Special offer. Oh, Boy!
Mozart & French Opera Arias
Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano)
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Marc Minkowski
Awards:
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Opera, March 2017, Recording of the Month
Boy - can she wear the trousers well! Her Cherubino in 'Voi che sapete' trembles with anxious desire. Only the stoniest hearted woman could resist this 'Non so piu', Crebassa by turns eager...
Special offer. Oh, Boy!
Mozart & French Opera Arias
Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano)
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Marc Minkowski
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Awards:
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Opera, March 2017, Recording of the Month
Boy - can she wear the trousers well! Her Cherubino in 'Voi che sapete' trembles with anxious desire. Only the stoniest hearted woman could resist this 'Non so piu', Crebassa by turns eager...
About
“One of the most important voices of our time,” is how the young French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa is described by Marc Minkowski, the distinguished conductor for her debut album, Oh, Boy! Comprising arias for young male characters who are sung by a woman – the so-called ‘trouser roles’ – it offers an alluring programme of Mozart, Chabrier, Gluck, Gounod, Hahn, Massenet, Meyerbeer, Offenbach and Thomas. Crebassa – praised by Le Monde for her “incredibly beautiful timbre and transcendent presence” – shows why she has already made an impact at the Paris Opéra, La Scala, Milan, the Berlin Staatsoper and the Salzburg Festival.
When she sang at the Salzburg Festival in 2014, the Financial Times described Crebassa as “dazzling … with doe-eyed looks, the seductive innocence of Debussy’s Mélisande and a luscious voice that seems destined for Massenet’s Charlotte.” The New York Times has hailed her as “splendidly charismatic” and Die Welt has praised her “evenly produced, shimmering timbre”. Shortly after she graduated from the Conservatory of Montpellier, not far from her hometown of Béziers in southern France, Forum Opéra described her voice as “opulent and perfectly projected,” singling her out as “an artist we are sure to hear more about.”
Contents and tracklist
- Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Zimper (clarinet)
- Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
- Marc Minkowski
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Marianne Crebassa records Offenbach: Voyez dans la nuit brune -
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Marianne Crebassa: interview about Mozart and the album 'Oh, Boy!' -
Elīna Garanča sings dramatic arias for mezzo-soprano
4th Nov 2016
Katherine enjoys the Latvian mezzo's new recital disc of dramatic arias.
Awards and reviews
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ECHO Klassik Awards2017Winner
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OperaMarch 2017Recording of the Month
May 2017
Boy - can she wear the trousers well! Her Cherubino in 'Voi che sapete' trembles with anxious desire. Only the stoniest hearted woman could resist this 'Non so piu', Crebassa by turns eager and breathless; and what daring there is in the slow section of the aria with the legato spun so finely that you fear it will snap
December 2016
She has a wide-ranging voice, with an appealing tang in her lower registers and a soprano-like brilliance at the top, which allows her to ascent effortlessly to the high C in Urbain’s first aria from Les Huguenots. Her coloratura is superbly fluent and strikingly delivered…there’s some exquisite playing from the Mozarteum Orchestra, too.
4th November 2016
a crisp, pleasingly astringent voice that puts me in mind of Frederica von Stade. Definitely one to watch!
11th December 2016
the voice is an impressive one from top to bottom: plummy (perhaps a bit too much so for Cherubino’s arias, neither of which sound boyish) with resonant chest notes and good coloratura...Minkowski’s Mozarteumorchester provide alert support.
Opera Now January 2017
Crebassa has a deliciously smooth lyric mezzo and employs it with taste and style. When she starts a phrase her intent is apparent, her singing buoyant and purposeful, but with the ability to caress and luxuriate in the line…stylish and classy
