Great Voices of Yesteryear
Basses and Baritones

Salvatore Baccaloni (1900-1969)
“Madamina! Il catalogo è questo” from Don Giovanni

Gino Bechi (1913-1993)
“Eri tu” from Un ballo in maschera

Rudolf Bockelmann (1892-1958)
“Blick ich umher in diesen edlen Kreise” from Tannhäuser

Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938)
“I have attained great power” from Boris Godunov

Giuseppe Danise (1883-1963)
“Promesse de mon avenir” from Le Roi de Lahore

Giuseppe De Luca (1876-1950)
“A tanto amor” from La Favorita

Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984)
“Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” from Die Zauberflöte

Marcel Journet (1867-1933)
The Evening Star from Tannhäuser

Mario Laurenti (1890-1922)
Urna fatale from La forza del destino

Robert Merrill (1919-2004)
“Di Provenza” from La Traviata

Ezio Pinza (1892-1957)
Serenata from Don Giovanni

Pol Plançon (1851-1914)
“Le veau d’or” from Faust

Paul Robeson (1898-1976)
It ain’t necessarily so Porgy and Bess

Marko Rothmuller (1908-1993)
Te Deum from Tosca

Titta Ruffo (1877-1953)
“Nemico della patria” from Andrea Chénier

Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953)
Wotan’s Farewell from Die Walküre

Antonio Scotti (1866-1936)
“Eri tu” from Un Ballo in Maschera

Riccardo Stracciari (1875-1955)
“Largo al factotum” from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Alexander (Sándor) Svéd (1904-1979)
“Eri tu” from Un ballo in maschera

Carlo Tagliabue (1898-1978)
“Il balen” from Il Trovatore

Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)
“O Caesar, great wert thou” from The King’s Henchman

Leonard Warren (1911-1960)
“Prologo” from I Pagliacci

Clarence Whitehill (1871-1932)
Wotan’s Farewell from Die Walküre