Alexander Bonci

AChe gelida manina
BUna furtiva Lagrima

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: A5449
Genre: Opera
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #15010

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.

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