VariousGreat Singers 1909-1938

Digital Ambisonic Recording from original 78 rpm discs.
Cover photo: Caruso and Farrar in Carmen.

1. La Sonnambula (Act 3) BELLINI - Rec. 1911
2. Pagliacci (Act 2) LEONCAVALLO - Rec. 28 Dec 1910
3. Lucrezia Borgia (Act 3) DONIZETTI - Rec. 17 Sep 1909
4. Don Giovanni (Act 2) MOZART - Rec. 1916
5. I Puritani (Act 1) BELLINI - Rec. 1923
6. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Act 1) ROSSINI - Rec. 19 May 1917
7. Norma (Act 1) BELLINI - Rec. 30 Jan 1929 and 31 Dec 1928
8. I Puritani (Act 1) BELLINI - Rec. 1928
9. Turandot (Act 2) PUCCINI - Rec. 1928
10. Un Ballo in Mascera (Act 3) VERDI - Rec. 1929
11. Carmen (Act 1) BIZET - Rec. 1930
12. La bohème (Act 1) PUCCINI - Rec. 1931
13. Samson et Dalila (Act 2) SAINT-SAËNS - Rec. 4 Sep 1930
14. L'Amico Fritz (Act 2) MASCAGNI - Rec. 1937
15. Song by REFICE - rec. 1935
16. Die Zauberflöte (Act 1) MOZART - Rec. March 1938.

Booklet has other extensive notes and details with short synopsis on each opera/song and information on each artist.

Original records from Norman White Collection.

1. Luisa Tetrazzini - Ah! Non Giunge 3:09
2. Enrico Caruso - No! Pagliaccio Non Son 3:27
3. Ernestine Schumann-Heink - Brindisi, (Il Segreto Per Esser Felici) 3:04
4. John McCormack (2) - Il Mio Tesoro 4:16
5. Amelita Galli-Curci - Son Vergin Vezzosa 4:05
6. Riccardo Stracciari - Largo Al Factotam 4:11
7. Rosa Ponselle - Sediziose Voci....Casta Diva 8:04
8. Giacomo Lauri-Volpi - A Te O Cara 3:42
9. Eva Turner - In Questa Reggia 5:54
10. Laurence Tibbett - Eri Tu 4:38
11. Conchita Supervia - Habañera (L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle 4:21
12. Beniamino Gigli - Che Gelida Manina 4:28
13. Marian Anderson - Softly Awakes My Heart (Mon Cœur S'ouvre À Ta Voix) 5:02
14. Tito Schipa, Mafalda Favero - Suzel, Buon di 9:25
15. Claudia Muzio - Ombra di Nube 3:24
16. Richard Tauber - Dies Bildnis Ist Bezaubernd Schön 4:02

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