It’s a funny recital to which we were invited, this April 24, by soprano Sabine Devieilhe, who was performing at Salle Gaveau, in the company of pianist Mathieu Pordoy, as part of the Les Grandes Voix series and Philippe Maillard productions. A month ago, the two artists published with Erato a wonderful album of lieder by Mozart and Richard Strauss, the programming of which we could hope to find. But only the great Wolfgang Amadeus will be there, which ultimately turned out to be quite congruous, even frustrating, the two artists having chosen to promote, in connection with the project “Momentum, Our Future, Now”, created by the singer Barbara Hannigan, three young singers at the start of their careers.
Arriving quickly on the set, the singer immediately launched into a stunning I would like to explain to you, oh God!, concert aria K. 418 intended by Mozart’s lover for Aloysia Weber. For Sabine Devieilhe, the perfect opportunity to showcase the amplitude of her art, mastery of breath, line and colors, in the service of an expressiveness both so fine and so tense that it leaves the listener in apnea. The risk-taking is total, right down to its impalpable high notes, held on the edge of silence, whose subtlety makes one dizzy. The audience listens with pleasure as the singer recalls a first recital from ten years ago almost to the day, where she performed Rameau. A tracker, she had to resolve to take off her shoes in order to stay connected. “Tonight, I have my shoes”she concludes, mischievously, lifting the bottom of her long black skirt adorned with a colorful belt.
Twilight shades
Axelle Saint-Cirel is mezzo. The young woman with the full-bodied voice is the first to open the beginners’ ball, delivering, with the concert tune K. 582 Who knows, who knows, what it is, the future promise of an accomplished artist. Baritone Lysandre Châlon will follow with his beautiful deep bass (To hope) then the tenor Lucas Pauchet buffoonishing somewhat in the playful The Little Spinner. The evening could take on the appearance of an end-of-year singing class if Devieilhe did not give it, via the trio If far away, my dear, you are sung a cappella, looking like an amateur salon, taking the lead again with a Birds, if every year rid of all sentimentality, then, once a second (and laborious) passage of each of the three young people has passed, a superb Solfeggio n° 2sketch of the famous And power from Mass in C minor K. 427.
The second part will list, according to the same principle, solos, duets and trios, in the continuum of a sequence populated by key moments, like this Evening sensation K. 523, of which Sabine Devieilhe infinitely declines the twilight nuances with a naturalness and an obviousness that brings tears to the eyes. The famous Sweet be the windtaken from That’s what they all do, will bring together, the time for farewell baritone, mezzo and soprano. We know that laughter and mixed tears are one of Mozart’s secrets and the song Well, dear bitchwho sees a husband worrying about his wife’s love, who responds to him by meowing, will quickly bring back good humor, revealing each time ” Meow meow “ a new group of four singers previously scattered throughout the room. Excitement is at its peak as the eight acolytes attack the opening of the Marriage of Figaro in an onomatopoeic version in the Swingle Singers arrangement.
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