Siren Voices
Richard Baker talks about five women who either inspired men to make music or were musicians themselves.
1: Olympe Pelissier was a Parisian courtesan who lived with Rossini, eventually becoming his second wife, nursing him back to health and inspiring a revival of his creative muse. Music by Rossini includes: Cantata: Giovanna d'Arco
Cecilia Bartoli (soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)
Soirees Musicales (arr Liszt) Leslie Howard (piano) Stabat Mater
Jose Garcia (baritone), I
Solisti Veneti , conductor Claudio Scimone Peches de Vieillesse (excerpts)
John Aler (tenor), Steven Kimbrough (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) Producer Piers Burton-Page