte chanteuse falcon at Antwerp’s Théâtre Royal. Berriel was also engaged there as premiere baritone but was found unsatisfactory and his contract was cancelled. Talexis and Berriel both sang in Montreal during the 1899–1900 season and in the spring of 1900, Talexis sang 11 performances at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux: Salomé in Herodiade; Bertha in Le prophète; both Eudoxie and Rachel in La Juive; Chimène in Le Cid. Talexis returned to New Orleans for the 1900–1901 season, where Berriel was again doubling as director and first baritone. On the New Orleans roster for that season, she was unaccountably listed as “Mme Talexis de l’Opéra-Comique de Paris”. At this point in her career, we seem to lose track of her, though she is said to have sung Aida in Barcelona, as well as Donna Anna at La Scala, the Colón, and the Havana Opera. As evidenced by her recordings, her voice was powerful with a wide range and a secure technique, equally comfortable in French and Italian. She recorded for Fonotipia and Odeon including the Act 4 duet from Les Huguenots with Léon Escalaïs, which unfortunately was never released. We can only hope that someday, it will surface. Talexis died tragically in a freak accident in the bathroom of a hotel in Calais on her way to London at 36 years of age. 

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