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L'amico Fritz (more info)
Performed by: Milan Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Pietro Mascagni
Conducted by: Argeo Quadri Rainaldo Zamboni Carlo Sabajno Ondrej Lenard David Parry
Rina Gigli, soprano
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Janice Watson, soprano
Emily Herrera, soprano
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Barry Banks, baritone
Recording date: 17 Sept 1951


1.   L'amico Fritz: Suzel, buon di (Act II) - 4:17
2.   L'amico Fritz: Tutto tace (Act II) - 4:18


Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fisher) (Sung in Italian) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Carlo Sabajno Rosario Bourdon
John McCormack, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Antonio Tonini,
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Rosanna Carteri, soprano
Recording date: 28 November 1927


3.   I pescatori di perle: Del tempio al limitar (Act I) - 4:13


Fedora (more info)
Performed by: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Umberto Giordano
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Carlo Sabajno Umberto Berrettoni Nils Grevillius Joseph Rescigno
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Diana Soviero, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Recording date: 27-30 March 1944


4.   Fedora: Amor ti vieta (Act II) - 2:00
5.   Fedora: Vedi, io piango (Act II) - 2:20


Mefistofele (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Arrigo Boito
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Julius Rudel Argeo Quadri Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Tullio Serafin Ivan Marinov Richard Bradshaw Jonel Perlea Vincenzo Bellezza Helmut Froschauer David Parry Ivan Anguelov
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, soprano
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Stefka Evstatieva, soprano
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Mafalda Favero, soprano
Samuel Ramey, bass
Emilio Venturini, tenor
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Kaludi Kaludov, tenor
Antonio Melandri, tenor
Rita Monticone, mezzo-soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Carlo Scattola, bass
Gemma Bosini, soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Peter Dicke, organ
Rumiana Bareva, soprano
Mincho Popov, tenor
Richard Margison, tenor
Recording date: 17 October 1918


6.   Mefistofele: Dai campi, dai prati (Act I) - 2:34
7.   Mefistofele: Giunto sul passo estremo (Epilogue) - 3:24


Tosca (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra MGM Studio Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rome Teatro Reale Opera Orchestra Josef Pasternack Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Victor De Sabata Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Gerhard Lenssen Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Gaetano Merola Markus Lehtinen Gerhard Steeger Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Walter B. Rogers Franco Ghione Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Charles Gerhardt Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian Giacomo Spadoni David Parry Andrew Litton Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Max Rudolf
Ian Caddy, baritone
Nellie Melba, soprano
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
David Sellers, boy soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Dora Zschille, soprano
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Miroslav Dvorsky, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Armando Borgioli, baritone
Ernesto Dominici, bass-baritone
Silvano Carroli, baritone
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Studio pianist, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Jan Durco, baritone
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Dino Fedri,
Andrew Shore, bass
Stanislav Benacka, bass
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Andrea Piccinni, bass
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Dario Caselli, bass
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Franco Calabrese, bass
Alvaro Cordova, tenor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nelly Miricioiu, soprano
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Hui He, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Raimo Sirkia, tenor
Recording date: 31 January 1921


8.   Tosca: Recondita armonia (Act I) - 2:56
9.   Tosca: E lucevan le stelle (Act III) - 2:59
10.   Tosca: O dolci mani (Act III) - 2:08


La Gioconda (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin London Philharmonic Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Amilcare Ponchielli
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Pietro Cimini Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Percy Pitt Richard Bradshaw Antonino Votto Constantine Orbelian David Parry Ivan Anguelov
John McCormack, tenor
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, soprano
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Camilla Rota, mezzo-soprano
Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Thomas Harper, tenor
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Elvira Casazza, mezzo-soprano
Dario Zani, baritone
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Maria Amandini, contralto
Gianni Poggi, tenor
Paolo Silveri, baritone
Giulio Neri, bass
Armando Benzi, tenor
Piero Poldi, bass
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Recording date: September 1931


11.   La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! (Act II) - 3:10


La favorita (more info)
Performed by: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Studio orchestra Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Bratislava Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Fabio Luisi Steven Mercurio Richard Bradshaw Alexandrs Vilumanis
Adelisa Tabiadon, soprano
Alessandro Veducci, vocals
Michele Farruggia, vocals
Elina Garanca, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Elvira Casazza, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Giuseppe Morino, tenor
Paolo Coni, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


12.   La favorita: Spirito gentil (Act IV) - 3:53


Faust (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Georg Szell Orchestra Berlin City Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Danish Radio Sinfonietta Quebec Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Emil Tabakov Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Alfred Newman Charles-Francois Gounod Henri Busser
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Julius Rudel Eri Klas Gilles Bellemare Felix Prohaska Walter B. Rogers Simon Streatfeild Selmar Meyrowitz Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Thomas Beecham Helmut Froschauer Constantine Orbelian David Parry Mikko Franck Eugune Kohn Michail Angelov
Manon Feubel, soprano
Andreas Post, tenor
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Antonio Scotti, baritone
Dorothy Kirsten, soprano
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Etienne Dupuis, baritone
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Georges Nore, tenor
Roger Rico, baritone
Roger Bourdin, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Marcel Journet, bass
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Samuel Ramey, bass
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Michael Cozette, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Helen Jepson, soprano
George Szell,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Thelma Votipka, mezzo-soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Ezio Pinza, bass
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Indra Thomas, soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Earl Covert, vocals
Zaruhi Elmassion, vocals
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Anne Bollinger, soprano
Cesare Siepi, bass
Frank Guarrera, baritone
Lawrence Davidson, baritone
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Garden Farara, soprano
Gabrielle Gilibert, mezzo-soprano
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Recording date: November 1947 - June 1948


13.   Faust: Salve, dimora casta e pura (Act III) - 4:33


Iris (more info)
Performed by: Milan Symphony Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Pietro Mascagni
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Joseph Rescigno
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Antonio Tonini,
Diana Soviero, soprano
Rosanna Carteri, soprano
Recording date: 21 March 1921


14.   Iris: Apri la tua finestra (Act I) - 2:28


Tu sola (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Ernesto de Curtis
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Recording date: 6 April 1921


15.   Tu sola - 3:00


Santa Lucia luntana (more info)
Performed by: Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Nathaniel Shilkret E.A. Mario
Conducted by: Dino Olivieri
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Recording date: 29 April 1921


16.   Santa Lucia luntana - 3:29


I millioni d'Arlecchino (more info)
Performed by: Josef Pasternack Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Riccardo Drigo
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Recording date: 3 March 1922


17.   I millioni d'Arlecchino: Notturno d'amore - 4:38


Le roi d'Ys (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Oslo Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Edouard Lalo
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Rainaldo Zamboni Walter B. Rogers Richard Bradshaw David Parry Oyvind Berg
Nellie Melba, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Michael Schade, tenor
Eva Gustavson, contralto


18.   Le roi d'Ys: Vainement, ma bien aimee (Act III) - 3:26


Pagliacci (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra MGM Studio Orchestra Prussian State Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava John Barbirolli Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Eri Klas Gaetano Merola Otto Dobrindt John Barbirolli Giuseppe Antonicelli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Franco Ghione Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Lothar Zagrosek Bruno Seidler-Winkler Constantine Orbelian Giacomo Spadoni David Parry Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Nicola Monti, tenor
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Iva Pacetti, soprano
Mario Basiola, baritone
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Leone Paci, baritone
Miroslav Dvorsky, tenor
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Boje Skovhus, baritone
Thomas Harper, tenor
Richard Wright, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Paul Franke, tenor
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
William Dazeley, baritone
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Nicola Martinucci, tenor
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Edward Johnson, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone


19.   Vesti la giubba (Act I) - 2:39


Serenata (more info)
Performed by: Josef Pasternack Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Toselli Karl Lennart
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Recording date: 25 September 1922


20.   Serenata - 3:30


Andrea Chenier (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Umberto Giordano
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Marcello Viotti Eri Klas Carlo Sabajno Lorenzo Molajoli Umberto Berrettoni Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Joseph Rescigno Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Luigi Marini, tenor
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Anna Masetti Bassi, mezzo-soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Pierre Lefebvre,
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Gino Bechi, baritone
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Leone Paci, baritone
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Italo Tajo, bass
Ida Conti, mezzo-soprano
Aristide Baracchi, baritone
Natale Villa, bass
Francesco Merli, tenor
Claudio Otelli, bass-baritone
Vittoria Palombini, alto
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Aureliano Pertile, tenor
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Lila Larinova, soprano
Lilia Grevtzova, soprano
Giacomo Lauri Volpi, tenor
Antonio Cortis, tenor
Cesare Formichi, baritone
Claudia Muzio, soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Hans Helm, baritone
Renato Bruson, baritone
Diana Soviero, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Gisella Pasino, mezzo-soprano
Franco Bonisolli, tenor
Maria Gulegina, soprano
Evghenia Dundekova, mezzo-soprano
Glenys Linos, mezzo-soprano
Stefano Miliani Rinaldi, bass
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Allan Monk, baritone
Recording date: 16 June 1941


21.   Andrea Chenier: Un di all'azzuro spazio (Act I) - 4:18
22.   Andrea Chenier: Come un bel di di maggio (Act IV) - 3:00

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