59 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Alexander Girardi on the GC label, performing two Viennese operetta pieces—'Das Höchste was es gibt' and 'Hobellied'—in German, representing the popular operetta repertoire of the early 20th century.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42005/4 Opera
Anton van Rooy, the Dutch bass-baritone famous as Wotan at Bayreuth, sings 'O Star of Eve' from 'Tannhäuser' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 042167 Opera
Berta Morena, Heinrich Knote and Fritz Feinhals, stars of the Munich Court Opera, sing the finale of Act 3 of Verdi's 'Aida' in German on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044140 Opera
Carl Burrian and Friedrich Plaschke performing German operatic duets on GC (Gramophone Company) 044074/5. Burrian was a Czech tenor and opera director of the early 20th century; this is a substantial two-part recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044074/5 Opera
Carl Jörn, the German tenor, sings Jetzt spielen and the Arioso from Pagliacci in German on Gramophone Company 3-42703.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42703 Opera
Carl Jorn, a European operatic artist, performing two operatic pieces for GC, an obscure small label. Without further identification, this appears to be an obscure early-era recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42763 Opera
The sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor sung by Caruso, Marcella Sembrich, Antonio Scotti and Marcel Journet, four of the foremost opera voices of the early 1900s, on a 12-inch Gramophone Company ensemble pressing.AI summary
Gramophone Company 054205 Opera
Soprano Celestina Boninsegna with baritone Francesco Cigada in a scene from Verdi's "Il Trovatore", an acoustic Gramophone Company recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 54264 Opera
Demuth, a Kammersänger, sings Ich denke oft an's blaue Meer and Hüll in die Mantille on Gramophone Company 4-42203.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42203 Opera
Dmitri Smirnov, the Russian lyric tenor, sings 'Ah! dispar, vision' from Massenet's 'Manon' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 052300 Opera
Emmy Destinn, Karl Jörn and Paul Knüpfer, stars of the Berlin Court Opera, in operatic ensembles on Gramophone Company discs.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044083/5 Opera
Gramophone Company 044170 Opera
Elise Elizza, credited on the GC label with two operatic excerpts from Weber's "Freischütz"; Elizza does not appear in English operatic discographies, and GC (possibly Gramophone Company) cataloguing is unclear.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-43273 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Elsa's music from Wagner's 'Lohengrin' in German on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-43862 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Elsa's music from Wagner's 'Lohengrin' in German on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 43730 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Senta's Ballad from Wagner's 'The Flying Dutchman' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 043064 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Senta's Ballad from 'The Flying Dutchman' and Elsa's Dream from 'Lohengrin' in German on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 043064/70 Opera
Emmy Destinn was a Czech soprano of international renown in the early 20th century, particularly famous for *Carmen*. Gramophone Company 043098/9 records two sacred arias by a major operatic voice of the acoustic era.AI summary
Gramophone Company 043098/9 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the Czech soprano who sang Covent Garden's first Madama Butterfly in 1905, sings from Puccini's opera on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 53532 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, duets with German tenor Karl Jörn on this early Gramophone Company disc; Destinn was one of the most celebrated voices of the pre-WWI opera stage and her early recordings are keenly collected.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044079/80 Opera
Caruso's recording of "Questa o quella" from Verdi's "Rigoletto", issued by the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-52642 Opera
Enrico Caruso sings an aria from Franchetti's Germania on Gramophone Company 7-52013, a single-sided issue.AI summary
Gramophone Company 7-52013 Opera
Eva Plaschke-von der Osten, the Dresden soprano who created Octavian in Strauss's 'Der Rosenkavalier', sings duets with the Czech tenor Otto Mařák on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044193 Opera
Eva Plaschke-von der Osten, the Dresden soprano who created Octavian in Strauss's 'Der Rosenkavalier', sings duets with the Czech tenor Otto Mařák on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044193 Opera
De Lucia, Huguet, and Pini Corsi, operatic performers. Gramophone Company 054083 records Rossini's 'Barbiere di Siviglia'; an early electrical operatic recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 054083 Opera
Fr Weidemann and R Mayr, operatic performers. Gramophone Company 3-42730 records operatic arias and ensembles ('Peitschenlied', 'Sextette Lucia'); early electrical.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42730 Opera
Fr. Weidemann is credited with operatic arias, "Rigoletto" by Verdi and "Fidelio" by Beethoven, on the GC label — a catalogue entry that spans two matrix numbers.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42187&GC3-44097 Opera
Georg Beeg sings the Shoemaker's Song from Die Meistersinger and, with Rudolf Wittekopf, Daland's aria from The Flying Dutchman on Gramophone Company 4-42062.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42062 Opera
Geraldine Farrar, the American soprano who became a Metropolitan Opera and film star, sings arias from 'Mefistofele' and 'La traviata' on an early Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 53425 Opera
Grete Forst, a German soprano, performed soprano arias from Bellini's Norma on the GC label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-44327 Opera
Grete Forst was an operatic soprano, likely German or Central European. This GC label pressing offers excerpts from Verdi's La Traviata: Act I arias on the first side, and a duet with A. Preiss on the reverse. The label and catalogue number are consistent with early 20th-century European classical recordings.AI summary
Gramophone Company 043045/4053 Opera
Grete Forst, German soprano, recorded a duet from Puccini's *Madama Butterfly* with fellow soprano Hermine Kittel, and another duet with tenor Arthur Preuss for GC (2-44409). Forst was active in German opera recording in the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-44409 Opera
Leo Fall's operetta music performed by H Marischka with quartet, on the GC label, a rare surviving fragment of early 20th-century Austro-German operetta recordings.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42083 Opera
Heinrich Knote was a renowned German tenor, particularly famous for Wagner. Gramophone Company 3-42584 records Wagnerian arias ('Wintersturme', 'Lohengrin's Farewell') capturing a major operatic voice.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42584 Opera
Hermann Weil, the German baritone, and Peter Müller sing arias from Un ballo in maschera and Così fan tutte in German on Gramophone Company 2-44487.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-44487 Opera
The Church Scene from Gounod's Faust, part 1, with Huguet and Torres de Luna, on Gramophone Company 054087, a single-sided issue.AI summary
Gramophone Company 054087 Opera
Gramophone Company 54298 Opera
Karl Jörn (1873-1947), a German tenor who sang at the Metropolitan Opera, performs Vasco's aria from L'Africaine and a Flying Dutchman excerpt on Gramophone Company 3-42084.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42084 Opera
Karl Scheidemantel, the Dresden baritone, sings Don Giovanni's 'Champagne Aria' in German and a second aria on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42936 Opera
L. Demuth, a German Kammersänger (chamber singer), performing Wagner's *Tannhäuser* on the small GC label, likely from the acoustic era of European recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42574 Opera
Louise Kartousch and Ernst Tautenhayn, stars of the Viennese operetta stage, sing duets on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 944349 Opera
Leo Slezak was an Austrian tenor famous for Wagnerian and dramatic roles. Gramophone Company 3-42714 ('Flieh, O flieh' from *Manon*) is an early electrical recording of a major operatic voice.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42714 Opera
Leo Slezak, the Czech tenor of the Vienna Court Opera, and soprano Elsa Bland in operatic duets on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-44425 Opera
Leo Slezak, the Czech tenor of the Vienna Court Opera, sings the Triumphal Hymn and Pastorale from Meyerbeer's 'Le prophète' on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42037 Opera
Leopold Demuth, the Austrian baritone, sings Ich denke oft an's blaue Meer and Hüll' in die Mantille on Gramophone Company 4-42202.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42202 Opera
Luisa Tetrazzini, the Italian coloratura soprano who was a sensation in London in 1907, sings the Polonaise from 'Mignon' on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 053142 Opera
Mizzi Günther and Louis Treumann, who created the leading roles in Lehár's 'The Merry Widow' in Vienna in 1905, sing Viennese operetta duets on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 244107 Opera
Mizzi Zwerenz was a leading Viennese operetta soprano, heard here with the celebrated operetta composer and conductor Leo Fall; this acoustic-era Gramophone Company disc comes from the label's early German/Austrian repertoire series.AI summary
Gramophone Company 243004 Opera