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Table of Contents:

• Turandot. Nessun dorma / Puccini (Jussi Björling) (3:32)
• La Forza del destino. Solenne in quest' ora / Verdi (Giacomo Lauri-Volpi with Gino Bechi) (4:28)
• Die Walküre. Ho-jo-to-ho! / Wagner (Kirsten Flagstad) (2:16)
• Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (Rosa Ponselle) (3:18) - - Rigoletto. Bella figlia dell' amore / Verdi (Enrico Caruso with Marcella Sembrich, Antonio Scotti, Gina Severina) (4:07)
• Falstaff. Quand' ero paggio / Verdi (Victor Maurel) (2:29)
• Cavalleria Rusticana. Introductory speech by Mascagni ; Prelude and Siciliana (O Lola) / Mascagni (Beniamino Gigli) (7:06)
• Carmen. Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Chanson bohème) / Bizet (Conchita Supervia) (3:26)
• Norah O'Neale (John McCormack) (3:22)
• Sadko. Song of India / Rimsky-Korsakov (Amelita Galli-Curci) (3:00)
• Zweigesang / Mangold (Frieda Hempel) (2:49)
• Trees (Paul Robeson) (2:38)
• Gypsy Baron. Open Road / J. Strauss (John Charles Thomas) (2:57).

Contributors:

Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960 , performer

Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo, 1892-1979

Bechi, Gino , performer

Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962 , performer

Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981 , performer

Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 , performer

Sembrich, Marcella, 1858-1935 , performer

Scotti, Antonio, 1866-1936 , performer

Severina, Gina , performer

Maurel, Victor, 1848-1923 , performer

Gigli, Beniamino, 1890-1957 , performer

Supervía, Conchita, 1895-1936 , performer

McCormack, John, 1884-1945 , performer

Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1882-1963 , performer

Hempel, Frieda, 1885-1955 , performer

Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 , performer

Thomas, John Charles, 1891-1960 , performer

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908

Rasbach, Oscar, 1888-1975

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899

Languages:

Italian
French
English
German

Language Notes:

Item content: Italian, French, English, German

Included Works:

Turandot [by Puccini, G.] > Nessun dorma

Forza del destino [by Verdi, G.] > Solenne in quest'ora

Ring des Nibelungen [by Wagner, R.] > Walküre > Walkürenritt

Tosca [by Puccini, G.] > Vissi d'arte

Rigoletto [by Verdi, G.] > Bella figlia dell'amore

Cavalleria rusticana [by Mascagni, P.] > O Lola

Carmen [by Bizet, G.] > Chanson bohème

Sadko (Opera) [by Rimsky-Korsakov, N.] > Pesni︠a︡ indiĭskogo gosti︠a︡ (French)

Trees [by Rasbach, O.]

Zigeunerbaron [by Strauss, J.] > Als flotter Geist (English)

Falstaff [by Verdi, G.] > Quand'ero paggio del Duca di Norfolk

Related Works:

Norah O'Neale

Zweigesang

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Vocal music

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Various performers.

General Notes:

Nimbus Records: PV 1.
Excerpts from the Prima Voce series of recordings released by Nimbus Records; sung in Italian, French, German and English.
"For promotional use only"
Original recordings made between 1907 and 1944.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (45 min., 26 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 56086

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Nimbus Records: PV 1

OCLC Numbers:

30022493