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• L'africaine. Adamastor, re dell'onde / Meyerbeer (4:26)
• Andrea Chenier. Nemico della patria! / Giordano (4:35)
• La traviata. Di provenza il mar / Verdi (4:21)
• Il barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum / Rossini (4:31)
• Zaza. Zaza piccola zingara / Leoncavallo (2:26)
• Il trovatore. Il balen del suo sorriso / Verdi (3:11)
• Hérodiade. Vision fugitive / Massenet (4:24)
• Hamlet. O vin dissipe la tristesse / Thomas (4:29)
• Les contes d'Hoffmann. Scintille diamant / Offenbach (3:26)
• Carmen. Toreador's song / Bizet (4:25)
• Faust. Avant de quitter ces lieux / Gounod (4:11)
• The green-eyed dragon / Newman-Charles (3:19)
• Mah Lindy Lou / Strickland (3:23)
• The Lord's prayer / Malotte (3:03)
• Up in central Park. When you walk in the room / Fields-Romberg (2:59)
• Show boat. Ol' man river / Hammerstein-Kern (3:38)
• Porgy and Bess. I got plenty o' nuttin' / Gershwin (2:51)
• Trees / Rasbach ; lyrics by Joyce Kilmer (3:44)
• Wanderin' / Kaye (3:09)
• Jeanie with the light brown hair / Foster (3:10

• Beautiful dreamer / Foster (3:17)
• Juanita : trad. Spanish air (2:32)

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Author/Creator:

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004

Contributors:

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

Charles, Wolseley, 1889-1962

Strickland, Lily, 1887-1958

Malotte, Albert Hay, 1895-1964

Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Rasbach, Oscar, 1888-1975

Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987

Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864

Languages:

Italian

Language Notes:

Item content: Italian

Main Work:

The magnificent voice of Robert Merrill: a fiftieth anniversary tribute: early recordings, 1945-50 [by Merrill, R.]

Included Works:

Africaine [by Meyerbeer, G.] > Adamastor, roi des vagues profondes (Italian)

Andrea Chénier [by Giordano, U.] > Nemico della patria

Traviata [by Verdi, G.] > Di Provenza il mar

Barbiere di Siviglia [by Rossini, G.] > Largo al factotum

Zazà [by Leoncavallo, R.] > Zazà, piccola zingara

Trovatore [by Verdi, G.] > Balen del suo sorriso

Hérodiade [by Massenet, J.] > Vision fugitive

Hamlet [by Thomas, A.] > O vin, dissipe la tristesse

Contes d'Hoffmann [by Offenbach, J.] > Scintille, diamant

Carmen [by Bizet, G.] > Chanson du toréador

Faust [by Gounod, C.] > Avant de quitter ces lieux

Green-eyed dragon [by Charles, W.]

Mah Lindy Lou [by Strickland, L.]

Lord's prayer [by Malotte, A.H.]

Up in Central Park [by Romberg, S.] > When you walk in the room

Show boat [by Kern, J.] > Ol' man river

Porgy and Bess [by Gershwin, G.] > I got plenty o' nuttin'

Trees [by Rasbach, O.]

Wanderin' [by Kaye, S.]

Jeanie with the light brown hair [by Foster, S.C.]

Beautiful dreamer [by Foster, S.C.]

Related Series:

Biographies in music (Complete)

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Songs (Medium voice)

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Robert Merrill, baritone ; with various orchestras.

General Notes:

Recorded 1945-1950
Compact disc

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 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

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 108,525

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 036674199122
Publisher Number, Legato Classics: LCD 199-1

OCLC Numbers:

1053092440
147963088 [Invalid]