44 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
44 records matching
Alice Nielsen, an American soprano, performing Arditi's 'Il Bacio' on a Victor 74000-series 12-inch disc, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Victor 74107 Opera
Alma Gluck, a celebrated American soprano (1884–1938), recorded 'The Brook' for Victor (catalogue 64324). Gluck was one of the most successful recording artists of the acoustic era and her discs were widely distributed both in America and Britain.AI summary
Victor 64324 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci (1882–1963) was an internationally celebrated Italian soprano renowned for her coloratura virtuosity. This Victor 74000-series pressing of "Romeo et Juliette" captures her operatic repertoire from the electrical recording era.AI summary
Victor 74512 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci, one of the greatest sopranos of the early twentieth century, on Victor performing 'Una Voce Poco Fa' ('A Little Voice') from Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville', one of the most celebrated soprano arias.AI summary
Victor 74541 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early twentieth century, singing 'La Mia Canzone' ('My Song') on Victor — his principal label. This is a precious historical document of the greatest voice of the age.AI summary
Victor 87213 Opera
Enrico Caruso performing 'Over There' on Victor Records. Caruso was the most celebrated operatic tenor of the early 20th century, and his recordings of 1904-20 on the Victor and HMV labels remain historically important.AI summary
Victor 87294 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor of the 20th century, recorded 'Trusting Eyes' for Victor, catalogue 87187; Caruso's recordings are among the most iconic of the acoustic era and are universally sought by collectors.AI summary
Victor 87187 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, recorded 'Hosanna' for Victor, a major American label. This is an acoustic-era Caruso recording, a cornerstone of early vocal recording and consistently sought by collectors.AI summary
Victor 88403 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, singing 'La donna è mobile' from Verdi's Rigoletto on Victor 88127 — a canonical operatic recording from the most famous tenor of the 78 era.AI summary
Victor 88127 Opera
Enrico Caruso with violinist Mischa Elman, recorded two pieces on Victor: Massenet's 'Elegie' and Gounod's 'Ave Maria'. This is a rare and significant collaborative recording pairing two giants of early recording — Caruso, the greatest tenor of the acoustic era, and Elman, one of the most celebrated violinists of the period.AI summary
Victor 8007 Opera
Edmond Clement, a celebrated French tenor of the Belle Époque era, recorded French operatic excerpts from Manon and Le Roi d'Ys for Victor; these are transfers of much earlier acoustically recorded material.AI summary
Victor 6062 Opera
Emilio de Gogorza, the American baritone celebrated for Spanish art song, performing 'La Paloma' and 'La Golondrina' on Victor 17442.AI summary
Victor 17442 Opera
Emilio de Gogorza, a Spanish baritone of international repute, performing Neapolitan song 'O Sole Mio' on Victor 64136 — a single-sided acoustic-era recording.AI summary
Victor 64136 Opera
Emilio de Gorgorza, an American baritone of the 1900s–20s, recorded 'O Sole Mio' for Victor; this is a US pressing and represents early operatic recording.AI summary
Victor 74105 Opera
Emma Calvé, the celebrated French operatic soprano, performing the French song 'Chantez riez dormez' on Victor—a significant operatic and vocal recording from the early 20th century.AI summary
Victor 88119 Opera
Enrico Caruso and Louise Homer, two of the greatest American opera singers of the early 20th century, recorded this duet from Verdi's Il Trovatore for Victor, the leading American label. UK copies of this major recording are scarce.AI summary
Victor 89018 Opera
Feruccio Giannini was an Italian-American operatic tenor among the earliest artists recorded commercially by Victor in the United States; this disc preserves his rendition of 'M'appari tutt'amor' from Martha.AI summary
Victor 4056 Opera
Francesco Tamagno recorded 'Morte d'Otello' (the death scene from Verdi's Otello) for Victor (95002), an operatic vocal record. Tamagno (1850–1905) was an Italian operatic tenor of the late 19th century and the creator of the role of Otello. Though he died decades before this record was made, it is likely a reissue or cylinders transferred to disc, and early recordings of this role by the original interpreter are extremely rare and valuable to opera collectors.AI summary
Victor 95002 Opera
Francesco Tamagno, an Italian tenor and one of the greatest operatic voices of the 19th century, recorded 'Sopra Berta L'Amour Mio' for Victor 95007. Tamagno's recordings are among the earliest and most historically important opera recordings; they are highly sought.AI summary
Victor 95007 Opera
Geraldine Farrar sings the Habanera from 'Carmen' and Gounod's 'Au printemps' on Victor.AI summary
Victor 621 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the Italian tenor, sings Tu sola on Victor 66010, a single-sided issue.AI summary
Victor 66010 Opera
Beniamino Gigli sings 'Vainement, ma bien-aimée' from Lalo's 'Le roi d'Ys' on a single-sided Victor Red Seal.AI summary
Victor 66070 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, the Italian tenor, recorded 'Celeste Aida' from Aida for Victor. Martinelli was one of the Metropolitan Opera's greatest tenors and a dominant recording artist of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Victor 74424 Opera
Giuseppina Huguet sings two of the most famous operatic arias from the Italian repertoire, 'Ah fors e lui' from Verdi's La traviata and 'La donna è mobile' from Rigoletto, on this Victor acoustic recording.AI summary
Victor 62084 Opera
Jeanette MacDonald, the American operetta star and film actress, recorded Spanish-language versions of romantic songs for the Victor label in the early 1930s during the height of her popularity.AI summary
Victor 18315 Opera
Korsoff and Beyle performing 'Manon' and 'Favorita' on Victor 16551, a US-pressed operatic recording from the early 20th century.AI summary
Victor 16551 Opera
Lillian Blauvelt (1873-1947), the American soprano, sings an aria from Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes on Victor 81067.AI summary
Victor 81067 Opera
Marcel Journet, the French bass, sings Colline's 'Vecchia zimarra' from 'La bohème' on a single-sided Victor.AI summary
Victor 64035 Opera
Marcel Journet, the distinguished Belgian bass, sings 'La Chanson des Peupliers' on Victor 64011, a single-sided pressing. The Victor 64011 number is an early single-sided format; this is a companion to the other Journet single-sided Victor in this collection (Vic64035).AI summary
Victor 64011 Opera
Marcel Journet, the distinguished Belgian bass who sang at the Met, Covent Garden, and La Scala alongside the greatest singers of his era, performs 'Vecchia Zimarra' from La Bohème on Victor 64035, a single-sided pressing. Journet's Victor recordings are collected by admirers of the basso cantante tradition; the 64000 Victor series is an early acoustic single-sided format.AI summary
Victor 64035 Opera
Marcel Journet, a French baritone and one of the leading Wagnerian singers of the early 20th century, performing the *Abendsterrn* aria from *Tannhäuser* on Victor. This is an early recording of one of the great bass-baritones of the pre-acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 74006 Opera
Marcel Journet, a celebrated French baritone of the early 20th century, sings 'Les deux Grenadiers' (The Two Grenadiers), Schubert's setting of Heinrich Heine's famous patriotic poem, on Victor.AI summary
Victor 74038 Opera
Maria Jeritza was one of the most glamorous and celebrated dramatic sopranos of the 1920s, the Met's favourite Tosca and Salome and a star of considerable personal renown. Victor 74776 — 'Traft ihr das Schiff' from Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer — is a large-format single-sided Victor Red Seal pressing, indicating a prestigious acoustic celebrity issue on the American Victor label.AI summary
Victor 74776 Opera
Maria Jeritza, the Moravian-born soprano and international opera star, recorded arias from *Cavalleria rusticana* and Puccini's *Tosca* for Victor Records in the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 1346 Opera
Emma Eames was an American operatic soprano of the late 19th century. Victor 88016 ('Ave Maria') is an early acoustic recording of a canonical prima donna.AI summary
Victor 88016 Opera
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, one of the greatest contraltos of the early 20th century, recorded Donizetti's 'Lucrezia Borgia' aria for Victor 043068; Schumann-Heink had an extraordinarily long and celebrated recording career.AI summary
Victor 043068 Opera
Nellie Melba, the legendary Australian soprano, recorded 'Goodbye' for Victor, catalogue 88065, one of her final recordings and among the most sought-after voices on record.AI summary
Victor 88065 Opera
Nelson Eddy, the American operatic baritone, performing light operatic material on Victor 4280. Eddy was a major star of 1930s-40s Hollywood and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Victor 4280 Opera
Nicola Zerola on Victor 64170, with 'Trovatore—Di Quella Piazza' (an excerpt from Verdi). Zerola was an Italian tenor recorded in the early electrical era.AI summary
Victor 64170 Opera
Otto Goritz performing what appears to be a German operatic or folk piece on Victor 64164. Goritz was likely a European vocalist or character performer of the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 64164 Opera
Pol Plancon singing 'Faust - Le Veau d'Or' (The Golden Calf) from Gounod's Faust on Victor, the celebrated French baritone recorded in the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 81038 Opera
Pol Plançon, a legendary French baritone of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, recorded the 'Mephistopheles Serenade' (Gounod, *Faust*) for Victor 81040. Plançon was one of the greatest singers of the acoustic era and his recordings are historically important.AI summary
Victor 81040 Opera
Zelie de Lussan, an American opera singer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, recorded 'Lili' and 'Rosy Morn' for Victor, catalogue RCC69. De Lussan was a noted mezzo-soprano of the 1890s–1920s era, and this is an early acoustic Victor recording, likely from the 1900s–10s.AI summary
Victor RCC69 Opera
Zélie de Lussan, an American mezzo-soprano of French descent, recorded this aria on Victor during the acoustic era. De Lussan was an opera singer of some international standing in the early twentieth century.AI summary
Victor 64002 Opera