Alexander Bonci

ASpirito gentil
BO Paradiso

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: A5468
Genre: Opera
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #15011

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'.

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