Béatrice Burley came in the summer of 2006 for 2 courses of English integration to improve her elocution for the preparation of a new rôle in English (see critique of her rôle beneath the testimony). Here is what she writes :
“It is with pleasure that I can provide an account of the benefits of my sessions with you. Without these two English integrations and Justin’s corrections the critic could never have written “perfect elocution” and all the more as I had a strong French accent when speaking English !!
Moreover my voice was much easier and more solid.
I leave it to you to express all my satisfaction regarding this work and to formulate it best for your web site”.
“The Medium” by Gian Carlo Menotti : Extract of article appearing in www.ResMusica.com written by Jacques Schmitt, 14/01/2007
In Fribourg, everything has come together to make this Medium not only one of the best shows ever presented on this scene but what is more a production worthy of the greatest opera houses.
In the title rôle Béatrice Burley (Baba/Madame Flora) is terrifying… the French mezzo is an exceptional actress. And her voice is never at rest. With her colours of fire, cutting like steel, charged with power and bronze timbre, she delivers her musical text with a vehemence tainted with anxieties that gnaw at her. Throning over the stage, she trancends the other protagonists who raise their level and their voice to hers creating a unique theatrical climax.
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