French song — French Diction and Opera Blog

An additional diction subtlety to add to your palette.

Elsa QueronApril 10, 2022diction, diction coach, diction teacher, French coach, French opera, French diction coach, French, French song, French diction, sing, singer, music, classical, opera, opera singer, classical music, phonetic

Jacques Ibert's La Mort de Don Quichotte : in between two worlds

An analysis of a song dear to my heart, about a character's last words, between folly and sanity, reality and fiction, and a topic we often shy away from: mental illness in literary characters and how fiction and reality meet when it comes to dealing with what makes us uncomfortable

Elsa QueronApril 3, 2022cervantes, ibert, opera, melodie, don quichotte, don quixote, baritone, baryton, chansons, mort, French song, french, French opera, sing, singer, singing, Dulcinée

L’Oiseau Bleu, a journey through female mythology

Lovers, mothers, wives or fairies, all facets of one diamond: the concept of the woman as a being of Love, by Paul Fort.