Catalogue

THE FIRST OPERA RECORDINGS (1895-1902) A SURVEY

Vroni Eidner (soprano)
Der Vogelhändler: Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale) - Zeller
New York 24/06/97 - Berliner - 388 - E-6-15

del Campo (baritone)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Largo al factotum - Rossini
New York 06/06/98 - Berliner - 1115

Ferruccio Giannini (tenor) (1868-1948)
Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido - Verdi
New York 25/06/97 - Berliner - 1740 - E-6-15

Edith Clegg (mezzo-soprano)
Daddy - Behrend
London 28/10/98 - Berliner - E/3040 - 8 y-1-8s

Les Troubadors Toulousains
Faust: Finale du dernier Acte - Gounod
London 25/01/99 - Berliner - 34053 - 1066 4/y-8 (was 4053)

Ellen Beach Yaw (soprano) (1869-1947)
Manon Lescaut: L’éclat de rire - Auber
London 11/03/99 - Berliner - F 3097 - 1574 (later 33097)
L’étoile du Nord: Cadenza - Meyerbeer *
London 18/03/99 - Berliner - F 3105 - 1657 (later 33105)
Les Noces de Jeanette: Air du Rossignol - Massé *
London 18/03/99 - Berliner - F 3106 - 1660 (later 33106)
* with W.A. Fransella (flute obbligato)

Edna May (1878-1948)
Belle of New York: Follow on - Kerker
08/05/1900 - Berliner - 3192 - J 588

Marie Tempest (soprano) (1866-1942)
Les Filles de Cadiz
London - 8/3/01 Berliner - 3218 - 2343
The Jewel of Asia: The Geisha - Jones
London 18/03/01 - Berliner - 3229X - ?2345
Faust: Air des bijoux - Gounod
London 18/03/01 - Berliner - 3233 - [2]434
Mon coeur chante - ?
London March 1901 - Berliner - 3234

Kate Cove (soprano) (1871-?1934)
Should he upbraid - Bishop
London 1901 - Berliner - 3188 - 4262

Madame (Caro) Roma
Scenes that are brightrest/Maritana - Wallace
London 13/03/01 - Berliner - 3231 - ?397

Louise Kirkby-Lunn (soprano) (1873-1930)
One Spring Morning - Nevin
London early 1902 - Berliner - 3239X - 4223-nB

Joseph O’Mara (1864-1927) (acc. Landon Ronald [1873-1938])
Friend and Lover - Landon Ronald
London - Berliner - 2-2062 - ?144-n.B

Gabriel Soulacroix (1853-1905)
Hériodade: Vision fugitive - Massenet
Paris 15/08/1900 ( 07/1900) - Berliner - 32700 - 994G
Rip[-Rip]:Couplets des enfants - Planquette
Paris 17/08/1900 ( 07/1900) - Berliner - 32881 - 998G
La Basoche: A ton amour simple et sincere - Messager
Paris 07/08/1900 ( 07/1900) - Berliner - 32656 - 1025G

René Fournets (bass) (1858-1926)
Benvenuto Cellini: De l’art splendeur - E. Diaz
Paris 13/08/1900 (07/1900) - Berliner - 32666 - 1068G
La Jolie Fille de Perth: Air - Bizet
Paris 10/08/1900 (07/1900) - Berliner - 32689 - 1202G

Paul Daraux
Les Myrtes sont Flétries - J.-B. Faure
Paris - G&T gold on black label - 2-32040 - 1520-F-1

Hermann Winkelmann (tenor) (1848-1912)
Troubador (Il Trovatore): Ständchen - Verdi
Wien 1900 - Berliner - 42016 - 1528A
Die Meistersinger: Werbeleid - Wagner
Wien 1900 - Berliner - 42014 - 1529A

Selma Kurz (soprano) (1874-1933)
Faust: Ne permettrez-vous pas - Gounod
Wien 05/1900 - Berliner - 43015 - 1627A
Mignon: Styrienne - Thomas
Wien 05/1900 - 43014 - 1628A

Annie Dirkins (soprano) (1869-1942)
Die Fledermaus: Lied der Rosalinde - J. Strauss II
Feb/Mar 1901 - Berliner - 43009X - 459B

Franz Pacal (tenor) (1865-1938)
Kdoz by Té Marenko nemiloval
Wien - Berliner - 72638II - 1426B-D-2Z

Leopold Demuth (1861-1910)
Die Königin von Saba: Tempelscene des Salome - Goldmark
Wien Spring 1902 - G&T gold on black label - 42780 - (I)2533B-AI0-2z

Irene Abendroth (1872-1932)
Vergebliches Ständchen - Brahms
Dresden 1902 - G&T gold on black label - 43038 - 9(o)2286B-N.-2Z

Theodor Bertram (baritone) (1869-1907)
Carmen: Torerolied - Bizet
Berlin 1902 - G&T gold on black label - 42691 - 2228x
Waffenschmied: Auch ich war ein Jungling - Lortzing
Berlin 1902 - G&T gold on black label - 42692 - 2229x

Désiré Pauwels (tenor) (1861-1942)
Klaglied Paljas - Leoncavallo
Amsterdam Sept? 1901 - Berliner -92070 - 1028-B-2

Giovanni Apostulo (tenor) (1866-1904)
Marco-Botsaris
Dec 1902 - G&T gold on black label - 12123 - 5514W
Why? - ?
Dec 1902 - G&T gold on black label - 12133 - 5517-R-
Manon Lescaut: Tra voi belle - Puccini
Dec 1902 - G&T gold on black label - 52284 - 5521-R

Cantor Felix Asch (baritone)
Kol Nidre (excerpt) - Berlin  - Berliner - 11527X - 1179Sx

see also Addenda & Corrigenda