Dear Valerie im sure Eduardo Asquez my father your teacher can hear your wonderfull performance from above i watched you years ago and was so moved if only the students today could dedicate their time in study as you did what a result Lv Victor
Utterly enchanting, That lovely silvery timbre carried so well in the theatre, and was palpably delectable. An unforgettable singer - the recent ENo Julius Caesar brought home how much she is missed
Valerie Masterson was and is (now 72 years old) a class act, a professional to her fingertips. This is an exquiste rendition of the aria, sung in English like everything else at ENO. Parts of the translation are less successful than others, particularly those which affect the musical line ("Mon rêve n'était pas un rêve!" and "Et je tremble délicieusement au souvenir charmant du premier jour d'amour!" Beautifully done. Brava!
Delightful, quite ethereal, we were so lucky to have so many of Valerie Masterson's appearances on The Good Old Days screened by the BBC for us to see more of her in performance.
This was a fabulous performance-I was at this gala and I can tell you this little piece brought the house down! It was afantastic Night and very moving!
How i wish it was in French, but Valerie Masterson is so believable, the young Louise. Her use of' 'mesa di voce' expanding and then diminishing certain long notes is remarkable. London opera goers will not see and hear her like again, she is greatly missed. Even the finest young British sopranos of today lack that magical quality which was hers alone. Audiences fell in love with her!
Valerie was truly the best in the French repertoire! She had a precious gift gratefully fine tuned by her Teacher, the late Eduardo Asquez, a true Bel canto Specialist.
"Oh day of joy when you became my lover, Then our existence seemed to blossom with love! Life is so loving in this enchanted dream And my sweetest remembrance is your first kiss of love. Lovely to be living, my dream was more than any dreaming, Ah, I am so happy! O love, now fold your wings around me, A new joyful feeling deep in my heart is singing, I feel it - everything is love, because I'm happy, On every side there's only smiling and joy and love! Ah, I tremble with memories so sweet, When I recall the joy of our first day of love, Yes! I am so happy - Ah! I am so happy! Oh so happy, and I tremble with memories so sweet When I recall the joy of our first day of love."
