Opening Nights At The Met [3 x LP Box Set] Opera, Classical - RCA Victor

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Opening Nights At The Met

"Treasury Of Immortal Performances"

Label:
RCA Victor Red Seal ?– LM-6171, RCA Victor Red Seal ?– LM 6171
Format:
3 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, Mono
Box Set
Country:
US
Released:
1966
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Opera

Tracklist

    –     Faust:     

A1     –Emma Eames     Le Roi De Thulé
    Composed By – Gounod, Soprano Vocals – Emma Eames    3:30

A2     –Nellie Melba     Jewel Song
    Composed By – Gounod, Soprano Vocals – Nellie Melba    3:00

    –     Romeo And Juliet:     

A3     –Emma Eames     Juliet's Waltz Song
    Composed By – Gounod, Soprano Vocals – Emma Eames    3:10

    –     Otello:     

A4     –Antonio Scotti     Iago's Creed
   Baritone Vocals – Antonio Scotti, Composed By – Verdi    4:23

    –     Rigoletto:     

A5     –Enrico Caruso ; Marcella Sembrich ; Antonio Scotti ; Gina Severina     Quartet
    Baritone Vocals – Antonio Scotti
Composed By – Verdi*
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Gina Severina
Soprano Vocals – Marcella Sembrich
Tenor Vocals – Enrico Caruso    3:48

    –     La Gioconda:     

A6     –Louise Homer     Stella Del Marinar
    Composed By – Ponchielli, Contralto Vocals – Louise Homer    2:35

    –     Aïda:     

A7     –Emmy Destinn     O Patria Mia
    Composed By – Verdi, Soprano Vocals – Emmy Destinn    4:17

B1     –Enrico Caruso ; Louise Homer ; Marcel Journet     Samson And Delilah
    Bass Vocals – Marcel Journet
Composed By – Saint-Saëns*
Contralto Vocals – Louise Homer
Tenor Vocals – Enrico Caruso    3:21

        Je Viens Célébrer La Victoire

    –     Tosca:     

B2     –Geraldine Farrar     Ora Stammi A Sentir
    Composed By – Puccini, Soprano Vocals – Geraldine Farrar    3:51

    –     La Juive:     

B3     –Enrico Caruso     Rachel! Quand Du Seigneur
    Composed By – Halévy, Tenor Vocals – Enrico Caruso    4:14

    –     La Traviata:     

B4     –Amelita Galli-Curci ; Giuseppe De Luca     Dite Alla Giovine; Imponete
    Baritone Vocals – Giuseppe De Luca, Composed By – Verdi
Conductor – Giulio Setti
Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Amelita Galli-Curci    8:20

    –     Tosca:     

B5     –Maria Jeritza     Vissi D'Arte

    Composed By – Puccini
Soprano Vocals – Maria Jeritza    2:40

    –     La Gioconda:     

B6     –Rosa Ponselle     Suicidio!
   Composed By – Ponchielli
Soprano Vocals – Rosa Ponselle    4:00

    –     Aïda:     

C1     –Ezio Pinza ; Giovanni Martinelli ; Grace Anthony     Temple Scene
    Bass Vocals – Ezio Pinza
Composed By – Verdi
Conductor – Giulio Setti
Orchestra, Chorus – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus*
Soprano Vocals – Grace Anthony
Tenor Vocals – Giovanni Martinelli    8:14

    –     Simon Boccanegra:     

C2     –Lawrence Tibbett ; Giovanni Martinelli ; Rose Bampton ; Roberts Nicholson ; Leonard Warren     Plebe, Patrizi; Piango Su Voi
    Baritone Vocals – Lawrence Tibbett, Leonard WarrenBass Vocals – Roberts Nicholson
Composed By – Verdi
Conductor – Wilfrid Pelletier
Orchestra, Chorus – Members Of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus
Soprano Vocals – Rose Bampton
Tenor Vocals – Giovanni Martinelli    5:05

    –     Aïda:     

C3     –Elisabeth Rethberg ; Giuseppe De Luca      Ciel! Mio Padre; Su, Dunque!

    Baritone Vocals – Giuseppe De Luca
Composed By – Verdi
Soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Rethberg    8:12

    –     La Traviata:     

C4     –Lucrezia Bori     Sempre Libera
    Composed By – Verdi
Orchestra – Victor Symphony Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Lucrezia Bori    2:59

    –     Tristan And Isolde:     

D1     –Lauritz Melchior ; Kirsten Flagstad     Love Duet (Excerpt)
    Composed By – Wagner
Conductor – Edwin McArthur
Orchestra – San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Kirsten Flagstad
Tenor Vocals – Lauritz Melchior    8:07

    –     Otello:
    
D2     –Giovanni Martinelli ; Lawrence Tibbett     Non Pensateci Più; Ora E Per Sempre Addio

    Baritone Vocals – Lawrence TibbettComposed By – Verdi
Conductor – Wilfrid Pelletier
Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Tenor Vocals – Giovanni Martinelli    4:14

    –     The Marriage Of Figaro:
    
D3     –Bidú Sayão     Deh Vieni, Non Tardar
    Composed By – Mozart
Conductor – Wilfrid Pelletier
Orchestra – Victor Symphony Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Bidú Sayão    4:58

    –     Boris Godounov:
    
D4     –Ezio Pinza     Death Of Boris
    Bass Vocals – Ezio Pinza
Composed By – Moussorgsky
Conductor – Alfred Newman
Orchestra – The 20th Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra And Chorus    4:39

    –     Lohengrin:
    
D5     –Helen Traubel     Euch Lüften, Die Mein Klagen
    Composed By – Wagner
Conductor – Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Helen Traubel    4:26

    –     Lakmé:     

E1     –Lily Pons     Bell Song
    Composed By – Delibes, Soprano Vocals – Lily Pons    6:23
    –     A Maksed Ball:     

E2     –Jan Peerce     Forse La Soglia Attinse; Ma Se M'È Forza Perderti

    Composed By – Verdi
Conductor – Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra
Tenor Vocals – Jan Peerce    4:37

    –     Otello:     

E3     –Ramon Vinay ; Virginio Assandri ; Nicola Moscona ; Arthur Newman     Death Of Otello

    Baritone Vocals – Arthur NewmanBass Vocals – Nicola MosconaComposed By – Verdi*Conductor – Arturo ToscaniniOrchestra – NBC Symphony OrchestraTenor Vocals – Ramon Vinay*, Virginio Assandri

    4:39
    –     Der Rosenkavalier:     
E4     –Risë Stevens ; Erna Berger     Mir Ist Die Ehre

    Composed By – R. Strauss*Conductor – Fritz ReinerMezzo-soprano Vocals – Risë StevensOrchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra*Soprano Vocals – Erna Berger

    10:27
    –     Don Carlo:     
F1     –Jussi Bjoerling* ; Robert Merrill     Qual Pallor!

    Baritone Vocals – Robert MerrillComposed By – Verdi*Conductor – Renato CelliniOrchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra*Tenor Vocals – Jussi Bjoerling*

    5:09
    –     Aïda:     
F2     –Zinka Milanov     Ritorna Vincitor

    Composed By – Verdi*Conductor – Renato CelliniOrchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra*Soprano Vocals – Zinka Milanov

    6:40
    –     The Barber Of Seville:     
F3     –Robert Merrill ; Cesare Valletti ; Roberta Peters     Trio: Zitti, Zitti

    Baritone Vocals – Robert Merrill
Composed By – Rossini
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Roberta Peters
Tenor Vocals – Cesare Valletti

    7:34
    –     Il Trovatore:     
F4     –Leonard Warren ; Nicola Moscona     
Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso; Per Me Ora Fatale

    Baritone Vocals – Leonard Warren
Bass Vocals – Nicola Moscona
Chorus – Chorus*Composed By – Verdi*Conductor – Renato Cellini
Orchestra – RCA Victor Orchestra*
    7:15

Companies, etc.

    Copyright (c) – Radio Corporation Of America
    Recorded At – Liederkranz Hall, New York
    Recorded At – 24th Street Studios, New York
    Recorded At – Manhattan Center
    Recorded At – Lotos Club, New York

Credits

    Engineer [Rerecording Engineer] – Edwin Begley*
    Liner Notes [Annotations By] – Francis Robinson
    Photography By [Album And Booklet Cover] – Alexandre Georges
    Producer – Peter Dellheim

Notes

This album includes an exclusive collector's memento: A unique segment of the Great Gold Curtain from the Metropolitan Opera House.

Numbered edition of at least 2975.
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Tracks A1 to A3, B1, B3 and E1 sung in French.
Tracks A4 to A7, B2, B4 to C4, D2, D3, E2, E3, and F1 to F4 sung in Italian.
Tracks D1, D5 and E4 sung in German.
Track D4 sung in Russian.
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Track A1 recorded November 27, 1906 in New York; first issued as 88045.
Track A2 recorded March 27, 1907 in Camden; first issued as 88066.
Track A3 recorded November 13, 1906 in New York; first issued as 88011.
Track A4 recorded March 9, 1906 in New York; first issued as 88030.
Track A5 recorded February 7, 1908 in New York; first issued as 96001.
Track A6 recorded February 11, 1905 in New York; first issued as 81055.
Track A7 recorded February 25, 1914 in Camden; first issued as 88469.
Track B1 recorded February 10, 1919 in Camden; first issued as 89088.
Track B2 recorded January 26, 1911 in New York; first issued as 88287.
Track B3 recorded September 14, 1920 in Camden; first issued as 88625.
Track B4 recorded December 16, 1927 in Liederkranz Hall, New York; first issued as 8089 (A side).
Track B5 recorded February 17, 1928 in Liederkranz Hall; first issued as 1346 (A side).
Track B6 recorded January 14, 1925 in New York; first issued as 6496 (A side).
Track C1 recorded in Liederkranz Hall - Part I: January 5, 1928; Part II: November 29, 1927; first issued as 8111.
Track C2 recorded May 3, 1939 in the 24th Street studios, New York; first issued as 15642 (B side).
Track C3 recorded January 20, 1930 in Liederkranz Hall; first issued as 8207.
Track C4 recorded January 4, 1928 in Camden; first issued as 11-8569.
Track D1 recorded November 11, 1939 in Hollywood, California; first issued in M-644.
Track D2 recorded May 9, 1939 in the 24th Street studios; first issued in M-620.
Track D3 recorded May 15, 1940 in the 24th Street studios; first issued as 18496 (B side).
Track D4 first issued in Tonight We Sing (LM-7016).
Track D5 recorded September 15, 1950 in Manhattan Center, New York; first issued in DM-1491.
Track E1 recorded December 8, 1930 in the 24th Street studios; first issued as 1502.
Track E2 recorded April 23, 1946 in the Lotos Club, New York; first issued as 11-9295 (B side).
Track E3 from the NBC broadcast of December 13, 1947; first issued in LM-6107.
Track E4 recorded April 5, 1951 in Manhattan Center; first issued in LM-9010.
Track F1 recorded November 30, 1950 in Manhattan Center; first issued in LM-1128.
Track F2 recorded May 18, 1953 in Manhattan Center; first issued in LM-1777.
Track F3 recorded September 8, 1958 in Manhattan Center; first issued in The Barber Of Seville (LM-6143).
Track F4 recorded March 11, 1952 in Manhattan Center; first issued in Il Trovatore (Der Troubadour) (LM-6008).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Other (Library Of Congress Card Number): R66-2927

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