Dimitri Smirnoff

AAh dispar Vision

Label: Gramophone Company
Catalogue number: 052300
Genre: Opera
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #15235

Dmitri Smirnov, the Russian lyric tenor, sings 'Ah! dispar, vision' from Massenet's 'Manon' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.

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