Notes: | Chiefly operatic arias. Previously released recordings, with the exception of the final work. Transferred from the original 78 rpm discs using Digital Ambisonic process. Compact disc. Biographical notes and synopses by Norman White and Roland Vernon in English with German and French translations and discographical data ([24] p. : ports.) inserted in container. Titta Ruffo, baritone ; Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, tenors ; Carlo Sabajno, Walter B. Rogers, Josef Pasternack, conductors ; unidentified instrumental ensembles. Recorded between 1907 and 1926. Sung in Italian; sung in translation from French (1st, 9th-10th, and 15th works).
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