1,260 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Dame Nellie Melba recorded 'Ave Maria' and 'L'Amero saro constante' (with Czech violinist Jan Kubelík) for His Master's Voice DK112. This duet recording represents Melba in her later years, partnered with a celebrated instrumentalist.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK112 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
Dame Nellie Melba, the legendary Australian opera soprano, on His Master's Voice performing 'Home Sweet Home' — an acoustic recording from around 1905, representing one of the most celebrated singers of the Edwardian era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03049 Opera
Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian soprano who defined operatic recording in its infancy, sings the mad scene from Hamlet on His Master's Voice 033028 — an early acoustic recording of one of the most demanding roles in the soprano repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice 033028 Opera
Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian opera singer and one of the most celebrated voices of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, recorded 'Claire de Lune' and 'Swing low sweet Chariot' for His Master's Voice DB989. Melba was a global superstar and her recordings remain iconic.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB989 Opera
Dame Nellie Melba, the celebrated Australian soprano, recorded this aria from Puccini's La Bohème for the Gramophone Company; Melba's records were issued in substantial numbers during her lifetime.AI summary
G&T Melba 033062 Opera
Nellie Melba's recordings were issued under her own special series with the Gramophone Company, carrying a distinctive 'Melba' catalogue prefix and originally sold at a premium price; this disc presents an excerpt from Faust.AI summary
G&T Melba 033029 Opera
Dame Nellie Melba sings 'Caro Nome' from Rigoletto on HMV 053110, a large-format (12-inch) disc from the Gramophone Company's red-label Melba series. Melba's HMV recordings are among the most iconic and collected of all early operatic 78s; the 053000 series represents her mid-career Gramophone recordings and is actively sought by collectors of historic operatic singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 053110 Opera
Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian operatic soprano, recorded 'Auld Lang Syne' for His Master's Voice catalogue 3615; Melba was one of the most celebrated voices of the early 20th century, though her electrical recordings are less prized than her earlier acoustic work.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3615 Opera
Nellie Melba, the celebrated Australian soprano, recorded 'Chanson Triste' and 'By the Waters of Minnetonka' for His Master's Voice; Melba was one of the greatest opera singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a pioneer of the gramophone, and her voice is one of the earliest to survive in electronic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA334 Opera
Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian soprano who was the leading prima donna of her day, sings the Mad Scene from Ambroise Thomas's opera 'Hamlet' on a single-sided disc. The Gramophone Company issued her records on their own mauve Melba label at a premium price in the early 1900s.AI summary
Melba 033027 Opera
Nellie Melba, the Australian prima donna, sings two operatic arias with J. Brownlee on this His Master's Voice double-sided release. Melba was one of the most recorded singers of the acoustic era and remained influential through the electrical period; this catalogue number places it in the late 1920s electrical series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB987 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
Nelson Eddy, the American operatic baritone and film star, recorded "Lover Come Back to Me" and "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" for Columbia. Both are from operetta repertoire; Eddy was one of MGM's biggest stars and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Columbia DB1979 Opera
Two Italian-language operatic or classical vocal titles credited to Nicola Fusati on VF, an unidentified small pressing from the acoustic era.AI summary
Velvet Face 1153 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
Nicolai Figner was a celebrated Russian tenor and favourite of the Imperial court, among the earliest operatic stars captured on disc; this G&T recording comes from the label's early acoustic era.AI summary
G&T 3-22719 Opera
Nicolai Figner was a leading Russian tenor of the late 19th century, closely associated with Tchaikovsky's operas; this early G&T recording preserves him singing the Romeo aria 'Ah! Lève-toi, soleil'.AI summary
G&T 220707 Opera
Nina Frascani on Columbia D5519, 'S'apre per te per il mio cor' / 'O Aprile foriero' — operatic or classical vocal pieces in Italian.AI summary
Columbia D5519 Opera
Ninon Vallin was a French operatic mezzo-soprano of the early 20th century, famous for her role in Massenet and French opera; this Parlophone recording of 'L'Heure Exquise' and 'Si Mes Vers Avaient des Ailes' preserves her vocal artistry.AI summary
Parlophone RO20068 Opera
Ninon Vallin, the French soprano, sings from Gounod's 'Faust' on Odeon.AI summary
Odeon 171.031 Opera
Nora d'Argel performing 'La Villanelle' for His Master's Voice, 03437. D'Argel was a soprano or mezzo-soprano active in British recording during the 1920s; 'La Villanelle' is a salon song frequently recorded by light opera singers.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03437 Opera
Norman Allin was a Welsh tenor and a prominent British operatic and ballad singer of the 1920s-30s; this Columbia pressing offers "Il seraglio" (from Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio) and a traditional song.AI summary
Columbia D1525 Opera
Norman Allin, a leading British tenor of the interwar years, recorded these two movements from Handel's Messiah for Columbia's L-series around 1930. A classically trained singer from the concert hall, Allin was one of the finest voices of his generation and these arias represent serious vocal recording of the period.AI summary
Columbia L1453 Opera
Olga Olgina performing the 'Bell Song' for Decca's S-series (electric era, circa 1930s), a soprano aria from Delibes' Lakmé, in two parts.AI summary
Decca S10002 Opera
Olga Olgina, a Russian or Eastern European soprano, recorded the famous soprano aria "Bell Song" from Delibes' *Lakmé* for Decca's T-series (1920s–1930s).AI summary
Decca T110 Opera
Olga Olgina performing 'Ah! Fors' è lui' (from La Traviata) on Decca, a European operatic tenor or soprano from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca K570 Opera
Olga Olgina singing Verdi's "Ah! Fors' e lui" from *La traviata* on Decca K570. The artist is not well documented in English-language discographies.AI summary
Decca K570 Opera
Olimpia Boronat, the Italian soprano who made much of her career in Russia, sings the waltz song from Gounod's 'Mireille' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 53349 Opera
Olimpia Boronat, the Italian soprano who made much of her career in Russia, sings the 'Air de la Rose' on a single-sided G&T. Vocal collectors prize her records as examples of the older bel canto school.AI summary
G&T 53354 Opera
Olimpia Boronat, the celebrated Spanish soprano known for her extraordinary coloratura technique and her success at the Imperial Theatre in St Petersburg, sings an Ave Maria on HMV 053190, a large-format (12-inch) acoustic pressing. The 053000 HMV series is a prestigious early Gramophone Company series for international artists, and Boronat made very few recordings; her discs are collected by specialists in historic coloratura singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 053190 Opera
Olimpia Boronat, the Italian soprano who made much of her career in Russia, sings the 'Air de la Rose' on a single-sided G&T. Vocal collectors prize her records as examples of the older bel canto school.AI summary
G&T 53354 Opera
Onelia Fineschi, an Italian soprano, recorded two opera arias: Boito's 'Mefistofele' and Catalani's 'La Wally', for Odeon, a major European label. Fineschi was an operatic singer of the early-to-mid 20th century.AI summary
Odeon R30005 Opera
An operatic chorus performing the famous 'Chorale' from Gounod's *Faust* on Zonophone X44502, a single-sided pressing from an early British label.AI summary
Zonophone X44502 Opera
The finale to Act 2 of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Yeomen of the Guard', sung by an operatic chorus on a single-sided G&T, from the era of the earliest Savoy recordings.AI summary
G&T 04500 Opera
Play 401 Opera
Orchestra conducted by Sabajno (likely Luigi Sabajno, an Italian conductor), performing Puccini's Tosca parts 25 and 26 on His Master's Voice; this is an issue from a complete or near-complete opera recording from the acoustic or early electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5720 Opera
An orchestra recorded a two-part selection from Verdi's Il Trovatore on Curry's, an unidentified British label, catalogue 350. The low catalogue number suggests an early pressing.AI summary
Curry's 350 Opera
Oreste de Berdardi singing tenor arias 'La Donna è Mobile' and 'Questa O Quella' from Verdi's Rigoletto on DomB 17. De Berdardi cannot be placed with confidence in standard discographies; this is a very early catalogue number on an unrecognised label.AI summary
Dominion B17 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
P Bersellini and partners perform two operatic duets and pieces on this Era Records 78: 'Parigi o cara' from La Traviata and a 'Notturnino'; Era was a European label active in the early 20th century.AI summary
Era 42134 Opera
P Dare and H Welchman performing the Finale of Act 2 from *The Street Singer* and 'A perfect little Lady' for HMV C1164, a pre-electrical or early electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1164 Opera
A British G&T recording of the trio finale from Gounod's Faust, featuring singers Peter Dawson, John Harrison and A. Esty.AI summary
G&T 4381 Opera
The Paris Opera chorus performing the Chorus of Philistines from Saint-Saëns' opera Samson et Dalila, issued on Odeon with a very early catalogue number. This is a substantial operatic recording from the acoustic era of international opera recording.AI summary
Odeon 0609 Opera
Parry Jones recorded two musical theatre or operetta songs for St Records (Sterno or similar), an obscure British label. The titles suggest romantic operetta material.AI summary
Sterno 1192 Opera
Pasquale Amato was an Italian baritone of the early 20th century, famous for his Metropolitan Opera performances; this His Master's Voice pink-label acoustic recording of the Neapolitan song 'Torna a Surrento' is an early acoustic vocal.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52057(pinklabel) Opera
Paul Bender (1875-1947), the German bass, sings Sarastro's arias In diesen heil'gen Hallen and O Isis und Osiris from Mozart's The Magic Flute on Polydor 62304.AI summary
Polydor 62304 Opera
Paul Henrion was a French singer or performer, likely of the early 20th century. This Historic Phonogram Records side, 'Juste Nivette' and a Meyerbeer duet excerpt, represents European vocal or operatic material from the acoustic era.AI summary
Historic Record Society 1083 Opera