Great Voices of the Past - Legendary Opera Duets

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Album Summary

Performers

• Josef Mann (Tenor)
• Titta Ruffo (Baritone)
• Lily Pons (Soprano)
• Benvenuto Franci (Baritone)
• Aureliano Pertile (Tenor)
• Augusto Beuf (Baritone)
• Toti Monte (Voice)
• Frances Alda (Soprano)
• Adolfo Pacini (Baritone)
• Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
• Marcella Sembrich (Soprano)
• Emma Eames (Soprano)
• Tito Schipa
• Antonio Scotti (Baritone)
• Mafalda Vocals] (Soprano)
• Pasquale Amato (Baritone)
• Maria Zamboni (Soprano)
• Rose Bampton (Soprano)
• Edmond Clement (Voice)
• Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone)
• Marcel Journet (Bass)
• Herva Nelli (Soprano)
• Geraldine Farrar
• Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Hjordis Schymberg (Voice)
• Isobel Baillie (Soprano)
• Irmgard Langhammer (Soprano)
• Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
• Charles Hackett (Tenor)
• Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone)
• Barbara Kemp (Soprano)
• Jussi Björling (Tenor)
• Franz Völker
• Ramón Vinay (Voice)

Composers

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Anonymous
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

Notes & Reviews:

This is a unique collection of some operatic rarities, some sung by famous singers, some by names now forgotten, but belonging to artists of surprising talent and fame in their day. Historic recordings 1908-1947.

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Works Details

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au fond du temple saint

• Performers: Edmond Clement (Voice); Marcel Journet (Bass)
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: O soave fanciulla

• Performers: Geraldine Farrar; Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: E il sol dell'anima

• Performers: Jussi Björling (Tenor); Hjordis Schymberg (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Purcell, Henry : Indian Queen, Z 630 :: Let us wander not unseen

• Performer: Isobel Baillie (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Wagner, Richard : The Flying Dutchman :: Auf hoher Felsen

• Performers: Irmgard Langhammer (Soprano); Franz Völker
• Notes: Composition written: 1841.
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1841

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Ah, Mimi, tu piú non torni

• Performers: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor); Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Solenne in quest'ora

• Performers: Charles Hackett (Tenor); Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Anonymous : Au Clair de la Lune

• Performers: Geraldine Farrar; Edmond Clement (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Ciel, il mio padre

• Performers: Barbara Kemp (Soprano); Josef Mann (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 8 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Enzo Grimaldo

• Performers: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor); Titta Ruffo (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1876

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: Lontano, lontano

• Performers: Edmond Clement (Voice); Geraldine Farrar
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Il nome vostro

• Performers: Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone); Lily Pons (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Le minace, i fieri

• Performers: Benvenuto Franci (Baritone); Aureliano Pertile (Tenor)
• Running Time: 8 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano

• Performers: Augusto Beuf (Baritone); Toti Monte (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Miserere

• Performers: Frances Alda (Soprano); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: O Zurga, au fond du temple saint

• Performers: Adolfo Pacini (Baritone); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Già, sacredoti

• Performer: Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 6 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Sull'aria

• Performers: Marcella Sembrich (Soprano); Emma Eames (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Bellini, Vincenzo : La sonnambula, opera :: Prendi, l'anel ti dono

• Performers: Toti Monte (Voice); Tito Schipa
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1831

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Dio che nell'alma in fondere

• Performers: Antonio Scotti (Baritone); Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Solenne in quest'ora

• Performers: Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Mascagni, Pietro : L'Amico Fritz :: Suzel, buon di

• Performers: Mafalda Vocals] (Soprano); Tito Schipa
• Running Time: 9 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Suoni la tromba

• Performers: Pasquale Amato (Baritone); Marcel Journet (Bass)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1835

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Il se fait tard

• Performers: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor); Maria Zamboni (Soprano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Simon Boccanegra :: Figlia, a tal nome palpito

• Performers: Rose Bampton (Soprano); Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Già, nella notte densa

• Performers: Herva Nelli (Soprano); Ramón Vinay (Voice)
• Running Time: 8 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887