Tito Schipa, tenor, with orchestra ; unidentified interviewer
Opera excerpts and a broadcast interview; vocal works sung in Italian; interview in English.
Biographical notes on the singer by Eric Rees, and original issue and matrix no. on container.
Recorded 1913-14 and in 1962 (interview); the last work from a recital performances, Nov. 1962.
Manon. Ah dispar vision / Massenet -- La Bohème. Che gelida manina / Puccini -- Cavalleria rusticana. O Lola : siciliana ; Viva il vino : brindisi / Mascagni -- La gioconda. Cielo e mar / Ponchielli -- Tosca. Recondita armonia ; E lucevan le stelle / Puccini -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Tu che a Dio / Donizetti -- Rigoletto. Ella mi fu rapita ; Parmi veder le lagrime / Verdi -- Faust. Salve dimora / Gounod -- La traviata. Brindisi ; Un dì felice / Verdi (with Nina Garelli) -- Short interview with Schipa in 1962 --Werther. Ah non mi ridestar / Massenet