Singing by way of speaking (2) from Beyond the Bony Labyrinth

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Lodewijk Muns

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Singing by way of speaking (2)

42 minutes Posted Mar 16, 2026 at 8:29 am.

Intro

Lully: Armide (1686)

Gluck: Armide (1777)

A second voice

Singing by way of singing

Orpheus

, 04:07, 08:16 J.-B. Lully. Armide: Enfin il est en ma puissance (Act II, scene 5). Véronique Gens, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset. Tragédiennes. Virgin Classics – 00946 346762 2 9 (2006).

, 16:48, 23:03 C.W. von Gluck, Armide: Enfin il est en ma puissance (Act II, scene 5). Véronique Gens, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset. Tragédiennes. Virgin Classics – 00946 346762 2 9 (2006).

, 32:13 W.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: arietta Voi che sapete. Cecilia Bartoli, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado DGG 477 9124 (1995).

, 33:10, 33:47, 34:23 Chr. W. von Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Deh placatevi. Bernarda Fink, RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs HMY2921742.43 (2014).

, 38:40 R. Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein (Act III). Ben Heppner, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 7390182 (1993).

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A closer look at a recitative from the opera Armide by Jean-Baptiste Lully, a dispute between Rousseau and Rameau, and Gluck’s opera Armide on the same libretto. Also the issue of operatic singing that represents not speaking, but precisely what it is: singing.

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Selected references for episodes 24 and 25: see https://lodewijkmuns.nl/singing-by-way-of-speaking-1

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