The Muse Surmounted - Florence Foster Jenkins and 11 Rivals

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Album Summary

Performers

• Rosalina Mello (Voice)
• Alice Duschak (Voice)
• David Garvey (Piano)
• Betty-Jo Schramm (Voice)
• Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (Voice)
• Natalia Andrade (Voice)
• Olive Middleton (Voice)
• Allen Rogers (Piano)
• Norma-Jean Erdmann-Chadbourne (Voice)
• Sylvia Sawyer (Voice)
• Vassilka Petrova (Voice)
• Mari Lyn (Voice)
• Sari Wontner (Voice)
• Cosme McMoon (Piano)
• Louis Alberghini (Flute)
• Florence Jenkins (Soprano)

Conductor

• Tieri, Emidio

Ensemble

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Composers

• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Carl Heinrich Graun (1704 - 1759)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Spoken Word
• Traditional
• Erik Meyer-Helmund
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Benjamin R. Hanby (1833 - 1867)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Cosme McMoon (1901 - 1980)

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Works Details

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Potpourri

• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1873-1874

Traditional : Fado Celestial

• Performer: Rosalina Mello (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.

Weber, Carl Maria von : Reigen ("Sagt mir an, was schmunzeit ihr"), song for voice & piano, J. 159 (Op. 30/5)

• Performers: Alice Duschak (Voice); David Garvey (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1813

Graun, Carl Heinrich : Artaserse, opera :: Va tra la selve

• Performer: Betty-Jo Schramm (Voice)
• Notes: Composition written: 1743.
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1743

Meyer-Helmund, Erik : Margitta, opera :: Canzonetta

• Performer: Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1889

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Je marche

• Performer: Natalia Andrade (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Saint-Saëns, Camille : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Bacchanale

• Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859-1877

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Miserere

• Performer: Olive Middleton (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Tomb Scene

• Performers: Allen Rogers (Piano); Norma-Jean Erdmann-Chadbourne (Voice)
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 4 (Excerpt)

• Performer: Sylvia Sawyer (Voice)
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Abridged Excerpt

• Performer: Vassilka Petrova (Voice)
• Conductor: Emidio Tieri
• Running Time: 7 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa

• Performer: Mari Lyn (Voice)
• Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Ah fors e lui; Sempre libera

• Performer: Sari Wontner (Voice)
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 7 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Hanby, Benjamin R. : Darling Nelly Gray

• Performer: Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 18th Century

McMoon, Cosme : Valse Caressante, for voice, flute & piano

• Performers: Cosme McMoon (Piano); Louis Alberghini (Flute); Florence Jenkins (Soprano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Word, Spoken : Cosme McMoon reminisces about Florence Foster Jenkins

• Running Time: 7 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1954