The Royal Opera House Covent Garden : an early history on record.
| Other author | Royal Opera House (London, England) |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | Wyastone Leys, Monmouth : Nimbus, ℗1991. |
| Description | 1 audio disc (75 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Prima voce Prima voce. ^A363276 |
| Contents | Faust. The Jewel song / Gounod (Nellie Melba) -- Rigoletto. Questa o quella / Verdi (Enrico Caruso) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Quando rapita in estasi / Donizetti (Luisa Tetrazzini) -- La Traviata. De' miei bollenti spiriti / Verdi (John McCormack) -- Madama Butterfly. Con onor muore / Puccini (Emmy Destinn) -- Götterdämmerung. Fliegt Heim ihr Raben / Wagner (Johanna Gadski) -- Die Meistersinger. Was duftet doch der Flieder / Wagner (Friedrich Schorr) -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (Eva Turner) -- Otello. Ora e per sempre / Verdi (Renato Zanelli) -- Der Rosenkavalier. Marie Theres' [act 3 trio] / R. Strauss (Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olczewska) -- Boris Godounov. Prayer and death / Mussorgsky (Feodor Chaliapine) -- Andrea Chenier. Sì, fui soldato / Giordano (Beniamino Gigli) -- Carmen. Les tringles des sistres / Bizet (Conchita Supervia) -- Tosca. Te deum / Puccini (Lawrence Tibbett) -- Don Giovanni. Dalla sua pace / Mozart (Richard Tauber) -- Tristan und Isolde. The Love duet, act 2 / Wagner (Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior). |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | "Digital Ambisonic Transfers from 78rpm discs." |
| General note | Program notes and synopses in English, German, and French (26 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Performer | Various early twentieth century singers, orchestras, and conductors. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at Covent Garden between 1904 and 1939. |
| Publisher number | NI 7819 Nimbus |