Americans: the Golden Age of Singing - Americans: the Golden Age of Singing
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The Americans: The Golden Age of Singing
The fifth volume in VAI’s acclaimed series of historic performances from the Voice of Firestone television series (1949-1962). This DVD centers on the great American opera stars of the 1950s, including Eleanor Steber, Risë Stevens, Richard Tucker, Dorothy Kirsten, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, and others. All performances digitally remastered and with English subtitles for the first time.
FEATURES:
- Black & White
- Mono
- NTSC (Playable all regions)
- VAI DVD
Opera:
1. ROBERT MERRILL Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Largo al factotum (6/1/1959) 4:22
2. RISE STEVENS Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Che farò senza Euridice (3/5/1951) 4:39
3. JAN PEERCE Leoncavallo: Pagliacci - Recitar!... Vesti la giubba (1/9/1950) 2:38
4. FRANK GUARRERA Bizet: Carmen - Toreador Song (Votre toast) (2/6/1956) 5:13
5. ROBERTA PETERS Verdi: Rigoletto - Caro nome (1/26/1959) 4:03
6. ELEANOR STEBER Verdi: La Traviata - Ah, fors'è lui... Sempre libera (2/13/1950) 4:35
7. ELAINE MALBIN & ROBERT MERRILL Verdi: La Traviata - Imponete... Morrò, la mia memoria (1/30/1956) 3:30
8. ROBERT MERRILL Verdi: La Traviata - Di Provenza il mar (1/30/1956) 3:20
9. ELEANOR STEBER Verdi: La Traviata - ‘Teneste la promessa’... Addio del passato (5/1/1950) 4:30
10. RICHARD TUCKER Puccini: Tosca - E lucevan le stelle (9/22/1958) 3:15
11. RICHARD TUCKER & LISA DELLA CASA Puccini: La Bohème - O soave fanciulla (9/22/1958) 3:41
12.-13. DOROTHY KIRSTEN & MARIO SERENI Puccini: La Fanciulla del West - Poker Scene (12/9/1962) 11:11
