Victor records (Nov 1916)

VICTOR RED SEAL RECORDS MARTINELLI, GIOVANNI, Tenor This young artist has made a notable success at the Metropolitan, and has been pronounced one of the best Italian tenors ever heard in America. He was born in Montagnana. His father, a cabinet-maker, was not able to give his son a musical education, but he managed to learn the clarinet and finally joined the regimental band, where the director discovered the young player's remarkable voice. He was sent to Professor Mandolini, and soon made his début at the Dal Verme as Ernani. Here he was heard by Puccini and Toscanini, who engaged him for Girl of the Golden West at Rome. A Covent Garden engagement followed, and as America eventually gets the best singers, Martinelli soon came to the Metropolitan; and the Victor, which also invariably acquires the best artists, \ e ‘ a 3 t VS : VS . \ & AN ‘ 7 xy #2 df om Y it" d ISHKIN f P ei promptly secured his exclusive services. MARTINELLI THE MARTINELLI RECORDS | (Sung in Halian) No. Size SS RAS SE Aida—Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida) Verdi 74424 12 $1.50 Africana—O Paradiso! (Oh, Paradise!) Meyerbeer 74440 12 1.50 Bohéme—Racconto di Rodolfo _(Rudolph’s Narrative) Puccini 7438] 12 1.50 Carmen—Air de la fleur (Flower Song) In French Bizet 74391 12 1.50 Cavalleria Rusticana—Siciliana (Harp accompaniment) Mascagni 64544 10 1.00 Ernani—Come rugiada al cespite (The Sweetest Flow’r) Verdi 64514 10 1.00 Gioconda—Cielo e mar (Heaven and Ocean) Ponchielli 64409 10 1.00 Ideale (My Ideal) F. Paolo Tosti 64486 10 1.00 Lucia—Fra poco ame ricovero (Farewell to Earth) Donizetti 74483 12 1.50 Manon Lescaut—Donna non vidi mai (A Maiden So Fair) Puccini 64410 10 1.00 Martha—M' appari (Like a Dream) Flotow 74469 12 1.50 Masked Ball—Barcarola (The Waves Will Bear Me) Verdi 64487 10 1.00 Mattinata (‘Tis the Day) (Harp by Papitino) Leoncavallo 64595 10 1.00 Ouvre ton coeur (Open Thy Heart) (Spanish Serenade) French Bizet 64574 10 1.00 Pagliacci— Vesti Ja giubba (On with the Play) Leoncavallo 64484 10 1.00 Rigoletto—La donna é mobile (Woman is Fickle) Verdi 64382 10 1.00 Rigoletto— Questa o quella (‘Mid the Fair Throng) Verdi 64286 10 1.00 Serenata—Serenade (with Mandolin) Mascagni 74426 12 1.50 Tosca—E lucevan le stelle (The Stars Were Shining) Puccini 64393 10 1.00 Tosca—Recondita armonia (Strange Harmony) Puccini 64420 10 1.00 Trovatore—Ah, siben mio (The Vows we Plighted) Verdi 74439 12 1.50 Trovatore—Di quella pira (Tremble, Ye Tyrants) Verdi 64505 10 1.00 MARTINELLI DUETS See “‘Destinn®” and “Farrar” MATZENAUER, MARGARETE, Contralto (Mahtz’ en-auer) Mme. Matzenauer was one of the sensations of a recent Metropolitan season, and her impersonations, especially in the Wagnerian réles, called forth universal praise from critics and public alike. She has impressed lovers of Italian opera as well as German with her splendid voice, her musical intelligence and her dramatic power. This singer, who calls herself a dramatic mezzosoprano, made her début in Oberon at Strassburg, where she remained three years, singing many réles, and was then engaged for the Berlin opera, of which organization she is still a member, being released for part of each season for her American engagements. © mishikin ‘SS : ste THE MATZENAUER RECORDS MATZENAUER Carmen—Seguidilla French Bizet 87103 10 $2.00 g Cavalleria Rusticana—Voi lo sapete (Well You Know) /talian Mascagni 88430 12 $3.00 Favorita—Ah! I'alto ardor Jn I/talian with Amato and Opera Chorus 89062 12 4.00 Favorita—O mio Fernando (Oh, My Ferdinand) Donizetti 88363 12 3.00 Parsifal—Ich sah’ das Kind (I SawtheChild) ActIIl German Wagner 88364 12 3.00 Robert le Diable—Robert, O tu che adoro (Oh, Robert, My Beloved) 88365 12 3.00 Walktire—Fort denn eile (Fly Then Swiftly) ActIIl German Wagner 87102 10 2.00