Sold Date: November 11, 2020
Start Date: October 15, 2020
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Back Story:   These turn-of-the-century recordings of the Metropolitan Opera, were made on an Edison Home Phongraph by the Met's company librarian, Lionel Mapleson. He began his work on Jan. 16, 1901 & abandoned his hobby in 1903. His legacy, 135 wax cylinders from the golden age of opera, was assembled over a 25 year period at the New York Public Library & the sounds to be heard on those cylinders were issued on this 6-Record Box Set by the Library's Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. The Mapleson cylinders are unique in that they provide the only live stage performances that have survived from the first decade of the century. They provide the only known records of Milka Ternina, a Croatian soprano; Emilio De Marchi, an Italian tenor; & Jean de Reszke, a Polish tenor Tom Owen & David Hamilton, who produced the albums with David Hall.
Recorded during performances at The Metropolitan Opera House Rogers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound Performing Arts Research Center The New York Public Library At Lincoln Center
Side 1   Gounod  : Faust  Side 2  Meyerbeer :Les Huguenots  Side 3  " L'Africaine; Gounod:Romeo et Juliette;Massenet:Le Cid  Side 4  Bizet:Carmen; Donizetti:La Fille du Regiment, Lucia di Lammermoor;Mozart:Il Flauto Magico Non-operatic Vocal Selections,Non-operatic Orchestral selections  Side 5 Verdi:Ernani,La Traviata,Aida  Side 6 Mascagni:Cavalleria Rusticana;Leoncavallo:Pagliacci;Mancinelli:Ero e Leandro  Side 7 Puccini:Tosca;Paderewski:Manru,Piano Improvisations  Side 8 Wagner:Lohengrin  Side 9 Wagner:Lohengrin,Tannhauser,Tristan und Isolde  Side 10 Wagner:Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg,Die Walkure,Kaisermarsch  Side 11 Wagner:Siegfried,Gotterdammerung  Sung by:Adams,Alvarez,Anthes,Bispham,Blass,Breval,Bridewell,Calve,Campanari,Dani,       De Marchi,J.DeReszke,Dippel,Eames,Gadski,Gerhauser,Gilibert,Homer,            Journet,Marilly,Melba,Muhlmann,Nordica,Plancon,Reiss,Reuss-Belce,            Saleza,Salignac,Scheff,Schumann- Heink,Scotti,Sembrich,Termina,Van Cauteren,            Van Rooy,Von Bandrowski,Von Hubbenet and others

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