Notes: | Compact discs. Analog recording. Program notes and biographical information on the performers by John Briggs in English (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container. In Nozze di Figaro: Elisabeth Rethberg, Bidú Sayão, Jarmila Novotná, Marita Farell, sopranos ; Irra Petina, mezzo-soprano ; Alessio De Paolis, Giordano Paltrinieri, tenors ; John Brownlee, baritone; Ezio Pinza, Virgilio Lazzari, Louis D'Angelo, basses ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Ettore Panizza, conductor. In Don Giovanni: Zinka Milanov, Jarmila Novotná, Bidú Sayão, sopranos ; James Melton, tenor ; Mack Harrell, baritone ; Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, basses ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Paul Breisach, conductor. Recorded live Mar. 9, 1940, New York (1st work) and Apr. 3, 1943, Chicago (2nd work).
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