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Prima Voce - Lucrezia Bori in Opera & Song

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-09-12

Works: Louis Varney: L' amour Mouillé, operetta; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe...
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; Copeland, George; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Tibbett, Lawrence
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Black, Frank; Shilkret, Nathaniel
Ensemble: ; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 2 - 1910-1920

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-08-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ru...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Barrientos, Maria; Battistini, Mattia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ameli...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano

The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera Vol 1

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-02-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Attila; Un ballo in masche...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Ga...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Messner, J.; Reibold, Bruno; Sabajno, Carlo; Polacco, Giorgio; Albergoni, Angelo; Grevillius, Nils; Cloez, Gustave; Setti, G...

Prima Voce - Alma Gluck

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Élégie; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'Argent; Jean-Philippe Rameau: ...
Performers: Barone, Clement; Bourdon, Rosario; Chotzinoff, Samuel; Gluck, Alma; Lapitino, Francis J.; Rattay, Howard; Zimbalist, Efrem [Violin]
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Herbert, Victor; Hageman, Richard; Rogers, Walter B.

As in the similar case of John McCormack, it would be hard to exaggerate the extent of Gluck's popularity with the American public. It was...continue...

Prima Voce - Highlights / Amato, Anderson, Battistini, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Mikhail G...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Anderson, Marian; Battistini, Mattia; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Fleta, Miguel; Journet, Marcel; Lapitino, Francis J.; Lehmann, Lotte; ...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Sabajno, Carlo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Shaw, Robert; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Messner, J.; Cordone, Mario

This newest release from Nimbus' acclaimed "Prima Voce" series investigates the early history of the recording industry, which would hold little interest for us today...continue...

Prima Voce - Charpentier: Louise / Bigot, Vallin, Pernet

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-04-30

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise
Performers: Gaudel, Christiane; Lecouvreur, Aimée; Pernet, André; Thill, Georges; Vallin, Ninon
Conductors: Bigot, Eugène
Ensemble: Les Choeurs Raugel; Orchestra

Made in Paris in 1935, this recording of Charpentier's popular opera "Louise", featuring Ninon Vallin and Georges Thill as Louise and Julien, won the Grand...continue...