1,260 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The 1st Life Guards Band recording Gilbert & Sullivan selections (HMS Pinafore) for Scala 1654, likely 1920s military or institutional recording.AI summary
Scala 1654 Opera
A. Bassi performing 'E lucevan le stelle' from Puccini's Tosca and 'Occhi di fata' on Pathé catalogue 4231. The artist is not widely documented in standard tenor discographies; the Pathé 4000-series is an early catalogue range. An unrecognised artist on an early Pathé number warrants investigation.AI summary
Pathé 4231 Opera
A de Segurola — Andrés de Segurola, the Spanish bass who sang at the Met and Covent Garden alongside Caruso and Melba — sings 'Clavelitos' and 'Adios a Mariquina' on Columbia S16. De Segurola is a recognised name in early operatic recording; the S-prefix Columbia may indicate a Spanish or specialist series.AI summary
Columbia S16 Opera
Angelo de Segurola, a celebrated baritone of the early 1900s, performs 'Vecchia Zimarra' from Puccini's *La bohème* and a duet with Giuseppe de Pasquali on 'Barcarolle' from Offenbach's *Les Contes d'Hoffmann*, on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia A1214 Opera
Alfredo de Segurola, a Spanish baritone, performing Verdi and operatic repertoire on Columbia; Segurola was an international opera singer recorded in the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia A1215 Opera
Aimée Delysia and Dennis Terry perform a love duet on this HMV record, catalogue 04211, a light operetta duet from the early 1900s acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04211 Opera
A stellar operatic ensemble including Amelita Galli-Curci, Beniamino Gigli, and Giuseppe de Luca performing the great quartet 'Bella figlia dell' amore' from *La traviata* and a bass aria on His Master's Voice DQ102. This is a historically significant acoustic-era recording by major operatic voices.AI summary
His Master's Voice DQ102 Opera
A. Pacini with V. Bartholmesi and G. Mazzanti in parts 12–13 of Puccini's 'Tosca' on His Master's Voice S5710. A multi-part operatic recording from the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5710 Opera
A Pacini and others recorded part 9 and part 11 of Puccini's 'Tosca' for His Master's Voice, catalogue S5708. This is an operatic recording on a major label, likely from the 1920s–30s, though the cast and date of recording cannot be determined from the information given.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5708 Opera
A Pacini, A Salvaneschi, G Mazzanti and V Bartholmasi performing an excerpt from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice (catalogue R5713), part of HMV's extensive multilingual Tosca set from the early 1910s.AI summary
His Master's Voice R5713 Opera
Pasquale Amato and Umberto Ceccarelli (credited as A Pacini and U Ceccarelli) performing parts 10 and 22 of Puccini's opera *Tosca* on HMV's premium 'R' series (Red Label), likely from the 1920s–30s. Amato was a celebrated baritone.AI summary
His Master's Voice R5709 Opera
An important early electrical recording of Verdi's *Un Ballo in Maschera* featuring tenore drammatico Aurelio Pertile with Italian Metropolitan Opera singers, issued on Parlophone OdR20007 in the late 1920s.AI summary
Parlophone OdR20007 Opera
A. Piccaver (likely Alfred Piccaver, an Austrian tenor) and an unidentified K. K. Hofoper perform a German operatic duet, 'Und es blitzten die Sterne' and an aria from Lyonel. This Odeon pressing represents German operatic repertoire from the interwar period. Alfred Piccaver was a renowned tenor at the Vienna State Opera, making this a recording of international significance.AI summary
Odeon 99927/31 Opera
A. Piccaver and K. K. Hofoper recorded 'Ach gehe auf' (Rossini) and 'Parmi veder le lagrime' (Verdi) for Odeon X99928/30; both were opera singers and these are aria recordings from the classical repertoire.AI summary
Odeon X99928/30 Opera
A. Salvaneschi, with V. Bartholmesi, in parts 28–29 of Puccini's 'Tosca' on His Master's Voice S5722. A multi-part operatic recording from the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5722 Opera
Antonio Salvaneschi and Valentina Bartholmasi performing parts 4 and 5 of Puccini's Tosca on HMV S5704. A substantial operatic recording from the 1930s-40s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5704 Opera
A Salvaneschi and V Bartholmasi performing further excerpts from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice S5706, continuing the operatic series.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5706 Opera
A Salvaneschi and V Bartholmasi performing further excerpts from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice S5716, continuing the operatic series.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5716 Opera
A. Salvaneschi, V. Bartholmasi and G. Mazzanti performing part 23 and 24 of Tosca, His Master's Voice S5718. This is an operatic recording from the 1920s-30s era, likely sung in Italian.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5718 Opera
A Salvaneschi and V Bartholmasi performing parts 30 and 32 from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice, part of a complete or near-complete operatic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5724 Opera
Complete opera recording of Puccini's Tosca in Italian on His Master's Voice S5714, parts 18–19, featuring Salvaneschi, Bartholmasi, Pacini, and Fernandez. This is an HMV operatic set; the cast and pressing are undocumented.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5714 Opera
A. Scotti was an Italian baritone opera singer of the early 20th century, likely a member of European opera ensembles. This HMV DB pressing carries two operatic arias.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB423 Opera
An early G&T celebrity-series recording of the tenor aria 'M'appari' from Flotow's opera Martha, sung by A. Giorgini.AI summary
G&T 052105 Opera
Adam Didur was a celebrated Polish bass who had a major career at the Metropolitan Opera and in Europe in the early twentieth century. This Brunswick disc, catalogue 60049, contains two Polish songs — 'Song of the Emblem Bearer' and 'Kozak'. Didur's recordings are of interest to collectors of early Slavic operatic singing.AI summary
Brunswick 60049 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary Italian prima donna of the 19th century, recorded 'Batti, batti' from Mozart's Don Giovanni for the Gramophone Company in the acoustic era. Patti (1843–1919) was one of the greatest opera singers of her time, and her rare recordings are treasured by collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03055 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary Victorian opera singer, performing 'Coming Thro' the Rye' on HMV 03061, an acoustic recording of one of the greatest singers of the nineteenth century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03061 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary Victorian opera soprano, recorded 'Coming thro' the Rye', a Scottish song beloved of concert singers. This is an HMV pressing of very early acoustic material.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03061 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary nineteenth-century soprano, performing 'Pur dicesti' on His Master's Voice S03052. Patti was one of the most celebrated opera singers of the Victorian era and one of the earliest recording artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice S03052 Opera
Adelina Patti (1843–1919) was the most celebrated soprano of the Victorian era. This GCo (Gramophone Company) pressing of 'Home Sweet Home' is from the acoustic era, likely very early in her recording career.AI summary
GCo 03053 Opera
Alan Turner singing two operatic or theatrical numbers ('Yeoman's Wedding' and 'Toreador's Song') on Tri, a small British label.AI summary
Triumph 410 Opera
Alan Turner singing operatic selections 'The Heart Bowed Down' and 'Tempest of the Heart' on JBull 40353, credited to an obscure or short-lived British imprint.AI summary
John Bull 40353 Opera
Alan Turner sings two theatrical standards on the JBull label: 'A Soldier's Song' and 'Toreador's Song' from Bizet's Carmen. This is a budget British pressing of light operatic repertoire.AI summary
John Bull 40354 Opera
Alan Turner sings operatic material—'Song of the Toreador' and 'A Soldier's Song'—on OlyJA, an obscure British label.AI summary
Oly JA87 Opera
Alda Noni, an Italian soprano, on His Master's Voice DA-series with operatic arias. Noni was a successful postwar opera singer and recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1954 Opera
Enrico Caruso, Lina Cavalieri, Félia Litvinne, and Marcel Journet performed the quartet from Flotow's 'Martha' for HMV's prestigious multi-artist 78, recorded in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-054037 Opera
Alessandro Bonci, an Italian tenor of international fame, on Columbia D18010, performing two operatic arias. Bonci was a major operatic tenor of the early 20th century, slightly earlier in career than Caruso but comparably important.AI summary
Columbia D18010 Opera
Alessandro Bonci and Jan Kubelik performing operatic and instrumental pieces—'Rigoletto' and 'Souvenir' (Drdla)—on the obscure Fon label, catalogue 2713.AI summary
Fonotipia 2713 Opera
Alessandro Bonci was one of the great Italian tenors of his generation, an early rival to Caruso; this Fonotipia disc carries a very low catalogue number from the label's earliest series.AI summary
Fonotipia 1007 Opera
Alessandro Bonci was a renowned Italian tenor and rival to Caruso in his day; this Fonotipia disc preserves arias from Donizetti's La Favorita and Thomas's Mignon.AI summary
Fonotipia 9545 Opera
Alexander Bonci, a celebrated Italian tenor, recorded two arias from Verdi's *Rigoletto* for Columbia: "Questa o quella" ("This one or that one") and "La Donna è Mobile" ("Woman is fickle"). Bonci was a major tenor of the early 20th century, though less frequently encountered on disc than Caruso.AI summary
Columbia D8083 Opera
Alexander Bonci, an Italian tenor of international fame, performing two opera arias: *Donna Non Vidi Mai* from *Manon Lescaut* and *La Tua Pell'* from *Mignon*, on Columbia. Bonci was one of the most celebrated tenors of the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia D8087 Opera
Alexander Bonci, an Italian tenor of the 1900s-1920s, performs two of the most famous tenor arias from the operatic repertoire: 'Questa o quella' and 'La donna è mobile' from Verdi's *Rigoletto*, on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia D8083 Opera
Alessandro Bonci, a celebrated Italian tenor, performs two Verdi arias—'Che gelida manina' and 'Una furtiva lagrima'—on this Columbia electrical recording, catalogue A5449, from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A5449 Opera
Alexander Bonci was an Italian operatic tenor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a star of the Metropolitan Opera and international stages; this Columbia A5468 contains two of his greatest tenor roles, Nemorino's aria 'Spirito gentil' from Donizetti's 'L'elisir d'amore' and the famous solo from Auber's 'La Muette de Portici'.AI summary
Columbia A5468 Opera
Alexander Davidoff was a Russian operatic tenor; this G&T acoustic disc presents an excerpt from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Sadko.AI summary
G&T 3-22813 Opera
Alexander Davidov (likely a Russian baritone or tenor of the early 20th century) performs arias from Meyerbeer's *L'africaine* on Zonophone catalogue X2-64547, a likely early 1910s pressing.AI summary
Zonophone X2-64547 Opera
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
Alexander Kipnis, a celebrated Russian bass-baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, recorded 'Le Veau d'Or' and 'Mephisto Sérénade' for Columbia, catalogue 5044. Kipnis's operatic 78s are collected by serious record enthusiasts.AI summary
Columbia 5044 Opera