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La boheme (Sung in French) (more info)
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Nellie Melba, soprano


1.   La Boheme - On m'appelle Mimi - 4:24


Jean (more info)
Composed by: Cecil Burleigh
Nellie Melba, soprano


2.   Jean - 2:55


Lohengrin (more info)
Performed by: WDR Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Victor Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Sten Frykberg Richard Wagner William Lawrence Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Gaetano Merola Clemens Schmalstich John McGlinn Karl Bohm Frieder Weissmann Ed Spanjaard Gerd Albrecht Erich Leinsdorf Karl Muck Eugene Ormandy Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Michael Gielen Joseph Keilberth Semyon Bychkov Gerard Schwarz Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Simone Young Bernhard Klee
Sandor Sved, baritone
Norman Cordon, bass
Mack Harrell, baritone
Emmy Bettendorf, soprano
Nellie Melba, soprano
Johan Botha, tenor
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Kwangchul Youn, baritone
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Kerstin Thorborg, contralto
Christine Brewer, soprano
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor
Josef Janko, tenor
Gerhard Stolze, tenor
John Horton Murray, tenor
Margaret Jane Wray, soprano
Edwin McArthur,
Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Folke Alin, piano
Christina Hornell, choirmaster
Petra Lang,
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Eike Wilm Schulte, baritone
Josef Greindl, bass
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Hans Braun, baritone
Hermann Uhde, baritone
Alfons Herwig, baritone
Theo Adam, bass
Wilhelm Pitz, choirmaster
Leo Slezak, tenor
Falk Struckmann, baritone
John Treleaven,
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Recording date: 17 October 1937


3.   Lohengrin - Elsa's Dream - 3:59


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


4.   Tosca - Vissi d'arte - 3:19
5.   Tosca - Vissi d'arte - 3:21


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


6.   Faust - Final Trio - 2:48
7.   Faust - Final Trio - 2:50


Rigoletto (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RTBF Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Europa Symphony Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra Vitaphone Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Josef A. Pasternack Eri Klas Will Humburg Mark Elder Giulio Setti Walter Goehr Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Selmar Meyrowitz Franco Ghione Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Ettore Panizza Gennaro Papi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Ronald Zollman Uri Mayer Charles Rosekrans Jonel Perlea Heribert Beissel Leo Blech Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Frederic Chaslin Herman Heller
Norman Cordon, bass
John McCormack, tenor
Alida Ferrarini, soprano
Louise Homer, contralto
Nellie Melba, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Raphaelle Paquette, soprano
Gregory Dahl, baritone
Antoine Belanger, tenor
Alexandre Sylvestre, baritone
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Claire Dux, soprano
John Rawnsley, baritone
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Anna Maria Rota, mezzo-soprano
Roberta Peters, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Pasquale Amato, baritone
Josephine Jacoby, mezzo-soprano
Helen Field, soprano
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Carlo Forti, bass
Thomas Harper, tenor
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Arthur Davies, tenor
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Luisa Mandelli,
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Adriana Lazzarini, contralto
Giuse Gerbino, mezzo-soprano
Vittorio Tatozzi,
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
William Dickie,
Robert Merrill, baritone
Giorgio Tozzi,
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Flora Perini, mezzo-soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Robert Szucs, tenor
Jozef Abel, tenor
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Peter Subert, tenor
Jitka Saparova, contralto
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Thelma Altman, mezzo-soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Arturo la Porta, bass-baritone
Tommaso Frascati,
Leonardo Monreale,
Lidia Grandi,
Silvana Celli,
Santa Chissari,
Andrea Mineo,
Lily Pons, soprano
John Engelman, percussion
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Indra Thomas, soprano
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Jean Rigby, contralto
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Jose Van Dam, baritone
Dinah Bryant, soprano
Jerome Pruett, tenor
Jeanne Gordon, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Leo Slezak, tenor
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Edna Thornton, contralto
Teruhiko Komori, baritone
Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone
Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 28 December 1935


8.   Rigoletto - Quartet - 3:48


Bid me discourse (more info)
Composed by: na Not Applicable
Nellie Melba, soprano


9.   Bid me discourse - 3:22


Sounds of Earth (more info)
Nellie Melba, soprano
Landon Ronald, piano


10.   Sounds of Earth - 2:37


Hamlet (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Ambroise Thomas
Conducted by: Gilles Bellemare Walter B. Rogers Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian
Nellie Melba, soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Dmitry Kuznetsov, baritone
Andrey Azovsky, tenor
John Lemmone, flute
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 29 March 1907


11.   Hamlet - Distance Tests: phrases from Mad Scene - 1:45


Don Cesar de Bazan (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Walter B. Rogers
Nellie Melba, soprano
John Lemmone, flute
Recording date: 24 August 1910


12.   Don Cesar de Bazan - Sevillana - 2:59
13.   Don Cesar de Bazan - Sevillana - 2:57
14.   Don Cesar de Bazan - Sevillana - 2:59


Le Cid (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Quebec Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Gaetano Merola Otto Dobrindt Walter B. Rogers Simon Streatfeild Alexander Rahbari
Nellie Melba, soprano
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Recording date: 1 September 1932


15.   Le Cid - Pleurez mes yeux - 3:45


Soir paien (more info)
Composed by: Georges Hue
Nellie Melba, soprano


16.   Soir paien - 3:58


Hear my prayer (more info)
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Nellie Melba, soprano


17.   O For the Wings of a Dove - 2:43


Spring (more info)
Composed by: George Henschel
Nellie Melba, soprano


18.   Spring - 3:14


Pur dicesti o bocca bella (more info)
Composed by: Antonio Lotti
Nellie Melba, soprano
David DQ Lee,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,


19.   Pur dicesti - 3:57


Chanson triste (more info)
Composed by: Henri Duparc
Bernard Kruysen, baritone
Nellie Melba, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Paul Groves, tenor
Martin Katz, piano
Noel Lee, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Micheal MacMahon, piano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Christina Petrowska-Quilico, piano
Dalton Baldwin, piano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Stephen Ralls, piano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 10 -12 November 1993


20.   Chanson Triste - 2:30


Il re pastore, K. 208 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana Berlin Symphony Orchestra Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Marcus Creed Gottfried von der Goltz Barry Wordsworth George W. Byng
Gabriel Lapierre, piano
Jan Kubelik, violin
Nellie Melba, soprano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Marjorie Heyward,
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Recording date: 2 October 1913


21.   Il re Pastore - L'aero, saro costante - 5:00


Ave Maria (version for voice and piano) (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Charles-Francois Gounod
Nellie Melba, soprano
Landon Ronald, piano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Patrick Stephens, piano
Recording date: 7th July, 1906


22.   Ave Maria - 3:55


Le temps des lilas (more info)
Composed by: Ernest Chausson
Susan Manoff, piano
Nellie Melba, soprano
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Igor Chichagov, piano


23.   Poeme de l'amour et de la mer- Le Temps des Lilas - 4:05

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