Marcella Sembrich
Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935) fut le maître de Dusolina Giannini (1902-1986) Marcella Sembrich left behind a sizeable number of recordings, but unfortunately many are prime examples of how difficult it was to do justice to voices (particularly soprano voices) in the acoustical era. Her first commercial recordings were a part of Columbia’s ill-fated "Grand Opera Series" of 1903. Sembrich was paid the sizeable sum of $3,000 for recording "Ernani involami" from Ernani, Strauss’ "Voce di primavera" and "Ah, fors e lui" from La Traviata. [Alternate takes have been uncovered, and the entire "Grand Opera Series," including the voices of Suzanne Adams, Edouard de Reszke, Antonio Scotti, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Giuseppe Campanari and Charles Gilibert has been issued on CDs by Sony’s Masterworks Heritage label. The recordings are far from perfect, but valuable historical documents.]
Auteur
Verdi (Guiseppe)
Titre
Rigoletto "Caro nome"
Année
1908
Support
Disque 78t, 30cm