Title from disc label. Various early twentieth century singers, orchestras, and conductors. Recorded between 1904 and 1939 at Covent Garden. "Digital Ambisonic Transfers from 78rpm discs"--Contaner. Program notes by Noël Goodwin in English with German and French translations, and synopses ([26] pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Faust. The Jewel song (Nellie Melba, 1910) / Gounod (3:07) -- Rigoletto. Questa o quella (Enrico Caruso, 1904) / Verdi (2:19) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Quando rapita in estasi (Luisa Tetrazzini, 1909) / Donizetti (4:17) -- La Traviata. De' miei bollenti spiriti (John McCormack, 1910) / Verdi (3:54) -- Madama Butterfly. Con onor muore (Emmy Destinn, 1908) / Puccini (2:20) -- Götterdämmerung. Fliegt Heim ihr Raben (Johanna Gadski, 1909) / Wagner (2:58) -- Die Meistersinger. Was duftet doch der Flieder (Friedrich Schorr, 1930) / Wagner (6:22) -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte (Eva Turner, 1928) / Puccini (3:07) -- Otello. Ora e per sempre (Renato Zanelli, 1929) / Verdi (2:15) -- Der Rosenkavalier. Marie Theres' [act 3 trio] (Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olczewska, 1933) / R. Strauss (4:20) -- Boris Godounov. Prayer and death (Feodor Chaliapine, 1928) / Mussorgsky (8:16) -- Andrea Chenier. Sì, fui soldato (Beniamino Gigli, 1933) / Giordano (2:46) -- Carmen. Les tringles des sistres (Conchita Supervia, 1930) / Bizet (3:29) -- Tosca. Te deum (Lawrence Tibbett, 1929) / Puccini (4:17) -- Don Giovanni. Dalla sua pace (Richard Tauber, 1939) / Mozart (4:16) -- Tristan und Isolde. The Love duet, act 2 (Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, 1939) / Wagner (17:27).
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