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 Voices Of Firestone - Great Tenors / Björling, Peerce, Corelli, Et Al
Voices Of Firestone: Great Tenors / Various
Release Date: 11/16/2004 
Label:  Kultur Video (Dvd)   Catalog #: 2443  
Encoding:  Region 1 (U.S. and Canada)
Composer:  Idabelle FirestoneGeorges BizetGiuseppe VerdiEduardo Di CapuaVictor Herbert
D'HardelotRichard WagnerGiacomo MeyerbeerCharles Gounod
Giacomo PucciniErnesto De CurtisVincenzo D'AnnibaleRuggero Leoncavallo

Performer:  Jussi BjörlingFerruccio TagliaviniJan PeerceLauritz MelchiorJess Thomas
Nicolai GeddaRichard TuckerJames McCrackenFranco Corelli

Number of Discs: 1 

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Classic tenor performances from 1950-1963 with Jussi Bjoerling, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Jan Peerce, Lauritz Melchior, Jess Thomas, Nicolai Gedda, Richard Tucker, James McCracken, and Franco Correlli.

Region: 0
NTSC.
Black and White.
Full Screen 4:3, Dolby 2.0.

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1.  If I could tell you by Idabelle Firestone
Performer:  Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1940; USA 
Date of Recording: 11/19/1951 
2.  Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
Date of Recording: 11/20/1950 
3.  Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Ferruccio Tagliavini (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
Date of Recording: 11/6/1950 
4.  'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua
Performer:  Ferruccio Tagliavini (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898; Italy 
Date of Recording: 11/1/1954 
5.  Eileen: Thine alone by Victor Herbert
Performer:  Jan Peerce (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1917; USA 
Date of Recording: 1/9/1950 
6.  Because by D'Hardelot
Performer:  Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
Period: 20th Century 
Date of Recording: 2/6/1950 
7.  Lohengrin: In fernem Land by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846-1847; Germany 
Date of Recording: 2/12/1951 
8.  Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Jess Thomas (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Germany 
Date of Recording: 1/20/1963 
9.  L'Africaine: O paradis sorti de l'onde by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:  Jess Thomas (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Germany 
Date of Recording: 1/20/1963 
10.  Roméo et Juliette: Ah! lève-toi, soleil by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; France 
Date of Recording: 2/10/1963 
11.  La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
Date of Recording: 11/4/1962 
12.  Non ti scordar di me by Ernesto De Curtis
Performer:  Richard Tucker (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
Date of Recording: 10/14/1962 
13.  Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Richard Tucker (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
Date of Recording: 9/12/1958 
14.  Otello: Niun mi tema (Death of Otello) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  James McCracken (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Date of Recording: 4/7/1963 
15.  I' te vurria vasà by Eduardo Di Capua
Performer:  Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
Date of Recording: 6/2/1963 
16.  'O paese d' 'o sole by Vincenzo D'Annibale
Performer:  Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1925; Italy 
Date of Recording: 6/2/1963 
17.  I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Date of Recording: 11/19/1951 
18.  In My Garden by Idabelle Firestone
Performer:  Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Date of Recording: 11/19/1951 
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