Dmitri Smirnov
- APourquoi me reveiller
- Label
- His Master's Voice
- Catalogue number
- 7-32047
- Genre
- Opera
- Format
- 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
- Reference
- #11140
Dmitri Smirnov was a celebrated Russian lyric tenor, a leading singer at the Bolshoi and a favourite of the Imperial Court, who recorded for HMV before and during the First World War. 'Pourquoi me réveiller' is Werther's aria from Massenet's opera. The 7-32000 series on HMV was used for Russian artists, and single-sided pressings in this range are from the early acoustic period. Smirnov's HMV recordings are among the most collected of pre-revolutionary Russian operatic tenors.
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