Notes and Editorial Reviews
JENNIE TOUREL (1899-1973): Sings four selections by Rossini - recorded by Columbia in 1946; GLADYS SWARTHOUT (1904-1969): Sings four selections by Bizet, Thomas (2) and Gounod - reorded in 1942 and 1946 by Victor; RISE STEVENS (b. 1913): Sings five selections by Mozart (2), Donizetti, Meyerbeer and Tchaikovsky - recorded by Columbia in 1941 and 1942; BLANCHE THEBOM (b. 1918): Sings three selections by Wagner - recorded in 1945 by Victor (AAD MONO 77:52)
JENNIE TOUREL (1899-1973): Sings four selections by Rossini - recorded by Columbia in 1946; GLADYS SWARTHOUT (1904-1969): Sings four selections by Bizet, Thomas (2) and Gounod - reorded in 1942 and 1946 by Victor; RISE STEVENS (b. 1913): Sings five selections by Mozart (2), Donizetti, Meyerbeer and Tchaikovsky - recorded by Columbia in 1941 and 1942; BLANCHE THEBOM (b. 1918): Sings three selections by Wagner - recorded in 1945 by Victor (AAD MONO 77:52) Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Jennie Tourel (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
2.
L'italiana in Algeri: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Jennie Tourel (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1813; Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
3.
Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Jennie Tourel (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
4.
La Cenerentola: Nacqui all' affano by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Jennie Tourel (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Italy
Date of Recording: 1946
5.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Gladys Swarthout (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 1942
6.
Mignon: Connais-tu le pays? by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Gladys Swarthout (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; France
Date of Recording: 1942
7.
Mignon: Je connais un pauvre enfant by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Gladys Swarthout (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; France
Date of Recording: 1942
8.
Roméo et Juliette: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Gladys Swarthout (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; France
Date of Recording: 1942
9.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1941
10.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Voi che sapete che cosa è amor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1941
11.
La Favorita: O mio Fernando by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Italy
Date of Recording: 1942
12.
Le Prophète: Ah, mon fils! by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Date of Recording: 1942
13.
Maid of Orleans: Adieu, forêts by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1879; Russia
Date of Recording: 1942
14.
Die Walküre: So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Date of Recording: 1945
15.
Götterdämmerung: Höre mit Sinn was ich dir sage by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Germany
Date of Recording: 1945
Notes: This selection begins with "Seit er von dir geschieden..."
16.
Tristan und Isolde: Einsam wachend...Habet Acht! by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Blanche Thebom (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Germany
Date of Recording: 1945
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