AFTERGLOW: The Golden Age of Voice 1920-1939

Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)

1) Ernani (Verdi)

Ernani involami (Ernani, take me away)

Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)

2) Le Roi d’Ys (Lalo)

Vainement, ma bien-aimée (In vain, my beloved)

Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976)

3) Tosca (Puccini)

Vissi d’arte (I lived for art)

Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)

4) Carmen (Bizet)

Toreador Song (I toast you)

Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973)

5) Otello (Verdi)

Dio mi Potevi (God, you could have me) (Sung in German)

Ezio Pinza (1892-1957)

6) The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart)

O, wie will Ich triumphieren! (O, how I will triumph!) (Sung in Italian)

Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962)

7) Tannhäuser (Wagner)

Dich teure Halle (You dear hall)

John Charles Thomas (1889-1960)

8) Otello (Verdi)

Iago’s Credo (I believe in a cruel God)

Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978)

9) Berenice (Handel)

Si, tra I ceppi e le ritorte (Yes, between the stumps and the twists)

Jussi Björling (1911-1960)

10) L’Africaine (Meyerbeer)

O Paradiso (O Paradise, emerging from the sea)