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Daniele D. Godor, Marie-Louise Rodén - Set Svanholm – Mästersångaren från Västerås (Il Maestro Cantore di Västerås – in svedese / inglese)
Biografia esaustiva del tenore svedese Set Svanholm (1904-1964). Figlio di un predicatore cieco, fu allievo di John Forsell e compagno di classe di Jussi Björling al conservatorio di Stoccolma. Iniziò a cantare come baritono e, dopo essere diventato tenore, fece una rapida carriera, diventando il tenore eroico preferito dalla Germania nazista. La sua registrazione di Götterdämmerung dal festival di Bayreuth del 1942 è leggendaria. Dopo la guerra, aggirò la de-nazificazione e si affermò rapidamente come successore di Lauritz Melchior negli Stati Uniti. Successivamente, divenne il direttore generale del Teatro dell'Opera di Stoccolma.
Il libro contiene numerose fotografie, una cronologia e una discografia (entrambe in inglese). Presenta anche un saggio, in inglese, di Set Svanholm sulla tecnica vocale. La discografia e un elenco del repertorio sono disponibili come PDF scaricabili.
Copertina rigida, 490 pagine
"...un importante contributo alla storia della lirica e alla storia culturale svedese. Il libro è strutturato in modo ambizioso ed è un ritratto biografico dettagliato ed equilibrato di una persona complessa." (Henrik Rosengren)
OPERANOSTALGIA
"In ten chapters the authors retrace Svanholm’s career starting with “A rare singer and much more” to “final words” . No English is needed for the appendices. The first is an “afterword” on Svanholm’s singing technique which is followed by an article written by the tenor himself (in English!) on “ imitation – its use and abuse”. An alphabetically (according to composer) detailed discography is included. Svanholm left only a handful of commercial recordings yet the vast amount of live recordings make up for that.
There is also a complete survey of his repertoire with first and last dates and the total of performances of the works he appeared in. Siegmund is his most performed role with 109 appearances strangely enough followed by 94 incarnations of Bizet’s Don José. Bizarre is his appearance as Silvio (Pagliacci) as late as 8 May 1946 long after he switched to the tenor fach.
A chronology is included regrettably without co-stars and conductors and no content of the concerts he gave. For this the reader is referred to the publisher’s website. The online material will be available within short. It will be over 400 pages, including a chronology with casts and concert/programs, a full discography, a repertoire list and a list of songs that were part of his repertoire. (...)
This new publication is certainly of value to those whose interest also lies in (Wagnerian) tenors, photographs, discographies and chronologies of singers’ careers. This book is quasi perfect in this sense. Yet for reading about Svanholm’s fascinating life story the best option is to wait for a possible English translation." (Rudi van den Bulck)
