Belcanto [videorecording] : die Tenöre der Schellackzeit = tenors of the gramophone era / Regie, Jan Schmidt-Garre ; eine Koproduktion der Pars Media GmbH und des BR ... [et al.].
Commentator, Jürgen Kesting. Originally televised in 1996. Picture format 4:3 (B&W), NTSC. Booklets with biographical notes by Jürgen Kesting, in German with English and French translations (8, 12 p. : ports.) inserted in containers.
Contents:
v. 1. Enrico Caruso ; Beniamino Gigli ; Tito Schipa ; Richard Tauber ; Leo Slezak ; Joseph Schmidt (170:00) -- v. 2. Lauritz Melchoir ; Helge Rosvænge ; Jussi Bjorling ; John McCormack ; Georges Thill ; Ivan Kozlovsky ; Der singende Automat = The singing machine (200:00).
Summary:
The great tenors of the 78 era are introduced and analyzed artistically and historically. Includes interviews with the tenors' families and friends, as well as discussions with contemporary singers and teachers, and recordings of the various artists performing opera excerpts and songs.
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