San Francisco Opera Gems Vol. 1

 

Label : Guild

Format : Flac (image + cue)

Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

Massenet: Manon: Act 2

Recorded 13th October 1939

Bidú Sayao (Manon), Tito Schipa (Des Grieux), Richard Bonelli (Lescaut)

Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera House, Gaetano Merola

Bizet: Carmen: Act II

Recorded 25th October 1940

Marjorie Lawrence (Carmen), Raoul Jobin (Don José), Ezio Pinza (Escamillo)

Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera House, Gaetano Merola

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Act 2

Recorded 12th October 1940

Ezio Pinza (Figaro), Bidú Sayao (Susanna), John Brownlee (Count Almaviva), Elisabeth Rethberg (Countess Almaviva), Rise Stevens (Cherubino), Irra Petina (Marcellina), Gerhard Pechner (Bartolo)

Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera House, Erich Leinsdorf

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera: excerpts from Act 2

Recorded 23rd October 1940

Elisabeth Rethberg (Amelia), Jussi Bjorling (Riccardo), Richard Bonelli (Renato)

Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera House, Gennaro Papi

Wagner: Die Walkure: Act 2

Recorded 13th November 1936

Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Friedrich Schorr (Wotan), Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Lotte Lehmann (Sieglinde), Kathryn Meisle (Fricka), Emanuel List (Hunding)

Orchestra and Chorus of San Francisco Opera House, Fritz Reiner