| Disc One |
| 1 | Nikolay Figner (1857-1918) |
| THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Tchaikovsky, Forgive me, heavenly being | 2.02 |
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| Rec: 1901 Matrix: 1589B Berliner Cat: 22618 |
| 2 | Edouard de Reszke (1853-1917) |
| MARTA, Flotow, Chi mi dirà (Porter Song) | 2.18 |
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| Rec: 1903 Matrix: unknown Columbia Cat: 1222 |
| 3 | Pol Plancon (1851-1914) |
| LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Il mulino, il fonte ... Vi ravviso, o luoghio ameni | 3.31 |
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| Rec: 23 Dec 1903 Matrix: C871 Victor Cat: 85018 |
| 4 | Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, Niun mi tema | 4.15 |
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| Rec: 1903 Matrix: 269FT G&T Cat: 052068 |
| 5 | Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) |
| L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima | 5.29 |
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| Rec: 1 February 1904 Matrix: B996/C9961 Victor Cat: 81027/85021 |
| 6 | Celestina Boninsegna (1877-1947) |
| AIDA, Verdi, Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti (Nile Scene) | 3.54 |
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| Rec: 1904 Matrix: 215M G&T Cat: 054044 |
| 7 | Victor Maurel (1848-1923) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, Era la notte | 3.10 |
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| Rec: 1904 Matrix: XPH 58-3 Fonotipia Cat: 39042 |
| 8 | Eugenio Giraldoni (1871-1924) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, Credo in un Dio crudel | 4.03 |
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| Rec: December 1905 Matrix: XPH 1512 Fonotipia Cat: 39446 |
| 9 | Félia Litvinne (1861-1936) |
| LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) | 3.07 |
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| Rec: 1905 Matrix: XPH 676 Fonotipia Cat: 39182 |
| 10 | Rosina Storchio (1876-1945) |
| DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Quel guardo il cavaliere ... So anch'io la virtu magica | 5.53 |
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| Rec: Dec 1905 Matrix: XPH 1500/1 Fonotipia Cat: 39400/1 |
| 11 | Mattia Battistini (1856-1928) |
| ERNANI, Verdi, O sommo Carlo | 4.05 |
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| Rec: Nov 1906 Matrix: 881c G&T Cat: 054107 |
| 12 | Alessandro Bonci (1870-1940) |
| LUISA MILLER, Verdi, Ah fede negar potessi ... Quando le sere al placido | 5.35 |
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| Rec: 1906 Matrix: XPH 1989 Fonotipia Cat: 39692 |
| 13 | Emma Eames (1865-1952) |
| ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (Waltz Song) | 3.23 |
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| Rec: 13 Nov 1906 Matrix: C4032-1 Victor Cat: 88011 |
| 14 | Maria Galvany (1878-1949) & Aristodemo Giorgini (1879-1937) |
| L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera | 3.30 |
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| Rec: 1906 Matrix: 551i Gramophone Cat: 054110 |
| 15 | Wilhelm Hesch (1860-1908) |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, O Isis und Osiris | 3.08 |
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| Rec: 1906 Matrix: 4192-1 HMV Cat: 3-42616 |
| 16 | Vladimir Kastorsky (1871-1948) |
| A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, They guess the truth | 3.18 |
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| Rec: 1906 Matrix: 4959L Gramophone Cat: 3-22565 |
| 17 | Adelina Patti (1843-1919) |
| LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Ah, non credea mirarti | 3.22 |
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| Rec: June 1906 Matrix: 683F G&T Cat: 03084 |
| Alfredo Barili, piano |
| 18 | Maurice Renaud (1861-1933) |
| LE ROI DE LAHORE, Massenet, Promesse de mon avenir | 3.51 |
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| Rec: 1906 Matrix: 5779P Gramophone Cat: 032045 |
| 19 | Francesco Vignas (1863-1933) |
| LE PROPHÈTE, Meyerbeer, Sopra Berta l'amor mio | 2.09 |
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| Rec: 1 October 1906 Matrix: XPH 2104 Fonotipia Cat: 39806 |
| 20 | Mario Ancona (1860-1931) |
| LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, A tanto amor | 3.52 |
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| Rec: 3 April 1907 Matrix: C4286-3 Victor Cat: 88063 |
| 21 | Giuseppe Anselmi (1876-1929) |
| DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Sogno soave e casto | 3.06 |
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| Rec: 22 April 1907 Matrix: XPH 2559 Fonotipia Cat: 62183 |
| Disc Two |
| 1 | Eugenia Burzio (1872-1922) and Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950) |
| LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cosi mantieni il patto? ... Ebbrezza! Delirio! | 4.33 |
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| Rec: 1 November 1907 Matrix: XXPH 2391 Fonotipia Cat: 74043 |
| 2 | Emma Calvé (1858-1942) |
| CARMEN, Bizet, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) | 3.03 |
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| Rec: 22 April 1907 Matrix: C4427-1 Victor Cat: 88085 |
| 3 | Fernando de Lucia (1860-1925) |
| MANON, Massenet, Il sogno (En fermant les yeux) | 3.05 |
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| Rec: July-Sept 1907 Matrix: 10515b G&T Cat: 2-52607 |
| 4 | Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Heil'ge Quelle | 3.25 |
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| Rec: 1907 Matrix: XB3150 Odeon Cat: 50395 |
| 5 | Francesco Marconi (1853-1916) |
| LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Di pescatore ignobile | 2.57 |
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| Rec: October 1907 Matrix: 1417c G&T Cat: 052200 |
| 6 | Nellie Melba (1861-1931) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Caro nome | 3.53 |
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| Rec: 5 March 1907 Matrix: C4283-2 Victor Cat: 88078 |
| 7 | Francesco Navarrini (1853-1923) |
| SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Verdi, A te l'estremo addio ... Il lacerato spirito | 3.29 |
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| Rec: November 1907 Matrix: XPH 2419 Fonotipia Cat: 62025 |
| 8 | Lillian Nordica (1857-1914) |
| HUNYADI LÁSZLÓ, Erkel, Ah rebéges | 3.03 |
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| Rec: 23 May 1907 Matrix: 30144 Columbia Cat: 30144 |
| 9 | Titta Ruffo (1877-1953) |
| HAMLET, Thomas, O vin, discaccia la tristezza | 3.51 |
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| Rec: 1907 Matrix: 1315c HMV Cat: 052188 |
| Sabaino, conductor |
| 10 | Emmy Destinn (1878-1930) |
| MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini, Con onor muore | 2.18 |
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| Rec: 1908 Matrix: 12753U HMV Cat: 7-53022 |
| 11 | Olimpia Boronat (1867-1934) |
| LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, A ce mot | 2.40 |
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| Rec: 1908 Matrix: 1517c Gramophone Cat: 053187 |
| sung in Italian |
| 12 | Adamo Didur (1874-1946) |
| IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, La calunnia è un venticello | 3.48 |
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| Rec: 1908 Matrix: XXPH 3175 Fonotipia Cat: 74119 |
| 13 | Vilhelm Herold (1865-1937) |
| LE CID, Massenet, Ô souverain! ô juge! o père! | 4.35 |
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| Rec: 6 May 1908 Matrix: 379m G&T Cat: 082025 |
| 14 | Antonina Nezhdanova (1873-1950) |
| LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, O beau pays de la Touraine | 2.36 |
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| Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7219L Gramophone Cat: 2-23317 |
| I. P. Arkadiev, conductor |
| 15 | Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) |
| RIENZI, Wagner, Gerechter Gott! | 4.24 |
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| Rec: 29 Sept 1908 Matrix: C6478-1 Victor Cat: 88140 |
| 16 | Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) |
| SEMIRAMIDE, Rossini, Bel raggio lusinghier | 4.06 |
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| Rec: 2 November 1908 Matrix: C6573-1 Victor Cat: 88141 |
| 17 | Clara Butt (1873-1936) |
| LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Il segreto per esser felice | 3.28 |
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| Rec: 16 July 1909 Matrix: 3487F Gramophone Cat: 2-033010 |
| 18 | Johanna Gadski (1872-1932) |
| GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, Wagner, Fliegt heim ihr Raben | 2.55 |
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| Rec: 1909 Matrix: CA 7030 HMV Cat: 043173 |
| 19 | Antonio Scotti (1866-1936) |
| FALSTAFF, Verdi, Quand' ero paggio | 1.24 |
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| Rec: 6 October 1909 Matrix: C8281-1 Victor Cat: 88194 |
| 20 | Leo Slezak (1873-1946) |
| DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA, Goldmark, Magische Töne | 3.00 |
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| Rec: 1909 Matrix: 14585v HMV Cat: 4-42361 |
| 21 | Dmitri Smirnov (1881-1944) |
| MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Giunto sul passo estremo | 3.53 |
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| Rec: 12 October 1910 Matrix: 2058c Gramophone Cat: 052293 |
| 22 | Leonid Sobinov (1872-1934) |
| MAY NIGHT, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sleep, my beauty | 3.12 |
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| Rec: 1910 Matrix: 19881/2c HMV Cat: 022162 |
| 23 | Sir Charles Santley (1834-1922) |
| Hatton, Simon the cellarer | 3.14 |
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| Rec: 1913 Matrix: 6113 Columbia Cat: 373 |
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