VOCAL 78 rpm DISCS FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. See also the listing of DeLucia vinyl Phonotype pressings in this catalogue, pages 17-20. 3841. 10” Red Raised Ring Milano G&T 52427 [2864]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome (Rossini). Nice copy. One slightest lbl. rub. 2. $50.00. 3228. 10” Red Raised Ring Milano G&T 52435 [2962]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi ridestar (Massenet). Cons. 2. $60.00. 3029. 10” Raised Red Milano G&T 52438 [2900-R]. TU SEI MORTA NELLA VITA MIA (Costa). One of his rarest 1902 G&Ts and the first copy I’ve seen in good condition. A swish, likely inherent, which might be eliminated via stylus size experimentation. One lt. curved scr. first half inch. One SB and inherent surface depressions, otherwise cons. 2. $75.00. 4220. 10” Raised Red Milano G&T 52650 [2905-w2]. LOHENGRIN: Mercè cigno gentil (Wagner). Harmless inherent depressions. Fine copy, 2. $40.00. 4111. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 2-52676 [11169b]. SONNAMBULA: Ah! perchè non posso odiarti (Bellini). Piano acc. Very rare. Only form of issue. Light lbl. fade, otherwise just about 1-2. $150.00. 3811. 10” Red Dog Gram. Con. 54384 [11168b]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ah qual colpo (Rossini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Rare. Never doubled. Only form of issue. Lightest lbl. fade, cons. 2. $75.00. 4293. 10” Gold PW Victor HRS 1025. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet)/LOHENGRIN: Cigno Gentil (Wagner). From orig. 1903 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 8245. 11” White/Brown Phonotype M1760/M1787 [C2233/C2157. TOSCA: E lucean le stelle/TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Despite labeled as “M” (12”), there seems to have been no 12” issue of either side. I don’t believe this ever appeared on a vinyl pressing. Just about 1-2. $125.00. 8266. 11” White/Brown Phonotype M1778/C.2036. AFRICAINE: Oh! Selika io t’adoro (Meyerbeer). With ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]/MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). Following Phonotype policies, side one, being 10”, should have been preceded with a “C”. There was no 12” (or “M” issue) of this excerpt. 2-3. $75.00. 1088. 12” Red Milano G&T 054083 [630c]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ah qual colpo (Rossini). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] and ANTONIO PINI-CORSI [bs-b]. Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno. One LGT, gen. 2. $10.00. 1827. 12” Red early “B” plate ’08 Pats. Victor 92028 [1175c]. CARMEN: Romanza del fiore (Bizet). First U.S. issue (renumbered a year or two later). Just about 1-2. $7.00. 1718. 12” Red “A” plate ’12 Pats. Victor 76001 [1175c]. CARMEN: Romanza del fiore (Bi- zet). Same as previous item (#1827). I guess they changed the stamper letter back to “A” when the record was given a new catalog number. Lightest NR on lbl. Cons. 2. $7.00. 2317. 12” Red Victor 76002 [1174c]. LOHENGRIN: Cigno gentil (Wagner). Piano acc. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 2418. 12” Blue HMV ABHB 6 [620c/638c]. TRAVIATA: Parigi, o cara/RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’ anima (both Verdi). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00. 2142. 12” White Phonotype M.1762/M.1771. TRAVIATA: Lungi da lei …Deh miei bollenti spiriti/TRAVIATA: Parigi o cara (Verdi). Side two with ANGELA DE ANGELES [s]. To me, he sounds “right “ in the original keys, which wouldn’t take him above an A flat. 74.5 rpm side one, 77.7 side two. Expressing such thoughts, however, is the surest way to create deadly enmity among collector friends, so I’ll qualify this strictly as a personal thought. Feel free to listen to your De Lucia records at whatever speeds please your ears or whatever you feel is right! 2-3. $60.00. ZÉLIE DE LUSSAN [ms] 3709. 10” Red Monarch 2188. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). Very rare pre- matrix first issue, issued May, 1903, and renumbered in October in the 81000 series. Clean label. Record is rubbed and scuffed (probably a result of a long period with no sleeve) but little greying. 5. $20.00. 3979. 10” PW Silver Victor IRCC 22. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet)/MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas). Piano acc. 1903 recordings. Just about 1-2. $20.00. VERA DE LUZE [DE LUTSE] [s]. 1879- ? . Born in Russia, de Luce studied in Warsaw where she made her operatic debut in 1900. She was likewise successful in Italy (usually as Vera De Luza) in both lyric and coloratura parts and was well-received in Russia at the Zimin Opera, where she created for Moscow Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. It appears that the remainder of her life was spent in Russia. In 1934 she was on the faculty of a conservatory in Moscow. 4015. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-63053/X-63054 [2704r/2705r]. MAGIC FLUTE: Der Hölle Rache (Mozart)/AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Piano acc. Unlike some other singers of her time, she doesn’t transpose the Magic Flute aria down. Both sides are sung in Italian. Few tiny scrs. and rubs but little greying. 3-4. $100.00. 81 VOCAL 78 rpm DISCS MARIA DE MACCHI [s]. Near Turin, 1870-Milano, 1909. While she made her debut as a mezzo in 1889, singing Laura in La Gioconda, de Macchi soon moved to dramatic soprano roles. Through the 1890s she appeared throughout Europe as well as in Moscow. In the 1901-03 period she sang at La Scala, the Teatro dal Verme and the Rome Costanzi, achieving great success in these important houses. A contract with the Metropolian Opera for 1905-05 proved to be unfortunate. Although she had been recommended by Caruso as well as her brother, Celestino de Macchi (who had a voice studio in the Metropolitan Opera House), Maria was not well received by the few New York journalists who attended her performances. Touring with the company later in the season, however, she received high critical praise, an inference having been that a jealous diva or two might have put out the word to New York critic friends. At any rate, de Macchi became ill before leaving America. While she continued her career in Europe, including a 1908 Norma in Rome, she apparently never regained her full health and died early in 1909 after an unsuccessful operation to remove a tumor. She left only a few recordings for Fonitipia/Odeon. 8241. 11” Brown Odeon 59129/59130 [XPh478/484]. NORMA: Casta Diva/NORMA: Ah! bello a me ritorna (Bellini). Piano acc. Few MGTs, 2. $75.00. STANISLAWA DE MICHALSKA [s]. A “mystery” singer, probably from Poland but likely heard on stage in Italy. G&T wouldn’t have recorded her unless she had been an active performer or unless she was just beginning a career and great things were expected of her. 3237. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 53353 [103-R]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini). Very attractive singing despite the exceptionally clunky piano work of Mo. Cottone. Internal pressure crk. across grooves, visible but not broken through to the blank side. Should not sound (didn’t when checked here). Otherwise 2-3. $10.00. BERNARDO DE MURO [t] 1829. 12” Red HMV 2-054056 [743m]. CAR- MEN: Ho nome Escamillo (Bizet). With ROBERTO JANNI [b]. Minor PB. Gen. 2. $8.00. ENZO DE MURO LOMANTO [t] 3072. Purple PoW It. Columbia DQ 3768 [WB.5144/5843]. PISCATORE È PUSILLECO (Tagliaferri)/CORE ‘NGRA- TO (Cardillo). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00. LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b] 4036. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 3-42345/3-42373 [6847b/6854b]. AIDA: Ich habe ge- kämpft (Verdi)/UNDINE: Nun ist’s vollbracht (Lortzing). Nice copy. Few minor lt. rubs, 2. Side two very lt. NR on lbl. $15.00. 4064. 12” Blk. Wien G&T 042037 [48Hp]. TANNHÄUSER: Lied an den Abendstern (Wagner). 1903 piano accompanied recording. Very appealing performance. Some MGTs, IMs, nice copy, gen. 2-3. $35.00. 2157. 12” Blk. Hist. No. 2 HMV D.809 [0746v/ 2499f]. NACHTLAGER VON GRANA- DA: Fürwahr es ist ein Abenteuer (Kreutzer)/ANTON VAN ROOY [b]. BERNARDO DE MURO RHEINGOLD: Abendlich strahlt (Wag- ner). Just about 1-2. $15.00. ALESSIO DE PAOLIS [t]. Rome, 1893-Queens, NY, 1964. He began singing as a church chorister at the age of seven and later studied at the St. Caecilia Academy. His studies were interrupted by the First World War, when he served in the Italian Army aboard a dirigible. Making his debut as the Duke in Rigoletto in Bologna, 1919, De Paolis appeared throughout Italy in principal lyric roles. He was first heard at La Scala as Fenton in Falstaff in 1921. In the 1930s he began to specialize in character parts. From 1938 until his death he was a leading comprimario tenor at the Metropolitan, singing fifty roles in over a thousand performances. He was on the way to a Metropolitan performance when he lost control of the car he was driving on the Long Island Expressway and was killed. 1112. 12” Red acous. Polydor 73001 [938az/940az]. DON GIOVANNI: Il mio Tesoro (Mozart)/BOHÊME: Che gelida manina (Puccini). Side one just about 1-2. Side two small lbl. stkr., lt. superficial rubs, 2. $150.00. 82 VOCAL 78 rpm DISCS BERNICE [JAMES] DE PASQUALI [s]. Hull, Ma, 1873-Omaha, NE, 1925. De Pasquali studied in New York with Oscar Saenger and in Italy, where she met and married tenor Salvatore Mangione De Pasquali. He retired from singing and served as a manager for his wife, dying in 1923 “at an advanced age”. Bernice appeared in Italy and made her Met debut in 1909 as Violetta in La Traviata.