| 1 | Nellie Melba (1861-1931) |
| FAUST, Gounod, The Jewel Song | 3.07 |
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| Rec: 24 Aug 1910 Matrix: C4338-4 Victor Cat: 6215-A |
| 2 | Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Questa o quella | 2.19 |
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| Rec: 1 Feb 1904 Matrix: B994 Victor Cat: 522-B |
| 3 | Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) |
| LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Quando rapita in estasi | 4.17 |
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| Rec: 25 May 1909 Matrix: 3078F HMV Cat: 053224 Percy Pitt, conductor |
| 4 | John McCormack (1884-1945) |
| LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, De' miei bollenti spiriti | 3.54 |
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| Rec: 10 Mar 1910 Matrix: C8693-1 Victor Cat: DB 631 |
| 5 | Emmy Destinn (1878-1930) |
| MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini, Con onor muore | 2.20 |
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| Rec: 1908 Matrix: 12753U HMV Cat: 7-53022 |
| 6 | Johanna Gadski (1872-1932) |
| GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, Wagner, Fliegt heim ihr Raben | 2.58 |
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| Rec: 1909 Matrix: CA 7030 HMV Cat: 043173 |
| 7 | Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953) |
| DIE MEISTERSINGER, Wagner, Was duftet doch der Flieder | 6.22 |
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| Rec: 10 May 1930 Matrix: CR 2496-1 HMV Cat: D 1351 London Symphony Orchestra. Albert Coates, conductor |
| 8 | Eva Turner (1892-1990) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte | 3.07 |
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| Rec: 1928 Matrix: WAX 3929 Columbia Cat: L 2118 Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor |
| 9 | Renato Zanelli (1892-1935) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre | 2.15 |
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| Rec: 24 June 1929 Matrix: CM 977-1 HMV Cat: DB 1439 Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Carlo Sabajno, conductor |
| 10 | Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952), Maria Olczewska (1892-1969) |
| DER ROSENKAVALIER, R. Strauss, Marie Theres' [Act 3 Trio] | 4.20 |
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| Rec: Sept 1933 Matrix: 2WX 586-2 HMV Cat: DB 2071 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Robert Heger, conductor |
| 11 | Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), Margherita Carosio (soprano) |
| BORIS GODOUNOV, Mussorgsky, Prayer and Death | 8.16 |
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| Rec: 4 July 1928 Matrix: CR 2142-1/3-1 HMV Cat: DB 3464 Live performance at Covent Garden
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Vincenzo Belleza, conductor |
| 12 | Beniamino Gigli (1890 - 1957) |
| ANDREA CHENIER, Giordano, Sì, fui soldato | 2.46 |
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| Rec: 3 Mar 1933 Matrix: OM 1168-1 HMV Cat: DA 1312 Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Carlo Sabajno, conductor |
| 13 | Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) |
| CARMEN, Bizet, Les tringles des sistres | 3.29 |
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| Rec: 1930 Matrix: XXP 7099 Parlophone Cat: R 20127 Gustav Cloez, conductor Gustav Cloez, conductor |
| 14 | Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, Te Deum | 4.17 |
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| Rec. 10 April 1929 Matrix: CVE 51116-4 Victor Cat: 8124 Metropolitan Opera House and Chorus, Giulo Setti, conductor |
| 15 | Richard Tauber (1892-1948) |
| DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Dalla sua pace | 4.16 |
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| Rec: 8 June 1939 Matrix: CXE 9805-1 Odeon Cat: 0-9177 Walter Goehr, conductor |
| 16 | Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) |
| TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Wagner, The Love Duet, Act 2 | 17.27 |
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| Rec: 11 Nov 1939 Matrix: 042231-34 Victor Cat: M 644 San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Edwin McArthur, conductor |
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