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meltzerboy favorited 3 weeks ago
The Great Chaliapin Sings "Vi Ravviso" From Bellini's La Sonnambula 1912
One does not usually think of the great Russian bass as a singer of Italian bel canto opera arias, but this recording of "Vi ravviso..." demonstrat...
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meltzerboy favorited 2 months ago
The Great Alessandro Bonci Sings "Giunto sul passo estremo" From Boito's Mefistofele. 1905
Alessandro Bonci (1870-1940) was one of the last—and undoubtedly one of the greatest— of the bel canto tenors. His gifts are prominently displayed...
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Marilyn Horne "Ah! quel giorno..." Semiramide
A salute to George London . John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington 1982
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Mattia Battistini, 'Wie todes ahnung' (Wolfram's aria), Wagner: Tannhäuser (G&T, 1902)
The great Italian baritone Mattia Battistini (1856-1928), dubbed the "King of the baritones" and undisputably one of the giants from the "Golden Ag...
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Italian Tenor Fernando De Lucia ~ Durmenno (1911)
Italian tenor Fernando De Lucia / Durmenno (Bracco; De Lava) / Recorded: 1911 --
Fernando De Lucia (born Naples, October 11, 1860 or September 1, ...
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meltzerboy favorited 5 months ago
Luisa Tetrazzini - Una voce poco fa - Il barbiere di Siviglia - Gioacchino Rossini
Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)
"Una voce poco fa"
Il barbiere di Siviglia - Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Enregistré en / recorded in 1907
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Antonina Nezhdanova Sings "Der Hölle Rache," From Mozart's Magic Flute
Антонина Васильевна Нежданова (1873-1950) Russia's greatest soprano, in a famous aria that requires her to sing considerably higher than she usual...
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Lillian Nordica, "Suicidio!", Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Two versions: 1906 & 1911)
The great American diva and one of the iconic figures from "The Golden Age of Opera" (yet also one of the least satisfactorily recorded), Lillian N...
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marcella sembrich,ernani involami ( ernani )
soprano polacco, registrazione del 1903 columbia record
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meltzerboy favorited 5 months ago
Pasquale Amato, "Zazà, piccola zingara", Leoncavallo: Zazà (Fonotipia, 1907)
The great Italian baritone Pasquale Amato (1878-1942) in
"Zazà, piccola zingara" from Leoncavallo's Zazà, recorded on 18 March 1907 for Fonotipia....
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German Soprano Lotte Lehmann ~ Psyche wandelt (1933)
German soprano Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) / Psyche wandelt / Die toten Augen (D'Albert) / Recorded: 1933 --
Charlotte "Lotte" Lehmann (February 2...
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German Baritone Heinrich Schlusnus ~ Il balen (1937)
German baritone Heinrich Schlusnus (1888-1952) / Ihres Auges himmlisch' Strahlen (Il balen del suosorriso / Il Trovatore (Verdi) / Recorded: 1937 -...
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Fernando de Lucia, "Ah! quel spectacle...Plus blanche", Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots (rec. 1917)
Neapolitan tenor Fernando de Lucia (1860-1925) in Raoul de Nangis' aria "Ah! quel spectacle...Plus blanche" from Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, recorde...
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meltzerboy favorited 5 months ago
The Great Ernestine Schumann Heink Sings"'Der Erlkönig." 1911
Along with Louise Homer and Alma Gluck, Ernestine Schumann Heink was among America's most beloved singers of the early 20th century. Through her o...
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meltzerboy favorited 6 months ago
DESI HALBAN sings KORNGOLD [1942]
From a very rare 1942 broadcast recital, Desi Halban sings Liebesbriefchen and Welte ist stille Einesgeschlafen, by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who ac...
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Soprano CLAUDIA MUZIO - Loreley "Dove son?...Donde vengo?...Ove vado?
Alfredo Catalani LORELEY - Disco acustico Edison, New York U.S.A.
Data di incisione: 13 marzo 1922
Soprano italiano: Claudina Emilia Maria Muzzi...
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Emma Calvé, Barcarolle, Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Pathé, 1920)
The great French soprano Emma Calvé (1858-1942), perhaps the most sensational singing-actress (and also the most famous Carmen) of her day, in "Bel...
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German Soprano Frieda Hempel ~ Auf dem Wasser zu singen (1935)
German soprano Frieda Hempel (1885-1955) / Auf dem Wasser zu singen (Schubert) / Piano: Bruno Seidler-Winkler / Recorded: 1935 --
FRIEDA HEMPEL (...
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meltzerboy favorited 7 months ago
Alma Gluck Sings "Liuba's Aria" from Rimsky Korsakov's "Tsar's Bride" 1913.
Alma Gluck (1881-1938) was, along with Louise Homer, one of America's most beloved sopranos. She recorded a very large number of songs and arias, ...
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BASSO Arthur Middleton "I am a Roamer" Edison Blue Amberol
This REALLY UNUSUAL solo by Metropolitan Opera basso ARTHUR MIDDLETON (1880-1929) is taken from an Edison Blue Amberol 4-minute cylinder # 28225. T...
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Selma Kurz, "O beau pays", Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots (Gramophone Co., 1906)
Austrian soprano Selma Kurz (1874-1933), a leading lyric-coloratura at the Imperial Court Opera of Vienna and later the Vienna State Opera, in Quee...
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Emma Calvé, "Viens avec nous, petit", Godard: La Vivandière (Pathé, 1920)
The great French soprano Emma Calvé (1858-1942), perhaps the most sensational singing-actress (and also the most famous Carmen) of her day, in "Vie...
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meltzerboy favorited 8 months ago
Natalija Ermolenko-Yuzhina, "Looking down from Nizhni", Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress (Rec. 1910)
Natalija Ermolenko-Yuzhina (1881-1936), the leading dramatic soprano at the Mariinsky and later the Boshoi in late imperial Russia, is featured her...
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Celestina Boninsegna, "Bel raggio lusinghier", Rossini: Semiramide (US Columbia, 1910)
Italian lyric-dramatic soprano Celestina Boninsegna (1877-1947) in "Bel raggio lusinghier" from Rossini's Semiramide, recorded in 1910 for US Colum...
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Luisa Tetrazzini, "Saper vorreste", Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Two versions: 1909 & 1911)
The ever flamboyant and dazzling Italian coloratura soprano Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940), one of the iconic figures from the "Golden Age of Opera",...
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Louise Homer, With E. Caruso: "Ai Nostri Monti,' From Verdi's Il Trovatore. 1908
American contralto Louise Homer was one of the most beloved stars in the long history of the Metropolitan Opera. She was there for 30 years, where...
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meltzerboy favorited 8 months ago
Leonard Warren sings Sea Shanties (1947)
From a 9 July 1947 recording session, the legendary baritone sings 4 popular sea shanties:
1. A Rovin'
2. Blow the Man Down
3. The Drummer and the...
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Lily Pons Sings Debussy's "Mandoline." 1938
The great coloratura in a very light and breezy Debussy piece.
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Lily Pons Sings Gabriel Fauré's "Les Roses D'Ispahan." 1938
Gabriel Fauré, "Les Roses D'Ispahan," Opus 39, No. 4.
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Celestina Boninsegna, "Bel raggio lusinghier", Rossini: Semiramide (Pathé, 1908)
Italian lyric-dramatic soprano Celestina Boninsegna (1877-1947) in "Bel raggio lusinghier" from Rossini's Semiramide, recorded in 1908 for Pathé (N...
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meltzerboy favorited 9 months ago
Antonina Nezhdanova, "Quel bonheur!", Auber: Fra Diavolo (rec. 1910)
The great Russian soprano Antonina Nezhdanova (1873-1950) in Zerline's aria "Quel bonheur!" from French composer Daniel Auber's comic opera Fra Dia...
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Soprano Alma Gluck ~ The Brook (1913)
Soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938) / The Brook (Tennyson - Dickson) / Piano: Rosario Bourdon / Recorded: January 25, 1913 --
Ellen Dickson (1819-1878...
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Soprano Alma Gluck ~ Depuis le jour (1911)
Soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938) / Depuis le jour / Louise (Charpentier) / Recorded: June 20, 1911 --
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meltzerboy favorited 10 months ago
Soprano Alma Gluck ~ Chanson Indoue (1912 & 1916)
Soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938) / Les diamants chez nous sont innombrables (Chanson Indoue) / Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) / FIRST VERSION: Victor Herber...
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Lily Pons Sings Blondine's Aria From Die Entführung. 1940
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Act II: Aria: "Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln" (Avec de la Tendresse.")
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Soprano Alma Gluck ~ O sleep! Why dost thou leave me? (1914)
Soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938) / O sleep! Why dost thou leave me? / Semele (Handel) / Recorded: November 13, 1914 --
O sleep! Why dost thou leave ...
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Celestina Boninsegna, "Suicidio!", Ponchielli: La Gioconda (rec. 1910)
Italian lyric-dramatic soprano Celestina Boninsegna (1877-1947) in "Suicidio!" from Act 4 of Ponchielli's La Gioconda, recorded on 18 February 1910...
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meltzerboy favorited 10 months ago
POL PLANÇON - 1907 - Je dormirai dans mon manteau royal - Don Carlos - VERDI
Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos.
Philippe II, Act IV.
Recording, 1907
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TITO SCHIPA - 1926 - Se il mio nome - Il barbiere di Siviglia - ROSSINI
Gioacchino Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Almaviva, Act I.
Recording, October 1926.
Version 1923.
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MARIA CALLAS - 1952 (Live) Il dolce suono...Spargi d'amaro pianto - Lucia di Lammermoor - DONIZETTI
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor.
Lucia, Act III.
RAI Symphony orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor.
Recording, February 18, 1952, Rome.
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GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI - 1934 - Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime - Rigoletto - VERDI
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto.
Il Duca, Act II.
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Franco Ghione, Direttore.
recording, May 29, 1934.
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meltzerboy favorited 10 months ago
ADAMO DIDUR - 1900 - Ecco il mondo - Mefistofele - BOITO
Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele.
Mefistofele, Act II.
Recording, 1900.
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ADAMO DIDUR - 1900 - Son lo spirito che nega - Mefistofele - BOITO
Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele.
Mefistofele, Act I.
Recording, 1900.
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FERNANDO DE LUCIA - 1904 - LA Serenata - TOSTI
Francesco Paolo Tosti, la serenata.
Carlo Sabajno, Piano.
Recording, September 1904.
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ADAMO DIDUR - 1900 - Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal - Don carlo - VERDI
Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo.
Filippo, Act IV (Act III in the 1883 revision)
Recording, 1900.
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meltzerboy favorited 10 months ago
Selma Kurz, Johann Strauss Jr: Fruhlingstimmen (Rec. 1910)
Austrian soprano Selma Kurz (1874-1933), a leading lyric-coloratura at the Imperial Court Opera of Vienna and later the Vienna State Opera, in Joha...