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Links
to PRESS and other interviews with Marcus |
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Do
you find song singing different than opera? |
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| I use
the same singing and rehearsal techniques for operatic and song repertoire.
The music dictates the individual vocal and dramatic requirements. |
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Do
you have a CD that I can purchase? |
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| Yes!
Go to the the store page of this site for purchasing information on my Marcus
DeLoach: American Song CD. Also, look for my recordings of
Elie Siegmeister’s opera The
Lady of the Lake with Gerard Schwartz and the Seattle Symphony and Scott Wheeler's fantastic opera The Construction of Boston on the NAXOS label. |
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I’ve
heard you sing popular and Broadway songs in concert. Do you SING THIS REPERTOIRE OFTEN? |
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| Yes, I love cross-over work and always look for chances to perform it. Music is music and I enjoy performing
every type of it from rock with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to Mozart at
Lincoln Center and Broadway on stage and in concert. |
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| Are
either of your parents singers? |
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Although
I’m the only musician in my family, I do have some singing ancestors.
My great grandfather on my father’s side of the
family was an Italian immigrant and labor leader in the Lawrence, Massachusetts
mills. In the 1950’s, Richard Kelly devoted a chapter to him called
“Citizen Tortolano” in his book Nine Lives for Labor.
Kelly tells how my great grandfather was an opera enthusiast with a “wonderfully
warm and robust bass voice” who would sing such repertoire as Verdi’s
Il Trovatore at the Italian-American Club in downtown Lawrence.
My great grandmother on my mother’s side of the
family was also an amateur singer and regularly performed at events in
her home town of Carlisle, Massachusetts. |
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| What
is your dream operatic role? |
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| There
are many roles that I'd like to perform. I'm especially interested in singing
new works and repertoire in English (classical and Broadway). My current
"dream roles" (not in any specific order) are Robert J. Oppenheimer, Giorgio Germont,
Dr. Malatesta, Don Giovanni, basically anything Broadway (in the Robert
Weede/John Raitt tradition), and the “seven-fold” role in Death
in Venice. |
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| People
say that you are a great interpreter of songs in English. Why do you think
you have an affinity for that repertoire? |
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| This
is a curious question. I don’t think anyone would ever ask Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau why he's so fond of the German Lied or why Gerard Souzay
has a sympathy for the French mélodie. Yet in America, people find it strange
(even bourgeois!) when you are comfortable singing songs in your own language.
I think that classically trained singers often underestimate the importance
of singing in English. The American repertoire of song is quite substantial,
and if you want to know where the current “hot bed” of song
composition in the world is, you need only look in our own back yard. I’m
proud to take an active role in performing and promoting this wonderful
repertoire. |
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| Who
were your voice teachers? |
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| I've
had the privilege to study with four wonderful voice teachers. I began my formal vocal training with Edward Zambara at New England Conservatory and, after he left New York, studied
with Ruth Falcon and Fred Carama. Falcon and Zamabara were great singers themselves who hailed
from amazing vocal lineages. Zambara studied with the teacher of Eleanor
Steber, William Whitney, whose father studied with the great baritone David
Bispham. Ruth Falcon studied with many great singers such as Zinka Milanov,
George London, Regine Crespin and Marinka Gurewich. I now study with Dr. Stephen King. |
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| Where
do you teach? Do you present master-classes? |
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| I currently teach private voice in Houston, TX (where I am pursuing my DMA at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music). I teach
and coach both classical and Broadway singers of varied levels of experience.
For those interested in lessons, master-classes, or concert packages please
send your inquiries to mdeloach@marcusdeloach.com. |
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| Links
to FRIENDS AND other Marcus interviews |
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american opera projects (AOP)
ralph vaughan williams society
albion records
amore
Jeff Grace
Jake Heggie
Warren Jones
Elizabeth
Browning
scott wheeler
Keith jameson
EMMA CURTIS
the frolick
greg spears
TRANS-SIBERIAN
ORCHESTRA
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| Marcus’
Article on American Song for the Journal of the RVW Society |
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33 June 2005 |
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| Marcus
DeLoach: American Song Press Release |
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| June
LeBell interviews Marcus on CD: American Song |
| Exculsive interview on MarcusDeLoach.com 9/20/04 |
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