"... a delightful compilation which comes across faithfully and clearly."
Alan Jefferson, CD Review
The history of the Metropolitan Opera House is a roll call of the world's most famous singers. This disc features Enrico Caruso, Emmy Destinn, José Mardones, Margarete Matzenauer, Giuseppe de Luca, Pasquale Amato, Geraldine Farrar, Dmitri Smirnov, Frances Alda, Alma Gluck, Alessandro Bonci, Johanna Gadski, Marcel Journet, Adamo Didur, Louise Homer, Nellie Melba, Antonio Scotti, Emma Eames, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Pol Plançon and Marcella Sembrich.
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- 1 Enrico Caruso (1[zasłonięte]873-19)
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, Addio alla madre 4.09
Rec: 15 December 1913 Matrix: C 14202-2 Victor Cat: 88458
2 Emmy Destinn (1[zasłonięte]878-19)
LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Suicidio 4.04
Rec: 9 April 1914 Matrix: C 14509-2 Victor Cat: 88478
3 José Mardones (1[zasłonięte]869-19)
NABUCCO, Verdi, Vieni, o Levit? ... Tu sul labbro 4.09
Rec: 6 February 1923 Matrix: C 27332-6 Victor Cat: 6434
4 Margarete Matzenauer (1[zasłonięte]881-19)
LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, O mio Fernando 4.31
Rec: 8 March 1912 Matrix: C 11686-1 Victor Cat: 88363
5 Giuseppe de Luca (1[zasłonięte]876-19)
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Se vuol ballare 3.25
Rec: 28 March 1917 Matrix: B 19421-2 Victor Cat: 64673
6 Pasquale Amato (1[zasłonięte]878-19)
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Largo al factotum 4.08
Rec: 9 November 1911 Matrix: C 11214-1 Victor Cat: 88329
7 Geraldine Farrar (1[zasłonięte]882-19)
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Waltz song - Je veux vivre dans ce r?ve 3.57
Rec: 26 January 1911 Matrix: C 9855-1 Victor Cat: Unpublished
8 Dmitri Smirnov (1[zasłonięte]882-19)
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Cavatina ... Ah! l?ve-toi soleil [Sung in Russian] 3.51
Rec: 1909 Matrix: 4285 HMV Cat: 022133
9 Frances Alda (1[zasłonięte]883-19)
LA BOH?ME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci 3.15
Rec: 1914 Matrix: B 14497-1 Victor Cat: Unpublished
10 Alma Gluck (1[zasłonięte]884-19)
PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Quel fiamma avea nel guardo! ... Stridono lassu (Ballatella) 4.37
Rec: 16 May 1911 Matrix: C 10091-3 Victor Cat: 74238
11 Alessandro Bonci (1[zasłonięte]870-19)
MIGNON, Thomas, Adieu, Mignon [Sung in Italian] 3.15
Rec: 1908 Matrix: XPH 3504 Fonotipia Cat: 92949
12 Johanna Gadski (1[zasłonięte]872-19)
LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen 3.53
Rec: 4 April 1912 Matrix: Unknown Victor Cat: 88377
13 Marcel Journet (1[zasłonięte]867-19)
MARTHA, Flotow, Chi mi dir? (Porter Song) 2.10
Rec: 17 January 1912 Matrix: B 2313-3 Victor Cat: 81060
14 Adamo Didur (1[zasłonięte]874-19)
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, La calunnia ? un venticello 3.50
Rec: 1908 Matrix: XXPH 3175 Fonotipia Cat: 74119
15 Louise Homer (1[zasłonięte]871-19)
ALCESTE, Gluck, Fatal divinita 4.37
Rec: 6 February 1911 Matrix: Unknown Victor Cat: 88286
16 Nellie Melba (1[zasłonięte]861-19)
LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Ah, fors' ? lui ... Sempre libera 5.05
Rec: 23 August 1910 Matrix: C 4339-3 Victor Cat: 88064
17 Antonio Scotti (1[zasłonięte]866-19)
FALSTAFF, Verdi, Quand' ero paggio 1.26
Rec: 6 October 1909 Matrix: C 8281-1 Victor Cat: 88194
18 Emma Eames (1[zasłonięte]865-19)
Bemberg, La chanson des baisers 3.45
Rec: 1908 Matrix: 2A 6206-1 Victor Cat: 88133
19 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1[zasłonięte]861-19)
LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Il segreto per esser felici (Brindisi) 3.04
Rec: 3 January 1906 Matrix: C 2978-1 Victor Cat: 85096
20 Pol Plançon (1[zasłonięte]851-19)
MIGNON, Thomas, De son coeur (Berceuse) [Sung in Italian] 4.01
Rec: 14 April 1908 Matrix: C 6112-2 Victor Cat: 85126
21 Marcella Sembrich (1[zasłonięte]858-19)
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX, Donizetti, O luce di quest' anima 3.06
Rec: 2 November 1908 Matrix: C 6574-1 Victor Cat: 88142
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