Great Voices of the Opera

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Annotation

ISNI: 978-3-86860-03-3
SPARS code: ADD
PC 321

Annotation last modified on 2023-12-31 20:27 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Maria Callas (1923–1977), soprano
2▼CD: Rosa Ponselle (1897–1981), soprano
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1Goodbye
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1918)
recording of:
Bid Me Good-Bye (in 1918)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
Francesco Paolo Tosti (Paolo Tosti, composer)
Paolo Tosti4:09
2Tosca: “Vissi d’arte”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1919)
conductor:
Romano Romani
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) (in 1919)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:15
3Madame Butterfly: “Un bel di vedremo”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1919)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly) (in 1919)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:35
4Aida: “O terra addio”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1920)
tenor vocals:
Charles Hackett (tenor) (in 1920)
recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Finale Ultimo: “O terra addio” (Aida, Radamès, coro, Amneris) (on 1920-01-14)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
recording of:
Aida: Atto IV, scena 2: Finale Ultimo: “O terra addio” (Aida, Radamès, coro, Amneris) (in 1920)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:16
5La forza del destino: “Pace, pace mio Dio”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1920)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV, scena 2. “Pace, pace, mio Dio” (Leonora) (in 1920)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:26
6Sadko: Song of India
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1920)
recording of:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest (in 1920)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
Садко (Sadko)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov4:09
7Elégie
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1926)
recording of:
Élégie (« Ô doux printemps d'autrefois … ») (for voice and piano) (in 1926)
lyricist:
Louis Gallet
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1873)
is based on:
Dix pièces de genre, op. 10: No. 5. Élégie jouée par les Erinnyes
Jules Massenet3:55
8Ave Maria
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1926)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (in 1926)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach4:46
9Norma: “Sediziose voci” … “Casta Diva”
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (from 1928-12 until 1929-01-30)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1928, from 1928-12 until 1929-01-30)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (from 1928-12 until 1929-01)
conductor:
Giulio Setti (conductor) (from 1928-12 until 1929-01-30)
recorded at:
Liederkranz Hall in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro) (from 1928-12 until 1929-01-30)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Sediziose voci” (Norma, Oroveso, Druidi, Guerrieri) (in 1928)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini8:06
10La vestale: “O nume tutelar”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1926)
recording of:
La vestale: Atto II. "O Nume tutelar" (Giulia, Gran Sacerdote) (in 1926)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte II. « Ô des infortunés déesse tutélaire ! » (Julia, Le grand pontife)
part of:
La vestale: Atto II (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini3:35
11Otello: “Ave Maria”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1924)
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Ave Maria” (Desdemona) (in 1924)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01, in 1887)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:27
12The Nightingale and the Rose
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1939)
recording of:
Восточный романс: «Пленившись розой, соловей», op. 2 no. 2 (Eastern Song: The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose, Op. 2 No. 2) (in 1939)
lyricist and librettist:
Алексей Кольцов (Aleksey Koltsov, XIX century Russian poet)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
4 Romances, op. 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:49
3▶CD: Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962), soprano
4▶CD: Lotte Lehmann (1888–1976), soprano
5▶CD: Enrico Caruso (1873–1921), tenor
6▶CD: Giuseppe di Stefano (*1921), tenor
7▶CD: Beniamino Gigli (1890–1957), tenor
8▶CD: Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973), tenor
9▶CD: Richard Tauber (1891–1948), tenor
10▶CD: Tito Gobbi (1913–1984), baritone