Columbia's 1903 grand opera series the first recordings of opera in America ; an event of historical importance ; [recorded with the cooperation of the New York Public Library] - Adams, Suzanne 1872-1953; Campanari, Giuseppe; Reszke, Edouard de 1853-1917; Gilibert, Charles 1866-1910; Schumann-Heink, Ernestine 1861-1936; Scotti, Antonio 1866-1936; Sembrich, Marcella 1858-1935 (CBS, 1978)
Enth.: All'erta, marinari from L'Africana / Meyerbeer. Dio possente from Faust / Gounod. Largo al factotum from Barber of Seville / Rossini. Jewel song from Faust / Gounod. Obstination; Coquette / Leo Stern. La vierge à la creche / Périlhou. Les rameaux / Fauré. Toreador song from Carmen / Bizet. Prologue from I Pagliacci / Leoncavallo. Selctions from Don Giovanni / Mozart. Ernani, involami from Ernani / Verdi. Voci di primavera / Johann Strauss. Ah, fors'e lui from La traviata / Verdi. Ah, mon fils from Le prophète / Meyerbeer. Der Tod und das Mädchen / Schubert. Leggiero invisible / Arditi. Infelice from Ernani / Verdi. Canzone del porter from Martha / von Flotow. Don Juan's serenade / Tchaikovsky. Home sweet home / Bishop. Sunbeams / Ronald. Chanson de L'Adieu / Tosti. Obstination / Fontenailles. Valse aria from Romeo and Juliet / Gounod. Printemps nouveau / Leo Stern. Serenata / Sepilli. Toreador song from Carmen / Bizet. Mein Herz from Samson and Dalilah / Saint-Saëns. Trinklied from Lucrezia Borgia / Donizetti
Keywords: Schallplatte