Victor records (1925)

VICTOR RECORDS | Number | 3/32 AFRICANA (Af-ree-kah'-nah) French title, L’Africaine (Laf-ree-kahn’) Opera in five acts; text by Scribe; music by Meyerbeer. Produced Paris, 1865; London, 1865; first N. Y., 1865. Revived in 1906 at the Metropolitan, with Caruso. L’Africaine tells of the adventures of Vasco di Gama, the explorer, who is betrothed to Inez, daughter of the King of Portugal. The King tries to marry his daughter to Don Pedro, telling her that the explorer has been shipwrecked, but Vasco suddenly appears with two slaves, Selika and Nelusko, whom he found off the coast of a strange land. Vasco, when the Council refuses to furnish him with a ship to explore the unknown country, denounces their parsimony and is ordered to prison. To save him, /nez consents to wed Don Pedro, who takes his wife and the slaves and sails away to find the land sought by the explorer. Don Pedro’s ship is wrecked on the coast of India through the treachery of Nelusko, and most of the crew massacred. Vasco, who has followea them, becomes fascinated with Selika, who proves to be a Queen of India, but just as he is about to wed her he hears the voice of /nez and deserts the Queen. Selika, concealing her feelings, generously sends the lovers back to Spain, then kills herself with the blossoms of the poisonous mancanilla tree while Nelusko, finding her body, himself inhales the deadly perfume. NOTE—The selections in Africana and other operas in this catalog are printed in the order of their occurrence in the opera. Africana records are sung in Italian except as noted. ACT IlII—tHeE pEcK OF DON PEDRO’S SHIP All erta, Marinar! (What Ho, Mariners!) and Andrea Chenier—Ruffo| 817,10)1.50 Adamastor, re dell’ onde profonde (Adamastor, Ruler of Ocean) and Andrea Chenier—Nemico della Patria—Ruffo| 6262 12|2.00 ACT IV—eEXTERIOR OF A TEMPLE IN INDIA O Paradiso! (Oh, Paradise!) —Caruso and Carmen—lIl fior—Caruso| 6007) 12|2.00 O Paradiso! (Oh, Paradise! )—Martinelli and Martha—M appari— Martinelli| 6193) 12|2.00 O Paradiso!—Gigli and Faust—Salve, dimora— Gigli} 6138) 12|2.00 Oh Paradise!—Williams Jn English and Favorita—Spirit So Fair—Williams| 6308) 12|2.00 fee ree All (Callahan-Roberts) Reinald Sea tat: asiesll0lt Oo Lonesome—That’s All (BradleyRoberts) Lambert Murphy j (ieee All I Adore You—Fox Trot Benson nee easel 1ole7s Sing a Little Song—Fox Trot Benson Orchestra) | ; { ies a While—Fox Trot (Arden-Green) All Star ee ey TagSatIOlt7s I’m Happy—Fox Trot (Arden-Green) All Star Trio—Orch) | 7 {pee Every Party—Waltz The Poapadosis feotoneys Don’t Be Too Sure—Fox Trot The Great White Way Orchestra ; {paree the Rain—Fox Trot Paul Whiteman and His pone 18872/10| .75 Jimmy—Fox Trot (I Love But You) Whiteman and His Orch ; (artes the Storm—Fox Trot The Lees focal lontTs Hula Lou—Fox Trot The Troubadours ’ (epee eras (Lemon-Mullen) euch eb Tae Three Fishers Went Sailing (Kingsley-Hullah) Kathryn Meisle ; asrca terse (Lemon-Mullen) Frank cecmpe T7a7etlon.75 By the Old Cathedral Door (Lamb-Solman) Peerless Quartet , ares You’ve Gone (Creamer-Layton) Marion acre Tasoslitl 78 I’m Glad I Can Make You Cry (McCarron-Morgan) Henry Burr i Afton Water (Burns-Spillman) See ‘‘Flow Gently, Sweet Afton” Aggravatin’ Papa—Fox Trot The mareinans | { Aunt Hagar’s Blues—Fox Trot The Virginians LC Oe Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) (Bizet) Jn Latin By Schumann-Heink and St. Paul—But the Lord—Schumann-Heink| 6271/|12|2.00 By Enrico Caruso and Messe Solennelle—Domine—Caruso| 6010) 12|2.00 james Dei (O Lamb of God) (Gounod) InEnglish Trinity eho nea nos Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy) (Gounod) In English Trinity Choir ; (a Granada (To Granada) (Gras y Elias-Alvarez) In Spanish CArueey 6011/12/2.00 Campana di San Giusto (Chimes of San Giusto) (Drovetti-Arona) Caruso ‘