Ponselle: Prima voce

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1La gioconda: “Suicidio”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1925-01-14)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1925-01-14)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto IV. Aria “Suicidio!” (Gioconda)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto IV. Canal orfano
Amilcare Ponchielli4:16
2Otello: The Willow Song “Piangea cantando”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1924-01-23)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1924-01-23)
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Piangea cantando nell’erma landa” (Desdemona) (Willow Song)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:39
3Otello: Ave Maria
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1924-01-23)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1924-01-23)
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Ave Maria” (Desdemona)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01, in 1887)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:26
4Aida: “Qui Radamès verrà” … “O patria mia”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1923-12-11)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1923-12-11)
recording of:
Aida: Atto III: Romanza: “Qui Radamès verrá!” … “O patria mia” (Aida)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi4:41
5Aida: “Pur ti riveggo”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1924-02-07)
tenor vocals:
Giovanni Martinelli (tenor) (on 1924-02-07)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1924-02-07)
recording of:
Aida: Atto III. Duetto “Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida…” (Radamès, Aida)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi8:00
6Ernani: “Surta è la notte” … “Ernani, involami”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1924-01-23)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1924-01-23)
recording of:
Ernani: Atto I. (no. 4a) Scena “Surta è la notte” (Elvira)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)
recording of:
Ernani: Atto I. (no. 4b) Cavatina “Ernani!… Ernani, involami” (Elvira)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)
Giuseppe Verdi4:46
7La vestale: “Tu che invoco”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1926-05-18)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1926-05-18)
recording of:
La vestale: Atto II. "Tu che invoco" (Giulia)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte II. No. 8. Air « Toi que j’implore avec effroi » (Julia)
part of:
La vestale: Atto II (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini4:32
8La vestale: “O nume tutelar”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1926-05-18)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1926-05-18)
recording of:
La vestale: Atto II. "O Nume tutelar" (Giulia, Gran Sacerdote)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte II. « Ô des infortunés déesse tutélaire ! » (Julia, Le grand pontife)
part of:
La vestale: Atto II (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini3:32
9La forza del destino: “Alzatevi” … “La vergine degli angeli”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1928-01-23)
conductor:
Giulio Setti (conductor) (on 1928-01-23)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto II, scena 2. “La vergine degli angeli” (Leonora, Melitone, Guardiano, coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi4:38
10Norma: “Sediziose voci” … “Casta diva”
bass vocals:
Ezio Pinza (operatic bass) (from 1928-12-31 until 1929-01-30)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (from 1928-12-31 until 1929-01-30)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (from 1928-12-31 until 1929-01-30)
conductor:
Giulio Setti (conductor) (from 1928-12-31 until 1929-01-30)
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro) (on 1928-12-31)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Sediziose voci” (Norma, Oroveso, Druidi, Guerrieri) (on 1929-01-30)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini8:03
11Norma: “Mira, o Norma”
contralto vocals:
Marion Telva (on 1929-01-30)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1929-01-30)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 1929-01-30)
conductor:
Giulio Setti (conductor) (on 1929-01-30)
recording of:
Norma: Atto II, scena 1. Duetto “Mira, o Norma” (Norma, Adalgisa)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto II
Vincenzo Bellini7:23
12Carmé
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1924-04-11)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1924-04-11)
recording of:
Carmé
lyricist and composer:
Giovan Battista de Curtis
Giambattista de Curtis3:13
13Maria, Mari!
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1924-04-11)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1924-04-11)
recording of:
Maria, Marì!
lyricist:
Vincenzo Russo
composer:
Eduardo Di Capua
Eduardo di Capua3:41
14On Wings of Dream
piano:
Romano Romani (on 1939-11-01)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1939-11-01)
recording of:
On Wings of Dream
composer:
Anton Arensky (Russian composer, pianist and conductor)
Anton Arensky3:47
15The Nightingale and the Rose
piano:
Romano Romani (on 1939-10-31)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1939-10-31)
recording of:
Восточный романс: «Пленившись розой, соловей», op. 2 no. 2 (Eastern Song: The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose, Op. 2 No. 2)
lyricist and librettist:
Алексей Кольцов (Aleksey Koltsov, XIX century Russian poet)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
4 Romances, op. 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:56
16A Perfect Day
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (on 1925-06-03)
conductor:
Josef Pasternack (conductor) (on 1925-06-03)
recording of:
A Perfect Day (Parlor song)
lyricist and composer:
Carrie Jacobs‐Bond
Carrie Jacobs-Bond3:09

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Release

liner notes:Norman White (liner note writer)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Nimbus Records Limited
part of:Prima Voce (Nimbus) (order: 3)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8639458 [info]