Conchita Supervia
A vivacious singer whose dusky voice was an acquired taste for many listeners, Conchita Supervia was an inimitable interpreter of mezzo soprano roles in the early nineteenth century repertory long before great bel canto revival of the 1950s. Her exceedingly rapid vibrato disturbed some, but added to the piquancy of her interpretations. Moreover, she was always an engaging personality on-stage.
After training at the Colegio de las Damas Negras in her native Barcelona, Supervia made an early stage debut. Although the opera was an obscure one by Stiattessi and the role a small one, her October 1, 1910, appearance with a touring company at Buenos Aires' Teatro Colón occurred two months short of her 15th birthday. Acclaim came quickly and, a year later, she sang Octavian in the Rome premiere of Der Rosenkavalier. That same year she sang Carmen at Bari, a role she repeated at Barcelona's Liceo in 1912; the feisty gypsy became one of her signature roles. Surprisingly, for one associated with lighter fare, Supervia's Liceo debut was as Dalila and she undertook Wagner's Ortrud during her first season there. Engaged by Chicago for the 1915-1916 season, she appeared as Carmen, Charlotte, and Mignon.
For her La Scala debut in 1926, Supervia sang Hänsel, later assuming such other roles as Cherubino, Octavian, and Concepcion in Ravel's L'heure espagnole. Paris was charmed by her Rosina in 1930, surprised to find how much more enticing the role sounded in the hands of a gifted mezzo. At Covent Garden, Supervia enjoyed unqualified successes in Rossini's Cenerentola and L'italiana in Algeri, but divided critics regarding her Carmen. She was by then a sufficiently celebrated artist to all, but she dictated casting decisions and made clear that she could not, and would not, mix Rossini and Bizet.
In 1931, she settled in London, having married Ben Rubinstein. Her death in childbirth at age 40 greatly saddened thousands whom she had bewitched with her indefatigable energy and brilliance. Supervia left many important recordings as evidence of her art. The Carmen discs from Paris in 1930 stand with her records of Rossini and Spanish songs as unique treasures; Supervia was an artist whose essence was indeed captured in the recording studio and the personality behind them is thoroughly irresistible.
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Discografía
14 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Supervia in Opera and Song
Conchita Supervia, Frank Marshall, Carlo Scattola
Ópera - Editado por Prima Voce el 1 nov. 1996
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Conchita Supervia Sings Carmen
Ópera - Editado por Past Classics el 1 ene. 2000
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L'âge d'or de la Scala de Milan (Mono Version)
Ninon Vallin, Conchita Supervia, Margherita Carosio
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1962
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gounod: Faust, séléction (Mono Version)
Ninon Vallin, Conchita Supervia, Miguel Villabella, Andre Pernet
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lebendige Vergangenheit - Conchita Supervia
Clásica - Editado por Preiser Records el 29 ago. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bizet: Carmen, extraits (Mono Version)
Conchita Supervia, Gaston Micheletti, Andree Vavon, Gustave Cloëz
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1954
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Conchita Supervía chante l'Espagne (Mono Version)
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Conchita Supervía chante Rossini (Mono Version)
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1956
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Conchita Supervía chante Rossini (Mono Version)
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Lehár: Frasquita, Extracts (Mono Version)
Conchita Supervia, Louis Arnoult, Paul Bastide, Orchestre Paul Bastide
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Conchita Supervía chante Carmen (Mono Version)
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1959
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Clavelitos
World music - Editado por Viking Records el 13 feb. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Clavelitos
World music - Editado por Remdey Records el 13 feb. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sings Rossini
Conchita Supervia, Angelo Albergoni, Philharmonia Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Leverage el 1 ene. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo