Arias From French Operas

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Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Argeo Quadri Gilles Bellemare Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Johannes Wildner Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Leo Blech Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Rina Gigli, soprano
Phillip Addis, baritone
Igor Morozov, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Bruno Lazzaretti,
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 4 July 1931


1.   Les Pecheurs de perles, Act I: C'est toi!…Au fond du temple saint - 7:41


Le roi de Lahore (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone


2.   Le Roi de Labore, Act IV: Aux troupes du Sultan…Promesse de mon avenir - 3:54


Cleopatre (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Russell Braun, baritone


3.   Cleopatre, Act II: A-t-il dit vrai?…Solitaire sur ma terrasse - 5:06


Le roi d'Ys (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Oslo Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Edouard Lalo
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Rainaldo Zamboni Walter B. Rogers Richard Bradshaw David Parry Oyvind Berg
Nellie Melba, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Michael Schade, tenor
Eva Gustavson, contralto


4.   Le Roi d'Ys, Act III: Puisqu'on ne peut flechir…Vainement ma bien-aimee - 3:30


Manon (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra Victor Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Danish Radio Sinfonietta Quebec Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Gaetano Merola Rainaldo Zamboni Elie Cohen John Barbirolli Pierre Monteux Simon Streatfeild Nils Grevillius Knud Andersson Richard Bradshaw Frank Black Maurice Abravanel Eugune Kohn
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
Layla Claire, soprano
Henri Legay, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Jean Borthayre, bass
Paul Payan, baritone
Tito Schipa, tenor
Sydney Rayner, tenor
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Grace Moore, soprano
Michel Dens, baritone
Germaine Feraldy, soprano
Joseph Rogatchewsky, tenor
Georges Villier, baritone
Louis Guenot, bass-baritone
Andree Vavon, soprano
Jeanne Rambert, vocals
Mme. Ravery, soprano
Andree Bernadet, soprano
Marguerite Julliot, vocals
Marinette Fenoyer, soprano
Emile de Creus, tenor
Jean Vieuille, baritone
Andre Gaudin, baritone
Dino Fedri,
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Rene Herent,
Liliane Berton, soprano
Raymonde Notti,
Marthe Serres,
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Richard Margison, tenor
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
James Schwabacher, tenor
Recording date: 9 February 1904


5.   Manon, Act II: En fermant les yeux - 4:21


Sapho (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Charles-Francois Gounod
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 17 September 1909


6.   Sappo Act I: Ai-je devine?…Puis-je oublier, o ma Glycere - 6:04


Le Songe d'une nuit d'ete (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Ambroise Thomas
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Michael Schade, tenor


7.   Le Songe d'une nuit d'ete, Act II: Ou suis-je? - 5:17


Hamlet (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Ambroise Thomas
Conducted by: Gilles Bellemare Walter B. Rogers Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian
Nellie Melba, soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Dmitry Kuznetsov, baritone
Andrey Azovsky, tenor
John Lemmone, flute
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 29 March 1907


8.   Hamlet, Act II: O vin, dissipe la tristesse - 3:27


La favorita (more info)
Performed by: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Studio orchestra Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Bratislava Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Fabio Luisi Steven Mercurio Richard Bradshaw Alexandrs Vilumanis
Adelisa Tabiadon, soprano
Alessandro Veducci, vocals
Michele Farruggia, vocals
Elina Garanca, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Elvira Casazza, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Giuseppe Morino, tenor
Paolo Coni, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


9.   La Favorite, Act II: Leonor viens…Leonor, mon amour brave - 6:39


La muette de Portici (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Daniel-Francois Auber
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


10.   La Muette di Portici, Act I: Mais j'apercois Pietro…Mieux vaut mourir - 6:52


La maitre de chapelle (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Ferdinando Paer
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Russell Braun, baritone


11.   La Maitre de chapelle, Act I: Ah! quel bonheur de pressentir…pour imiter son seducteur - 10:28


Joseph (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Richard Bradshaw
John McCormack, tenor
Michael Schade, tenor
Recording date: 23 October 1917


12.   Le Legende de Joseph en Egypte, Act I: Vainement Pharaon…Champs paternels - 5:24


Moise et Pharaon (Moses and Pharaoh) (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra
Composed by: Gioachino Rossini
Conducted by: Lorenzo Molajoli Richard Bradshaw
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 4 October 1929


13.   Moise et Pharaon, Act II: Moment fatal - 8:41

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