Ned Rorem in Paris - 1952
from The Paris Diary: Paris 1952, page 138:
Leontyne Price, beautiful in a gown of blue sequins, sopranoing by heart and tonally (after hours of villainous bearded dodecaphonists), sang Sam Barber's Hermit Songs perfectly but with a trace of Southern accent, Lou Harrison's Rapunzel aria gorgeously but with a suggestion of Southern drawl, Sauguet's La Voyante in elegant French but with a shadow of Southern croon. Her success was so great that she was permitted an encore, and performed an unaccompanied spiritual with no accent at all!
cite as
Ned Rorem, The Paris Diary: Paris 1952. In The Paris Diary and The New York Diary 1951-1961 (New York, 1998), p. 138. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1398018747525 accessed: 18 December, 2024
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'Hermit Songs'
written by Samuel Barber |
performed by Leontyne Price |
'La Voyante'
written by Henri Sauguet |
performed by Leontyne Price |
unnamed aria from 'Rapunzel'
written by Lou Harrison |
performed by Leontyne Price |
unnamed spiritual
written by anon |
performed by Leontyne Price |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1952 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by iepearson on Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:32:27 +0100