The Golden Age of Singing Vol 1 - 1900-1910 - Nimbus Records - NIM 7050 - 71035770

Celebrating the golden era of operatic singing, this special collection (the first of four volumes), culled from the highly acclaimed Prima Voce series, highlights the singers of the first decade of the 20th century.

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: Forgive me, heavenly being

Performer: Nikolay Figner (Voice)
Running Time: 2 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1890

Flotow, Friedrich von : Martha :: Chi mi dira (Porter Song)

Performer: Edouard Reszke (Voice)
Notes: Composition written: 1847.
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1847

Bellini, Vincenzo : La sonnambula, opera :: Il mulini, i fonte... Vi ravviso , o luoghio ameni

Performer: Pol Plançon (Bass)
Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1831

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Niun mi tema

Performer: Francesco Tamagno (Tenor)
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima

Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1832

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti (Nile Scene)

Performers: Celestina Boninsegna (Soprano); Giovanni Valls (Tenor)
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Era la notte

Performer: Victor Maurel (Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Credo in un Dio crudel

Performer: Eugenio Giraldoni (Baritone)
Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa's Dream)

Performer: Félia Litvinne (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Quel guardo il cavaliere... So anch'io la virtu magica

Performer: Rosina Storchio (Soprano)
Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : Ernani :: O sommo Carlo

Performers: Luigi Colazza (Tenor); Aristodemo Sillich (Bass); Mattia Battistini (Baritone); Emilia Corsi (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1844

Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Ah fede negar potessi... Quando le sere al placido

Performer: Alessandro Bonci (Tenor)
Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1849

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette, opera :: Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (Waltz Song)

Performer: Emma Eames (Soprano)
Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1865-1871

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera

Performers: Aristodemo Giorgini (Tenor); Maria Galvany (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1832

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: O Isis und Osiris

Performer: Wilhelm Hesch (Bass)
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Glinka, Mikhail : A Life for the Tsar :: They guess the truth

Performer: Vladimir Kastorsky (Bass Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1834-1836

Bellini, Vincenzo : La sonnambula, opera :: Ah, non credea mirarti

Performers: Adelina Patti (Soprano); Alfredo Barili (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1831

Massenet, Jules : Il re di Lahore :: Promesse de mon avenir

Performer: Maurice Renaud (Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Le prophète, grand opera in 5 acts :: Sopra Berta l'amor mio

Performer: Francisco Viñas (Tenor)
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Donizetti, Gaetano : La Favorita :: A tanto amor

Performer: Mario Ancona (Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1840

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Sogno soave e casto

Performer: Giuseppe Anselmi (Tenor)
Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Cosi mantieni il patto?... Ebbrezza! Delirio!

Performer: Eugenia Burzio (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1876

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Performer: Emma Calvé (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1873-1874

Massenet, Jules : Manon

Performer: Fernando Lucia (Voice)
Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1882-1883

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Heil'ge Quelle

Performer: Lilli Lehmann (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucrezia Borgia :: Di pescatore ignobile

Performer: Francesco Marconi (Tenor)
Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1833

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Caro nome

Performer: Nellie Melba (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Simon Boccanegra :: A te l'estremo addio... Il lacerato spirito

Performer: Francesco Navarini (Bass)
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857

Erkel, Ferenc : Hunyadi László, opera :: Ah rebéges

Performer: Lillian Nordica (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Thomas, Ambroise : Hamlet :: O vin, discaccia la tristezza

Performer: Titta Ruffo (Baritone)
Conductor: Sabaino
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1868

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Con onor muore

Performer: Emmy Destinn (Soprano)
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Hugenoten :: A ce mot

Performer: Olimpia Boronat (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1836

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: La Calunnia è un venticello

Performer: Adamo Didur (Bass)
Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Massenet, Jules : Le Cid :: O souverain! ô juge! o père

Performer: Vilhelm Herold (Tenor)
Notes: Composition written: Spain.
Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Hugenoten :: O beau pays de la Touraine

Performer: Antonina Nezhdanova (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1836

Wagner, Richard : Rienzi :: Gerechter Gott!

Performer: Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Alto)
Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1838-1840

Rossini, Gioachino : Semiramide :: Bel raggio lusinghier

Performer: Marcella Sembrich (Soprano)
Notes: Composition written: 1823.
Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1823

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucrezia Borgia :: Il segreto per esser felice

Performer: Clara Butt (Alto)
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1833

Wagner, Richard : Götterdämmerung :: Fliegt heim ihr Raben

Performer: Johanna Gadski (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1869-1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Falstaff :: Quand' ero paggio

Performer: Antonio Scotti (Baritone)
Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1893

Goldmark, Karl : Die Königin von Saba, opera, Op. 27 :: Magische Töme

Performer: Leo Slezak (Tenor)
Notes: Composition written: 1869-71.
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1869-1871

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Giunto sul passo estremo

Performer: Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1868-1875

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : May Night :: Sleep, my beauty

Performer: Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1878-1879

Hatton, John Liptrot : Simon the Cellarer

Performer: Charles Santley (Baritone)
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 1 - 1900-1910

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