Research Catalog

Title

Great Australian singers [sound recording].

Publication

[Australia] : Australian Opera, [1974?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
• Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
• Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
• Frazer
• Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
• Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871.
• Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
• Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918.
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
• Australian Opera

Description

1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.

Subjects

• Operas > Excerpts, Arranged
• Operas > Excerpts

Note

• Opera excerpts.
• In part sung in translation.
• "To commemorate the opening of the Sydney Opera House"--Inner sleeve.
• Previously released.
• Souvenir program (68 p. : ports.), portfolio of prints (6 sheets : color ill.), and program notes on inner sleeve.

Contents

Dite alla giovine : La traviata / Verdi (Nellie Melba and John Brownlee ; Harold Craxton, piano) -- Even bravest hearts : Faust / Gounod (Peter Dawson) -- Regnava nel silenzio : Lucia di Lammermoor / Donizetti (Stella Power ; Percy Pitt, conductor) -- Death of Valentine : Faust / Gounod (Harold Williams ; BBC Choir and orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) -- La luce langue : Macbeth / Verdi (Margherita Grandi ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) -- Love will find a way : The maid of the mountains / Frazer, Simpson (Gladys Moncrieff) -- Love from thy power : Samson et Dalila / Saint-Säens (Clara Serena) -- C'est l'histoire amoureuse : Manon Lescaut / Auber (Evelyn Scotney ; Sir Eugene Goossens, conductor) -- Shadow song : Dinorah / Meyerbeer (Gertrude Johnson) -- Ritorna vincitor : Aida / Verdi (Florence Austral ; G.W. Byng, conductor) -- Noblest plebeians! : Simone Boccanegra / Verdi (Arnold Matters, Joyce Gartside, Frederick Sharp, James Johnston, Howell Glynne, singers ; Sadler's Wells Orchestra and Chorus ; Michael Mudie, conductor) -- L'altra notte in fondo al mare : Mefistofele / Boito (Frances Alda) -- From Brünnhilde's immolation : Götterdämmerung / Wagner (Marjorie Lawrence ; Pasdeloup Orchestra ; Piero Coppola, conductor).

Call Number

*LZR 11972

LCCN

87753256

OCLC

17226447

Title

Great Australian singers [sound recording].

Imprint

[Australia] : Australian Opera, [1974?]

Performer

Various performers.

Added Author

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. Dite alla giovine; arranged.

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Avant de quitter ces lieux. English.

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Lucia di Lammermoor. Regnava nel silenzio.

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Ecoute-moi bien, Marguerite. English.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth. Luce langue.

Frazer. Maid of the mountains. Love will find a way.

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Samson et Dalila. Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! English.

Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871. Manon Lescaut. C'est l'histoire amoureuse.

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Pardon de Ploërmel. Ombre légère qui suis mes pas. English.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. Ritorna vincitor.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Simon Boccanegra. Plebe! Patrizi!. English.

Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918. Mefistofele. Altra notte in fondo al mare.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Brünnhildes Schlussgesang. Selections.

Australian Opera.

Publisher No.

AO1 Australian Opera

Research Call Number

*LZR 11972 Program notes on container. Program notes on file.