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Robert Merrill
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- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- French, Italian, English
- Contributors
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- Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004, singer
- Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960, singer
- Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, singer
- Tozzi, Giorgio, singer
- Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975, singer
- Milanov, Zinka, singer
- Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896. Hamlet
- Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Hérodiade
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust
- Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Pêcheurs de perles
- Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Forza del destino
- Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945. Cavalleria rusticana
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess
- Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951. Night is young
- Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984. Revenge with music
- Strickland, Lily, 1887-1958. Mah Lindy Lou
- Metropolitan Opera Guild
- Publication
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- [New York, N.Y.] : Met, [1997]
- ©1997, ℗1997
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc (72:34) ; 4 3/4 in
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- audio file
- CD audio
- OCLC
- ocm39167170
- Credits
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- Robert Merrill, baritone ; with assisting instrumentalists and vocalists
- Title from disc label.
- Compiled by the Metropolitan Opera Guild.
- Program notes by Bruce Burroughs in English, and French and Italian texts with English translations and credits (39 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
- Recorded 1945-1964.
- Sung in French, Italian or English.
- Hamlet. O vin, dissipe la tristesse / Ambroise Thomas (4:29) -- Hérodiade. Ce breuvage pourrait me donner un tel rêve/Vision fugitive / Jules Massenet (4:24) -- Faust. O sainte médaille/Avant de quitter ces lieux / Charles Gounod (4:04) -- Les pêcheurs de perles. Au fond du temple saint / Georges Bizet (with Jussi Bjoerling) (4:35) -- Carmen. Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre / Bizet (with Risë Stevens, Paula Lenchner, Margaret Roggero) (4:45) -- Il trovatore. Il balen del suo sorriso / Giuseppe Verdi (3:11) -- La traviata. Ah, dite alla giovine/Imponete / Verdi (with Licia Albanese) (7:57) -- Rigoletto. Della vendetta alfin/Chi è mai?-- V'ho ingannato/Lassù in cielo / Verdi (with Roberta Peters, Jussi Bjoerling, Giorgio Tozzi) (10:49) -- La forza del destino. Invano Alvaro/Le minaccie, i fieri accenti / Verdi (with Richard Tucker) (8:24) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Oh! Il signore vi manda/Comare Santa/Infami loro! / Pietro Mascagni (with Zinka Milanov) (4:59) -- Porgy and Bess. Bess, you is my woman now / George Gershwin (with Risë Stevens) (4:58) -- The night is young. When I grow too old to dream / Sigmund Romberg (with Dorothy Kirsten) (2:59) -- Revenge with music. You and the night and the music / Arthur Schwartz (with Risë Stevens) (3:37) -- Mah Lindy Lou / Lily Theresa Strickland (3:23)