The American opera singer: 36 great American singers
- Resource Type:
- Music CD
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1906
- Publication:
- New York, NY : RCA Victor Red Seal, [1997]
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : Distributed by BMG Entertainment
- Copyright:
- ℗1997
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- Table of Contents:
- Cavalleria rusticana. Voi lo sapete / Mascagni (Emma Eames)
- Orfeo ed Euridice. Che farò senza Euridice / Gluck (Louise Homer)
- Louise. Depuis le jour / Charpentier (Mary Garden; Rosario Bourdon, conductor)
- Madama Butterfly. Un po' di vero c'è ; Oh quanti occhi fisi / Puccini (Geraldine Farrar, Enrico Caruso; Walter B. Rogers, conductor)
- Aïda. Ritorna vincitor! / Verdi (Rosa Ponselle; Bourdon)
- Falstaff. È sogno, o realtà? / Verdi (Lawrence Tibbett; Bourdon)
- Un ballo in maschera. Re dell'abisso affrettati / Verdi (Marian Anderson; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor)
- La Bohème. Sì, mi chiamano Mimì / Puccini (Grace Moore; Victor Symphony Orchestra; Wilfred Pelletier, conductor)
- Lakmé. Air de clochettes : Où va la jeune hindoue? ; Là-bas, dans la forêt = Bell song / Delibes (Lily Pons; Bourdon)
- La fanciulla del West. Una parola sola ; Or son sei mesi / Puccini (Edward Johnson; Joseph Pasternack, conductor)
- Manon. Je suis seul! ; Ah! fuyez, douce image / Massenet (Richard Crooks; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Pelletier)
- Lohengrin. Einsam in trüben Tagen = Elsa's dream / Wagner (Helen Traubel; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Bruno Reibold, conductor)
- Carmen. Habanera / Bizet (Risë Stevens; RCA Victor Orchestra and Chorus; Fritz Reiner, conductor)
- Manon Lescaut. L'ho abbandonato senza un saluto ; In quelle trine morbide / Puccini (Dorothy Kirsten; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Jean Morel, conductor)
- Mignon. Qui, pour ce soir ; Je suis Titania / Thomas (Patrice Munsel; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Sylvan Levin, conductor)
- Le nozze di Figaro. Dove sono / Mozart (Eleanor Steber; RCA Victor Orchestra; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Rigoletto. La donna è mobile / Verdi (Jan Peerce; RCA Victor Orchestra; Leinsdorf)
- Rigoletto. Cortigiani, vil razza dannata / Verdi (Leonard Warren; RCA Victor Orchestra; Renato Cellini, conductor)
- La sonnambula. Ah, non giunge / Bellini (Roberta Peters; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Cellini)
- La Bohème. Che gelida manina / Puccini (Richard Tucker; Rome Opera Orchestra; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor)
- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum / Rossini (Robert Merrill; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Leinsdorf)
- La traviata. Addio del passato / Verdi (Anna Moffo; Rome Opera Orchestra; Fernando Previtali, conductor)
- Giulio Cesare. Se pietà di me non senti / Handel (Beverly Sills; New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Julius Rudel, conductor)
- Il trovatore. Siam giunti ; D'amor sull'ali rosee / Verdi (Leontyne Price; Rome Opera Orchestra; Arturo Basile, conductor; with Mario Carlin, tenor [1st excerpt])
- Rodelinda. Vivi, tiranno / Handel (Marilyn Horne; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; James Levine, conductor)
- Otello. Niun mi tema / Verdi (Jon Vickers; Rome Opera Orchestra; Tullio Serafin, conductor; with Florindo Andreolli, tenor; Franco Calabrese, Ferruccio Mazzoli, basses)
- La traviata. Di Provenza il mar / Verdi (Sherrill Milnes; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; Georges Prêtre, conductor)
- Samson et Dalila. Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix / Saint-Saëns (Shirley Verrett; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestre; Prêtre)
- Fidelio. O namenlose Freude / Beethoven (Ben Heppner, Deborah Voigt; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis, conductor)
- Idomeneo. O smania ; D'Oreste, d'Ajace / Mozart (Carol Vaness; Munich Radio Orchestra; Leopold Hager, conductor)
- Così fan tutte. È amore un ladroncello / Mozart (Tatiana Troyanos; New Philharmonic [i.e. Philharmonia] Orchestra; Leinsdorf)
- Martha. Ach, so fromm, ach, so traut / Flotow (Jerry Hadley; English Chamber Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor)
- Mefistofele. So lo spirito che nega / Boito (Samuel Ramey; Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
- La belle Hélène. Amours divins / Offenbach (Frederica von Stade; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor)
- Chérubin. Lorsque vous n'aurez rien à faire / Massenet (Dawn Upshaw; Munich Radio Orchestra; Pinchas Steinberg, conductor).
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- Item content: Italian, French, German
Accompanying materials: English - Included Works:
- Performers:
- Various singers, orchestras, and conductors.
- General Notes:
- (C.2) From the collection of Joe Morris.
Recorded 1906-1995.
Biographical notes by Peter G. Davis (43 p. : ports.) inserted in container. - Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs : digital, mono, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; mono; stereo
- Digital Characteristics:
- audio file; CD audio
- Call Numbers:
- LPCD 103,698-103,699
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 090266892129
Publisher Number, RCA Victor Red Seal: 09026-68921-2 - OCLC Numbers:
- 38127533