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VOCAL 78 Rpm Discs Minimum Bid As Indicated Per Item VOCAL 78 rpm Discs Minimum bid as indicated per item. BESSIE ABOTT [s] 3769. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 87003. MARTHA: Qui sola vergin rosa (Flotow). Small bump near end. One LGT, otherwise cons. 2. $8.00. 1884. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88084. LAKMÉ: Bell Song (Delibes). Couple LGTs, 2. $8.00. 2325. 12” Red Victor 88129. MIREILLE: Valse (Gounod). IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2178. 12” Red Victor 89009. MARTHA: Mes- ta ognor (Flotow). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about 1-2. $15.00. LUIGI ABRATE [t] 2186. 12” Purple acous. La Cigale (Italian Col.) D17551 [74844/74845]. IL PICCOLO MARAT: Grande duetto, Atto 2 (Mascagni). Two sides. With GINA BALDASSARE-TEDESCHI [s]. Great surface material. Few harmless discoloration stains, otherwise cons. 2. $35.00. SUZANNE ADAMS [s] BESSIE ABOTT 3092. 10” B&S Columbia 1197 [take 2]. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod). This really appears to be mint! Just about 1-2. $400.00. AGUSTARELLO AFFRE [t] 4050. 11” Odeon 60308/56094 [XP3330/XP3532]. THAMARA: Rêve de Nour-Eddin (Bourgault-Ducoudray)/LISE LANDOUZY [s], GASTON DU BOIS [t], PAOLO ANANIAN [bs]. FAUST: Alerte! (Gounod). Side one somewhat noisy, but attractive music stylishly sung by Affre (and I don’t usually think of Affre as a stylish singer). Affre starred in a 1907 revival at the Paris Opéra (where the work had its premiere in 1891). Slight warp. 4. $15.00. ISIDORO AGNOLETTO [t] 3349. 10” Blue Notes. Columbia C565 [4212/4217]. PEARL FISHERS: Della mia vita/ PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udir ancora (Bizet). Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00. CHARLOTTE AGUSSOL [s] 3063. 10” Green Zonophone X-83085/X-83106 [4873o/4886o]. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux/ANTOINETTE LAUTE(-BRUN) [s]. FAUST: Il m’aime (Gounod). Few MGTs side one, cons. 2. $20.00. LICIA ALBANESE [s] 4425. 10” Red PoW VdP DA 5372 [OBA3543/3544]. COLOMBETTA (Buzzi-Peccia)/TUO MI CHIAMI (Scarlatti). Scarce. Very early Albanese. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 4426. 10” Late Red PoW VdP DA 5391 [OBA-4140/4141]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini)/DICITENCELLO VUJE (Fusco). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1647. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 11-9175. TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovane/TRAVIATA: Imponete (Verdi). Both with ROBERT MERRILL [b]. Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1485. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 12-0525. HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet)/MANON: Adieu, notre petite table (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 35 VOCAL 78 rpm DISCS 1299. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-0658. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Io son l’umile ancella (Cilèa)/DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti o bel Masetto (Mozart). One harmless, small LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00. 1301. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 12-0733. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh vieni, non tardar (Mozart)/DON PASQUALE: Quel guardo il cavaliere (Donizetti). One tiny, harmless LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00. 1665. 12” Late Red RCA Victor 12-1001. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ancora un passo/MADA- MA BUTTERFLY: Con onor muore (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1664. 12” Late Red RCA Victor 12-1048. BOHÊME: Mi chiamano Mimì/SUOR ANGELICA: Senza mamma (both Puccini). Orch. dir. Victor Trucco. Just about 1-2. $7.00. CARLO ALBANI [t] 2216. 12” White Victrola 74098. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescatore ignobile (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $15.00. TOMMASO ALCAIDE [t] 3899. 10” PoW Plum It. Columbia DQ 1138 [WB3723/3375]. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi)/MARIA CANIGLIA [s]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Just about 1- 2. $7.00. FRANCES ALDA [s]. Christchurch, NZ, 1879- Venice, 1952. A niece of noted soprano Frances Saville, Alda studied with Marchesi in Paris (who gave her the stage name “Alda”) and made her debut at the Opéra- Comique, 1904, as Massenet’s Manon. She subsequently sang at la Monnaie (Brussels), in Warsaw, Covent Garden nd La Scala. Her Met debut was in 1908, opposite Caruso, as Gilda in Rigoletto. She married the General Director, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, and remained with the Met until 1929. In the 1920s she was active on the radio and in concert work. She later taught. Her colorful personality was reflected in her autobiography, Men, Women and Tenors as well as in an excellent recent Opera News article by David Shengold. 3198. 10” Red Pats. Victrola 87096. ROMANCE (Debussy). A particularly rare Victor, especially in original Red Seal format. Just about 1-2. $50.00. 3299. 10” White Victrola 87115. THE DAWN (Teschemacher-d’Hardelot). Cons. 2. $20.00. 3889. 10” Red Victor 64334. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Ancora un passo (Puccini). She easily manages the optional high D flat. Cons. 2. $8.00. 3887. 10” Red Victrola 64802. GIANNI SCHIC- CHI: O mio babbino caro (Puccini). Cons. 2. $7.00. 3612. 10” Red Victrola 525. IF WINTER COMES (Tennent)/THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (Adams). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3647. 10” Red Victrola 517. BY THE WATERS FRANCES ALDA and pet OF MINNETONKA (Lieurance)/DEEP RIVER (Fisher). IMs. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 3851. 10” Red EE Victrola 1148. IF GOD LEFT ONLY YOU (Densmore)/NOBODY ELSE (Penn). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00. 4284. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 1176. THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S (Adams)/EVER OF THEE I’M FONDLY DREAMING (Hall). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3729. 10” Red PW (silver print) Victor 1189. MIGHTY LAK’ A ROSE (Nevin)/SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING (Tate). Just about 1-2. $8.00. 3886. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1330. WAIATA MAORI (Hill)/A MAORI SLUMBER SONG (Princess Te Rangi Pai). Piano acc. Frank La Forge. Uncommon. One superficial mk., just about 1-2. $10.00. 3885. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1359. LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Sempre così/LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Mi chiamo Lisabetta (Giordano). Cons. 2. $8.00. 3651. 10” Mauve elec. HMV AGSA 9. Same as preceding listing (item #3885). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 36 VOCAL 78 rpm DISCS 2472. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victrola 88248. SERENATA (Tosti). Piano acc. Extremely rare. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $50.00. 1940. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victrola 88325. LORELEY: Ah, dunque ei m’amera (Catalani). Rare. Great performance. Exceptional trills! 2. $30.00. 2195. 12” Red ’12 Pats. 88399. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Elle à fui (Offenbach). Looks mint. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2273. 12” Red Victor 74353. CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2031. 12” Red Victor 74388. IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA: Oh gioia la nuba leggera (Wolf- Ferrari). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $20.00. 2040. 12” Red Victrola 74400. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). With Gutia Casini [cellist] and Frank La Forge [pianist]. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00. 1865. 12” Red Victor 74449. CHANSON PROVENÇALE (Dell’ Acqua). Never doubled on Victor. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1866. 12” Red Victrola 89163. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: O quanti occhi fisi (Puccini). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00. 2353. 12” Red Victrola 8002. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: O quanti occhi fisi/BOHEME: O soave fanciulla (both Puccini). Both with G. MARTINELLI [t]. Side one a particularly passionate performance by Martinelli. Neither stinst on the final high “C”. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few lt. rubs, 2. $12.00. 1231. 12” Red Victrola 8044. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di/MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (Puccini). Side two with SOPHIE BRASLAU [c]. Just about 1-2. $10.00. ALF ALFER [t]. Stockholm, 1909-Queens, NY, 1965. Born Alfred Karlson, Alfer studied voice with Joseph Hislop, among others. His was a varied musical career. As a pop-style violinist he formed his first band when he was 15 and was later a member of the orchestra Tobias and his Gauchos. In the early 1930s he was first tenor in the vocal quartet Sync Open and was later known as the “Swedish crown prince among tenors”. In 1948 he emigrated to the U.S. and toured in a comedy act, “Fiddle and Faddle,” in which he sang and played the violin. He also served for a time as a singing waiter in a New York Swedish restaurant. In 1961, he made his New York concert debut at Carnegie Recital Hall, accompanied by Richard Woitach, and singing Schubert lieder, arias of Donizetti, Mozart, Verdi and Meyerbeer and Swedish songs. The NY Times reviewer, Allan Hughes, wasn’t too encouraging. Alfer’s singing of “Una furtiva lagrima”, wrote Hughes, “revealed what the tenor could achieve at his best, and if its standard had been that of the evening, one would feel more encouraged about Mr. Alfer’s professional prospects in this country.” He died four years later of cancer. 3411. 10” Swedish Telefunken A.5371 [27128/27129]. BÖN [TALA, ÄLSKADE, TALA] (Österling)/MIN MODER (Hannikai- nen). Piano acc. Stig Ribbing. Small press- ALF ALFER ing flaw start side one, cons. 2. $12.00. NORMAN ALLIN [bs] 3949. 10” PW Blk. Eng. Col. 5398 [WA8494/8495]. THE MIGHTY DEEP (Jude)/THE STORMFIEND (Weatherly-Roeckel). Just about 1-2. $8.00. ELSA ALSEN [s]. Obra, Poland, 1880-New York City, 1975. Born of Norwegian and French parents, Alsen began her career in concert as a contralto in 1900 and in 1902 in opera in Heidelberg. A decade or so later she switched to dramatic soprano, concentrating on Wagner roles, and became an important member of the Berlin Staatsoper. In 1923 she appeared in New York as a member of the German Opera Company. Much of the remainder of her career, through 1935, was spent in the U.S.
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