1,260 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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V Petrov sings arias from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov on Sirena, an early Russian/Eastern European label specialising in such repertoire.AI summary
Sirena 13523 Opera
V. Petrov performing an excerpt from Gounod's *Faust* on Beka catalogue 45344/5, likely an early 1910s pressing. Beka was a German label with limited British circulation.AI summary
Beka 45344/5 Opera
Viorica Ursuleac, Richard Strauss's favourite soprano, and Erna Berger in Mozart, from 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni', sung in German on Polydor.AI summary
Polydor 62755 Opera
Ventura performing operatic extracts from 'Pagliacci' and 'Cavalleria Rusticana' on the obscure Aerophone label, catalogue 587.AI summary
Aerophone 587 Opera
Vera Moore recorded two operatic songs for Winner Records, a small British label; the artist is not widely documented and such minor-label operatic pressings are often scarce.AI summary
Winner 2111 Opera
Vera Schwarz was an Austrian soprano and operetta singer of the 1920s–1930s; *Madame Butterfly* is the famous aria from Puccini's opera. This Parlophone electrical recording is from the early electrical era.AI summary
Parlophone E11101 Opera
Vera Schwarz, an Austrian operatic soprano, performing German art songs 'Maria Wiegenlied' and 'Waldheimsamkeit' on Parlophone RO20396. Schwarz was a celebrated Central European opera singer of the early 20th century.AI summary
Parlophone RO20396 Opera
A Monarch Records centenary release honouring Verdi, with brief excerpts from six of his major operas: Lombardi, Falstaff, Aida, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata.AI summary
Monarch 05921 Opera
Victor Alix on Parlophone performing an aria from Auber's opera 'La Muette de Portici', a nineteenth-century grand opera staple.AI summary
Parlophone E11085 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles was a celebrated Spanish soprano known for her roles in opera and art song; this His Master's Voice recording captures her in Wagner arias, preserving one of the great voices of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21095 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recorded these two Spanish songs—a farruca and the traditional canción 'Clavelitos'—for His Master's Voice, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1926 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recorded these two Spanish songs—a saeta and traditional canción—for His Master's Voice, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1929 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles was a celebrated Spanish soprano and one of the great lyric voices of the 20th century; this His Master's Voice side captures two operatic arias.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA2030 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, in Spanish song on His Master's Voice. De los Angeles was one of the finest operatic voices of the 20th century and remains actively collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1961 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish mezzo-soprano, performing two selections from La Maja y el Ruiseñor on HMV's premium DB label. De los Angeles was one of the most important Spanish vocal artists of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21069 Opera
Vilhelm Herold performing the duet 'La Traviata' (Verdi) with Danish title 'Kom lad os flygte' (Come let us flee) on GCL 084006, a Scandinavian classical vocal recording.AI summary
GCL 084006 Opera
Vilh. Herold singing a duet from Verdi's 'La Traviata' (with the title 'Kom lad os flygte', 'Let us flee together' in Danish) on GCL 084006. GCL (Gramophone Company, London) records date from the early acoustic era, c. 1900–1910.AI summary
GCL 084006 Opera
Vilhelm Herold, a tenor, performing the 'Blomsterarien' (Flower Song) from Bizet's 'Carmen' on GCL 082013, an operatic vocal recording on an obscure label.AI summary
GCL 082013 Opera
Vilhelm Herold was a celebrated Danish tenor of the early 20th century; this G&T acoustic disc of the Lohengrin entrance aria is of interest to collectors of early Scandinavian operatic recordings.AI summary
G&T 042137 Opera
Vincent Rossleigh performing two operatic excerpts—the Prologue from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Wagner's 'O Star of Eve'—on Dacapo (Dac) 2005.AI summary
Dacapo 2005 Opera
Vincenzo Reschiglian performing 'O vecchio cor che batti' on Columbia catalogue 10376. The artist is not widely documented in standard vocal discographies; the Columbia 10000-series is a standard early catalogue range. An unrecognised artist on an early Columbia number warrants investigation.AI summary
Columbia 10376 Opera
Vincenzo Reschiglian performs 'So ben che' on Zonophone 10720. The Zonophone 10000 series is a Continental or Italian pressing series; Reschiglian was an Italian tenor of the early acoustic era. Continental Zonophone series pressings of Italian operatic artists are uncommon outside specialist collections.AI summary
Zonophone 10720 Opera
Vincenzo Reschiglian, an Italian opera singer, recorded a tenor aria from Verdi's *Rigoletto* for Zonophone, a major British label of the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 92017 Opera
Viorica Ursuleac, a Romanian soprano, on Decca, performing 'Caecilie' (Sibelius) and 'Spring Festival'. Ursuleac was a notable 20th-century opera and art-song singer, recorded in Berlin and Vienna.AI summary
Decca DE7063 Opera
Viorica Ursuleac, a celebrated Austro-Romanian soprano of the mid-20th century, on Decca; the titles suggest operatic or art-song repertoire.AI summary
Decca DE7063 Opera
Virgilio Lazzari, the Italian bass of the Chicago and Metropolitan operas, sings 'Il lacerato spirito' from 'Simon Boccanegra' and 'La calunnia' from 'The Barber of Seville' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 0222 Opera
Virginia Rea on Brunswick 25016, performing two soprano showpieces—"Ombra leggiera" from La sonnambula and "Una voce poco fa" from The Barber of Seville—suggesting a light-opera or concert vocalist of the acoustic or early electrical era.AI summary
Brunswick 25016 Opera
Vittorio Arimondi was an Italian operatic baritone of the turn of the twentieth century. These are operatic arias — 'Il lacerato spirito' from Rigoletto and 'O tu bell astro' — recorded for Columbia. The D16275 catalogue number places it in the early 1900s.AI summary
Columbia D16275 Opera
Vittorio Arimondi, an Italian baritone of the early 20th century, recorded 'Il lacerato spirito' and 'O tu' bell astro' for Columbia D16275. Both are operatic arias of the Verdian repertoire; Arimondi was a respected opera singer of the 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia D16275 Opera
Vittorio Arimondi, an Italian baritone, singing arias from Gounod's Faust and other operatic repertoire on Columbia's A series, a pre-WWI issue.AI summary
Columbia A5010 Opera
Vittorio Arimondi, an Italian bass, recorded the famous bass aria "Mephistopheles" (the Devil's aria) from Gounod's *Faust* for Columbia's early 30000 series, dating from the early 1920s or late 1910s.AI summary
Columbia 30099 Opera
Vittorio Arimondi, an Italian bass, recorded the famous bass aria "Confutatis" from Mozart's *Requiem* for Columbia's early 30000 series, dating from the early 1920s or late 1910s.AI summary
Columbia 30100 Opera
W Virgo and R Carr in quartette, performing 'Entrance of Mikado' and 'Tit Willow' from Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Mikado' on VF, an obscure British label, catalogue 1137.AI summary
Velvet Face 1137 Opera
The entrance of the Mikado from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado', sung by a quartet including Robert Carr, coupled with an oboe concertino, on Velvet Face.AI summary
Velvet Face 1137 Opera
Walter Huston, the American actor and singer, recorded 'September Song' (Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson) and 'Lost in the Stars' (also Weill and Anderson) from Broadway shows on Brunswick 04658; Huston was known for his gruff baritone in theatrical music.AI summary
Brunswick 04658 Opera
Walter Hyde and Harry Dearth recorded selections from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'HMS Pinafore' for Odeon, a major European label. Both were British singers active in the early 20th century, and this represents a pre-electrical or early electrical recording of British comic opera.AI summary
Odeon 44872 Opera
Walter Passmore was a renowned comic baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; these two extracts from W.S. Gilbert's operetta *The Yeomen of the Guard* capture the English theatrical tradition of the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 1866 Opera
Walter Widdop, a noted English tenor, performing arias from Gounod's operas on His Master's Voice, catalogue DB1566.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1566 Opera
Walter Widdop was a leading British tenor of the 1920s–1930s, famous for Wagnerian and operatic roles. This HMV DB-series recording of vocal songs from opera is from his later recording period.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1566 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, Austro-German baritone, recorded operatic arias in German for Gramophone Company. The catalogue number places this as an early electrical recording.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42977 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, the Czech bass of the Vienna Court Opera, sings the Hermit's aria from Weber's 'Der Freischütz' and a second operatic bass piece in German on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42267 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, Austro-German baritone. G&T 3-42371 records operatic arias; early electrical operatic recording.AI summary
G&T 3-42371 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, the Czech bass of the Vienna Court Opera, sings Figaro's 'Se vuol ballare' and Basilio's 'Calumny' aria in German on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42396 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch was an Austro-German baritone of the early 20th century. G&T 3-42397 contains operatic arias in German.AI summary
G&T 3-42397 Opera
Wilhelm Hesch, the Czech bass of the Vienna Court Opera, sings Rocco's 'Gold' aria from Beethoven's 'Fidelio' and a Mozart aria in German on G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-42733 Opera
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, a German baritone, recorded Schubert lieder—"Ach Öffnet Eure Augen" and "Dort vergiss Leises Fleh'n"—for His Master's Voice in the 1920s or early 1930s. Domgraf-Fassbaender was an important Lieder interpreter of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG2323 Opera
Wladimir Kastorsky (1870–1948) was a Russian bass-baritone celebrated for his performances of Boris Godunov. This VOX label pressing preserves two arias from Mussorgsky's opera, likely from the acoustic or early electrical era.AI summary
Vox 03377 Opera
Zamboni performing Italian operatic or vocal music on His Master's Voice DA1895, a pre-war classical or operatic British pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1895 Opera