Great Singers, Vol.1

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Title: Great Singers, Vol.1

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835); Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875); (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848); Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919); Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791); Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924); Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868); Licinio Refice (1885 - 1954); (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Main Performer: Rosa Ponselle (Soprano); Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano); Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (Tenor); Luisa Tetrazzini (Soprano); Conchita Supervia (Mezzo soprano)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus; New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; (Anonymous) Orchestra

Date of Release: 10/1989

Label / Distributor: Nimbus / Nimbus

Pieces in Set: 1

Running Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Genre(s): Stage works, Vocal and choral

Stereo: Mono

SPAR Code: ADD

EAN: 710357780127

Work 1

Work Title: Norma

Excerpt(s): 1. Sediziose voci; Casta diva; Fine al rito; Ah! bello a me ritorna

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1831

Date Recorded: 1928/29

Conductor: Giulio Setti

Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Main Performer: Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Rosa Ponselle

Work 2

Work Title: (I) Puritani

Excerpt(s): 1. Son vergin vezzosa

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1835

Date Recorded: 1923

Conductor: Giorgio Polacco

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Amelita Galli-Curci

Work 3

Work Title: (I) Puritani

Excerpt(s): 1. A te, o cara

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1835

Date Recorded: 1928

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Work 4

Work Title: (La) Sonnambula

Excerpt(s): 1. Ah! non giunge

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1831

Date Recorded: 1911

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Luisa Tetrazzini (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Luisa Tetrazzini

Work 5

Work Title: Carmen

Excerpt(s): 1. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1875

Date Recorded: 1930

Conductor: Gustav Cloëz

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Conchita Supervia (Mezzo soprano)

Opera Part(s): Conchita Supervia

Work 6

Work Title: Lucrezia Borgia

Excerpt(s): 1. Il segreto per esser felici (Brindisi)

Composer: (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1833

Date Recorded: 1909

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Contralto (Female alto))

Opera Part(s): Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Work 7

Work Title: Pagliacci, 'Players'

Excerpt(s): 1. No, Pagliaccio non son

Composer: Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1892

Date Recorded: 1910

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Enrico Caruso

Work 8

Work Title: (L')amico Fritz

Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 2 - Suzel, buon dì (Cherry Duet)
2. Tutto tace

Composer: Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1891

Date Recorded: 1937

Conductor: Giuseppe Antonicelli

Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Main Performer: Mafalda Favero (Soprano), Tito Schipa (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Mafalda Favero, Tito Schipa

Work 9

Work Title: Don Giovanni, K527

Excerpt(s): 1. Il mio tesoro

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1787

Date Recorded: 1916

Conductor: Walter B. Rogers

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: John McCormack (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): John McCormack

Work 10

Work Title: (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', K620

Excerpt(s): 1. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1791

Date Recorded: 1938

Conductor: Karl Alwin

Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Main Performer: Richard Tauber (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Richard Tauber

Work 11

Work Title: (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life'

Excerpt(s): 1. Che gelida manina

Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1896

Date Recorded: 1931

Conductor: Sir Eugene Goossens

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Beniamino Gigli

Work 12

Work Title: Turandot

Excerpt(s): 1. In questa Reggia
2. O Principe, che a lunghe carovane

Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1926

Date Recorded: 1928

Conductor: Stanford Robinson

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Dame Eva Turner (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Dame Eva Turner

Work 13

Work Title: (Il) Barbiere di Siviglia, '(The) Barber of Seville'

Excerpt(s): 1. Largo al factotum

Composer: Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1816

Date Recorded: 1917

Conductor: Giorgio Polacco

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone)

Opera Part(s): Riccardo Stracciari

Work 14

Work Title: Ombra di Nube

Excerpt(s): 1. Ombra di Nube

Composer: Licinio Refice (1885 - 1954)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Recorded: 1935

Conductor: Licinio Refice

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Claudia Muzio (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Claudia Muzio

Work 15

Work Title: Samson et Dalila

Excerpt(s): 1. Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix

Composer: (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1877

Conductor: Lawrance Collingwood

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Marian Anderson (Contralto (Female alto))

Opera Part(s): Marian Anderson

Work 16

Work Title: (Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball'

Excerpt(s): 1. Eri tu che macchiavi

Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1859

Date Recorded: 1929

Conductor: Rosario Bourdon

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra

Main Performer: Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone)

Opera Part(s): Lawrence Tibbett

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