Great Voices of Yesteryear
Sopranos

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Button Frances Alda (1879-1952)
“Mi chiamano Mimi” from La Bohème

Button Blanche Arral (1864-1945) no bio
“Je suis Titania” from Mignon

Erna Berger (1900-1990)
“Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren” from Die Zauberflöte

Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960)
“Mi chiamano Mimi” from La Bohème

Maria Caniglia (1905-1979)
“Morró, ma prima un grazia” from Un ballo in maschera

Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)New
“Voi lo sapete” from Cavalleria Rusticana

Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967)
“Un bel di vedremo” from Madama Butterfly

Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962)
Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Julia Heinrich (recorded 1916) no bio
“Madre pietosa vergine” from La forza del destino

Frieda Hempel (1885-1955)
“Ernani involami” from Ernani

Button Maria Jeritza (1887-1982)
Habanera from Carmen

Frida Leider (1888-1975)
Brünnhilde pleads with Wotan, Act III Die Walküre

Dorothy Maynor (1910-1996)
“Depuis le jour” from Louise

Nellie Melba (1861-1931)
“Air des bijoux” from Faust

Zinka Milanov (1906-1989)
“O patria mia” from Aïda

Herva Nelli (1909-1994)
“Ecco l’orrido campo” from Un ballo in maschera

Button Lina Pagliughi (1907-1980)
Or son sola (Act 2 aria) Fra Diavolo

Button Lily Pons (1904-1976)
Bell Song Lakmé

Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
“Pace, pace mio dio” from La Forza del Destino

Elizabeth Rethberg (1894-1976)
“Ritorna vincitor” from Aïda

Stella Roman (1904-1992)
“Ave Maria” from Otello

Button Bidú Sayão (1902-1999)
“Mi chiamano Mimi” from La Bohème

Marcella Sembrich (1858-1935)
“Casta diva” from Norma

Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)
“Ah fors’é lui . . . Sempre libera” from La Traviata

Eva Turner (1892-1990)
“Voi lo sapete” from Cavalleria Rusticana

Ninon Vallin (1886-1961)New
Air des bijoux from Faust

Erma Zarska (dates unknown) no bio
“Mesicku na Nebie Hlubukém” from Rusalka