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" ... A tribute by RCA Red Seal to the first 100 years of the Metropolitan Opera and to 100 singers who have significantly performed there during that period."
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- RCA/Met 100 singers 100 years
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- New York : RCA Red Seal, ℗1984
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- 8 audio discs : 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in
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- ocm11775359
- "A tribute by RCA Red Seal to the first 100 years [1983-1983] of the Metropolitan Opera and to 100 singers who have significantly performed there during that period"--Program notes.
- Biographical notes on the singers by Robert Jacobson, discographical information and indexes of works and singers on album (27 p. : ill. ; 30cm.)--in container.
- Recorded 1903-1980.
- Record 1. Lucia di Lammermoor. Ardon gl'incensi / Donizetti (Marcella Sembrich, soprano ; Darius Lyons, flute obbligato) -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (Emma Eames, soprano) -- La damnation de Faust. Devant la maison / Berlioz (Pol Planðcon, bass) -- Carmen. Les tringles des sistres / Bizet (Emma Calvâe, soprano) -- Hamlet. A vos jeux, mes amis / Thomas (Nellie Melba, soprano) -- L'Africaine. All'erta, marinar: Il vento cania! ; Adamastor, re dell'acque / Meyerbeer (Giuseppe Campanari, baritone) -- Le propháete. O prãeteres de Baal / Meyerbeer (Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto) -- L'elisir d'Amore. Come paride vezzoso / Donizetti (Antonio Scotti, baritone) -- Der fliegende Hollander. Jo-ho-hoe! ; Traft ihr das schiff / Wagner (Johanna Gadski, soprano) -- La boháeme. Vecchia zimarra / Puccini (Marcel Journet, bass) -- La gioconda. Voce di donna / Ponchielli (Louise Homer, contralto) -- La juive. Rachel, quand du seigneur / Halevy -- Record 2. Le donne curiose. Se in voi cotanto forte fosse l'amor ; Il cor nel contento / Wolf-Ferrari (Geradline Farrar, soprano ; Herman Jadlowker, tenor) -- Pique Dame. It is almost midnight / Tchaikovsky (Emmy Destinn, soprano ; Walter Rogers, cond.) -- Un ballo in maschera. Eri tu? / Verdi (Pasquale Amato, baritone) -- La cena delle beffe. Ed io non ne godevo ; Sempre cosi / Giordano (Frances Alda, soprano ; Rosario Bordon, cond.) -- Pagliacci. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo! ; Stridono lassi / Leoncavallo (Alma Gluck, soprano) -- Parsifal. Mein Vater! / Wagner (Clarence Whitehill, bass) -- La Traviata. Lunge da lei ; Dei miei bollenti spiriti / Verdi / (John McCormack, tenor) -- Rigoletto. Caro nome / Verdi (Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano) -- L'Amico Fritz. Tutto tace / Mascagni (Miguel Fleta, tenor ; Lucrezia Bori, soprano ; Rosario Bourdon, cond. ; Charles Linton, piano) -- Eugene Onegin. Lontano eco della mia giovinezza / Tchaikovsky (Giovanni Martinelli, tenor ; Joseph Pasternack, cond.) -- Boris Godunov. E il dái che Zar saráo / Mussorgsky (Paul Althouse, tenor ; Margarete Ober, contralto ; Rogers, cond.) -- La Traviata. Di provenza il mar / Verdi (Giuseppe De Luca, baritone ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Giulio Setti, cond.) -- Record 3. La forza del destino. Pace, pace, mio Dio! / Verdi (Rosa Ponselle, soprano ; Bourdon, cond.) -- L'Africana. Mi batte il cor ; O paradiso / Meyerbeer (Beniamino Gigli, tenor ; Bourdon, cond.) -- Dinorah. Bellah! Caprett adorata ; Si, carina / Meyerbeer (Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano ; Bourdon, cond. ; Folkmann, cello) -- Die tote stadt. Glück, das mir verblied (Maria Jeritza, soprano ; Joseph Pasternack, cond. ; Francis Lapitino, harp) -- Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum / Rossini (Titta Ruffo, baritone ; Pasternack, cond.) -- La fanciulla del West. Una parola sola ; Or son sei mesi / Puccini (Edward Johnson, tenor ; Pasternack, cond.) -- Die Meistersinger. Sieh' Evchen! Dacht' ich doch / Wagner (Friedrich Schorr, bass ; Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano ; Bourdon, cond.) -- Norma. Meco all'altar / Bellini (Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, tenor ; Bourdon, cond.) -- The King's henchman. Nay, Marcus, lay him down / Taylor (Lawrence Tibbett, baritone ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Giulio Setti, cond.) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Regnava nel silenzio / Donizetti (Toti Dal Monte, soprano ; Pasternack, cond.) -- Tannhäuser. Dir töne Lob / Wagner (Lauritz Melchior, tenor ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Edwin McArthur, cond.) -- Don Giovanni. Deh, vieni alla finestra / Mozart (Ezio Pinza, bass ; Bourdon, cond.) -- Record 4. Louise. Depuis le jour / Charpentier (Grace Moore, soprano ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Wilfrid Pelletier, cond.) -- Roméo et Juliette. Depuis hier je cherche; Que fais-tu? / Gounod (Gladys Swarthout, mezzo-soprano ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Pelletier, cond.) -- Le Coq d'Or. Salut à toi (Hymn to the Sun) / Rimsky-Korsakov (Lily Pons, soprano ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; André Kostelanetz, cond.) -- L'Elisir d'Amore. Adina quest'oggi; Adina credimi / Donizetti (Tito Schipa, tenor ; Bourdon, cond.) -- Alceste. Ah, malgré moi / Gluck (Rose Bampton, soprano ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Pelletier, cond.) -- Manon. Je suis seul!; Ah, fuyez, douce image / Massenet (Richard Crooks, tenor ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Pelletier, cond.) -- Capinsacchi. I know you better; This very vivid moon / Hageman (Helen Jepson, soprano ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Alexander Smallens, cond.) -- Tristan und Isolde. Mild und leise / Wagner (Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; Hans Lange, cond.) -- Carmen. Près des remparts de Sèville (Seguidilla) / Bizet (Bruna Castagna, mezzo-soprano ; Pelletier, cond.) -- Die Walküre. So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Gottern / Wagner (Kerstin Thorborg, mezzo-soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Karl Riedel, cond.) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Giunse alfin il momento; Deh vienim, non tardar / Mozart (Bidú Sayão, soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Pelletier, cond.) -- Lohengrin. Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa's dream) / Wagner (Helen Traubel, soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Bruno Reibold, cond.)
- Record 5. Andrea Chénier. La mamma morta / Giordano (Zinka Milanov, soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Basile cond.) -- Manon Lescaut. Ah, guai a chi la tocca!: Guardate, pazzo son / Puccini (Jussi Bjoerling, tenor ; Enrico Campi, bass ; Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus ; Perlea, cond.) -- Der Rosenkavalier. Ist ein Traum / Strauss (Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Erna Berger, soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Reiner, cond.) -- Faust. O sainte médaille; Advant de quitter ces lieux / Gounod (Leonard Warren, baritone ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Pelletier, cond.) -- Boris Godunov. Clock scene / Mussorgsky (Alexander Kipnis, bass ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Berezowski, cond.) -- Les COntes d'Hoffmann. Elle a fui, la tourterelle! (Antonia's Romance) / Offenbach (Jarmila Novotna, soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Weissmann, cond.) -- Madama Butterfly. Con onore muore (Death of Butterfly) / Puccini (Licia Albanese, soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Trucco, cond.) -- Vanessa. To leave, to break (Quintet) / Barber (Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Rosalind Elias, mezzo-soprano ; Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Giorgio Tozzi, bass ; George Cehanovsky, baritone ; Metropolitan Opera Orch. ; Mitropoulos, cond.) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Tombe degli avi miei ; Fra poco a me ricovero / Donizetti (Jan Peerce, tenor ; Rome Opera House Orch. ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- Record 6. Mignon. Oui, pour ce soir ; Je suis Titania (Polonaise) / Thomas (Patrice Munsel, soprano ; RCA Victor Orch. ; Levin, cond.) -- Aida. Se quel guerrier; Celeste Aida / Verdi (Richard Tucker, tenor ; Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orch.) -- Manon Lescaut. L'ho abbandonato senza un saluto ; In quelle trine morbide / Puccini (Dorothy Kirsten, soprano ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Jean Morel, cond.) -- Don Carlo. Felice ancor ; Per me giunto / Verdi (Robert Merrill, baritone ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Morel, cond.) -- Otello. Sì, pel ciel / Verdi (Ramon Vinay, tenor ; Giuseppe Valdèngo, baritone ; Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orch.) -- Die Meistersinger. Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Prize Song) / Wagner (Set Svanholm, tenor ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Weissmann, cond.) -- Macbeth. Studia il passo ; Come dal ciel precipita / Verdi (Jerome Hines, bass ; Metropolitan Opera Orch, ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- La Boheme. Che gelida manina / Puccini (Di Stefano, tenor ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Cellini, cond.) -- La Sonnambula. Ah, non giunge / Bellini (Roberta Peters, soprano ; RCA Victor Symphony Orch. ; Cellini, cond.) -- Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Ecco ridente / Rossini (Cesare Valletti, tenor ; Metropolitan Opera Orch. ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- Un Ballo in Maschera. Re dell'abisso / Verdi (Marian Anderson, contralto ; Metropolitan Opera Orch. ; Mitropoulos, cond.) -- Otello. Credo in un Dio crudel (Iago's Creed) / Verdi (Titi Gobbi, baritone ; Rome Opera House Orch. ; Serafin, cond.) -- Record 7. Macbeth. O figli, o filgi miel! Ah, la paterna mano / Verdi (Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; Metropolitan Opera Orch. ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- Macbeth. Una macchia è qui tuttora (Sleepwalking Scene) / Verdi (Leonie Rysanek, soprano ; Gerhard Pechner, bass ; Carlotta Ordassy, soprano ; Metropolitan Opera Orch. ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- La Traviata. Addio del passato / Verdi (Anna Moffo, soprano ; Rome Opera House Orch. ; Previtali, cond.) -- Turandot. In questa reggia / Puccini (Birgit Nilsson, soprano ; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor ; Rome Opera House Orch. ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- Pagliacci. Recitar! ; Vesti la giubba / Leoncavallo (Jon Vickers, tenor ; Rome Opera House Orch. ; Serafin, cond.) -- Antony and Cleopatra. Give me my robe / Barber (Leontyne Price, soprano ; New Philharmonic Orch. ; Schippers, cond.) -- Carmen. La fleur que tu m'avais jetèe (Flower Song) / Bizet (Franco Corelli, tenor ; Vienna Philharmonic Orch. ; Herbert von Karajan, cond.) -- Lohengrin. In fernem Land / Wagner (Sándor Kónya, tenor ; Boston Symphony Orch. ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- Aida. Ah! tu dei vivere! ; Aida a me togliesti / Verdi (Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor ; London Symphony Orch. ; Leinsdorf, cond.) -- Record 8. Carmen. Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (Micaela's Air) / Bizet (Mirella Freni, soprano ; Vienna Symphony Orch. ; von Karajan, cond.) -- Otello. Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song) / Verdi (Renata Scotto, soprano ; National Philharmonic Orch. ; Levine, cond.) -- Mourning becomes Electra. Too weak to kill / Levy (Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; New Philharmonia Orch. ; Anton Guadagno, cond.) -- La Bohème. Mi chiamano Mimì / Puccini (Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; London Philharmonic Orch. ; Solti, cond.) -- Rigoletto. La donna è mobile / Verdi (Alfredo Kraus, tenor ; RCA Italiana Opera Orch. ; Solti, cond.) -- Il Trovatore. Stride la vampa / Verdi (Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano) ; New Philharmonia Orch ; Zubin Mehta , cond.) -- La Favorita. Fia dunque vero ; O mio Fernando / Donizetti (Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano ; RCA Italiana Opera Orch. ; Georges Prêtre, cond.) -- Adriana Lecouvreue. L'anima ho stanca / Cilèa (Placido Domingo, tenor ; New Philharmonia Orch. ; Nello Santi, cond.) -- Die Zauberflöte. O Isis und Osiris / Mozart (Martti Talvela, bass ; Vienne Philharmonic Orch. ; Levine, cond.) -- L'Italiana in Algeri. Cruda sorta, amor tiranno / Rossini (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; I Solisti Veneti : Claudio Scimone, cond.) -- Cosi fan Tutte. Come scoglio immoto resta / Mozart (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Strasbourg Philharmonis Orch. ; Alain Lombard, cond.) -- Otello. Ave Maria / Verdi (Katia Ricciarelli, soprano ; Philharmonic Orchestra of Rome ; Gianandrea Gavazzeni, cond.)